7.2 /10 1 Votes
Country of origin United Kingdom No. of series 6 First episode date 1 May 2011 Language English Audio format Stereophonic sound | 7.3/10 IMDb Original language(s) English Production company(s) (see below) Genre Television documentary Number of series 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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No. of episodes 29 (as of 18 October 2016) Running time 60 minutes (including adverts) Similar Agatha Christie's Partners i, Fortysomething, Great Continental Railway J, Long Lost Family, The Nature of Things | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Perspectives is a current British television arts documentary series for ITV. The show began airing on 24 April 2011 and aired its fifth series in 2015.
Contents
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 Wind in the Willows.
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.
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.
Series 5
A fifth series of Perspectives began airing on 19 April 2015 starting with: "Michael Jackson's Thriller with Ashley Banjo"
Series 6
Series 6 began airing on 18 October 2016.