'Paint Along with Nancy' is a series of 52 half-hour programmes made by HTV West for ITV in the UK. At a film festival in France, a friend introduced Nancy Kominsky to the well-known producer Peter Orton, who liked her idea of a television...See more'Paint Along with Nancy' is a series of 52 half-hour programmes made by HTV West for ITV in the UK. At a film festival in France, a friend introduced Nancy Kominsky to the well-known producer Peter Orton, who liked her idea of a television programme aimed at people who wanted to learn how to paint. She began to "commute" between Rome and Bristol, where she made 'Paint Along With Nancy'. Nancy Kominsky's instruction was accompanied by an amusing, unscripted running commentary. Her oil painting lessons were followed with enthusiasm by housewives, shift workers, and schoolchildren, many of whom would race home after school to switch on the television set to watch her demonstrate her unusual system of painting. The original series was followed by a series of 26 half-hour episodes for PBS in the US and it ran into the mid '80s. Written by
James Durkan
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