Sensationalists: The Bad Girls and Boys of British Art

2022•1h 0m•9.0/10

Documentary

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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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Production

Bohemia Films

Language

Status

Ended

First Aired

September 27, 2022

Last Aired

October 11, 2022

Networks

BBC Two

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Season

Upstarts

Air date: 2022-09-27

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.

Is It Art?

Air date: 2022-10-04

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?

Fame and Fortune

Air date: 2022-10-11

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.