Artists from the UK and Ireland compete by creating portraits of famous people.
You can now watch Portrait Artist of the Year online on the following streaming platforms in the United States.
| Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | Episode 1 | London | 2013-11-05 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 2 | Glasgow | 2013-11-12 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 3 | Dublin | 2013-11-19 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 4 | Cardiff | 2013-11-26 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 5 | Paris | 2013-12-03 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 6 | National Portrait Gallery | 2013-12-10 | 90 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 1 | Sol Campbell, John Humphrys, Maisie Williams | 2014-11-04 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 2 | Julian Fellowes, Ronni Ancona, Helena Kennedy QC | 2014-11-11 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 3 | Gary Kemp, Daniela Nardini, Ashley Jensen | 2014-11-18 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 4 | Non Evans, Ade Adepitan, Greg Davies | 2014-11-25 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 5 | Jilly Cooper, Daniel Roche, Melvyn Bragg | 2014-12-02 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 6 | Neil Hannon, Sharon Corr, Colm Meaney | 2014-12-09 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 7 | Richard Dawkins, Sally Hitchiner | 2014-12-16 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 8 | Sir Ian McKellen | 2014-12-23 | 90 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 9 | Alan Cumming | 2014-12-30 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 1 | Episode 1 | 2017-01-24 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 2 | Episode 2 | 2017-01-31 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 3 | Episode 3 | 2017-02-07 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 4 | Episode 4 | 2017-02-14 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 5 | Episode 5 | 2017-02-21 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 6 | Episode 6 | 2017-02-28 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 7 | Episode 7 | 2017-03-07 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 8 | Episode 8 | 2017-03-14 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 9 | Episode 9 | 2017-03-14 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 1 | David Tennant, Michaela Coel, James Morrison | 2018-01-16 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 2 | Noel Fielding, Reggie Yates, Daphne Selfe | 2018-01-23 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 3 | Ross Kemp, Freddie Fox, Vicky McClure | 2018-01-30 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 4 | Rachel Hunter, Stefanie Martini, Conleth Hil | 2018-02-06 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 5 | Elizabeth McGovern, Fiona Shaw, Kadeena Cox | 2018-02-13 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 6 | Kenneth Cranham, Claire Skinner, Sope Dirisu | 2018-02-20 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 7 | Michael Ball, Robert Bathurst, Anita Rani | 2018-02-27 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 8 | Meera Syal, Derek Jacobi, Kirsty Wark | 2018-03-06 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 9 | Lily Cole, Simon Callow | 2018-03-13 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 10 | Emeli Sande | 2018-03-20 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 11 | Kim Cattrall | 2018-03-20 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 1 | Matthew Goode, Geraldine James, Andi Oliver | 2019-02-12 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 2 | David Gandy, Anne Reid, Ashley Walters | 2019-02-19 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 3 | Eddie Hall, Jodie Kidd, James Purefoy | 2019-02-26 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 4 | Anna Chancellor, Stephen Graham, Beverley Knight | 2019-03-05 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 5 | Georgina Campbell, Mark Gatiss, Tanni Grey-Thompson | 2019-03-12 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 6 | Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Adrian Lester, Nitin Sawhney | 2019-03-19 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 7 | Angela Griffin, Gina McKee, Jamael Westman | 2019-03-26 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 8 | Jodie Comer, Daniel Lismore, Nick Moran | 2019-04-02 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 9 | Courtney Pine | 2019-04-09 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 10 | Final - Laura Linney | 2019-04-16 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 11 | Winner's Film Tom Jones | 2019-04-16 | 60 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 1 | Asa Butterfield, Micky Flanagan, Anjli Mohindra | 2020-01-21 | 60 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 