In August 2015 the BBC broadcast the untold story of Winston
Churchill's lifelong love for painting which Andrew presented and he and revealed the surprising ways in which Churchill's private hobby helped shape his public career as a politician and statesman. It even played an unexpected part in his role as wartime leader.
Art has
played an important role in Andrew's recovery from his serious stroke in 2013 and he reflects on his own fascination with the healing powers of art which through the programme fuels a journey that opens a new
perspective on one of Britain's most famous men.
Andrew travels to the south of France and Marrakech,
where Churchill loved to paint, and discovers how his serious approach to the
craft of painting led to friendships with major British artists of the 20th
century. He finds out how a single painting in the 1940s may have influenced
the course of the Second World War, and meets Churchill's descendants to
discover what his family felt about a private hobby that helped keep him sane
through his wilderness years. Andrew also discovers how, 50 years after Churchill's
death, his art is being taken more seriously than ever before, with one
painting being sold for almost £2 million in 2014.
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