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Episode Guide

SMart: Season 16

SMart:

  • 11 December
  • 16 December
  • 16 July
  • 18 December
  • 21 May
  • 23 April
  • 26 December
  • 28 May
  • 30 April
  • 3D

    A bronze figure by Henry Moore provides the team with inspiration to start sculpting. There's plenty of monkey business as Mark Speight goes off in search of the perfect primate, while Kirsten O'Brien looks at viewers' pictures in the gallery

  • 4 June
  • 7 May
  • 9 December
  • Action

    Mark Speight and Kirsten O'Brien create an arty action hero and give tips on drawing birds in flight, while a motorbike stunt rider produces a picture with a difference

  • Africa Week Special

    Art programme for youngsters, introduced by Mark Speight, Susan Ribeiro and Kirsten O'Brien

  • Africa Week Special

    Art programme for youngsters, introduced by Mark Speight, Susan Ribeiro and Kirsten O'Brien

  • Africa Week Special

    Art programme for youngsters, introduced by Mark Speight, Susan Ribeiro and Kirsten O'Brien

  • Africa Week Special

    Art programme for youngsters, introduced by Mark Speight, Susan Ribeiro and Kirsten O'Brien

  • Andy Akinwolere

    Blue Peter's Andy Akinwolere joins Kirsten O'Brien and Mike Fischetti as they demonstrate how to make gold leaf frames and experiment with glass art

  • Appearances

    A group of viewers stage their own public exhibition and Morph returns with more animated adventures. Presented by Mark Speight and Kirsten O'Brien

  • Ben Major

    Explorer Ben Major joins Mike Fischetti and Kirsten O'Brien for arts and crafts fun, including plaster casting

  • Bill Oddie

    Bill Oddie joins Mike Fischetti and Kirsten O'Brien to make chocolate art and foam rocket planes

  • Body Bits

    Kirsten O'Brien tries her hand at making wooden spoon puppets and Mark Speight attempts to capture battle action just like a Roman artist. The duo also create spooky articulated hands

  • Carol Kirkwood

    Weather presenter Carol Kirkwood joins Mike Fischetti and Kirsten O'Brien as they create rock 'n' roll origami and plastic leaf art

  • CBBC Africa Week Special

    Art programme for youngsters, introduced by Mark Speight, Susan Ribeiro and Kirsten O'Brien

  • Change

    Art programme for youngsters, introduced by Mark Speight, Susan Ribeiro and Kirsten O'Brien

  • Christmas

    Mark Speight and Kirsten O'Brien demonstrate ice sculpture. Plus, how to draw a snowy landscape with chalks

  • Cover Up

    Art programme for youngsters, introduced by Mark Speight and Kirsten O'Brien. Featuring the hidden secrets of Tate Britain, tips on drawing cartoons and a guide to the work of sculptor Rodin

  • Cover Up

    Mark Speight and Kirsten O'Brien produce party masks, find out why there are blue men on the streets and demonstrate how to create masterpieces using palette knives and old magazines

  • Eat It

    Kirsten O'Brien introduces a new friend who can turn chewing gum into art, while Mark Speight creates a cardboard crocodile CD holder

  • Elementary

    Mark Speight and Kirsten O'Brien try to escape from the National Gallery after being locked in. Along the way, they make periscopes with juice cartons and discover how to blend into the background, before creating pictures using the rules of painter Piet Mondrian

  • Elements

    Mark Speight helps Cornish viewers send a sculpture up in flames, Kirsten O'Brien creates art for a windy day and a digger driver makes a picture in the mud

  • Faces

    The team focus on the theme of faces. Kirsten O'Brien creates a postage stamp portrait, while Mark Speight takes to the streets as a caricature artist. Arty Towers also provides a chance to get creative and have fun

  • Fame

    Vic Reeves helps out with a SMart make and Harry Hill discusses his artwork. Plus, an update on the celebrity postcard challenge. Presented by Mark Speight and Kirsten O'Brien

  • Feel It

    Mark Speight and Kirsten O'Brien use materials including bubble wrap, furry pipecleaners, corrugated cardboard and salt to create some artworks ideal for touching

  • Food

    Kirsten O'Brien finds a way to make artworks with chocolate, while Mark Speight uses flour to aid his creativity. The duo also find out a few unusual facts about painter Paul Cezanne

