Former KEGS student Grayson Perry CBE hosted Channel 4's new primetime show "Who are you?" which aired last night (October 22) for the first time.
The artist, sculptor and winner of the 2003 Turner Prize interviewed X Factor star Rylan Clark and former energy secretary Chris Huhne asking them to create images of themselves through art.
Channel 4 said the show was "exploring notions of modern identity and personal meaning through art."
And the former Bicknacre-resident ,with a reputation as a cross-dresser as his alter ego "Claire", turned his attention to identity as he created portraits - from tapestries to sculptures and pots - of individuals who are all trying to define who they are.
In his work Grayson Perry's vases have classical forms, decorated in bright colours, depicting controversial subjects such as violence and sex.
A review of the show by The Independent: "Here, Grayson – as Grayson, rather than alter ego Claire – looked at four modern individuals whose stories would be told in artworks created for his show at the National Portrait Gallery, which opens on Saturday.
"It was quite an hour of TV.
"I'm not sure quite how much I gleaned from it. But Grayson is a fine, thoughtful host and anything that can skirt between a behind-the-scenes look at one of modern politics' grubbier moments and X Factor Existentialism deserves a wide audience."
The next episode of the show will be aired on Channel 4 next Wednesday at 10.05pm.
