Season 1
- 1London5 Nov 2013
- 2Glasgow12 Nov 2013
- 3Dublin19 Nov 2013
- 4Cardiff26 Nov 2013
- 5Paris3 Dec 2013
- 6National Portrait Gallery10 Dec 2013
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Portrait Artist of the Year
Artists from the UK and Ireland compete by creating portraits of famous people.
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Seasons (13)
Season 2
- 1Sol Campbell, John Humphrys, Maisie Williams4 Nov 2014
- 2Julian Fellowes, Ronni Ancona, Helena Kennedy QC11 Nov 2014
- 3Gary Kemp, Daniela Nardini, Ashley Jensen18 Nov 2014
- 4Non Evans, Ade Adepitan, Greg Davies25 Nov 2014
- 5Jilly Cooper, Daniel Roche, Melvyn Bragg2 Dec 2014
- 6Neil Hannon, Sharon Corr, Colm Meaney9 Dec 2014
- 7Richard Dawkins, Sally Hitchiner16 Dec 2014
- 8Sir Ian McKellen23 Dec 2014
- 9Alan Cumming30 Dec 2014
Season 3
- 1Episode 124 Jan 2017
- 2Episode 231 Jan 2017
- 3Episode 37 Feb 2017
- 4Episode 414 Feb 2017
- 5Episode 521 Feb 2017
- 6Episode 628 Feb 2017
- 7Episode 77 Mar 2017
- 8Episode 814 Mar 2017
- 9Episode 914 Mar 2017
Season 4
- 1David Tennant, Michaela Coel, James Morrison16 Jan 2018
- 2Noel Fielding, Reggie Yates, Daphne Selfe23 Jan 2018
- 3Ross Kemp, Freddie Fox, Vicky McClure30 Jan 2018
- 4Rachel Hunter, Stefanie Martini, Conleth Hil6 Feb 2018
- 5Elizabeth McGovern, Fiona Shaw, Kadeena Cox13 Feb 2018
- 6Kenneth Cranham, Claire Skinner, Sope Dirisu20 Feb 2018
- 7Michael Ball, Robert Bathurst, Anita Rani27 Feb 2018
- 8Meera Syal, Derek Jacobi, Kirsty Wark6 Mar 2018
- 9Lily Cole, Simon Callow13 Mar 2018
- 10Emeli Sande20 Mar 2018
- 11Kim Cattrall20 Mar 2018
Season 5
- 1Matthew Goode, Geraldine James, Andi Oliver12 Feb 2019
- 2David Gandy, Anne Reid, Ashley Walters19 Feb 2019
- 3Eddie Hall, Jodie Kidd, James Purefoy26 Feb 2019
- 4Anna Chancellor, Stephen Graham, Beverley Knight5 Mar 2019
- 5Georgina Campbell, Mark Gatiss, Tanni Grey-Thompson12 Mar 2019
- 6Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Adrian Lester, Nitin Sawhney19 Mar 2019
- 7Angela Griffin, Gina McKee, Jamael Westman26 Mar 2019
- 8Jodie Comer, Daniel Lismore, Nick Moran2 Apr 2019
- 9Courtney Pine9 Apr 2019
- 10Final - Laura Linney16 Apr 2019
- 11Winner's Film Tom Jones16 Apr 2019
Season 6
- 1Asa Butterfield, Micky Flanagan, Anjli Mohindra21 Jan 2020
- 2Trevor Nelson, Noel Clarke and Ashley Roberts28 Jan 2020
- 3Len Goodman, Tinie Tempah and Harriet Walter4 Feb 2020
- 4Asim Chaudhry, Russell Tovey and Doreen Mantle11 Feb 2020
- 5John Cooper Clarke, Fearne Cotton and Haydn Gwynne18 Feb 2020
- 6Ricky Wilson, Adrian Dunbar and Zawe Ashton25 Feb 2020
- 7Ken Stott, Mike Leigh, Lydia Leonard3 Mar 2020
- 8Deborah Findlay, Wunmi Mosaku and Omid Djalili10 Mar 2020
- 9Elaine Paige17 Mar 2020
- 10Lemn Sissay24 Mar 2020
- 11Portrait Artist of the Year 2020: Nile Rodgers31 Mar 2020
Season 7
- 1Ncuti Gatwa, Lady Glenconner, Fay Ripley14 Oct 2020
- 2Trevor McDonald, Mirren Mack and the Vivienne21 Oct 2020
- 3Deborah James, Eamonn Walker and Melanie Sykes28 Oct 2020
- 4Ray BLK, James Nesbitt and Pam Hogg4 Nov 2020
- 5Robert Rinder, Katie Piper and Don Letts11 Nov 2020
- 6Eddie Marsan, Sian Clifford and Paul Mescal18 Nov 2020
- 7David Haig, Jordan Stephens and Jane Horrocks25 Nov 2020
