Alan Yentob Filmes
- 2009
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...
- 1985
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...
- 2015
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. ...
- 2015
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...
- 2011
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...
- 2016
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...
- 2018
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...
- 2007
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...
- 2008
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...
- 1980
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,...
- 1982
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...
- 2017
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...
- 1984
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,...
- 2019
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...
- 2023
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...
- 2008
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...
- 1970
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....
- 2022
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...
- 2013
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...
- 2016
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...