Alan Yentob Filmes

  • 2009
    Scrabble: A Night on the Tiles

    Scrabble: A Night on the Tiles

    Scrabble: A Night on the Tiles

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    Scrabble is experiencing a renaissance. The younger generation have rediscovered the game online - through the copyright busting Scrabulous - and...

    Scrabble: A Night on the Tiles
  • 1985
    Studs Terkel's Chicago

    Studs Terkel's Chicago

    Studs Terkel's Chicago

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    This documentary features acclaimed Chicagoan broadcaster and Pulitzer Prize winner Studs Terkel talking about the value of oral history and the...

    Studs Terkel's Chicago
  • 2015
    Antony Gormley: Being Human

    Antony Gormley: Being Human

    Antony Gormley: Being Human

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    Alan Yentob meets sculptor Antony Gormley, creator of the iconic Angel of the North, and uncovers the influences that have shaped his life and work. ...

    Antony Gormley: Being Human
  • 2015
    David Chipperfield: A Place to Be

    David Chipperfield: A Place to Be

    David Chipperfield: A Place to Be

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    Alan Yentob talks to British architect David Chipperfield about his breakthrough in Berlin, his love of the city and the 11 years spent on the...

    David Chipperfield: A Place to Be
  • 2011
    Grayson Perry and the Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman

    Grayson Perry and the Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman

    Grayson Perry and the Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman

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    Artist Grayson Perry has been working behind the scenes at the British Museum to stage his most ambitious show yet: The Tomb of the Unknown...

    Grayson Perry and the Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman
  • 2016
    Georgia O'Keeffe: By Myself

    Georgia O'Keeffe: By Myself

    Georgia O'Keeffe: By Myself

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    On the brink of the Depression in 1929, Georgia O'Keeffe - America's first great modernist painter - headed west. In the bright light of the New...

    Georgia O'Keeffe: By Myself
  • 2018
    Philip Pullman: Angels and Daemons

    Philip Pullman: Angels and Daemons

    Philip Pullman: Angels and Daemons

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    Alan Yentob spends time with Philip Pullman in Oxford, discovering how the ex-teacher became an acclaimed author of fantasy fiction and an outspoken...

    Philip Pullman: Angels and Daemons
  • 2007
    Yusuf Islam: A Few Good Songs

    Yusuf Islam: A Few Good Songs

    Yusuf Islam: A Few Good Songs

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    This insightful biography tells the story of legendary singer/songwriter Yusuf Islam, previously known as Cat Stevens, as he celebrates his return to...

    Yusuf Islam: A Few Good Songs
  • 2008
    Trip to Asia: The Quest for Harmony

    Trip to Asia: The Quest for Harmony

    Trip to Asia: The Quest for Harmony

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    Journey with the musicians of the Berlin Philharmonic and their conductor Sir Simon Rattle on a breakneck concert tour of six metropolises across...

    Trip to Asia: The Quest for Harmony
  • 1980
    Profiles of Andrea Dunbar and Victoria Wood

    Profiles of Andrea Dunbar and Victoria Wood

    Profiles of Andrea Dunbar and Victoria Wood

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    This 1980 Arena documentary profiles writer and performer Victoria Wood and teenage playwright Andrea Dunbar. Wood is seen, alongside Julie Walters,...

    Profiles of Andrea Dunbar and Victoria Wood
  • 1982
    Desert Island Discs

    Desert Island Discs

    Desert Island Discs

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    Arena celebrates Roy Plomley's Desert Island Discs with the help of many celebrity castaways, including Frankie Howerd, Russell Harty, Trevor...

    Desert Island Discs
  • 2017
    Margaret Atwood: You Have Been Warned

    Margaret Atwood: You Have Been Warned

    Margaret Atwood: You Have Been Warned

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    For decades, Margaret Atwood has been universally acclaimed as Canada's greatest living writer. Fearlessly outspoken in life and in her work, Atwood...

    Margaret Atwood: You Have Been Warned
  • 1984
    The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel

    The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel

    The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel

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    Made a year after Luis Buñuel's death in 1983 this is an illuminating portrait of the surreal and visionary director, featuring clips,...

    The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel
  • 2019
    The Man Who Saw Too Much

    The Man Who Saw Too Much

    The Man Who Saw Too Much

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    The Man Who Saw Too Much tells the story of 106-year-old Boris Pahor, believed to be the oldest known survivor of the Nazi concentration camps. He...

    The Man Who Saw Too Much
  • 2023
    imagine... The Factory: Made in Manchester

    imagine... The Factory: Made in Manchester

    imagine... The Factory: Made in Manchester

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    imagine... tells the story of Aviva Studios, Manchester’s colossal new cultural venue, and goes behind the scenes at the world premiere of its...

    imagine... The Factory: Made in Manchester
  • 2008
    Oliver Sacks: Tales of Music and the Brain

    Oliver Sacks: Tales of Music and the Brain

    Oliver Sacks: Tales of Music and the Brain

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    Alan Yentob talks to Dr. Oliver Sacks about his latest book 'Musicophila: Tales of Music and the Brain' which deals with the power of music and how...

    Oliver Sacks: Tales of Music and the Brain
  • 1970
    A Kick in the Head: The Lure of Las Vegas

    A Kick in the Head: The Lure of Las Vegas

    A Kick in the Head: The Lure of Las Vegas

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    Dream city, Sin City, a mirage in the desert, Las Vegas is a film set in its own right, a piece of pop art, an outdoor museum of American culture....

    A Kick in the Head: The Lure of Las Vegas
  • 2022
    imagine... Miriam Margolyes: Up for Grabs

    imagine... Miriam Margolyes: Up for Grabs

    imagine... Miriam Margolyes: Up for Grabs

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    Miriam Margolyes is one of Britain’s best loved and most provocative actresses. Across her eclectic career, she has played scene-stealing turns...

    imagine... Miriam Margolyes: Up for Grabs
  • 2013
    Who's Afraid of Machiavelli?

    Who's Afraid of Machiavelli?

    Who's Afraid of Machiavelli?

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    Famous for lines like 'It is better to be feared than loved', Machiavelli's notorious book, The Prince, has been a manual for tyrants from Napoleon...

    Who's Afraid of Machiavelli?
  • 2016
    A Brief History of Seven Killings Marlon James

    A Brief History of Seven Killings Marlon James

    A Brief History of Seven Killings Marlon James

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    2015 was a momentous year for novelist Marlon James. He became the first Jamaican writer to win the Man Booker prize for his magisterial novel A...

    A Brief History of Seven Killings Marlon James