Lenny Henry

From some 2000 applicants, 63 artists made it to the heats, 8 made it to the semi-final and just 3 to the final, where our worthy winner for this ninth series of Portrait Artist of the Year was selected. Stephen Mangan and Joan Bakewell present this final programme, where the winner embarks on a GBP 10,000 prize commission to create a portrait of Sir Lenny Henry.

Summer is here, exams are over and it's Neil's birthday. With no guests, beer or music, his party is a right-off. Then Mike remembers to tell Rik his parents have died, the postman reveals they have all failed their exams and landlord Jerzei Balowski arrives to check on the house and chucks them out when he sees all the destruction. With no money, Mike plans a bank robbery and Rik steals a double-decker bus to make their getaway.

Two Indian restaurants go head to head in the search for the nation's best local restaurant. Curry is one of Britain's favourite dishes so the pressure is on as both restaurants prepare a three-course meal under Gordon's watchful eye. Gordon continues his search for the world's best ingredients and travels to Scotland to hunt deer to create a brand new curry: venison masala. And comedian Lenny Henry takes Gordon on in the Recipe Challenge, cooking his mother's pepperpot soup. - Strong language and some scenes of butchery

Exceptional figures from politics, business, sport, culture, religion and science share their insights into being black and British today, how they got where they are and their thoughts on what the future holds.

Tokenism, typecasting, lack of access to capital, proving yourself twice over, are just some of the problems our cast discuss. And that's all before the self censorship that prevents many from achieving their full potental.