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The Worst Episodes of Artsnight

Every episode of Artsnight ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Artsnight!

An art magazine show guest-edited by a different personality each week.
Genre:Documentary

Worst Episodes Summary

"Maxine Peake" is the worst rated episode of "Artsnight". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 3/6/2015. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "Lynn Barber".

  • Maxine Peake
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    #1 - Maxine Peake

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/6/2015

    Acclaimed actor Maxine Peake takes over editorial control, 'curating' the opening episode. Celebrating voices marginalised by mainstream culture, Maxine talks to the most controversial band in Britain, Sleaford Mods. She discusses the role of women and television with an all-female panel, including W1A's Jessica Hynes, and she explores the life and legacy of Salford's Shelagh Delaney, the writer who helped inspire Coronation Street and the Smiths.

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  • Lynn Barber
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    #2 - Lynn Barber

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/13/2015

    Sunday Times journalist Lynn Barber takes over editorial control to 'curate' the second episode. Lynn wants to look at some of the most exciting developments in popular culture in 2015. She chats to Mark Ronson, the most intriguing pop star of the modern age, as well as looking at the boom of ingenious, inventive magazines bought by and made for young people. She sticks up for that supposed 'Mickey Mouse degree' - media studies - while former media studies student Jon Ronson explores the theme of shame in the internet age.

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  • Armando Iannucci
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    #3 - Armando Iannucci

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/20/2015

    Writer, director and satirist Armando Ianucci takes the reins of Artsnight for the third episode of the series. Armando looks afresh at high culture - poetry, classical music and fine art - to ask why some people feel excluded from it, and why these arts matter. He talks to acclaimed poet Kate Tempest about her life and work, visits an exhibition of Goya's drawings, meets Apollo Music Projects, who are transforming children's lives with classical music, and invites stand-up comedian Josie Long to reflect on the cultural life of the nation in an age of austerity.

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  • Chris Dercon
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    #4 - Chris Dercon

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/27/2015

    Chris Dercon, director of Tate Modern, takes the helm of Artsnight for the fourth episode of the series. Chris asks why Berlin is the creative capital of Europe; the city is a magnet for artists and musicians, with an expanding array of galleries, museums and public arts intuitions. He talks to iconoclast Ai Weiwei, who has recently opened a studio in the city despite being unable to leave China. He explores the intriguing world of drone art and the pioneering work of the late Berlin-based artist Harun Farocki. He also commissions a new film about Nick Cave's formative years in West Berlin, when the city was burgeoning with creative talent prior to the fall of the Berlin Wall.

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  • Andrew Marr
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    #5 - Andrew Marr

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 6/19/2015

    Andrew Marr champions some great Renaissance dramatists who aren't Shakespeare.

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  • Lily Cole
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    #6 - Lily Cole

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 7/3/2015

    Model and actress Lily Cole explores whether children inhibit or enhance an artistic life.

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  • Lynn Barber
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    #7 - Lynn Barber

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 7/10/2015

    Journalist Lynn Barber takes over editorial control to explore the world of artist Doug Aitken.

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  • Samira Ahmed
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    #8 - Samira Ahmed

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 7/17/2015

    Broadcaster Samira Ahmed takes a look at photography, both historically and in the present day.

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  • Martha Lane Fox
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    #9 - Martha Lane Fox

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 7/24/2015

    Martha Lane Fox explores how the west's two cultures - science and arts - work together.

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  • Richard Wilson
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    #10 - Richard Wilson

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 7/31/2015

    Richard Wilson looks at Samuel Beckett, speaking to Ian McKellen and Hugo Weaving.

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  • Irvine Welsh
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    #11 - Irvine Welsh

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 9/25/2015

    Irvine Welsh goes to Edinburgh to see what effect the Scottish referendum had on the arts.

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  • Hofesh Shechter
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    #12 - Hofesh Shechter

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 10/2/2015

    Hofesh Shechter explores how embarrassment can be rich territory for artistic exploration.

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  • Ben Okri
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    #13 - Ben Okri

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 10/9/2015

    Ben Okri explores the transformative effect of the prize on the career of its recipients.

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  • Will Gompertz
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    #14 - Will Gompertz

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 10/16/2015

    BBC arts editor Will Gompertz investigates the thriving art market.

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  • Lynn Barber
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    #15 - Lynn Barber

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 10/23/2015

    Lynn Barber considers the idea of taking risks in art.

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  • George the Poet
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    #16 - George the Poet

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 10/30/2015

    Spoken word artist George the Poet explores the heritage and future of black culture.

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  • Josie Rourke
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    #17 - Josie Rourke

    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 11/6/2015

    Josie Rourke looks at the changing idea of the hero in contemporary culture.

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  • Clara Amfo
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    #18 - Clara Amfo

    Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 11/13/2015

    Clara Amfo, one of BBC Radio 1's rising stars, looks at how the fame industry works.

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  • Edmund de Waal
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    #19 - Edmund de Waal

    Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 11/20/2015

    Artist Edmund de Waal looks at the theme of memory and art.

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  • Kwasi Kwarteng
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    #20 - Kwasi Kwarteng

    Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 11/27/2015

    Kwasi Kwarteng looks at how the British Empire impacted on art and literature.

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  • Ana Matronic
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    #21 - Ana Matronic

    Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 12/4/2015

    Ana Matronic explores how robots are taking over mainstream culture.

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  • Juergen Teller - Fame, Fashion and Photography
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    #22 - Juergen Teller - Fame, Fashion and Photography

    Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 12/11/2015

    Chris Dercon talks to world-famous celebrity photographer Juergen Teller.

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  • David Baddiel
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    #23 - David Baddiel

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 5/6/2016

    David Baddiel travels to New York to investigate Thomas Carlyle's Great Man theory.

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  • Nicholas Serota
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    #24 - Nicholas Serota

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 5/13/2016

    Sir Nicholas Serota, director of the Tate, investigates why contemporary art matters.

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  • Lionel Shriver
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    #25 - Lionel Shriver

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 5/20/2016

    Lionel Shriver asks why economics has become one of the most exciting subjects for writers

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