Extraordinary Portraits

Artist Roxana Halls is known for challenging how art depicts women. She has been given the task of depicting not one, but two sitters as she explores the unbreakable bond between Georgia and Melissa; twins who survived a near-fatal crocodile attack whilst swimming in a lagoon in Mexico.

Celebrated international photographer Christy Lee Rogers helps Cee Cee, a model with albinism, on her journey from self-proclaimed "ugly duckling" to elegant swan.

Dale Grimshaw, famed for his street murals with a fine art approach, builds a special bond with Patrick, a personal trainer from South London.

Portrait artist Caroline Pool paints Alec Burrough, an 88-year-old dairy farmer from Devon who refuses to slow down. Caroline is known for creating allegorical portraits that capture the character and personality of her sitters; she believes it's more important to capture someone's individuality over an accurate face.

Thomas Croft, the artist behind Portraits for NHS Heroes, meets Mark, a former Royal Marine who survived an explosion during a foot patrol in Afghanistan in 2007.

This match sees Kelvin Okafor, a hyperreal artist who specialises in pencil portraits, draw Catrin Pugh, a survivor of a bus crash that left her with burns across 96% of her body.