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Three amateur painters spend four hours painting. At the end the resident guest artist for the week picks a winner for some art supplies kit (the runners-up getting less impressive art supplies kit). In between the Hot Painting Action, the resident guest would give tips to people at home to improve their technique and there would be walks around the place they were painting. | Three amateur painters spend four hours painting. At the end the resident guest artist for the week picks a winner for some art supplies kit (the runners-up getting less impressive art supplies kit). In between the Hot Painting Action, the resident guest would give tips to people at home to improve their technique and there would be walks around the place they were painting. | ||
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Thankfully, by and large the show manages to tread the fine line between being too twee without putting off the core audience of the hour (i.e. pensioners). It is surprisingly interesting to see how different the approaches of the three artists are, although the inclusion of the occasional poem into the proceedings does make us feel a little nauseous. | Thankfully, by and large the show manages to tread the fine line between being too twee without putting off the core audience of the hour (i.e. pensioners). It is surprisingly interesting to see how different the approaches of the three artists are, although the inclusion of the occasional poem into the proceedings does make us feel a little nauseous. | ||
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A show that doesn't attempt to be anything it is not and made many fans for it. | A show that doesn't attempt to be anything it is not and made many fans for it. | ||
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watercolour_Challenge Wikipedia entry] | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watercolour_Challenge Wikipedia entry] | ||
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| + | <div class="image">[[File:Watercolour challenge 2022 just fern.jpg|400px]]''Fern Britton, taking no chances with social distancing.''</div> | ||
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Revision as of 17:52, 14 April 2022
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Host
Hannah Gordon (1998-2001)
Fern Britton (2022-)
Broadcast
Planet 24 North for Channel 4, 15 June 1998 to 23 November 2001 (210 episodes in 4 series)
Twofour for Channel 5, 17 January 2022 to present
Synopsis
A sleeper hit for Channel 4, this is basically to painting what Masterchef is for cooking.
Three amateur painters spend four hours painting. At the end the resident guest artist for the week picks a winner for some art supplies kit (the runners-up getting less impressive art supplies kit). In between the Hot Painting Action, the resident guest would give tips to people at home to improve their technique and there would be walks around the place they were painting.
And they announced the winner over a nice cuppa.Thankfully, by and large the show manages to tread the fine line between being too twee without putting off the core audience of the hour (i.e. pensioners). It is surprisingly interesting to see how different the approaches of the three artists are, although the inclusion of the occasional poem into the proceedings does make us feel a little nauseous.
A show that doesn't attempt to be anything it is not and made many fans for it.
Easel does it.Brought back for a 20-episode run by Channel 5 in 2022, by which time the likes of Drawers Off made it look decidedly po-faced.
Inventor
Ed Forsdick, who died in June 2011, and to whom the entire Channel 5 series was "in memory of". We have the briefest of brief obituaries here.
Merchandise
Web links
Pictures
The logo for the Channel 5 revival
Fern Britton, taking no chances with social distancing.