Sensationalists: The Bad Girls and Boys of British Art Upstarts (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | Documentary

Sensationalists: The Bad Girls and Boys of British Art

Upstarts (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV Episode | Documentary

A look at the origins of the Young British Artists in the art schools of the mid-80s, a shocking and provocative movement which would culminate in the notorious 1997 exhibition Sensation.

Producers

Daniel Baskerville | Adam Fenn

Editors

Sean Mackenzie (additional editing) | Ged Murphy | Angus Sutherland

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Release date

Sep 27, 2022 (United Kingdom)

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22 cast members

Name	Known for
Keith Allen Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer	The Others (2001)
Leigh Bowery Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Ghosts of Oxford Street (1991)
Michael Clark Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
Darren Coffield Self Self See fewer	Sensationalists: The Bad Girls and Boys of British Art (2022)
Mat Collishaw Self Self See fewer	The Private Life of a Masterpiece (2001)
Michael Craig-Martin Self Self See fewer	The Last Art Film (2012)
Goldie Self Self See fewer	The World Is Not Enough (1999)
Antony Gormley Self Self See fewer	Zero degré, l'infini (2006)
Jefferson Hack Self Self See fewer	Renegade TV Gets Dazed (1998)
Damien Hirst Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London (2004)
Georgie Hopton Self Self See fewer	Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (1998)
Gary Hume Self Self See fewer	Sensationalists: The Bad Girls and Boys of British Art (2022)
Karl Hyde Self Self See fewer	Sunshine (2007)
Michael Landy Self Self See fewer	London: The Modern Babylon (2012)
Toby Mott Self Self See fewer	The Angelic Conversation (1985)
Oliver Peyton Self Self See fewer	The Great British Menu (2006)
Fiona Rae Self Self See fewer	Christmas University Challenge (2011)
Norman Rosenthal Self Self See fewer	The Reality of Truth (2016)
Rick Smith Self Self See fewer	Sunshine (2007)
Gavin Turk Self Self See fewer	Sensationalists: The Bad Girls and Boys of British Art (2022)
Sue Webster Actress Actress See fewer	Riot on Redchurch Street: The Director's Cut (2025)
Rachel Whiteread Self Self See fewer	ArtShock (2006)