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The biggest names from the world of art, film, music, literature and dance. Alan Yentob gets close up with those shaping today's cultural world.
imagine…
The biggest names from the world of art, film, music, literature and dance. Alan Yentob gets close up with those shaping today's cultural world.
imagine…
The biggest names from the world of art, film, music, literature and dance. Alan Yentob gets close up with those shaping today's cultural world.
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Episode 2: The Plinth, the Model, the Artist and his Sculpture
In 2005, an extraordinary sculpture by leading Brit artist Marc Quinn of a naked, heavily pregnant,...
Episode 3: The Beatles in Love
Film documenting the creation of Love, a spectacular collaboration bringing together the magic of Th...
Episode 4: Damon and Jamie's Excellent Adventure
Alan Yentob presents a documentary about cartoon pop group Gorillaz' foray into the world of Chinese...
Episode 5: Vincent Van Gogh: Painted with Words
Drama-documentary presented by Alan Yentob, with Benedict Cumberbatch in the lead role as Van Gogh....
Episode 6: Yes We Can! The Lost Art Of Oratory
The remarkable election of Barack Obama to the presidency of the United States has been propelled as...
Episode 7: Stones in Exile
Alan Yentob introduces a revealing documentary which tells the story of the making of The Rolling St...
Episode 8: U2: From the Sky Down
Imagine presents a feature-length documentary about the making of U2's seminal album Achtung Baby....
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Episode 10: Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender
Renowned as the bravura front man of one of Britain's greatest rock bands, Freddie Mercury's life ou...
Episode 11: Beyoncé: Life is But a Dream
Following in the footsteps of Alan Yentob's 2008 profile of Jay-Z, imagine... presents the much-hera...
Episode 12: David Bowie - Cracked Actor
To mark David Bowie's comeback album and a new exhibition at the V&A, Alan Yentob looks back at his...
Episode 14: Alan Yentob interviews Robert B Weide
Episode 15: The Smoking Diaries Update
Arts series. As part of an evening of programmes celebrating the life and work of the playwright and...
Episode 16: When Alan Yentob Met Jenny Saville
As part of a tribute night to broadcaster and television executive Alan Yentob, an interview with le...
Episode 1: The Saatchi Phenomenon
Alan Yentob presents a new seven-part series looking at the power and effect of the arts and their m...
Episode 2: Barbara Hepworth: Shapes Out of Feelings
A profile of Barbara Hepworth, the world's first internationally celebrated woman sculptor. Born in...
Episode 3: The Hip Hop Generation
More than just a musical genre, hip-hop has become a global youth culture. But why does the voice of...
Episode 4: Stella's Story
Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Moss and Vogue's Anna Wintour contribute to the tale of Stella McCartney's ris...
Episode 5: Carlos Acosta: The Reluctant Ballet Dancer
Alan Yentob tells the inspirational story of Carlos Acosta, the gifted dancer who made the leap from...
Episode 6: The Potrait of Omai
Alan Yentob tells the story of Joshua Reynolds’ portrait of Britain’s first non-white celebrity, Oma...
Episode 7: Sir John Mortimer: Owning Up at 80
In the year that the barrister turned bestselling author turns 80, Alan Yentob talks to family and f...
Episode 1: The Voice of Bryn Terfel
The internationally acclaimed Welsh bass baritone talks to Alan Yentob as the arts strand returns fo...
Episode 2: A Very Funny Business
A look at the process of remaking hit British sitcoms into mediocre US sitcoms.
Episode 3: Entertaining Mr Soane
Born in 1753, Sir John Soane was the first great innovator of British architecture. Though only one...
Episode 4: The World According to Parr
Martin Parr is widely considered to be the most influential photographer of his generation. His work...
Episode 5: From Pencils to Pixels
The success of computer-created films such as Finding Nemo and Shrek has led to another “Golden Age”...
Episode 6: An A-Z of the OED
From the height of the British Empire right up to the digital age, Alan Yentob investigates the biza...
Episode 1: The Mysterious Mr Hopper
The mid 20th-century realist Edward Hopper’s enigmatic depictions of everyday Americana are celebrat...
Episode 2: Sitting for Lucian Freud
Now in his 80s, British artist Lucian Freud has always been at pains to preserve his privacy. Reason...
Episode 3: Saint John Coltrane
Forty years on from the release of the landmark album A Love Supreme, Alan Yentob charts the life of...
Episode 4: Dirty But Clean Pierre
With Vernon God Little, his 2003 Booker Prize-winning debut novel, writer and self-confessed conman...
Episode 5: Unsuitable for Children?
Is modern children's fiction a dangerously influential portrayal of a degraded culture or an instruc...
Episode 6: The Smoking Diaries
Playwright and author Simon Gray 's recent autobiography offers a turbulent mixture of memoir and an...
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Episode 1: Arthur Miller - Finishing the Picture
The American playwright’s Death of a Salesman and The Crucible were hailed as classics. But his arr...
