Alan Yentob Movies
- 2009
Scrabble: A Night on the Tiles
Scrabble: A Night on the Tiles02009HD
Scrabble is experiencing a renaissance. The younger generation have rediscovered the game online - through the copyright busting Scrabulous - and...
- 2015
David Chipperfield: A Place to Be
David Chipperfield: A Place to Be02015HD
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...
- 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.
- 2013
Mini: A Life Revisited
Mini: A Life Revisited02013HD
1975 documentary about 11-year-old serial arsonist Michael 'Mini' Cooper, followed by Cooper and the film's director Franc Roddam in conversation...
- 2012
Ian Rankin and the Case of the Disappearing Detective
Ian Rankin and the Case of the Disappearing Detective02012HD
Crime writer Ian Rankin invites BBC to follow him as he writes his next novel, and as he ponders what to write about after retiring his most famous...
- 2019
Edna O'Brien: Fearful... and Fearless
Edna O'Brien: Fearful... and Fearless02019HD
Edna O’Brien is one of the greatest literary talents and rule breakers of her generation. In 1960, her revolutionary debut novel, The Country...
- 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...
- 2016
The Seven Killings of Marlon James
The Seven Killings of Marlon James02016HD
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...
- 1985
Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain
Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain01985HD
Drama documentary which takes the form of an up-dated version of Pygmalion. With a special music score by jazz group Working Week, with real...
- 2012
Do or Die: Lang Lang's Story
Do or Die: Lang Lang's Story02012HD
- 1981
Getting Away From Sidney
Getting Away From Sidney01981HD
Getting Away From Sidney - BBC TV documentary about Graeae, a touring theatre company of disabled actors (1981) The Arena arts TV programme which...
- 2015
Frank Gehry: The Architect Says "Why Can't I?"
Frank Gehry: The Architect Says "Why Can't I?"02015HD
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...
- 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...
- 2003
The World According to Parr
The World According to Parr02003HD
Alan Yentob explores the work of Martin Parr, considered to be the most influential photographer of his generation
- 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.
- 2013
Hitler, the Tiger and Me
Hitler, the Tiger and Me02013HD
Beautiful story about effervescent ninety-year-old children's book author and illustrator Judith Kerr - (a true delight) - recounting her childhood...
- 2017
Rachel Whiteread: Ghost in the Room
Rachel Whiteread: Ghost in the Room02017HD
An intimate portrait of British sculptor Rachel Whiteread as she unpacks her life's work for a major retrospective at Tate Britain in London. Her...
- 1970
A Kick in the Head: The Lure of Las Vegas
A Kick in the Head: The Lure of Las Vegas01970HD
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....
- 2016
Georgia O'Keeffe: By Myself
Georgia O'Keeffe: By Myself02016HD
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...