{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025 }} {{Use British English|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox television | image = | image_alt = | caption = | alt_name = | genre = | director = | presenter = {{Plainlist| * Tinie Tempah (series 1 & 2) * Bill Bailey (series 3-) }} | theme_music_composer = | music = | open_theme = | end_theme = | composer = | country = United Kingdom | num_series = 5 | num_episodes = 30 | list_episodes = | runtime = | company = Chatterbox Media | network = BBC Television | first_aired = {{Start date|2022|02|14|df=y}} | last_aired = }}
'''''Extraordinary Portraits''''' is a BBC Television series produced by Chatterbox Media,<ref name="Chatterbox">{{cite web |title=Chatter Box Media|url=https://chatterbox.media/content/extraordinary-portraits-series-4/ |date=October 2025|access-date=27 October 2025}}</ref> in which members of the public who have a notable achievement are paired with an artist to have their portrait painted, or in some cases drawn, photographed, or sculpted. It first aired on 14 February 2022.<ref name="Khomami">{{cite news |last1=Khomami |first1=Nadia |title=Tinie Tempah puts modern heroes in portrait focus for BBC series |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/jan/24/tinie-tempah-puts-modern-heroes-in-portrait-focus-for-bbc-series |access-date=27 February 2025 |work=The Guardian |date=24 January 2022}}</ref>
The first two series were presented by Tinie Tempah; series three to five by Bill Bailey.<ref name="Emily">{{cite web |last1=Emily |first1=Olivia |title=Bill Bailey’s Extraordinary Portraits Returns This Week |url=https://www.chepstowbeacon.co.uk/news/artist-oriane-pulls-off-bbc-show-masterstroke-767600 |date=February 2025|access-date=27 February 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Bill Bailey returns to match talented artists with inspiring individuals to create breathtaking works of art |url=https://www.newsletter.co.uk/arts-and-culture/film-and-tv/comedian-and-art-lover-bill-bailey-returns-with-a-new-series-of-extraordinary-portraits-4965071 |website=Belfast News Letter |access-date=27 February 2025 |date=6 February 2025 |archive-date=7 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250207135051/https://www.newsletter.co.uk/arts-and-culture/film-and-tv/comedian-and-art-lover-bill-bailey-returns-with-a-new-series-of-extraordinary-portraits-4965071 |url-status=live }}</ref> All the sitters in series three were related to the NHS, to mark its 75th anniversary.<ref name="Emily" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Bill Bailey to present NHS75 Extraordinary Portraits |url=https://www.england.nhs.uk/nhsbirthday/events-and-news/bill-bailey-to-present-nhs75-extraordinary-portraits/ |publisher=NHS England |access-date=27 February 2025 |archive-date=13 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241013225635/https://www.england.nhs.uk/nhsbirthday/events-and-news/bill-bailey-to-present-nhs75-extraordinary-portraits/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
An exhibition of works from the first two series was held at Turner Contemporary in 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=Extraordinary Portraits |url=https://turnercontemporary.org/whats-on/extraordinary-portraits/ |website=Turner Contemporary |access-date=27 February 2025 |archive-date=25 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240725100655/https://turnercontemporary.org/whats-on/extraordinary-portraits/ |url-status=live }}</ref> From 13 March to 6 April 2025, during Bradford's year as UK City of Culture, an exhibition of the portraits from series four was held at the city's ''Loading Bay'' venue.<ref name="Emily" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Extraordinary Portraits with Bill Bailey |url=https://bradford2025.co.uk/event/extraordinary-portraits/ |website=Bradford 2025 |access-date=27 February 2025 |archive-date=15 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250215124221/https://bradford2025.co.uk/event/extraordinary-portraits/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
Series four and five were filmed at Kelmarsh Hall in Northampton.<ref>{{cite web |title=Top 10 Things to do this Spring - MaHa Magazine Issue 25 |url=https://www.mahamagazine.co.uk/issue-25-top-10-things-to-do-this-spring.html |website=MaHa Magazine |access-date=14 April 2026 |language=en}}</ref>
== Episodes ==
thumb|upright|Christy Lee Rogers, seen in 2011 thumb|upright|Mark Ormrod, seen in 2017
