All in the Best Possible Taste with Grayson Perry

All in the Best Possible Taste with Grayson Perry
GenreDocumentary television
Directed byNeil Crombie
StarringGrayson Perry
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes3
Production
Executive producerDinah Lord
ProducersJoe Evans
Emily Jeal
Juliet Riddell
Running time46 minutes
Original release
NetworkChannel 4
Release5 June (2012-06-05) –
19 June 2012 (2012-06-19)

All in the Best Possible Taste with Grayson Perry is a 2012 documentary television series on United Kingdom station Channel 4, starring the artist Grayson Perry. The series analysed the ideas of taste held by the different social classes in the United Kingdom. In it, Perry produced a series of six tapestries depicting the taste ideas of Britons, entitled "The Vanity of Small Differences".

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byOriginal release date
1"Working Class Taste"Neil Crombie5 June 2012 (2012-06-05)
Perry studies working class taste, visiting Sunderland and looking at tattoos, modified cars, cosmetics and football.
2"Middle Class Taste"Neil Crombie12 June 2012 (2012-06-12)
Perry studies middle class taste, visiting Royal Tunbridge Wells and Kings Hill.
3"Upper Class Taste"Neil Crombie19 June 2012 (2012-06-19)
Perry studies upper class taste, visiting the Cotswolds.

Reception

All In The Best Possible Taste with Grayson Perry received very positive reviews from the British press. The Daily Telegraph called it "one of the TV highlights of the year so far".[1] The Independent described it as "lovely".[2] The Guardian described it as a "glorious, inspired and incisive investigation into modern British taste".[3] On 12 May 2013, All in the Best Possible Taste with Grayson Perry won a Bafta Specialist Factual award.

References

  1. ^ "All In The Best Possible Taste with Grayson Perry - Channel 4". Retrieved 25 June 2012.[dead link‍]
  2. ^ Tom Sutcliffe (20 June 2012). "Last night's viewing: All in the Best Possible Taste with Grayson Perry, Channel 4; True Love, BBC1 - Reviews - TV & Radio". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 24 June 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  3. ^ Lucy Mangan (19 June 2012). "TV review: All in the Best Possible Taste with Grayson Perry; Joely Richardson on Shakespeare's Women". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 20 June 2013.