Extraordinary Portraits

S4 E5 Marva, Lionel and Chloe

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Comedian and art lover Bill Bailey matches foster carers Marva and Lionel with a young artist to create a stunning portrait of the deserving couple.

Marva and Lionel decided to make a difference by becoming foster parents to teenagers looking for a loving home. Thirty years later, they have fostered almost 200 young people in need.

The task to capture Marva and Lionel on canvas falls to Manchester-based artist Chloe Cox. The self-taught painter has had a meteoric rise and has already been commissioned by HM the King and the Windrush Commemoration Committee. Now, she is on a mission to make the people we see on gallery walls more representative of society. What will Marva and Lionel make of the finished work?

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2025/02/28 S4 E4

Christian and Hywel

Comedian and art lover Bill Bailey matches former soldier and fundraiser Christian with a sculptor to create a lasting legacy.

When ex-paratrooper Christian struggled to fit back into civilian life, he spiralled into a cycle of depression and debt. Deciding to take matters into his own hands, Christian left home with just £10 in his pocket and two days' worth of rations. His goal was to walk the entire coastline of the UK, and he returned six years, and 19,000 miles, later with a partner, a child and having raised half a million pounds for a charity helping ex-servicemen.

Taking on the massive challenge of capturing this remarkable man is Hywel Pratley, an acclaimed sculptor with a royal pedigree, who works in both clay and bronze.

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2025/03/14 S4 E6

Millie & Karen

Comedian and art-lover Bill Bailey matches 20-year-old Millie; a campaigner challenging the stereotypes around Down's Syndrome, with Karen Turner; an award-winning, self-taught painter.

Twenty-year-old Millie is a drama student and social media influencer who is campaigning for equality around pregnancies involving foetuses with Down's Syndrome.

When Millie discovered that a healthy foetus with Down's Syndrome could be terminated right up until birth she took the issue to government, demanding a change in the law.

To capture Millie; Bill has chosen Karen Turner, an award-winning, self-taught painter who celebrates people in society who aren't always represented on canvas.
But how will she reflect this charismatic young campaigner?

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2025-02-07

Comedian and art lover Bill Bailey returns to BBC One for a new series of Extraordinary Portraits, matching talented artists with inspiring individuals to create breathtaking works of art which reflect modern Britain.

In this series, the portraits' subjects include a railway worker who has saved 29 people at their lowest ebb; a couple who've fostered almost 200 children; an army veteran whose walk around the UK's coastline raised more than half a million pounds to support ex-servicemen and women; an influencer with Down's Syndrome who's taking her campaign to change legislation to the government; a lost football Lioness whose achievements were erased from history for half a century; and a young woman with incurable cancer who's determined to make a difference for other people diagnosed at a young age. 

An exhibition of the portraits from this series will open in the spring in Bradford as part of the UK City of Culture.

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Extraordinary Portraits