The South Bank Show Revisited looks at the return of David Hockney to his native Yorkshire as he embarks on an ambitious new project which will see him take over the Royal Academy in 2012.
This film sees Melvyn Bragg explore why David Hockney has turned his back on America and retreated to the seaside town of Bridlington for his new projects. He talks about the giant landscapes (some up to 40ft long) he is painting for his 2012 exhibition and the techniques and difficulties of preparing such large pieces.
David Hockney also shares his passion for technology demonstrating a new video montage project he is preparing on his computer: a nine camera rig strapped to his car that records the same landscape in different focuses, colours and exposures and which is then stitched back together to form one giant screen. It builds on and extends the original nine screen montage he first made for The South Bank Show in 1984.
The South Bank Show Revisited features David Hockney at his outspoken best, whether he is demonstrating his terrific appetite for art and new projects and technologies or railing against the smoking ban and the nanny state he feels the country has turned into.
ITV1. 2 May. 60 minutes
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