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    Art programme for youngsters, introduced by Mark Speight, Jay Burridge and Josie d'Arby

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    Double bill of arty tips for youngsters, introduced by Mark Speight, Susan Ribeiro and Kirsten O'Brien

  • Global

    Mark Speight and Kirsten O'Brien examine art from around the world, including Russian dolls, Chinese dragons and South American wool painting. They also make an authentic didgeridoo, depict one of the wonders of the world and audition for a Bollywood film in Leicester

  • Have a Go

    Mark Speight goes abseiling in a tropical garden, while Kirsten O'Brien is busy in the kitchen creating birds from scourers and wire

  • Heroes

    Mark Speight takes a stroll through the garden of French artist Claude Monet, and Kirsten O'Brien uses a computer to create digital pop art

  • Illusions

    Mark Speight and Kirsten O'Brien focus on the theme of illusions as they turn a pile of furniture into a shadowy work of art, and transform black-and-white pictures into colour

  • Imagination

    Mark Speight paints a picture on an RAF plane, while Morph's imagination leaves him all at sea

  • Johnny Pitts

    Mike Fischetti and Kirsten O'Brien test the art skills of TV's Johnny Pitts and have fun with surfboard designing, digital pictures and sushi art

  • Junk

    Artist David Farrer reveals how he builds animal models from recycled materials, Kirsten O'Brien learns to make a pinhole camera and Mark Speight presents more tips on drawing cartoons

  • Konnie Huq

    Konnie Huq joins Mike Fischetti and Kirsten O'Brien for more arts and crafts fun, including crack-filler pictures, stop frame, toothbrush splatter and cheese art

  • Light

    Mark Speight offers tips on simple stained-glass designs, and Kirsten O'Brien creates a picture of Portland Bill lighthouse

  • Locations

    Kirsten O'Brien makes a creative collage based on her visit to Blackpool, while Mark Speight joins forces with the police and dispenses tips on drawing vehicles

  • Martin Offiah

    Former rugby player Martin Offiah joins Mike Fischetti and Kirsten O'Brien for more arts and crafts fun

  • Movement

    Kirsten O'Brien makes a 3D picture with moving parts, while pop artist Julian Opie helps children create animations. Plus, there's another adventure with Morph, whose model-making gets him into trouble

  • Nature

    Mark Speight demonstrates how to make a bird out of cardboard. Plus, tips for drawing animals and using sheep and a sheepdog to create a picture

  • Nature

    Mark Speight draws artistic inspiration from weather forecasting, while Kirsten O'Brien tries her hand at weaving, using only natural products. Morph puts in an appearance, and the team offer advice on depicting realistic reflections

  • Old and New

    The Hulk pays the team a visit, while they set to work bringing the past into the studio, making fossils out of tissue paper and cardboard. Plus, on location with the Big Draw event, more adventures with Morph and Chas and a simple Pocket Money Make. With Mark Speight, Susan Ribeiro and Kirsten O'Brien

  • On The Move

    Mark makes a giant hot air balloon, while Kirsten tries art on the run. Plus, the duo see if an artistic makeover can make a monster truck into the fastest on the track and provide some handy tips on drawing pictures

  • Opposites

    Kirsten O'Brien and a group of viewers create an exhibit to go on display in the Saatchi gallery. Mark Speight paints pictures in reverse and Ben Long makes art out of dirty vans

  • Outside

    Mark Speight demonstrates how to draw planets, while Kirsten O'Brien makes a collage

  • Packaging

    Mark Speight and Kirsten O'Brien use hundreds of empty cans to make a king-size portrait. They also create abstract art with plastic milk bottle lids, and demonstrate how a polystyrene pizza base can be used for printing pictures

  • People

    Viewers try their hand at courtroom portraits, sculptor Antony Gormley offers a tour of his studio and more drawing dilemmas are solved in the SMart Surgery. Hosted by Kirsten O'Brien and Mark Speight

  • Phillips Idowu

    World champion triple-jumper Phillips Idowu joins Mike Fischetti and Kirsten O'Brien to witness the building of a domino Parthenon. Plus, the team makes a PVA hummingbird, and demonstrates how to create a puppet

  • Places

    Kirsten O'Brien meets an Australian artist, and offers tips on creating Aboriginal art. Mark Speight draws a diary of a day trip to Paris and the paintings of Monet are recreated in cartoon form

