Extraordinary Portraits
2022 British TV series or programme
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Extraordinary Portraits is a BBC Television series produced by Chatterbox Media,[1] in which members of the public who have a notable achievement are paired with an artist to have their portrait painted, or in some cases drawn, photographed, or sculpted. It first aired on 14 February 2022.[2]
- Tinie Tempah (series 1 & 2)
- Bill Bailey (series 3-)
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| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of series | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 30 |
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| Production company | Chatterbox Media |
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| Network | BBC Television |
| Release | 14 February 2022 |
The first two series were presented by Tinie Tempah; series three to five by Bill Bailey.[3][4] All the sitters in series three were related to the NHS, to mark its 75th anniversary.[3][5]
An exhibition of works from the first two series was held at Turner Contemporary in 2022.[6] From 13 March to 6 April 2025, during Bradford's year as UK City of Culture, an exhibition of the portraits from series four was held at the city's Loading Bay venue.[3][7]
Series four and five were filmed at Kelmarsh Hall in Northampton.[8]
Episodes
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- 1:1. Twin sisters Georgia and Melissa Laurie, who survived a crocodile attack, painted by Roxana Halls[9]
- 1:2. Model Cee Cee, who has albinism, photographed underwater by Christy Lee Rogers[10]
- 1:3. Patrick Hutchinson, painted by Dale Grimshaw[11]
- 1:4. Burns survivor Catrin Pugh, drawn by Kelvin Okafor[12]
- 1:5. Former Royal Marine Mark Ormrod, painted by Thomas Croft — the abstract background was painted by Ormrod's children Mason and Evie[13][14]
- 1:6. 88-year-old farmer Alec Burrough, painted by Caroline Pool[15]
- 2:1. Fundraiser and cancer survivor Harriet Middleton, painted by Stuart Pearson Wright — who subsequently donated his painting to Shetland Museum[16]
- 2:2. Charlotte Banfield, who has cerebral palsy, photographed by Bella Kotak[17]
- 2:3. Footballer Jahmal Howlett-Mundle, painted by Lo Lo[18]
- 2:4. Powerlifter Karenjeet Kaur Bains, painted by Amar Stewart[19]
- 2:5. Jamie Dalgoutte, painted by Ross Muir[20]
- 2:6. Teacher Christian Foley, painted by Laura Quinn Harris[21]
- 3:1. Trauma surgeon Martin Griffiths, sculpted by Nick Elphick[22][23]
- 3:2. Doctor Grace Spence Green, painted by Jemisha Maadhavji[24][25]
- 3:3. Araf Saddiq, Scotland's first Asian paramedic, photographed by Brock Elbank[26]
- 3:4. Jules Lewis, an end-of-life care nurse, painted by Belinda Eaton[27]
- 3:5. Six members of the Edwards family, painted by Adebanji Alade[28]
- 3:6. Hospital porter Holly Crawshaw, with her daughter Renae, painted by Mark Draisey[29][30]
- 4:1. Clare Sacco, who founded a charity after receiving a diagnosis of incurable cancer, painted by Oriane Pierrepoint[31][32]
- 4:2. Rizwan Javed, painted by Jack Dickson[33]
- 4:3. Gill Sayell, painted by David James[34]
- 4:4. Former paratrooper Christian Lewis, sculpted by Hywel Pratley
- 4:5. Foster carers Marva and Lionel Warmington, painted by Chloe Cox[35]
- 4:6. Down's syndrome campaigner Millie Anna, painted by Karen Turner[36]
- 5:1. Darryn Frost, a hero of the 2019 London Bridge stabbings, sculpted by Nick Elphick[37]
- 5:2. Eddie Brocklesby, aka ‘Iron Gran’, an 82-year-old female Ironman triathlete, painted by Caroline Pool[38]
- 5:3. Lindsay McKenna, who runs a rescue centre for exotic animals, painted by Ricky Wilson[39]
- 5:4. Two brothers, Jordan and Cian Adams, who raise finds for Alzheimer's Research UK after being given a prognosis of inherited early-onset frontotemporal dementia, painted by Unza Saleem[40]
- 5:5. Seema Misra, a victim of the British Post Office scandal, who subsequently worked for justice for other victims, painted by Jack Dickson[41]
- 5:6. Sisters Amy Purdie and Grace Davidson, donor and recipient respectively, in the UK's first successful womb transplant, painted by Karen Turner[42][43]