Episode 2: Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson’s Smile
In 1966 Brian Wilson, the creative hub of the Beach Boys, embarked on an ambitious project - an atte...
Episode 3: Bruce Nauman: the Godfather of Modem Art
A profile of the US contemporary artist whose sound installation is currently transforming the vast...
Episode 4: Brando
The brooding, raw and groundbreaking performances Marlon Brando gave in such films as A Streetcar Na...
Episode 5: Tony Pappano - a Year at the Opera
Will the staging of Wagner’s Ring Cycle provide a fitting climax to Antonio Pappano’s critically acc...
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Episode 1: A Short History of Tall Buildings - Episode 1
It begins with the extraordinary story of the technology that made it all possible: steel cage const...
Episode 2: A Short History of Tall Buildings - Episode 2
The skyscraper goes global, as Alan Yentob continues to chart the history of tall buildings, examini...
Episode 3: A Short History of Tall Buildings - Episode 3
There are now more tall buildings in the Far East than in North America – the traditional home of th...
Episode 1: Fantastic Mr Dahl
Alan Yentob explores the magical and mysterious world of the best-selling children's author Roald Da...
Episode 2: Frida Kahlo
Alan Yentob travels to Mexico to take a closer look at the colourful life of the artist and feminist...
Episode 3: Being a Concert Pianist
Alan Yentob gets under the lid of this extreme form of musicianship as he talks to Benjamin Grosveno...
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Episode 1: Elgar and the Missing Concerto
Famous for his cello and violin concertos, it's not widely known that Edward Elgar also wrote sketch...
Episode 2: Amos Oz: The Conscience of Israel
Alan Yentob presents a portrait of Israel's most celebrated writer and political commentator, Amos O...
Episode 3: Chuck Close, Close Up
As a child, portrait painter Chuck Close was written off as a failure because his dyslexia remained...
Episode 4: Rhythm Is It!
Can art change lives? Sir Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra believe so - but can th...
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Episode 1: Sweet Home New Orleans
Could New Orleans's days as a great musical powerhouse be coming to an end? As Alan Yentob traces th...
Episode 2: Warhol: Denied
The joy of some collectors at owning what they believed to be genuine Andy Warhol works has been rui...
Episode 3: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Studio
Critics say the British sitcom is dead by virtue of its middle-aged, middle-class “appeal”. Why then...
Episode 4: Sitting Comfortably
Self-confessed chair addict Alan Yentob encounters a vast range of his objects of desire in this whi...
Episode 1: Being Hamlet
Alan Yentob follows Welsh actor Wayne Cater and three other Hamlet hopefuls as they prepare for a Sh...
Episode 2: The Artist Formerly Known as Cat Stevens
Alan Yentob presents a documentary telling the story of Yusuf Islam - the singer/songwriter who capt...
Episode 3: The Ingenious Thomas Heatherwick
Alan Yentob presents a documentary profiling Thomas Heatherwick, most famous as the creator of the e...
Episode 4: A Picture of the Painter Howard Hodgkin
Alan Yentob presents a profile of painter Howard Hodgkin. Despite being one of Britain's most succes...
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Episode 1: Peter Pan, a Hard Act to Follow
To coincide with the publication of upcoming sequel Peter Pan in Scarlet, Alan Yentob presents a doc...
Episode 2: Velazquez, The Painter's Painter
Imagine presents a portrait of the artist regarded by many as the greatest painter of all time. Cour...
Episode 3: A Play for Today
Alan Yentob presents a documentary about Jeremy Weller's attempts to get his play The Foolish Young...
Episode 4: The Movie Brats, Take Two
Something interesting seems to be happening in American cinema, with a new group of maverick America...
Episode 5: Who Cares About Art?
Documentary which tells the stories of five people who spend their days guarding great treasures in...
Episode 7: Being a Diva
Alan Yentob is granted an audience in the dressing rooms of some of the great operatic divas of toda...
Episode 8: www.herecomeseverybody.co.uk
Alan Yentob journeys into the world wide web to find out how it began, who's out there, and where it...
Episode 9: And Then There Was Television
Alan Yentob celebrates the 70th anniversary of the world's first scheduled high-definition televisio...
Episode 1: Gilbert and George: No Surrender
Arts series presented by Alan Yentob. Over the last 40 years, British artists Gilbert and George hav...
Episode 2: Stealing Klimt
Alan Yentob tells the story of the struggle by 90-year-old Maria Altmann to recover five Gustav Klim...
Episode 3: Scott Walker
Alan Yentob tells the story of Scott Walker, who was one of the all time great voices of pop, and th...
Episode 4: It's the Surreal Thing
Surrealism has been described as one of the most successful revolutions of the 20th century, a revol...
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Episode 1: Henry Perkins: Bolshoi Boy
New series of the documentary strand. Profile of 88-year-old author and winner of the 2007 Nobel Pri...
Episode 2: Bollywood's Big B
Investigation into the profound impact music can have on the human brain. Alan Yentob investigates c...
