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Alan Yentob

Alan Yentob s a British television executive and presenter. He has spent his entire career at the BBC from where he stepped down as Creative Director in December 2015

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Filmography
  • Born In Stepney, London
  • Born March 11, 1947
  • Gender Male
  • Created February 2, 2021 by
    Administrator admin
  • Modified September 29, 2021 by
    kleh

Jo Brand: No Holds Barred

2019
as Himself - Presenter

Georgia O'Keeffe: By Myself

2016
as Himself - Presenter

One Night in 2012

2016
as Alan Yentob

Frank Gehry: The Architect Says "Why Can't I?"

2015
as Alan Yentob

Shylock's Ghost

2015
as Alan Yentob

Philip Roth Unleashed

2014
as Self - Presenter

The One and Only Mike Leigh

2014
as Himself - Presenter

Rio 50 Degrees: Carry on CaRIOca

2014
as Self - Presenter

Vivian Maier: Who Took Nanny's Pictures?

2013
as Self - Presenter

Hitler, the Tiger and Me

2013
as Self - Presenter

Zaha Hadid... Who Dares Wins

2013
as Self - Presenter

America in Primetime

2012

America in Primetime

2012
as Himself - Presenter

Mel Brooks Strikes Back!

2012
as Alan Yentob

Rufus Wainwright: Prima Donna

2011
as Self - Presenter

The Year of Anish Kapoor

2009
as Self - Presenter

The Story of the Guitar

2008
as Presenter

A Wild Sheep Chase: In Search of Haruki Murakami

2008
as Self - Presenter

Oliver Sacks: Tales of Music and the Brain

2008
as Self - Presenter

Yusuf Islam: A Few Good Songs

2007
as Alan Yentob

A Picture of the Painter Howard Hodgkin

2006
as Self - Presenter

The Culture Show

2004
as Reporter

Imagine...

2003
as Presenter

Mike Leigh: Making Plays

1982
as Narrator/Interviewer

Director

Movie The Man Who Saw Too Much 2019
Movie Mel Brooks: Unwrapped 2019
Movie Yusuf Islam: A Few Good Songs 2007
Episode Arena (1975)
"I Thought I Was Taller": A Short History Of Mel Brooks 		1981
Episode Arena (1975)
Art & Design: The Journey 		1978
Episode Omnibus (1967)
Cracked Actor: David Bowie 		1975

Writer

Episode Imagine...
Kazuo Ishiguro: Remembering and Forgetting 		2021
Episode Imagine...
We'll Be Back? 		2021
Episode Imagine...
Margaret Atwood: You Have Been Warned! 		2017
Episode Imagine...
She Spoke the Unspeakable 		2017
Episode Imagine...
Cameron Mackintosh: The Musical Man 		2017
Episode Imagine...
Chris Ofili: The Caged Bird's Song 		2017
Episode Imagine...
The Art Of Stand-Up (Part Two) 		2011
Episode Imagine...
The Art Of Stand-Up (Part One) 		2011
Episode Imagine...
Vidal Sassoon - A Cut Above 		2011
Episode The Culture Show
Sir Terence Conran on Culture 		2011
Movie Van Gogh: Painted with Words 2010
Episode Imagine...
Ai Weiwei - Without Fear or Favour 		2010
Episode Imagine...
The Year of Anish Kapoor 		2009
Episode The Story of the Guitar
This Time it's Personal 		2008
Episode The Story of the Guitar
In the Beginning 		2008
Episode The Story of the Guitar
Out of the Frying Pan 		2008
Episode Imagine...
Sweet Home New Orleans 		2006
Episode Imagine...
The Plinth, the Model, the Artist and his Sculpture 		2005
Episode American Experience
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Revisited 		1988

Host

Episode Imagine...
Chris Ofili: The Caged Bird's Song 		2017
Episode Imagine...
Bette Midler: The Divine Miss M 		2014
Episode Imagine...
The Art Of Stand-Up (Part Two) 		2011
Episode Imagine...
The Art Of Stand-Up (Part One) 		2011
Episode Imagine...
Vidal Sassoon - A Cut Above 		2011
Episode The Culture Show
Sir Terence Conran on Culture 		2011
Episode Imagine...
Ai Weiwei - Without Fear or Favour 		2010
Episode Imagine...
The Year of Anish Kapoor 		2009
Episode Imagine...
Sweet Home New Orleans 		2006
Episode Imagine...
Amos Oz: The Conscience of Israel 		2005
Episode Imagine...
The Plinth, the Model, the Artist and his Sculpture 		2005

Producer

Movie The Man Who Saw Too Much 2019
Movie The Man Who Saw Too Much 2019
Movie Habaneros 2017
Movie Georgia O'Keeffe: By Myself 2016
Movie One Night in 2012 2016
Movie Frank Gehry: The Architect Says "Why Can't I?" 2015
Movie Rio 50 Degrees: Carry on CaRIOca 2014
Movie Philip Roth Unleashed 2014
Movie Hitler, the Tiger and Me 2013
Movie Vivian Maier: Who Took Nanny's Pictures? 2013
Movie The Vivian Maier Mystery 2013
Movie Zaha Hadid... Who Dares Wins 2013
Movie London: The Modern Babylon 2012
Movie Van Gogh: Painted with Words 2010
Movie Trip to Asia: The Quest for Harmony 2008
Movie Oliver Sacks: Tales of Music and the Brain 2008
Movie A Wild Sheep Chase: In Search of Haruki Murakami 2008
Movie A Picture of the Painter Howard Hodgkin 2006
Movie Exiles: Edward Said 1988
Movie Francis Bacon and the Brutality of Fact 1987
Movie Made In Ealing: The Story of Ealing Studios 1986
Movie Omnibus: The Last Moguls 1986
Movie The Long Night of Lady Day 1984
Episode Arena (1975)
The Everly Brothers: Songs of Innocence and Experience 		1984
Movie Bette Davis: A Basically Benevolent Volcano 1983
Episode Arena (1975)
The Everly Brothers Reunion Concert 		1983
Movie Arena: The Orson Welles Story 1982
Movie The Catherine Wheel: Twyla Tharp Dance Foundation 1982
Movie Caribbean Nights: The Bob Marley Story 1982

Crew

Movie David Gilmour: Wider Horizons 2015

Guest Star

Episode W1A
Episode 1 		2014
Episode Imagine...
Bette Midler: The Divine Miss M 		2014
Episode BBC Documentaries
The Lure of Las Vegas 		2010
Episode NOVA
Musical Minds 		2009
Episode A Bucket O' French and Saunders
A Christmas Bucket O' French and Saunders 		2007
Episode Operation Good Guys
Back to School 		1999
Episode Operation Good Guys
Operation Zorro 		1999