# Perspectives (TV series)

Perspectives is a British television arts documentary series for ITV. The show began airing on 24 April 2011 and aired its fifth series in 2015.

## Format

Each hour long programme sees well-known celebrities (who have included Ian McKellen, David Walliams, Sheila Hancock and Paul O'Grady) travel to various parts of the world to explore more about a person who has inspired them. They're not all people, some can be books such as Griff Rhys Jones whose chosen subject was the novel The Wind in the Willows.

## Episodes
### Series 1

The first series of the show was announced on 31 March 2011 and began airing on 24 April 2011, starting with Ian McKellen: Looking for Lowry.
| Episode | Airdate | Presenter | Title |
| 1 | 24 April 2011 | Ian McKellen | Looking for Lowry |
| 2 | 1 May 2011 | Andrew Lloyd Webber | A Passion for the Pre-Raphaelites |
| 3 | 8 May 2011 | Robson Green | The Pitmen Painters |
| 4 | 15 May 2011 | Hugh Laurie | Down by the River |

### Series 2

| Episode | Airdate | Presenter | Title |
| 1 | 25 March 2012 | David Suchet | People I Have Shot |
| 2 | 1 April 2012 | Lenny Henry | Finding Shakespeare |
| 3 | 8 April 2012 | John Sergeant | Sergeant on Spike |
| 4 | 22 April 2012 | David Walliams | The Genius of Dahl |
| 5 | 29 April 2012 | Griff Rhys Jones | Wind in the Willows |

### Series 3

| Episode | Airdate | Presenter | Title | Production Company |
| 1 | 17 March 2013 | David Suchet | The Mystery of Agatha Christie | Testimony Films |
| 2 | 24 March 2013 | Warwick Davis | The Seven Dwarfs of Auschwitz | Chameleon Television |
| 3 | 31 March 2013 | Sheila Hancock | The Brilliant Brontë Sisters | Blakeway North |
| 4 | 7 April 2013 | Michael Portillo | Portillo on Picasso | Plum Pictures |
| 5 | 14 April 2013 | Paul O'Grady | Gypsy Rose Lee - The Queen of Burlesque | Olga TV |
| 6 | 21 April 2013 | Jonathan Ross | Alfred Hitchcock - Made in Britain | Hot Sauce TV |
| 7 | 5 May 2013 | Hugh Laurie | Copper Bottom Blues | Plum Pictures |

### Series 4

A fourth series of Perspectives was announced on 13 February 2014 and began airing on 20 April 2014, starting with Alan Davies: The Magic of Houdini.
| Episode | Airdate | Presenter | Title | Production Company |
| 1 | 20 April 2014 | Alan Davies | The Magic of Houdini | What Larks! |
| 2 | 27 April 2014 | Gary Kemp | Kick Out the Jams | Snapper TV |
| 3 | 4 May 2014 | Will Young | The Man In The Hat: Rene Magritte with Will Young | Blakeway North |
| 4 | 11 May 2014 | Emeli Sande | Emeli Sande on Frida Kahlo | Blakeway North |
| 5 | 18 May 2014 | Alfie Boe | Freddie Mercury Saved My Life | Brook Lapping |
| 6 | 25 May 2014 | Bruce Forsyth | Bruce Forsyth on Sammy Davis Junior | Rain Media Entertainment |

### Series 5

A fifth series of Perspectives began airing on 19 April 2015 starting with: "Michael Jackson's Thriller with Ashley Banjo"
| Episode | Airdate | Presenter | Title | Production Company |
| 1 | 19 April 2015 | Ashley Banjo | Michael Jackson's Thriller | Blakeway North |
| 2 | 26 April 2015 | Len Goodman | For The Love of Fred Astaire | Potato |
| 3 | 3 May 2015 | Rick Wakeman | Vivaldi’s Four Seasons | The Interesting Film Company |
| 4 | 10 May 2015 | Terry Jones | In Charlie Chaplin's Footsteps | Wild Pictures |
| 5 | 17 May 2015 | Nicky Campbell | The Great American Love Song | Wingspan Productions |
| 6 | 24 May 2015 | Eddie Redmayne | War Art | Foxtrot Films |

### Series 6

Series 6 began airing on 18 October 2016.
| Episode | Airdate | Presenter | Title | Production Company |
| 1 | 18 October 2016 | David Harewood | In the Shadow of Mary Seacole | TBA |