Episode 3: Helvetica
As the popular typeface celebrates its 50th birthday, Imagine screens a shorter version of the witt...
Episode 4: Louise Bourgeois: Spiderwoman
Alan Yentob presents a profile of the provocative French-born American artist Louise Bourgeois, who...
Episode 5: How to Get on in the Art World
Armed with 5,000 pounds of his own money to spend on art, Alan Yentob immerses himself in the frenzi...
Episode 6: The Secret of Life
Alan Yentob investigates the appeal of self-help books starting with an examination of the latest be...
Episode 7: Richard Rogers: Inside Out
Alan Yentob traces the career of Richard Rogers, uncovering the influences that have produced some o...
Episode 8: Marc Newson: Urban Spaceman
The acclaimed industrial designer discusses his inspirations.
Episode 1: Doris Lessing - The Reluctant Heroine
Alan Yentob meets the 88-year-old winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize for Literature, with whom he explor...
Episode 2: Oliver Sacks: Tales of Music and the Brain
Alan Yentob meets some of the people with strange musical disorders and powers who feature in Dr Oli...
Episode 3: Annie Leibovitz, Life Through A Lens
Alan Yentob explores the rapid rise of one of modern music's most mercurial talents, Rufus Wainwrigh...
Episode 4: A Trip to Asia: on the Road with the Berlin Philharmonic
This compelling record of the Berlin Philharmonic during a concert tour of Asia proves as much an in...
Episode 5: A Wild Sheep Chase: in Search of Haruki Murakami
Alan Yentob takes a jazz-fuelled tour of Japan to discover more about the often surreal work of recl...
Episode 6: Werner Herzog: Beyond Reason
Alan Yentob interviews German film director Werner Herzog, the uncompromising, often visionary direc...
Episode 7: Love, Loss and Anthony Minghella
Alan Yentob looks at the work of Anthony Minghella, the celebrated Oscar-winning director of The Eng...
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Episode 1: The Story of the Guitar: Episode 1: In the Beginning
Alan Yentob embarks on a three-part personal journey to discover how the guitar became the world's f...
Episode 2: The Story of the Guitar: Episode 2: Out of the Frying Pan
Alan Yentob presents a three-part series examining how the guitar became the world's favourite music...
Episode 3: Dangerous Liaison: When Akram met Juliette
Following British-Bangladeshi choreographer Akram Khan as he takes the risk of his life. He has just...
Episode 4: The Story of the Guitar: Episode 3: This Time it's Personal
In the final programme of the series the guitarists talk about how they find their own sound, and ho...
Episode 5: A Love Story
Alan Yentob embarks on a quest to find out what makes a great love story in literature, film or song...
Episode 6: Jay-Z: He Came, He Saw, He Conquered
Alan Yentob explores the life and work of Jay-Z, following the rapper over a period of six months.
Episode 7: Let There Be Light
Alan Yentob meets artists who use light as both the source and inspiration for their work, including...
Episode 8: How an Orchestra Saved Venezuela's Children
The Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela, which caused a sensation at last year's Proms, is th...
Episode 9: Richard Serra: Man of Steel
Sculptor and giant of modern art Richard Serra discusses his extraordinary life and work. A creator...
Episode 10: Heavy Metal in Baghdad
Rock doc Heavy Metal in Baghdad follows the struggles of Iraq's one and only metal band, Acrassicaud...
Episode 1: Save the Last Dance for Me
At an age when most people are content to take it easy, one group of pensioners have taken up contem...
Episode 2: David Hockney - A Bigger Picture
Filmed over three years with unprecedented access, this documentary captures the return from Califor...
Episode 3: Rufus Wainwright, Prima Donna
Alan Yentob explores the rapid rise of one of modern music's most mercurial talents, Rufus Wainwrigh...
Episode 4: The Colourful Mr Eggleston
William Eggleston is one of the most influential and original photographers alive today. A Mississi...
Episode 5: Art in Troubled Times: A New Deal for Art
The Great Depression and the Second World War changed what was expected of the arts; Alan Yentob ask...
Episode 6: Art In Troubled Times: Part II - The Home Front
In times like these, what is art worth? And what is art for? The big moment for publicly funded art...
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Episode 1: The Year Of Anish Kapoor
Anish Kapoor is one of the most influential sculptors of his generation, known for works of staggeri...
Episode 2: Dame Shirley Bassey: The Girl From Tiger Bay
Alan Yentob gains an insight into the creative world of Dame Shirley Bassey in a programme first sho...
Episode 3: Own Art
There is a new breed of art collector on the block. No longer do you need to be fabulously wealthy t...
Episode 4: Joan Baez
The American singer-songwriter Joan Baez talks, more candidly then ever, about her personal life and...
Episode 5: Plácido Domingo
He has performed in 3,400 performances in over 130 roles, conducted upwards of 450 performances, and...
Episode 6: Scrabble: A Night on the Tiles
Scrabble is experiencing a renaissance. The younger generation have rediscovered the game online - t...
