Alan Yentob Movies

  • 2014
    BBC Imagine: The Divine Miss M

    BBC Imagine: The Divine Miss M

    BBC Imagine: The Divine Miss M

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    For five decades the woman they call the Divine Miss M has forged a path which has taken her from a pineapple-canning factory in Honolulu to becoming...

    BBC Imagine: The Divine Miss M
  • 2012
    Do or Die: Lang Lang's Story

    Do or Die: Lang Lang's Story

    Do or Die: Lang Lang's Story

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    Do or Die: Lang Lang's Story
  • 2012
    Mel Brooks Strikes Back!

    Mel Brooks Strikes Back!

    Mel Brooks Strikes Back!

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    Mel Brooks appears on stage with Alan Yentob, the creative director for the BBC, at the Geffen Theatre in California to review his extensive career...

    Mel Brooks Strikes Back!
  • 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
  • 2015
    Frank Gehry: The Architect Says

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

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

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    A fascinating look at the colorful career of architect Frank Gehry who despite being well into his eighties remains one of the world's most...

    Frank Gehry: The Architect Says
  • 1970
    IMAGINE: DANGER! Cornelia Parker

    IMAGINE: DANGER! Cornelia Parker

    IMAGINE: DANGER! Cornelia Parker

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    Imagine reveals the darker side of one of Britain's most original and inventive artists. A sculptor working with found materials, Cornelia Parker...

    IMAGINE: DANGER! Cornelia Parker
  • 2009
    The Year of Anish Kapoor

    The Year of Anish Kapoor

    The Year of Anish Kapoor

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    Alan Yentob meets one of Britain's most accomplished and popular sculptors, Anish Kapoor, known for his audacious works of staggering complexity and...

    The Year of Anish Kapoor
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2019
    Faith Ringgold: Tell It Like It Is

    Faith Ringgold: Tell It Like It Is

    Faith Ringgold: Tell It Like It Is

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    Alan Yentob meets Harlem-born artist, author and activist Faith Ringgold as she prepares for her London show at the Serpentine Gallery.

    Faith Ringgold: Tell It Like It Is
  • 2006
    Sweet Home New Orleans

    Sweet Home New Orleans

    Sweet Home New Orleans

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    Could New Orleans's days as a great musical powerhouse be coming to an end? As Alan Yentob traces the city's vast musical heritage, he meets...

    Sweet Home New Orleans
  • 1978

    "The Journey", or The Memoirs of a Self-Confessed Surrealist

    "The Journey", or The Memoirs of a Self-Confessed Surrealist

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    George Melly explores his lifelong relationship with surrealism in all its forms and prominent personalities.

  • 2014
    Rio 50 Degrees: Carry on CaRIOca

    Rio 50 Degrees: Carry on CaRIOca

    Rio 50 Degrees: Carry on CaRIOca

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    A look at Rio's cultural, political and technical revolutions since the 1970s to 2011

    Rio 50 Degrees: Carry on CaRIOca
  • 2013
    Zaha Hadid... Who Dares Wins

    Zaha Hadid... Who Dares Wins

    Zaha Hadid... Who Dares Wins

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    Alan Yentob profiles the most successful female architect there has ever been, the late Zaha Hadid, who designed buildings around the globe from...

    Zaha Hadid... Who Dares Wins
  • 2019
    Jo Brand: No Holds Barred

    Jo Brand: No Holds Barred

    Jo Brand: No Holds Barred

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    Alan Yentob looks into the life of comedian Jo Brand, marking a diverse career which began in 1980s stand-up comedy and has moved through writing,...

    Jo Brand: No Holds Barred
  • 1981
    Getting Away From Sidney

    Getting Away From Sidney

    Getting Away From Sidney

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    Getting Away From Sidney - BBC TV documentary about Graeae, a touring theatre company of disabled actors (1981) The Arena arts TV programme which...

    Getting Away From Sidney
  • 2011
    Books: The Last Chapter?

    Books: The Last Chapter?

    Books: The Last Chapter?

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    Will the rise of electronic books mark the final chapter in the love story between traditional books and their readers? Alan Yentob discusses the...

    Books: The Last Chapter?
  • 2015
    David Gilmour: Wider Horizons

    David Gilmour: Wider Horizons

    David Gilmour: Wider Horizons

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    After a break of nine years, David Gilmour steps back into the spotlight with a number one album and world tour. This film is an intimate portrait of...

    David Gilmour: Wider Horizons
  • 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
  • 2013
    Vivian Maier: Who Took Nanny's Pictures?

    Vivian Maier: Who Took Nanny's Pictures?

    Vivian Maier: Who Took Nanny's Pictures?

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    The incredible story of a mysterious nanny who died in 2009 leaving behind a secret hoard - thousands of stunning photographs. Never seen in her...

    Vivian Maier: Who Took Nanny's Pictures?