  • Reflections

    Mark Speight discovers that dressing a posh shop window isn't as easy as it looks

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  • Rubbish

    Artist Cornelia Parker shows how destruction can make amazing art, Mark tries his hand at inventive wallpapering and Kirsten is inspired by her old toys

  • Salvage

    Mark Speight and Kirsten O'Brien turn rubbish into art, making a collage out of wrappers and labels, hub caps into fish sculptures and cardboard tubes into desk tidies. A bin also gets a new look when it is transformed into a frog

  • The Saturdays

    Girl band the Saturdays join Kirsten O'Brien and Mike Fischetti as they get creative with a tissue and a glue frog, try Egyptian finger painting and make carnival costumes

  • Seaside

    Kirsten O'Brien crushes foil to create tropical fish, while Mark Speight sets sail to paint a watercolour scene. Plus, the chance to see a giant postcard made from seaside rock and sweets

  • Senses

    Kirsten O'Brien demonstrates how to make a picture from flowers, while Mark Speight learns about an artist whose work is designed to be touched

  • Shapes

    Mark Speight and Kirsten O'Brien examine the work of American artist Jackson Pollock, and create their own version using a salad spinner. They also present an introduction to chainsaw art

  • Size

    Kirsten O'Brien makes a snappy portrait of herself, Mark Speight answers more queries in the SMart Surgery and viewers try their hand at sculpting scaled-down models of their own heads

  • Snap Happy

    Mark Speight and Kirsten O'Brien make animal snappers and transform old envelopes into dotty masterpieces

  • Space

    Kirsten O'Brien and Mark Speight make sandwiches into spaceships, turn pictures of electrical goods into galactic scenes and create aliens on the computer. Plus, the duo use special paint to make pictures that can only be seen in the dark

  • Splash

    Mark Speight and Kirsten O'Brien create art with giant pencils and paintball guns, as well as examining the creative technique of David Hockney

  • Sport

    International goalkeeper David James brings some of his artwork into the studio and helps create a giant picture on a sporty theme. Mark Speight works his artistic magic on a plain skateboard, while Kirsten O'Brien personalises baseball boots

  • Sticky

    Kirsten O'Brien creates a Charles Rennie Mackintosh-inspired design with sugar, while Mark Speight has tips on making the most of the TV

  • Stories

    Art programme for youngsters, introduced by Mark Speight, Susan Ribeiro and Kirsten O'Brien

  • Supernatural

    Mark Speight and Kirsten O'Brien present their ideas for some spine-chilling creations, including edible eyeballs, bouncy skeletons and pop-up bat cards, as well as showing how to do some invisible writing

  • Time

    Art programme for youngsters, introduced by Mark Speight, Susan Ribeiro and Kirsten O'Brien

  • Tracks

    Mark Speight and Kirsten O'Brien spin vinyl as DJs and try to paint what they hear. Plus, cleaning becomes artistic and Dr Speight solves a dinosaur dilemma

  • Tracks

    Mark Speight and Kirsten O'Brien paint while listening to music, and try to depict what they hear. Plus, an artistic approach to cleaning and a game of animal consequences

  • Transparent

    The presenters sculpt a huge block of ice and Kirsten O'Brien admires the glass creations at Kew Gardens. Other projects involve sweet wrappers and tracing paper

  • Treasures

    Mark Speight and Kirsten O'Brien return in a home overlooking the Thames, where they decide to make pirate hats and ancient-looking maps ready for a trip along the river in search of treasure

  • View

    Kirsten O'Brien creates a mural in a Devon viewer's dingy hallway. Mark Speight illustrates an artistic technique on the blackboard and there's a look at Salvador Dali in cartoon form

  • Wild

    Mark Speight and Kirsten O'Brien build a miniature theatre and get tips on drawing horses with a visit to the New Forest and a look at George Stubbs' paintings. Plus, a beginner's guide to origami and making model tortoises

  • Wild

    Art programme for youngsters, introduced by Mark Speight, Susan Ribeiro and Kirsten O'Brien

  • Wild

    Mark Speight and Kirsten O'Brien give tips on drawing animals, welcome a special four-legged guest to the studio, and learn how artist Tonico creates sculptures from carpet fluff

  • Wildlife

    Mark Speight paints some ferocious creatures, while Kirsten O'Brien gets up close to a seal lion before drawing its likeness. Plus, the pair show viewers how to send their pets into a virtual world