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Episode 1: Vincent Van Gogh: Painted with Words
Award-winning drama-documentary, presented by Alan Yentob, with Benedict Cumberbatch in the lead rol...
Episode 2: The Stones in Exile
The story of the making of The Rolling Stones' acclaimed 1972 album Exile on Main Street. Facing hug...
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Episode 1: Nigel Kennedy's Polish Adventure
Nigel Kennedy now lives in Poland, where he fronts an all-Polish jazz band. Alan Yentob follows him...
Episode 2: Art Is Child's Play
Alan Yentob considers the influence of play with some leading British artists, including Tracey Emin...
Episode 3: Diana Athill – Growing Old Disgracefully
Alan Yentob meets Diana Athill, who became a celebrity in her 90s thanks to her frank and entertaini...
Episode 4: Tom Jones – What Good Am I?
Alan Yentob examines the extraordinary story of one of Britain's most recognisable pop icons, Sir To...
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Episode 1: Ai Weiwei - Without Fear or Favour
Alan Yentob reveals how Chinese artist Ai Weiwei continues to fight for artistic freedom of expressi...
Episode 2: Smash His Camera
Leon Gast follows the world's first paparazzi photographer, Ron Galella, as he revisits his old haun...
Episode 3: The Weird Adventures of Eadweard Muybridge
A portrait of the pioneering forefather of cinema Eadweard Muybridge, whose work astounded audiences...
Episode 4: Bruce Springsteen: Darkness Revisited
Bruce Springsteen describes his attempts to create a sequel to one of the most popular albums of all...
Episode 5: Ben-Hur
Alan Yentob learns what links Radio 4 soap The Archers with Ben-Hur, one of the most epic Hollywood...
Episode 6: Ray Davies - Imaginary Man
Alan Yentob meets Ray Davies, the creative powerhouse behind The Kinks and author of some of the bes...
Episode 1: The Trouble with Tolstoy: Part 1: At War with Himself
Alan Yentob journeys through Tolstoy's Russia, examining how the country's great novelist became its...
Episode 2: The Trouble with Tolstoy: Part 2: In Search of Happiness
Alan Yentob follows Tolstoy through the tortured second half of his life as he transformed from aris...
Episode 3: The Man Who Forgot How to Read and Other Stories
Alan Yentob meets clinical neurologist Dr Oliver Sacks. Through fascinating case studies, the film e...
Episode 4: The Pharaohs' Museum on Liberation Square
Alan Yentob visits Egypt's National Museum, possibly the most precious museum in the world, which st...
Episode 5: Lennon: The New York Years
Alan Yentob introduces Michael Epstein's film uncovering John Lennon and Yoko Ono's move to New York...
Episode 6: Harry Nilsson: The Missing Beatle
Alan Yentob introduces John Scheinfeld's documentary, which tells the story of the riotous life and...
Episode 7: Iraq in Venice
With Iraq having a presence at the Venice Biennale for the first time since Saddam Hussein's rise to...
Episode 1: Grayson Perry and the Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman
Over two years Grayson Perry creates his most ambitious show at the British Museum, incorporating mu...
Episode 2: Simon and Garfunkel - The Harmony Game
Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel talk openly and eloquently about an extraordinarily creative period in...
Episode 3: Alan Ayckbourn - Greetings from Scarborough
Imagine sets out to discover why playwright Sir Alan Ayckbourn is so popular, and a chorus of distin...
Episode 4: Vidal Sassoon - A Cut Above
Craig Teper's film charts the career of Vidal Sassoon, the man who invented the bob-cut and created...
Episode 5: The Lost Music of Rajasthan
The arts series takes a road trip round the desert state of Rajasthan, meeting musicians whose exist...
Episode 6: Books - The Last Chapter?
Will the rise of electronic books mark the final chapter in the love story between traditional books...
Episode 7: The Art of Stand-Up - Part One
Alan Yentob presents the first of a two-part series on the art of stand-up comedy. He talks to comed...
Episode 8: The Art of Stand-Up - Part Two
Documentary on the art of stand-up comedy. Alan Yentob talks to comedians in Britain and America, ex...
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Episode 1: Theatre of War
From rehearsal room to triumphant performance, Imagine... follows the theatrical production of The T...
Episode 2: Paul Simon's Graceland - Under African Skies
Did Paul Simon's unique collaboration with South Africa's township musicians set back the clock of S...
Episode 3: Just One Falsetto
Alan Yentob delves into the world of falsetto singing, the high-pitched vocal range sung by men that...
Episode 4: Glasgow: The Grit and the Glamour
Alan Yentob meets some Turner Prize-winning artists to recount how Glasgow became a city as famed fo...
Episode 5: Dancing with Titian
Alan Yentob meets the all-star creative team who are transforming mythological paintings of the godd...
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Episode 1: The Fatwa - Salman's Story
Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses, tells for the first time the inside story of how it fe...
Episode 2: Ian Rankin and the Case of the Disappearing Detective
Crime writer Ian Rankin invites imagine... to follow him as he writes his next novel, and as he pond...
