ame Judi Dench will probably be celebrated throughout the 10-year anniversary of the Portrait Artist Of The Year TV present.

Winners of the Sky Arts programme from the final decade will paint the Oscar-winning actress, 88, throughout a 90-minute particular.

The Portrait Artist Of The Decade episode may even delve into the tales of earlier winners and their careers as they return to Battersea Arts Centre.

Phil Edgar-Jones, director of Sky Arts, stated: “We are tremendously proud that over 10 years Portrait Artist Of The Year has become the pre-eminent painting prize in the UK, and that so many of the wonderfully talented artists who’ve appeared on the programme have gone on to have such glittering careers in portraiture.

“That plus a range of famous faces captured on canvas make this a true jewel in the Sky Arts crown.”

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Also marking the present’s tenth 12 months is a mass portrait occasion with novice {and professional} artists depicting comic and actor Sir Lenny Henry.

The session, which will probably be streamed on-line from Lindley Hall in Westminster, will look to interrupt the document for the most individuals portray on-line and in a single venue concurrently.

Sir Lenny, who sat for final 12 months’s portrait artist winner, Morag Caister, stated: “I loved sitting for Portrait Artist of the Year in 2022 and it was a real honour to take part.

“This year is a little different, but no less momentous. I’m so grateful for the chance to be invited back to play my part in what will hopefully be a new world record for the history books.”

Hosts of Portrait Artist Of The Year, Dame Joan Bakewell and Stephen Mangan, will return with the programme on October 4.

This 12 months, superstar sitters embody politician turned podcaster Rory Stewart, Love Actually screenwriter Richard Curtis, Good Morning Britain presenter Susanna Reid and Good Luck To You, Leo Grande star Daryl McCormack.

The artists who make it to the semi-final will paint Spice Girl Emma Bunton earlier than the three finalists depict Dame Joan.

This 12 months’s winner will obtain a £10,000 fee to create a portrait of conservationist Dame Jane Goodall, which will probably be exhibited on the National Portrait Gallery in December.

Stuart Prebble, the chairman of manufacturing firm Storyvault Films, stated: “We’re very proud of everything our series has delivered over 10 years for Sky Arts and especially for the hundreds of brilliant and inspiring artists who’ve featured in it.

“And what better way to celebrate our 10th anniversary than with three grande dames as our sitters – Dame Joan, Dame Judi and Dame Jane?”