Arena Season 45 Episodes

Episode 1

Unstoppable: Sean Scully and the Art of Everything

A year in the life of Sean Scully, one of the world's richest painters, as he flies around the world to open 15 major exhibitions - a journey that reveals his amazing life story.

Episode 2

That Summer

A long-lost film of the creative community formed by Peter Beard, Jackie Kennedy's sister Lee Radziwill and her relatives, the Beales of Grey Gardens, in 1970s New York.

Episode 3

Cindy Sherman #untitled

60 mins

A rare insight into the work of Cindy Sherman, one of the world's leading, and most elusive, contemporary artists.

Episode 4

Kusama: Infinity

Documentary profiling Japanese contemporary artist Yayoi Kusama whose work, including her much-visited Infinity Mirror Room installations, defies classification.

Episode 5

Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin

Werner Herzog sets out on a journey inspired by legendary writer and adventurer Bruce Chatwin's passion for the nomadic life, uncovering stories of lost tribes, wanderers and dreamers.

Episode 6

Bergman: A Year in the Life

115 mins

Documentary that exposes a darker, less well-known side of film director Ingmar Bergman, focusing on the landmark year of 1957, which saw Bergman direct two films and four plays.

Episode 7

The $50 Million Art Swindle

Feature-length documentary for Arena by director Vanessa Engle, telling the remarkable story of a charlatan art dealer who swindled over $50 million from the art establishment before going on the run.

Episode 8

A British Guide to the End of the World

A haunting film about Britain and the nuclear age, from the first bomb tests to our potentially futile preparations for attack during the Cold War.

Episode 9

Everything Is Connected - George Eliot's Life

Contemporary artist Gillian Wearing celebrates the legacy of Victorian novelist George Eliot in an experimental film made up of a diverse cast of people.

Episode 10

Seamus Heaney and the Music of What Happens

A portrait of Nobel Prize-winning poet Seamus Heaney. Six years after his death, his family recalls the experiences that inspired his finest poems.