Episode 3: Do or Die: Lang Lang's Story
From child prodigy to global phenomenon, Alan Yentob reveals the extraordinary life of Lang Lang, Ch...
Episode 4: Lang Lang
The pianist performs Chopin and Beethoven at Latitude, Carnegie Hall and the Royal Albert Hall.
Episode 5: The Many Lives of William Klein
William Klein is one of the world's most influential photographers; imagine... spends time with him...
Episode 6: How Music Makes Us Feel
People often turn to music when words are not enough. Alan Yentob talks to musicians including Emeli...
Episode 7: Jeanette Winterson: My Monster and Me
Nearly 30 years after her debut novel, Oranges are Not the Only Fruit, Jeanette Winterson returns wi...
Episode 8: A Beauty is Born: Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty
lan Yentob charts the career of choreographer Matthew Bourne, and takes an exclusive look at prepara...
Episode 1: Beyoncé: Life is But a Dream
Documentary, directed by and starring Beyoncé Knowles, giving an insight into the life of the 16-tim...
Episode 2: David Bowie: Cracked Actor
To mark David Bowie's comeback album and a new exhibition, Alan Yentob looks back at his 1975 docume...
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Episode 1: Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train A Comin'
The story of how a shy, former private in the 101st Airborne - Jimi Hendrix - became the greatest ro...
Episode 2: Edmund de Waal: Make Pots or Die
Documentary following bestselling author Edmund de Waal over the course of a remarkable year, as he...
Episode 3: Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy
Alan Yentob looks at the unique role Jews have played in creating the modern American musical, from...
Episode 4: Turning the Art World Inside Out
Alan Yentob explores outsider art, examines why the oeuvre is only now being accepted by the art est...
Episode 5: Hitler, the Tiger and Me
Documentary telling the story of Judith Kerr, creator of well-loved children's books including Mog a...
Episode 6: Who's Afraid of Machiavelli?
Marking the 500th anniversary of Machiavelli's book The Prince, which has been a manual for tyrants...
Episode 1: Rio 50 Degrees: Carry On CaRIOca
As Brazil prepares to host the Fifa World Cup this summer and the Olympic Games in 2016, imagine......
Episode 2: Philip Roth Unleashed Part 1
Hailed by many as America's greatest living writer, Philip Roth, in conversation with Alan Yentob, i...
Episode 3: Philip Roth Unleashed Part 2
Alan Yentob talks to author Philip Roth about his exploration of some of the great themes of the Ame...
Episode 4: Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar
Alan Yentob meets the five surviving members of Monty Python - John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jon...
Episode 1: The Art That Hitler Hated
Two-part special documentary telling the story of a hoard of art that was hidden during the Third Re...
Episode 2: The Art That Hitler Hated: The Sins of the Fathers
Second episode of a two-part special documentary about a secret hoard of art discovered in Germany....
Episode 3: Bette Midler: The Divine Miss M
Alan Yentob joins Bette Midler on a journey through the chorus lines of Broadway and the bathhouses...
Episode 4: Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On
imagine... presents this UK television debut of a tour de force from the Divine Miss M. Bette Midler...
Episode 5: Anselm Kiefer: Remembering The Future
Alan Yentob joins Anselm Kiefer at his studios in France and Germany as he prepares for a retrospect...
Episode 6: The One and Only Mike Leigh
Director Mike Leigh talks to Alan Yentob about his unique body of work and struggle to make films on...
Episode 7: Colm Toibin: His Mother's Son
Alan Yentob talks to acclaimed and curiously divided Irish writer Colm Toibin. Loud and affable in p...
Episode 1: Frank Gehry: The Architect Says "Why Can't I?"
Alan Yentob explores the colourful career of architect Frank Gehry, one of the world's most celebrat...
Episode 2: Jeff Koons: Diary of a Seducer
As Jeff Koons' first retrospective takes over the Whitney Museum in New York and the Pompidou in Par...
Episode 3: Beware of Mr Baker
Jay Bulger catches up with the irascible Cream drummer Ginger Baker at his ranch in South Africa. He...
Episode 4: Toni Morrison Remembers
Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison, America's first lady of literature, talks to Alan Yentob about her...
Episode 5: Richard Flanagan: Life After Death
2014 Man Booker Prize winner Richard Flanagan journeys with Alan Yentob through his native Tasmania,...
Episode 1: Shylock's Ghost
Alan Yentob travels to the ghetto in Venice with award-winning novelist Howard Jacobson as he embark...
Episode 2: Antony Gormley: Being Human
Alan Yentob meets sculptor Antony Gormley, creator of the iconic Angel of the North, and uncovers th...
Episode 3: My Curious Documentary
Imagine meets those involved with the stage production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nig...
Episode 4: The Last Impresario
The story of British theatre and film producer Michael White who has produced over 300 shows includi...
