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Storyvault Films for Sky Arts
Presenter Stephen Mangan is back with a brand new series, travelling around the country on the hunt for the nation’s best landscape artist. This year 2000 artists applied and just 48 were selected to take part in six heats.
The stunning locations for this year’s competition range from dramatic castles and picturesque harbours to busy urban cityscapes. The final of the competition takes place above London’s famous Covent Garden piazza, on the terrace of the Royal Opera House, where three artists compete to win the grand prize - a £10,000 commission for the Science Museum to create a piece celebrating the Orkney Islands and their role in the sustainable energy revolution.
Ratings:
- Sky Arts (UK) – latest season gained an audience double the slot norm
- Season 8 outperformed the slot average by an impressive +175%
- Sky Arts (UK) – The season 7 premiere outperformed the slot average on all key demographics
- Season 6 gained an audience double the slot norm
- Landscape Artist Of The Year and Portrait Artist Of The Year have been the best performing factual programmes on Sky Arts ever
- Season 4 reached its highest audience ever, more than 10 times the slot average