The Big Painting Challenge

The Big Painting Challenge is a television programme first broadcast on BBC One on 22 February 2015. It is a contest in the style of The Great British Bake Off but with the craft of painting rather than baking.[1]

The Big Painting Challenge
Genre	Painting Reality
Presented by	Richard Bacon (2015) Una Stubbs (2015) Richard Coles (2017–2018) Mariella Frostrup (2017–)
Judges	Daphne Todd Lachlan Goudie David Dibosa (2017)
Theme music composer	Theo Vidgen
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	4
No. of episodes	22 (as of 25 April 2019)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Colm Martin Claire Nosworthy Kat Lennox
Producer(s)	Nick Wilkinson Sarah Ager
Production location(s)	Various
Running time	60 minutes
Production company(s)	BBC Studio
Release
Original network	BBC One
Picture format	16:9 (HDTV) 1080i
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	22 February 2015 (2015-02-22) – present
External links
Website

Series 1 (2015)

Una Stubbs and Richard Bacon host this art competition in which 10 keen amateurs take on three specially designed challenges each week, showing their skills using a wide range of mediums. Painters and expert judges Daphne Todd and Lachlan Goudie decide who will be leaving.

Series 2 (2017)

The nationwide search for Britain's best amateur artist returns, with Mariella Frostrup and the Rev Richard Coles taking over hosting duties. Judges Lachlan Goudie, Daphne Todd and David Dibosa assess their efforts and decide who should be eliminated from the contest. Diana Ali and Pascal Anson also joined the programme as mentors to the painters.

Series 3 (2018)

Mariella Frostrup and Rev Richard Coles return to present a third series of the art contest, which begins with 10 contestants. Every week, the finished art is displayed to members of the public, who get the chance to vote for their favourite, before judges Lachlan Goudie and Daphne Todd decide who will be the first to be eliminated. In week 2, Fraser Scaarfe was a guest judge in Lachlan's absence.

Results summary

Elimination chart
Painter	1	2	3	4	5[2]	6
Oliver						WINNER
Anil						Runner Up
Callum						Runner Up
Chris						Runner Up
Susan					OUT
Tilly					OUT
Jane				OUT
Ray			OUT
Bokani		OUT
Surjit	OUT

Colour key:

     Painter was one of the judges' least favourite painters that week, but was not eliminated.

     Painter got through to the next round.

     Painter was eliminated.

     Painter was the Public Choice.

     Painter was a series runner-up.

     Painter was the series winner.

Series 4 - Celebrity Painting Challenge (2019)

Six celebrities from screen, film and sport put their day jobs on pause and pick up a paintbrush to pursue their private passion. The competition gets underway with Jane Seymour, Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, Phil Tufnell, George Shelley, Amber Le Bon and Josie d'Arby. Mariella Frostrup presents and judges Daphne Todd OBE and Lachlan Goudie return to the painting series to critique and review our celebrity artists’ work. After the judges give our artists some constructive criticism on their very first task, mentors Diana Ali and Pascal Anson prepare a masterclass to help hone our celebrities’ skills, focusing on facial features. All are determined to please the formidable judges, who will be choosing their favourite two paintings while the public are invited to pick one. For the celebrities to be considered for the final, they’ll need to get at least one of their paintings up on the revered gallery wall. Which artists will win a coveted place?

Transmissions

Series

Series	Start date	End date	Episodes
1	22 February 2015	29 March 2015	6
2	12 February 2017	19 March 2017	6
3	1 April 2018	6 May 2018	6
4	4 April 2019	25 April 2019	4

Notes

References

1. Sam Wollaston (23 February 2015), "The Big Painting Challenge review: calm down Una, it's too early for sauciness", The Guardian
2. All remaining contestants after the public vote were considered to leave this week.

External links

• The Big Painting Challenge at BBC Programmes