Episode 5: The Ecstasy of Wilko Johnson
Julien Temple updates the remarkable story of Dr Feelgood musician Wilko Johnson. Reflecting on his...
Episode 6: David Chipperfield: A Place to Be
Alan Yentob talks to British architect David Chipperfield about his breakthrough in Berlin, his love...
Episode 7: Carlos Acosta: Cuba Calls
Imagine follows Cuban ballet superstar Carlos Acosta as he masterminds a new production of Carmen fo...
Episode 1: One Night in 2012
Alan Yentob tells the story of London's Olympic Opening Ceremony as seen through the eyes of its art...
Episode 2: DANGER! Cornelia Parker
Alan Yentob follows sculptor Cornelia Parker's creative process in a film that sees her delve deep i...
Episode 3: Georgia O'Keeffe: By Myself
Thirty years after her death, to coincide with a major Tate Modern show, imagine... tells the story...
Episode 4: Sir Roderick Stewart: Can't Stop Me Now
Sir Rod Stewart has had a remarkable musical journey. Alan Yentob visits Rod at his homes and examin...
Episode 1: The Seven Killings of Marlon James
Alan Yentob accompanies novelist Marlon James back to James's home country of Jamaica and finds in h...
Episode 2: The Triumphs and Laments of William Kentridge
Alan Yentob joins South African artist William Kentridge as he prepares an epic frieze along the ban...
Episode 3: Serial Killers - The Women Who Write Crime Fiction
Alan Yentob explores the enthralling world of female crime fiction in the company of some of its bes...
Episode 4: The Art World's Prankster: Maurizio Cattelan
Maurizio Cattelan's work has bordered on criminal activity and regularly defies good taste. Maura Ax...
Episode 5: Listen to Me Marlon
An emotive and vivid portrayal of a man and actor who was by turns tremendously talented, tenacious...
Episode 1: She Spoke the Unspeakable
The author Nawal El Saadawi was a global legend. imagine... visited her in Cairo and travels with h...
Episode 2: Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
Documentary celebrating the life and work of activist, poet and writer Maya Angelou, using film capt...
Episode 3: Alice Neel: Dr Jekyll and Mrs Hyde
A portrait of a remarkable American artist. Alice Neel was an extraordinary and prolific figurative...
Episode 4: Chris Ofili - The Caged Bird's Song
Alan Yentob follows the celebrated Turner Prize-winning British artist Chris Ofili as he creates a s...
Episode 1: Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures
An unflinching and uncompromising portrait of one of the most controversial photographers.
Episode 2: Margaret Atwood: You Have Been Warned!
Alan Yentob meets acclaimed writer Margaret Atwood in Toronto and discovers how a childhood spent be...
Episode 3: Alma Deutscher: Finding Cinderella
Episode 4: Cameron Mackintosh: The Musical Man
Alan Yentob meets Cameron Mackintosh to discover how he became the most successful man in the musica...
Episode 1: Rachel Whiteread: Ghost in the Room
A profile of English artist Rachel Whiteread. Alan Yentob visits Rachel in her studio and revisits h...
Episode 2: Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
With the aid of the BBC archive, Alan Yentob and Mel Brooks embark on an unpredictable journey throu...
Episode 4: Philip Pullman: Angels and Daemons
Alan Yentob spends time with Philip Pullman in Oxford, discovering how the ex-teacher became an accl...
Episode 5: Ingrid Bergman in Her Own Words
Documentary exploring Ingrid Bergman's journey from Swedish schoolgirl to Hollywood icon, using her...
Episode 6: Andrew Lloyd Webber: Memories
Alan Yentob talks to Andrew Lloyd Webber about his autobiography, bohemian childhood and the memorie...
Episode 7: Habaneros: You Say You Want a Revolution? Part One
Two-part film capturing the mood of Havana and its people, the Habaneros, at a pivotal moment in tim...
Episode 8: Habaneros: You Say You Want a Revolution? Part Two
he citizens of Cuba tell how the young revolutionaries of the 60s put their dreams into practice and...
Episode 1: Rupert Everett: Born to be Wilde
The story of Rupert Everett's ten-year quest to write, direct and star in his own film about the tra...
Episode 2: Orhan Pamuk: A Strange Mind
Turkey's best-known writer, the Nobel Prize-winning Orhan Pamuk, glories in his city of Istanbul, sh...
Episode 3: Rose Wylie: This Rose Is Blooming
Alan Yentob meets Rose Wylie and delves into her curious and colourful world to discover how her mem...
Episode 4: Tacita Dean: Looking to See
Alan Yentob joins Tacita Dean in her studio in Berlin to discover how the city has infused her work,...
Episode 5: Hockney, The Queen and the Royal Peculiar
David Hockney undertakes a commission to design and install a stained-glass window in Westminster Ab...
Episode 6: George Benjamin: What Do You Want to Do When You Grow Up?
The programme tracks the creation of celebrated composer Sir George Benjamin's latest opera Lessons...
Episode 7: Tracey Emin: Where Do You Draw the Line?
