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The Banker's Guide to Art

Documentary exploring the high-stakes, and sometimes murky, world of art collecting. The value of London's art market has reached unprecedented heights.

Documentary that takes an inside look at the high-stakes, and sometimes murky, world of art collecting.

The value of London's art market has soared to unprecedented heights, driven by the nouveau riche of the financial world, whose money has poured into the bank accounts of dealers, galleries and auction houses.

1 hour, 29 minutes

Last on

Thu 9 Apr 2020 00:00
BBC Four

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Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:31

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Well Tempered Clavier Book I - Prelude and Fugue in C BWV896

  • 00:50

    Johann Strauss II

    An Artists' Life, Waltz, Op. 316

  • 01:05

    Johann Strauss II

    Blue Danube

  • 01:14

    Philip Glass

    Closing From Mishima

  • 01:18

    Luigi Boccherini

    Minuet In A Major

    Performer: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.

Credits

Executive Producer Patrick Forbes
Executive Producer Stephanie Collins
Writer Ben Lewis
Production Company Oxford Film and Television

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