Start your Free Trial:

BBC Select on Apple TV Prime Video - Channels The Roku Channel

The work and passions of artist Vincent Van Gogh

Watch Van Gogh: Painted with Words on BBC Select

Van Gogh Painted with Words is a powerful, award-winning drama documentary featuring Benedict Cumberbatch as artist Vincent Van Gogh.

Based on years of painstaking research, with every single word of dialogue sourced from his original writings, this is the story of Vincent van Gogh in his own words.

Presented by Alan Yentob and with a powerful performance from the Sherlock and Doctor Strange actor, Van Gogh: Painted with Words is a Vincent Van Gogh documentary like no other and paints a portrait of a sophisticated, civilized yet tormented man.

Watch Van Gogh: Painted with Words and more acclaimed documentaries on BBC Select today. Restrictions apply*.

Get it on Apple TV
Prime Video - Channels
The Roku Channel

More documentaries you might like...

Subscribe to BBC Select for hundreds of hours of thought - provoking, award-winning and critically-acclaimed documentaries from the BBC and beyond.
Learn MorePicasso: The Beauty and the Beast

Picasso: The Beauty and the Beast

His art changed the way we see the world. Now change the way you see the artist. An unflinching look at Pablo Picasso's life, loves and legacy.

Learn MoreAgatha Christie: Lucy Worsley on the Mystery Queen

Agatha Christie: Lucy Worsley on the Mystery Queen

Lucy Worsley discovers the origins of crime writer Agatha Christie's macabre magic.

Learn MoreAuction

Auction

Millionaires, passionate collectors and adoring fans enter the great auction houses of the world, desperate to bid and win fabulous treasures.

Learn MoreWonderland: Gothic

Wonderland: Gothic

Horror, dystopias, monsters, fear: why is the Gothic genre so enduring?

Learn MoreThe Divine Michelangelo

The Divine Michelangelo

How was one man, Michelangelo, capable of creating such iconic and enduring works of art?

Learn MoreToulouse-Lautrec

Toulouse-Lautrec

A profile of the influential artist Toulouse-Lautrec whose life was scarred by tragedy.

Learn MoreArt, Passion and Power: The Story of the Royal Collection

Art, Passion and Power: The Story of the Royal Collection

Andrew Graham-Dixon explores the impressive artworks and history of the Royal Collection.

    BBC Select Free Trial

    BBC Select is available on Amazon Prime Video Channels, the Apple TV app and The Roku Channel for only $5.99 a month. Start a 7-day free trial and watch a range of acclaimed documentaries from the BBC and beyond. Restrictions apply*.

    Get it on Apple TV
    Prime Video - Channels
    The Roku Channel