- 8Kwame Kwei-Armah, Dame Katherine Grainger and Fred Sirieix2 Dec 2020
- 9Bernardine Evaristo9 Dec 2020
- 10Eddie Izzard16 Dec 2020
- 11Carlos Acosta16 Dec 2020
Season 8
- 1Gabrielle, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, Grace Neutral13 Oct 2021
- 2Gyles Brandreth, Karen Gibson, Sophie Cookson20 Oct 2021
- 3Alexa Chung, Nish Kumar, Philip Glenister27 Oct 2021
- 4Celeste, Lydia West, Alastair Campbell3 Nov 2021
- 5Kelly Macdonald, Hugh Skinner, Polly Walker10 Nov 2021
- 6David Olosuga, Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Sergei Polunin17 Nov 2021
- 7Chris Packham, Arlene Phillips, Ali Jawad24 Nov 2021
- 8Ian Hislop, Emma Dabiri, Daniel Mays1 Dec 2021
- 9Nick Mason8 Dec 2021
- 10Barry Humphries15 Dec 2021
- 11Nicola Benedetti22 Dec 2021
- 12Best Of22 Dec 2021
Season 9
- 1Elizabeth Day, Khadija Mellah, Nick Grimshaw5 Oct 2022
- 2Lulu, Alex Brooker, Phil Manzanera12 Oct 2022
- 3Suggs, Miquita Oliver, Eve Muirhead19 Oct 2022
- 4Bruno Tonioli, Yolanda Brown, Helen Sharman26 Oct 2022
- 5Dame Stella Rimington, Big Zuu, Alexis Ffrench2 Nov 2022
- 6Jim Carter, Benjamin Zephaniah, Ellie Simmonds9 Nov 2022
- 7Henning Wehn, Lemar, Candice Carty-Williams16 Nov 2022
- 8Rebecca Ferguson23 Nov 2022
- 9Jonathan Van-Tam30 Nov 2022
- 10Sir Lenny Henry7 Dec 2022
- 11Best Of Portrait Artist Of The Year 202214 Dec 2022
Season 10
- 1Richard Curtis, Emma Freud, Fleur East11 Oct 2023
- 2Jay Rayner, Nihal Arthanayake, Susanna Reid18 Oct 2023
- 3Rory Stewart, Ainsley Harriott, Rob Delaney25 Oct 2023
- 4Sue Barker, Alan Titchmarsh, Philippa Perry1 Nov 2023
- 5Nigel Havers, Mishal Husain, Vanessa Kingori8 Nov 2023
- 6Josh Widdicombe, Nicky Spence, Shirley Ballas15 Nov 2023
- 7Joe Sugg, Daryl McCormack, Lenny Rush22 Nov 2023
- 8Emma Bunton29 Nov 2023
- 9Joan Bakewell6 Dec 2023
- 10The Winner's Story6 Dec 2023
- 11Best Of13 Dec 2023
Season 11
- 1Hannah Waddingham, Richard Madeley, Saskia Reeves9 Oct 2024
- 2Cush Jumbo, Baaba Maal, Carly Paoli16 Oct 2024
- 3Dan Snow, Layton Williams, Steven Frayne (Dynamo)23 Oct 2024
- 4Rosie Jones, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Andy Cole30 Oct 2024
- 5Lucy Worsley, Ricky Hatton, Musa Motha6 Nov 2024
- 6Jill Scott, Jimi Famurewa, Lyall Hakaraia13 Nov 2024
- 7Heather Mills, Kevin McCloud, Martha Kearney20 Nov 2024
- 8Rebecca Taylor, Emma Thynn, Dr Karan Rajan27 Nov 2024
- 9Joely Richardson4 Dec 2024
- 10Lorraine Ashbourne & Andy Serkis11 Dec 2024
- 11The Winner's Story11 Dec 2024
- 12Best of 202418 Dec 2024
Season 12
- 1Alex Jones, Yungblud, Kyla Harris1 Oct 2025
- 2Si King, Elif Shafak, Joe Marler8 Oct 2025
- 3James May, Billy Porter, Emma Barnett15 Oct 2025
- 4Adjoa Andoh, Cat Burns, Clara Amfo22 Oct 2025
- 5Melvin Odoom, Max Beesley, Emily Atack29 Oct 2025
- 6Shane Lynch, Gabby Logan, Beth Rigby5 Nov 2025
- 7Jacob Collier, Fatiha El-Ghorri, Jack Dee12 Nov 2025
- 8Jack Rooke, Reece Clarke, Tim Peake19 Nov 2025
- 9Mary Berry26 Nov 2025
- 10Brian Cox3 Dec 2025
- 11Winner's Film3 Dec 2025
- 12Best of 202510 Dec 2025
Season 13
- 1Lennie James, Sheridan Smith, Vanessa Williams7 Oct 2026
- 2Louis Theroux, Anthony Scaramucci, Joanna Scanlan14 Oct 2026
- 3Matt Weston, Dexter Fletcher, Nikita Gill21 Oct 2026