Series · 2022 · Documentary

Sensationalists: The Bad Girls and Boys of British Art

Name: Sensationalists: The Bad Girls and Boys of British Art
Genre: Documentary
Rating: 9.0
Cast: Keith Allen

★9.0 2022 1 Season TV-MA

Rebellious, provocative and unapologetic. The Young British Artists crashed the 90s art scene, making Tracey Emin, Damien Hirst and others household names. This is their story.

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Seasons & episodes

1 season · 3 episodes

Episode 01

Upstarts

Sep 27, 2022 · 59 min

A look at the origins of the Young British Artists in the art schools of the mid-80s, a shocking and provocative movement which would culminate in the notorious 1997 exhibition Sensation.

Episode 02

Is It Art?

Oct 4, 2022 · 59 min

In the 90s, young creatives, grouped together by advertising guru Charles Saatchi, respond provocatively to the decade's wave of optimism. The results are explosive - but is it art?

Episode 03

Fame and Fortune

Oct 11, 2022 · 59 min

The Royal Academy’s iconoclastic Sensation is itself a sensation. 300,000 attend the show, causing protests and resignations. Meanwhile, Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin reach mega-star status.

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Audience score

★ 9.0 /10

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Synopsis

Rebellious, provocative and unapologetic. The Young British Artists crashed the 90s art scene, making Tracey Emin, Damien Hirst and others household names. This is their story.

Documentary

Cast

1 principal cast

Keith Allen

Self (Narrator)

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