
Januszczak was born in Basingstoke, Hampshire, to Polish refugees who had arrived in England after the Second World War. After studying history of art at the University of Manchester, Januszczak became an art critic – and then arts editor – of The Guardian. In 1990 he was appointed head of arts at the UK's Channel 4 television and in 1992 he became art critic for The Sunday Times. He has been voted Critic of the Year twice by the Press Association. Januszczak has been described as "a passionate art lover, art critic and writer. His presentation style is casual but informed, enthusiastic, evocative and humorous. He bumbles about on our TV screens, doing for art what David Attenborough has done for the natural world," and someone who acts out of "a refusal to present art as elitist in any way. He makes it utterly accessible and understandable."

The Impressionists: Painting and Revolution

Art's Wildest Movement: Mannerism

The Lost Genius of British Art: William Dobson

The Dark Ages: An Age of Light

Manet: The Man Who Invented Modern Art

Holbein: Eye of the Tudors

Mary Magdalene: Art's Scarlet Woman

William Dobson: The Lost Genius of Baroque

Rubens: An Extra Large Story

Travels with My Camera: The Happy Dictator

Sickert vs Sargent

Waldemar Januszcak: My Ukrainian Journey

Gauguin: The Full Story

Toulouse-Lautrec: The Full Story

Ugly Beauty

The Michelangelo Code: Lost Secrets of the Sistine Chapel

Handmade in Bolton

Paradise Found

The Impressionists: Painting and Revolution

Art's Wildest Movement: Mannerism

The Lost Genius of British Art: William Dobson

Baroque! From St Peter's to St Paul's

The Dark Ages: An Age of Light

The Art Mysteries with Waldemar Januszczak

Borromini: The Dark Side of Baroque

B-Movie: a short film about Banksy

The Mystery of the Nativity

Manet: The Man Who Invented Modern Art

Holbein: Eye of the Tudors

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

Mary Magdalene: Art's Scarlet Woman

Beijing Swings

Sickert vs Sargent

Waldemar Januszcak: My Ukrainian Journey

The Michelangelo Code: Lost Secrets of the Sistine Chapel

Gauguin: The Full Story

Here Comes the Summer: The Undertones Story

The Lost Supper

Ugly Beauty

Toulouse-Lautrec: The Full Story

William Dobson: The Lost Genius of Baroque

Rubens: An Extra Large Story

Boy Bitten by a Lizard by Caravaggio

The Renaissance Unchained

Big Sky, Big Dreams, Big Art: Made in the USA

Rococo: Travel, Pleasure, Madness

Handmade in Bolton