Artist Tracey Emin talks to Alan Yentob about her life, from her troubled early years in Margate to...
Episode 8: Becoming Cary Grant
A revealing insight into the life of Hollywood icon Cary Grant, featuring excerpts from his unpublis...
Episode 9: Andrea Levy: Her Island Story
Andrea Levy's novel Small Island about the Windrush generation captured imaginations. imagine... fin...
Episode 1: James Graham: In the Room Where It Happens
Alan Yentob follows celebrated young British playwright James Graham, whose award-winning works take...
Episode 2: Jo Brand: No Holds Barred
Alan Yentob looks into the life of comedian Jo Brand, marking a diverse career which began in 1980s...
Episode 3: Bill Viola: The Road to St Paul's
Charting the career of Bill Viola over 12 years, following him as he creates a permanent video insta...
Episode 4: Edna O'Brien: Fearful... and Fearless
Alan Yentob meets Irish novelist Edna O’Brien to discuss sex, books and a lifetime of defiance.
Episode 5: Faith Ringgold: Tell It Like It Is
Alan Yentob meets Harlem-born artist, author and activist Faith Ringgold as she prepares for her Lon...
Episode 6: Olafur Eliasson: Miracles of Rare Device
Documentary following Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson and his studio in the run-up to his la...
Episode 7: EastSide Story
Following a ground-breaking arts intervention programme designed to change the course of the lives o...
Episode 1: Lenny Henry: Young, Gifted and Black
Alan Yentob meets Lenny Henry as he publishes a first volume of autobiography, charting his early ye...
Episode 2: This House Is Full of Music
Remote cameras capture a lockdown concert performed by the Kanneh-Mason family from their home in No...
Episode 3: Lemn Sissay: The Memory of Me
Following the publication of his new memoir My Name Is Why, writer Lemn Sissay tells Alan Yentob wha...
Episode 4: Kate Prince: Every Move She Makes
Alan Yentob meets choreographer and director Kate Prince as her ZooNation dance company embarks on a...
Episode 5: My Name Is Kwame
As the Young Vic celebrates its fiftieth anniversary, Alan Yentob meets its current artistic directo...
Episode 6: Marina Abramovic: The Ugly Duckling
Performance artist Marina Abramovic invites Alan Yentob into her home, opens her archive, travels to...
Episode 1: We'll Be Back?
Alan Yentob explores the huge ongoing impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the UK's pioneering and wor...
Episode 2: Kazuo Ishiguro: Remembering and Forgetting
A revealing profile of the Nobel Prize-winning novelist Kazuo Ishiguro, author of The Remains of the...
Episode 3: Bernardine Evaristo: Never Give Up
Alan Yentob explores the remarkable life and work of the trailblazing Anglo-Nigerian writer Bernardi...
Episode 4: Tom Stoppard: A Charmed Life
Playwright Tom Stoppard tells Alan Yentob the extraordinary story of his life and his latest play, L...
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Episode 1: Marian Keyes: My (not so) Perfect Life
Alan Yentob meets Marian Keyes to explore her incredible journey from hard-partying waitress to best...
Episode 2: Labi Siffre: This Is My Song
Alan Yentob presents a film exploring the life and work of the Ivor Novello Award-winning black Brit...
Episode 3: Wayne McGregor: Dancing on the Edge
Alan Yentob profiles dance pioneer Wayne McGregor, the resident choreographer at the Royal Ballet, c...
Episode 4: Miriam Margolyes: Up for Grabs
Following the release of her autobiography, This Much Is True, actress Miriam Margolyes opens up to...
Episode 5: Jacob Collier: In the Room Where It Happens
Alan Yentob meets virtuoso multi-instrumentalist, singer and arranger Jacob Collier, and hears from...
Episode 6: Malorie Blackman: What If?
As she prepares to publish her long-awaited autobiography, former children's laureate Malorie Blackm...
Episode 7: Sonia Boyce: Finding Her Voice
Alan Yentob follows acclaimed artist Sonia Boyce as she prepares to make history as the first black...
Episode 8: Douglas Stuart: Love, Hope and Grit
Alan Yentob meets Douglas Stuart, the author of the Booker Prize-winning novel Shuggie Bain, which w...
Episode 1: Stephen Frears: Director for Hire
imagine… profiles Stephen Frears, acclaimed film director of Dangerous Liaisons and The Queen. Some...
Episode 2: The Factory: Made in Manchester
imagine... tells the story of Aviva Studios, Manchester’s colossal new cultural venue, and goes behi...
Episode 3: French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
imagine... profiles the UK’s most successful double act of the last 40 years, French & Saunders, exp...
Episode 4: Pet Shop Boys: Then and Now
Featuring exclusive access to their recent tour and their new album, this documentary reveals the fa...
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Episode 1: Rupert Everett: Born to be Wilde
The story of Rupert Everett's ten-year quest to write, direct and star in his own film about the tra...
Episode 2: Orhan Pamuk: A Strange Mind
Turkey's best-known writer, the Nobel Prize-winning Orhan Pamuk, glories in his city of Istanbul, sh...