* 1:1. Twin sisters Georgia and Melissa Laurie, who survived a crocodile attack, painted by Roxana Halls<ref>{{cite web |title=Georgia and Melissa Laurie (BBC Extraordinary Portraits) - Roxana Halls - Forward Gallery |url=https://www.forwardgallery.com/artist/roxana-halls/georgia-and-melissa-laurie-bbc-extraordinary-portraits |publisher=Forward Gallery |access-date=27 February 2025 }}</ref> * 1:2. Model Cee Cee, who has albinism, photographed underwater by Christy Lee Rogers<ref>{{cite web |title=Extraordinary Portraits — 2022 News |url=https://www.christyleerogers.com/2022-news/tag/Extraordinary+Portraits |website=Christy Lee Rogers |access-date=27 February 2025 |date=19 March 2022}}</ref> * 1:3. Patrick Hutchinson, painted by Dale Grimshaw<ref>{{cite web |title=Extraordinary Portraits - Patrick Hutchinson |url=https://wellhung.co.uk/product/patrick/ |website=Well Hung |access-date=27 February 2025}}</ref> * 1:4. Burns survivor Catrin Pugh, drawn by Kelvin Okafor<ref>{{cite web |title=Catrin Pugh Portrait |url=https://kelvinokaforart.com/catrin-pugh-portrait/ |website=Kelvin Okafor Art |access-date=27 February 2025 |date=23 March 2022 |archive-date=14 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250114000720/https://kelvinokaforart.com/catrin-pugh-portrait/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1:5. Former Royal Marine Mark Ormrod, painted by Thomas Croft — the abstract background was painted by Ormrod's children Mason and Evie<ref>{{cite web |title=Tinie and Tom! Local artist Tom Croft stars in BBC1's 'Extraordinary Portraits' as Oxford Art Society exhibition opens |url=https://oxinabox.co.uk/artist-tom-croft-on-tvs-extraordinary-portraits-tonight-as-oxford-art-society-exhibition-opens/ |website=Ox In A Box |access-date=27 February 2025 |date=26 March 2022 |archive-date=14 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250114103916/https://oxinabox.co.uk/artist-tom-croft-on-tvs-extraordinary-portraits-tonight-as-oxford-art-society-exhibition-opens/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Extraordinary Portraits |url=http://www.thomascroft.co.uk/extraordinary-portraits/ |publisher=Thomas Croft |access-date=27 February 2025}}</ref> * 1:6. 88-year-old farmer Alec Burrough, painted by Caroline Pool<ref>{{cite web |title=Alec Burrough — Caroline Pool news |url=https://www.carolinepool.com/news/tag/alec+burrough |publisher=Caroline Pool |access-date=27 February 2025 |date=31 March 2022}}</ref> * 2:1. Fundraiser and cancer survivor Harriet Middleton, painted by Stuart Pearson Wright — who subsequently donated his painting to Shetland Museum<ref>{{cite web |title=The ‘Harriet’ unveiling honours phenomenal fundraising effort |url=https://www.shetlandmuseumandarchives.org.uk/blog/the-harriet-unveiling-honours-phenomenal-fundraising-effort |publisher=Shetland Museum & Archives |access-date=27 February 2025 |date=30 January 2023}}</ref> * 2:2. Charlotte Banfield, who has cerebral palsy, photographed by Bella Kotak<ref>{{cite web |title=Bella Kotak Photography |url=https://www.oxmag.co.uk/articles/bella-kotak-photography/ |website=OxMag |access-date=27 February 2025 |archive-date=6 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250106172133/https://www.oxmag.co.uk/articles/bella-kotak-photography/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * 2:3. Footballer Jahmal Howlett-Mundle, painted by Lo Lo<ref>{{cite web |last1=Holmes |first1=Jon |title=Why Bi Visibility Day matters, with Jahmal Howlett-Mundle of the LGBTQ+ Professionals in Football Collective |url=https://sportsmedialgbt.com/why-bi-visibility-day-matters-with-jahmal-howlett-mundle-of-the-lgbtq-professionals-in-football-collective |website=Sports Media LGBT+ |access-date=27 February 2025 |date=23 September 2022 |archive-date=5 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241205223520/https://sportsmedialgbt.com/why-bi-visibility-day-matters-with-jahmal-howlett-mundle-of-the-lgbtq-professionals-in-football-collective |url-status=live }}</ref> * 2:4. Powerlifter Karenjeet Kaur Bains, painted by Amar Stewart<ref>{{cite web |title=Ex Myton Student on BBC's Extraordinary Portraits |url=https://www.mytonschool.co.uk/newsletter/ex-myton-student-on-bbcs-extraordinary-portraits/ |publisher=Myton School |access-date=27 February 2025}}</ref> * 2:5. Jamie Dalgoutte, painted by Ross Muir<ref>{{cite web |title=Ardrossan man stars in Tinie’s BBC show Extraordinary Portraits |url=https://www.ardrossanherald.com/news/20627287.extraordinary-portraits-ardrossan-man-jamie-dalgoutte-stars-tinies-bbc-show/ |website=Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald |access-date=27 February 2025 |date=13 August 2022 |archive-date=18 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240318093705/https://www.ardrossanherald.com/news/20627287.extraordinary-portraits-ardrossan-man-jamie-dalgoutte-stars-tinies-bbc-show/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * 2:6. Teacher Christian Foley, painted by