The Impressionists (Documentary, English)
Genres: Drama
Status: Ended
Premiered: 2006-04-30
Ended: 2006-05-14
Network: BBC One
Country: GB
Airs on: Sunday
Runtime: 60 minutes
Three hour mini-series tells the intimate history of a most illustrious brotherhood of Impressionist artists - Monet, Degas, Renoir, Cézanne and Manet. Entirely based on documentary evidence, special effects transport the viewer inside some of the world's best-loved paintings, The Impressionists will recreate the illuminated landscapes, and haunting portraits of late 19th-century France.