2 | Trevor Nelson, Noel Clarke and Ashley Roberts | 2020-01-28 | 60 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 3 | Len Goodman, Tinie Tempah and Harriet Walter | 2020-02-04 | 60 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 4 | Asim Chaudhry, Russell Tovey and Doreen Mantle | 2020-02-11 | 60 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 5 | John Cooper Clarke, Fearne Cotton and Haydn Gwynne | 2020-02-18 | 60 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 6 | Ricky Wilson, Adrian Dunbar and Zawe Ashton | 2020-02-25 | 60 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 7 | Ken Stott, Mike Leigh, Lydia Leonard | 2020-03-03 | 60 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 8 | Deborah Findlay, Wunmi Mosaku and Omid Djalili | 2020-03-10 | 60 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 9 | Elaine Paige | 2020-03-17 | 60 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 10 | Lemn Sissay | 2020-03-24 | 60 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 11 | Portrait Artist of the Year 2020: Nile Rodgers | 2020-03-31 | 60 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 1 | Ncuti Gatwa, Lady Glenconner, Fay Ripley | 2020-10-14 | 60 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 2 | Trevor McDonald, Mirren Mack and the Vivienne | 2020-10-21 | 60 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 3 | Deborah James, Eamonn Walker and Melanie Sykes | 2020-10-28 | 60 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 4 | Ray BLK, James Nesbitt and Pam Hogg | 2020-11-04 | 60 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 5 | Robert Rinder, Katie Piper and Don Letts | 2020-11-11 | 60 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 6 | Eddie Marsan, Sian Clifford and Paul Mescal | 2020-11-18 | 60 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 7 | David Haig, Jordan Stephens and Jane Horrocks | 2020-11-25 | 60 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 8 | Kwame Kwei-Armah, Dame Katherine Grainger and Fred Sirieix | 2020-12-02 | 60 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 9 | Bernardine Evaristo | 2020-12-09 | 60 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 10 | Eddie Izzard | 2020-12-16 | 60 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 11 | Carlos Acosta | 2020-12-16 | 60 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 1 | Gabrielle, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, Grace Neutral | 2021-10-13 | 60 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 2 | Gyles Brandreth, Karen Gibson, Sophie Cookson | 2021-10-20 | 60 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 3 | Alexa Chung, Nish Kumar, Philip Glenister | 2021-10-27 | 60 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 4 | Celeste, Lydia West, Alastair Campbell | 2021-11-03 | 60 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 5 | Kelly Macdonald, Hugh Skinner, Polly Walker | 2021-11-10 | 60 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 6 | David Olosuga, Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Sergei Polunin | 2021-11-17 | 60 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 7 | Chris Packham, Arlene Phillips, Ali Jawad | 2021-11-24 | 60 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 8 | Ian Hislop, Emma Dabiri, Daniel Mays | 2021-12-01 | 60 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 9 | Nick Mason | 2021-12-08 | 60 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 10 | Barry Humphries | 2021-12-15 | 60 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 11 | Nicola Benedetti | 2021-12-22 | 60 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 12 | Best Of | 2021-12-22 | 60 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 1 | Richard Curtis, Emma Freud, Fleur East | 2023-10-11 | 60 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 2 | Jay Rayner, Nihal Arthanayake, Susanna Reid | 2023-10-18 | 60 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 3 | Rory Stewart, Ainsley Harriott, Rob Delaney | 2023-10-25 | 60 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 4 | Sue Barker, Alan Titchmarsh, Philippa Perry | 2023-11-01 | 60 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 5 | Nigel Havers, Mishal Husain, Vanessa Kingori | 2023-11-08 | 60 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 6 | Josh Widdicombe, Nicky Spence, Shirley Ballas | 2023-11-15 | 60 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 7 | Joe Sugg, Daryl McCormack, Lenny Rush | 2023-11-22 | 60 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 8 | Emma Bunton | 2023-11-29 | 60 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 9 | Joan Bakewell | 2023-12-06 | 60 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 10 | The Winner's Story | 2023-12-06 | 60 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 11 | Best Of | 2023-12-13 | 60 min |