Laura Quinn Harris<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC1 Extraordinary Portraits |url=https://www.lauraquinnharris.com/news/bbc1-extraordinary-portraits-1 |website=Laura Quinn Harris |access-date=27 February 2025}}</ref> * 3:1. Trauma surgeon Martin Griffiths, sculpted by Nick Elphick<ref>{{cite web |last1=Elphick |first1=Nick |title=BBC Extraordinary Portraits |url=https://nickelphicksculpture.co.uk/extraordinary-portraits |website=Nick Elphick – Sculpture |access-date=27 February 2025 |archive-date=10 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231010032324/https://nickelphicksculpture.co.uk/extraordinary-portraits |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Llandudno artist who created NHS piece ‘blessed’ to feature on BBC programme |url=https://www.northwalespioneer.co.uk/news/23656802.llandudno-artist-appear-bbcs-extraordinary-portraits/ |access-date=27 February 2025 |work=North Wales Pioneer |date=14 July 2023 |archive-date=8 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240208105840/https://www.northwalespioneer.co.uk/news/23656802.llandudno-artist-appear-bbcs-extraordinary-portraits/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * 3:2. Doctor Grace Spence Green, painted by Jemisha Maadhavji<ref>{{cite web |title=DMU Fine Art grad paints stunning portrait of NHS hero on peak time BBC show |url=https://www.dmu.ac.uk/about-dmu/news/2023/july/dmu-fine-art-grad-paints-stunning-portrait-of-nhs-hero-on-peak-time-bbc-show.aspx |publisher=De Montfort University |access-date=27 February 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Shobowale |first1=Sali |title=Leicester artist features in BBC show celebrating NHS heroes |url=https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/leicester-artist-jemisha-feature-bbc-8619173 |access-date=27 February 2025 |work=Leicestershire Live |date=23 July 2023 |archive-date=15 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240815130053/https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/leicester-artist-jemisha-feature-bbc-8619173 |url-status=live }}</ref> * 3:3. Araf Saddiq, Scotland's first Asian paramedic, photographed by Brock Elbank<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aitken |first1=Vivienne |last2=Williams |first2=Kieren |title='I'm the first Muslim paramedic at my service and I've been called a terrorist' |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/im-first-muslim-paramedic-ambulance-30436815 |access-date=27 February 2025 |work=The Mirror |date=11 July 2023 |archive-date=15 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515200337/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/im-first-muslim-paramedic-ambulance-30436815 |url-status=live }}</ref> * 3:4. Jules Lewis, an end-of-life care nurse, painted by Belinda Eaton<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bailey |first1=Lisa |title=End of Life Care Nurse to feature in special BBC series |url=https://www.sath.nhs.uk/news/end-of-life-care-nurse-to-feature-in-special-bbc-series/ |website=SaTH |access-date=27 February 2025 |date=13 July 2023 |archive-date=5 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241105073024/https://www.sath.nhs.uk/news/end-of-life-care-nurse-to-feature-in-special-bbc-series/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * 3:5. Six members of the Edwards family, painted by Adebanji Alade<ref>{{cite web|title=Extraordinary Portraits 2023 – Episode 5 – Adebanji Alade & The Edwards|url=https://theroi.co.uk/extroadinary-portraits/|publisher=ROI|access-date=27 February 2025|archive-date=15 January 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250115031200/https://theroi.co.uk/extroadinary-portraits/|url-status=live}}</ref> * 3:6. Hospital porter Holly Crawshaw, with her daughter Renae, painted by Mark Draisey<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC Extraordinary Portraits |url=https://markdraisey.com/bbc-extraordinary-portraits |publisher=Mark Draisey |access-date=27 February 2025 |archive-date=23 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240423200002/https://markdraisey.com/bbc-extraordinary-portraits |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Artist paints portrait of NHS worker for TV show |url=https://www.henleystandard.co.uk/news/home/183417/artist-paints-portrait-of-nhs-worker-for-tv-show.html |access-date=27 February 2025 |work=Henley Standard |date=7 September 2023 }}</ref> * 4:1. Clare Sacco, who founded a charity after receiving a diagnosis of incurable cancer, painted by Oriane Pierrepoint<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hartland |first1=Nick |title=Artist Oriane pulls off BBC show masterstroke |url=https://www.chepstowbeacon.co.uk/news/artist-oriane-pulls-off-bbc-show-masterstroke-767600 |website=Chepstow Beacon |access-date=27 February 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Richardson |first1=Hollie |last2=Catterall |first2=Ali |last3=Duggins |first3=Alexi |last4=Virtue |first4=Graeme |last5=Heritage |first5=Stuart |title=TV tonight: Bill Bailey’s incredibly moving art show |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/feb/07/tv-tonight-bill-baileys-incredibly-moving-art-show |access-date=27 February 2025 |work=The Guardian |date=7 February 2025}}</ref> * 4:2. Rizwan Javed, painted by Jack Dickson<ref>{{cite news |title=Artist paints portrait of 'awe-inspiring' life saving TfL worker |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn0y6280xp4o |access-date=27 February 2025 |work=BBC News |date=17 February 2025}}</ref> * 4:3. Gill Sayell, painted by David James<ref>{{cite news |title='Trailblazer' for women's football in England painted by David James |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cd0nz8m59g3o |access-date=27 February 2025 |work=BBC Sport |date=22 February 2025 |archive-date=22 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250222113522/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cd0nz8m59g3o |url-status=live }}</ref> * 4:4. Former paratrooper Christian Lewis, sculpted by Hywel Pratley * 4:5. Foster carers Marva and Lionel Warmington, painted by Chloe Cox<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wallis |first1=Sara |title=Couple who have fostered 'too many kids to count' receive incredible honour |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/bbc-extraordinary-portraits-sees-bill-34817771 |access-date=8 March 2025 |work=The Mirror |date=7 March 2025 |language=en}}</ref> * 4:6. Down's syndrome campaigner Millie Anna, painted by Karen Turner<ref>{{cite web |title=Karen's Extraordinary Portrait of Millie Anna |url=https://folkfeatures.co.uk/karens-extraordinary-portrait-of-millie-anna/ |website=Folk Features |access-date=9 March 2025 |date=7 February 2025}}</ref> * 5:1. Darryn Frost, a hero of the 2019 London Bridge stabbings, sculpted by Nick Elphick<ref>{{cite news |title=Sculpture unveiled of Darryn Frost who fought knifeman with tusk |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdxd2k9ex4no |access-date=13 April 2026 |work=BBC News |date=29 March 2026}}</ref> * 5:2. Eddie Brocklesby, aka ‘Iron Gran’, an 82-year-old female Ironman triathlete, painted by Caroline Pool<ref>{{cite web |title=Extraordinary Portraits with Bill Bailey |url=https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/proginfo/2026/13/extraordinary-portraits-with-bill-bailey |publisher=BBC |access-date=13 April 2026 |language=en}}</ref> * 5:3. Lindsay McKenna, who runs a rescue centre for exotic animals, painted by Ricky Wilson<ref>{{cite news |last1=Baker |first1=Julia |title=TV crew descends on wildlife sanctuary with famed musician |url=https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/26016311.bbc-extraordinary-portraits-features-wildside-exotic-rescue/ |access-date=14 April 2026 |work=Hereford Times |date=13 April 2026 |language=en}}</ref> * 5:4. Two brothers, Jordan and Cian Adams, who raise finds for Alzheimer's Research UK after being given a prognosis of inherited early-onset frontotemporal dementia, painted by Unza Saleem<ref>{{cite news |last1=Osborne |first1=Ashleigh |title=Redditch’s FTD Brothers set to appear on BBC Extraordinary Portraits with Bill Bailey |url=https://redditchstandard.co.uk/news/redditchs-ftd-brothers-set-to-appear-on-bbc-extraordinary-portraits-with-bill-bailey/ |access-date=14 April 2026 |work=Redditch Standard |language=en}}</ref> * 5:5. Seema Misra, a victim of the British Post Office scandal, who subsequently worked for justice for other victims, painted by Jack Dickson<ref>{{cite web |title=Extraordinary Portraits |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2026/16/extraordinary-portraits-with-bill-bailey |publisher=BBC |access-date=14 April 2026 |language=en}}</ref> * 5:6. Sisters Amy Purdie and Grace Davidson, donor and recipient respectively, in the UK's first successful womb transplant, painted by Karen Turner<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC One - Extraordinary Portraits, Series 5, Sister Donates Her Womb |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002tsnm |publisher=BBC |access-date=16 April 2026 |date=27 March 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=First UK birth following womb transplant |url=https://www.imperial.nhs.uk/about-us/news/first-uk-birth-following-womb-transplant |publisher=Imperial College Healthcare |access-date=16 April 2026 |language=en |date=8 April 2025}}</ref>
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