The Pale Blue Eye and Happy Valley reviewed, Artist Alexander Creswell
Critics Tim Robey and Rhianna Dhillon on The Pale Blue Eye and the return of Happy Valley. Artist Alexander Creswell on painting Windsor Castle after the fire in 1992.
Critics Tim Robey and Rhianna Dhillon join Front Row to watch the murder-mystery gothic horror film The Pale Blue Eye, starring Christian Bale, Gillian Anderson and Harry Melling, as Edgar Allan Poe, and the return of Happy Valley starring Sarah Lancashire and written by Sally Wainwright for what will be its final series.
After the Windsor Castle fire in 1992, the artist Alexander Creswell was commissioned by the Queen to initially chart the destruction and five years later to capture the restoration of the castle. It was the only series of paintings that the Queen ever commissioned. Alexander Creswell reflects on the commission that led to him creating twenty-one watercolour paintings. The series is not currently on public display, but can be viewed on the Royal Collection Trust website.
Picture credit of Harry Melling and Lucy Boynton in The Pale Blue Eye: Scott Garfield/Netflix Β© 2022
Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Sarah Johnson
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