Episode 3: Rose Wylie: This Rose Is Blooming
Alan Yentob meets Rose Wylie and delves into her curious and colourful world to discover how her mem...
Episode 4: Tacita Dean: Looking to See
Alan Yentob joins Tacita Dean in her studio in Berlin to discover how the city has infused her work,...
Episode 5: Hockney, The Queen and the Royal Peculiar
David Hockney undertakes a commission to design and install a stained-glass window in Westminster Ab...
Episode 6: George Benjamin: What Do You Want to Do When You Grow Up?
Tracking the creation of celebrated composer Sir George Benjamin's latest opera Lessons in Love and...
Episode 7: Tracey Emin: Where Do You Draw the Line?
Artist Tracey Emin talks to Alan Yentob about her life, from her troubled early years in Margate to...
Episode 8: Becoming Cary Grant
A revealing insight into the life of Hollywood icon Cary Grant, featuring excerpts from his unpublis...
Episode 9: Andrea Levy: Her Island Story
Andrea Levy's novel Small Island about the Windrush generation captured imaginations. imagine... fin...
Episode 1: James Graham: In the Room Where It Happens
Alan Yentob follows celebrated young British playwright James Graham, whose award-winning works take...
Episode 2: Jo Brand: No Holds Barred
Alan Yentob looks into the life of comedian Jo Brand, marking a diverse career which began in 1980s...
Episode 3: Bill Viola: The Road to St Paul’s
Charting the career of Bill Viola over 12 years, following him as he creates a permanent video insta...
Episode 4: Edna O'Brien: Fearful… and Fearless
Alan Yentob meets Irish novelist Edna O’Brien to discuss sex, books and a lifetime of defiance.
Episode 5: Faith Ringgold: Tell It Like It Is
Alan Yentob meets Harlem-born artist, author and activist Faith Ringgold as she prepares for her Lon...
Episode 6: Olafur Eliasson: Miracles of Rare Device
Documentary following Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson and his studio in the run-up to his la...
Episode 7: EastSide Story
Following a ground-breaking arts intervention programme designed to change the course of the lives o...
Episode 1: This House is Full of Music
Remote cameras capture a lockdown concert performed by the Kanneh-Mason family from their home in No...
Episode 2: Lemn Sissay: The Memory of Me
Following the publication of his new memoir My Name Is Why, writer Lemn Sissay tells Alan Yentob wha...
Episode 3: Kate Prince: Every Move She Makes
Alan Yentob meets choreographer and director Kate Prince as her ZooNation dance company embarks on a...
Episode 4: My Name Is Kwame
As the Young Vic celebrates its fiftieth anniversary, Alan Yentob meets its current artistic directo...
Episode 5: Marina Abramovic: The Ugly Duckling
Performance artist Marina Abramovic invites Alan Yentob into her home, opens her archive, travels to...
Episode 6: Lenny Henry: Young, Gifted and Black
Alan Yentob meets Lenny Henry as he publishes a first volume of autobiography, charting his early ye...
Episode 1: We'll Be Back?
Alan Yentob explores the huge ongoing impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the UK's pioneering and wor...
Episode 2: Kazuo Ishiguro: Remembering and Forgetting
Alan Yentob explores the remarkable life and work of the trailblazing Anglo-Nigerian writer Bernardi...
Episode 3: Bernardine Evaristo: Never Give Up
Playwright Tom Stoppard tells Alan Yentob the extraordinary story of his life and his latest play, L...
Episode 4: Tom Stoppard: A Charmed Life
A revealing profile of the Nobel Prize-winning novelist Kazuo Ishiguro, author of The Remains of the...
Episode 1: Marian Keyes: My (not so) Perfect Life
Alan Yentob meets Marian Keyes to explore her incredible journey from hard-partying waitress to best...
Episode 2: Labi Siffre: This Is My Song
Alan Yentob presents a film exploring the life and work of the Ivor Novello Award-winning black Brit...
Episode 3: Wayne McGregor: Dancing on the Edge
Alan Yentob profiles groundbreaking dance pioneer Wayne McGregor, the resident choreographer at the...
Episode 4: Miriam Margolyes: Up for Grabs
Following the release of her autobiography, This Much Is True, actress Miriam Margolyes opens up to...
Episode 5: Jacob Collier: The Room Where It Happens
Presenter Alan Yentob gains unique access to the extraordinary world of astonishing musician Jacob C...
Episode 6: Malorie Blackman: What If?
Alan Yentob follows one of Britain’s best-loved writers: Malorie Blackman, former Children’s Laureat...
Episode 7: Sonia Boyce: Finding Her Voice
Alan Yentob follows acclaimed artist Sonia Boyce as she prepares to make history as the first black...
Episode 8: Douglas Stuart: Love, Hope and Grit
Alan Yentob meets Douglas Stuart, the author of the Booker Prize-winning novel Shuggie Bain, which w...
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