Television Work
Alison occasionally contributes to television programmes that are relevant to her work - these may be programmes about art, or another subject being examined from an artistic perspective. On this page we’ll outline the programmes she has contributed to, and when and how you can watch them.
Note to producers - Alison is happy to consider proposals for programme contributions, please contact us.
Weatherman Walking (BBC), S12 E2
Filmed Betws-y-coed, 2021
First broadcast BBC1 Wales, 1st April 2022
In this episode of Weatherman Walking, Derek Brockway is exploring the Slate Trail from Capel Curig to Betws-y-coed, when he happens across Alison taking an art group beside the Afon Llugwy. Derek joins the group and completes his own charcoal drawing with Alison’s help. At the end of the day, the group gather in the riverside garden of the Royal Oak Hotel in Betws-y-coed.
Britain’s Novel Landscapes (Channel 4), S1 E3
Filmed Keswick, 2021
First broadcast More 4, 17th Feb 2022
In Britain’s Novel Landscapes, Mariella Frostrup looks at four significant female authors and examines the influence that the landscape had on their work. Alison was asked to contribute to the programme about Beatrix Potter in the Lake District by recreating one of Beatrix’s paintings and discussing her technique of pen and ink with watercolour wash. Although this isn’t a medium that Alison has published, she regularly uses it in her preparatory sketch work.
Read more about Beatrix Potter - Lake District Artist
Inspired By Snowdonia (BBC)
Filmed Betws-y-coed, 2015
Broadcast BBC2, 13th Jun 2015
Not currently available on iPlayer
Inspired by Snowdonia was presented by writer and art historian Mari Griffith. The programme examined the history of artists painting Snowdonia from early visits by Turner, through the Betws-y-coed Artists’ Colony, to Alison and her contemporaries. Mari interviewed Alison in her then Betws-y-coed gallery. This programme is no longer available on catch-up, but a short clip can be viewed on the BBC website.