The Impressionists, a three part factual drama for BBC ONE, vividly reconstructs the movement's remarkable story. Based on archive letters, records and interviews from the time, the series records the lives of the artists who were to transform the art world. It is a tale of poverty and of a struggle for recognition, set against a backdrop of war and revolution. But at the heart is the brotherhood of artists, bound by enduring friendships and their commitment to a new type of art which survived rows, rivalries, duels and crises. The story is led by the paintings. Some of the world's most memorable art works are recreated here following the same techniques that the artists used at the time. The series reveals how Monet took just 40 minutes to paint his seminal work Impression: Sunrise in a race against time to capture the light; why Manet's depiction of Olympia, in which his model brazenly gazes out of the canvas, so outraged Parisian society; and how Cézanne's 60 paintings of one mountain, Montagne Saint-Victoire, laid the foundations for cubism and modern art.

在2003年入侵伊拉克的前夜，波特带领一组特种部队参与解救人质的行动，因不忍而放过持枪的当地童兵，结果同队的伙伴被杀害，连他和卡林森都受伤且损失惨重。七年后，波特得以重回战场，作出补偿。