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With the National Portrait Gallery reopening, Kate Bryan discusses the refurbishment with its director and begins a journey of portraiture through the ages.
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Kate Bryan's exploration takes her to the 18th and 19th centuries, and she discovers how one invention - the camera - changed portraiture forever.
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Kate Bryan explores 20th-century portraiture, examining depictions of war poets and Queen Elizabeth II. Jim Moir drops in to discuss his favourite work.