Alan Yentob Filmes
- 2014
Rio 50 Degrees: Carry on CaRIOca
Rio 50 Degrees: Carry on CaRIOca02014HD
A look at Rio's cultural, political and technical revolutions since the 1970s to 2011
- 2008
Richard Serra: Man of Steel
Richard Serra: Man of Steel02008HD
Sculptor and giant of modern art Richard Serra discusses his extraordinary life and work. A creator of enormous, immediately identifiable steel...
- 2023
imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me
imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me102023HD
imagine... follows celebrated British TV writer Russell T Davies as he prepares to return as the showrunner of Doctor Who – with two Doctors...
- 2014
Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar
Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar62014HD
Alan Yentob meets the five surviving members of Monty Python - John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam and Eric Idle - as they prepare...
- 1981
Have You Seen The Mona Lisa...?
Have You Seen The Mona Lisa...?01981HD
Arena looks behind the Gioconda smile. The Mona Lisa hangs in the Louvre behind plate glass - an unsigned, undated portrait of a smiling woman. She...
- 1975
David Bowie: Cracked Actor
David Bowie: Cracked Actor7.41975HD
The documentary depicts Bowie on tour in Los Angeles, using a mixture of vérité sequences filmed in limousines and hotels, and concert...
- 1983
The GPO Story
The GPO Story01983HD
Documentary which examines the work of the GPO Film Unit in its fiftieth year. Co-produced by The Post Office and Arena.
- 2025
When Alan Yentob Met Jenny Saville
When Alan Yentob Met Jenny Saville92025HD
As a part of a tribute night to broadcaster and television executive Alan Yentob, he interviews leading British artist Jenny Saville. One of the most...
- 2022
Labi Siffre: This Is My Song
Labi Siffre: This Is My Song02022HD
Alan Yentob presents a film exploring the life and work of the Ivor Novello Award-winning black British singer-songwriter Labi Siffre. An enigmatic...
- 2012
Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil
Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil82012HD
Following the recent death of Ken Russell, Alan Yentob looks back over the career of the flamboyant film director responsible for Women In Love,...
- 2013
Turning the Art World Inside Out
Turning the Art World Inside Out02013HD
After the success of recent shows in Venice, London and Paris, interest in `Outsider Art' has never been higher, but what exactly is it? How do we...
- 2019
Olafur Eliasson: Miracles of Rare Device
Olafur Eliasson: Miracles of Rare Device02019HD
Olafur Eliasson has been pushing the limits of the sublime and the spectacular in his art for almost 30 years. From his monumental installation, The...
- 2015
Shylock's Ghost
Shylock's Ghost02015HD
As Man Booker Prize-winning writer Howard Jacobson retells The Merchant of Venice, 400 years after Shakespeare’s death, he travels with Alan...
- 2013
Goodbye Television Centre
Goodbye Television Centre02013HD
After 53 years Television Centre, the BBC's TV headquarters, is closing its doors and Michael Grade gathers together many of its best-loved faces to...
- 2006
A Picture of the Painter Howard Hodgkin
A Picture of the Painter Howard Hodgkin02006HD
Alan Yentob takes the artist Howard Hodgkin away from his Bloomsbury studio to India to discover more about his works and what inspires him.
- 2018
George Benjamin: What Do You Want to Do When You Grow Up?
George Benjamin: What Do You Want to Do When You Grow Up?02018HD
He has been crowned with every laurel in contemporary classical music, composed operas which play on the world's most illustrious stages and been...
- 2019
Faith Ringgold: Tell It Like It Is
Faith Ringgold: Tell It Like It Is02019HD
Alan Yentob meets Harlem-born artist, author and activist Faith Ringgold as she prepares for her London show at the Serpentine Gallery.
- 2008
A Wild Sheep Chase: In Search of Haruki Murakami
A Wild Sheep Chase: In Search of Haruki Murakami8.52008HD
A 2008 documentary about Japanese author Haruki Murakami
- 2020
Marina Abramovic: The Ugly Duckling
Marina Abramovic: The Ugly Duckling02020HD
Performance artist Marina Abramovic invites Alan Yentob into her home, opens her archive, travels to her birthplace in Belgrade and talks about...
- 1983
Kurt Vonnegut: So It Goes
Kurt Vonnegut: So It Goes91983HD
A documentary featured on BBC's Arena series in 1983. The author discusses his life, his work and his thoughts and opinions.