Alan Yentob Movies
- 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...
- 1984
Sunset People
Sunset People01984HD
Sunset Boulevard stretches 27 miles from Los Angeles’ Chinatown all the way to the ocean – a ride made famous by Philip Marlowe in the...
- 2014
BBC Imagine: The Divine Miss M
BBC Imagine: The Divine Miss M02014HD
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...
- 2015
Antony Gormley: Being Human
Antony Gormley: Being Human02015HD
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. ...
- 2012
Jeanette Winterson: My Monster and Me
Jeanette Winterson: My Monster and Me02012HD
Nearly 30 years after her debut novel, Oranges are Not the Only Fruit, Jeanette Winterson returns with Alan Yentob to the scenes of her extraordinary...
- 2011
Grayson Perry and the Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman
Grayson Perry and the Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman02011HD
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...
- 2007
Yusuf Islam: A Few Good Songs
Yusuf Islam: A Few Good Songs02007HD
This insightful biography tells the story of legendary singer/songwriter Yusuf Islam, previously known as Cat Stevens, as he celebrates his return to...
- 1985
Studs Terkel's Chicago
Studs Terkel's Chicago01985HD
This documentary features acclaimed Chicagoan broadcaster and Pulitzer Prize winner Studs Terkel talking about the value of oral history and the...
- 2006
Sweet Home New Orleans
Sweet Home New Orleans02006HD
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...
- 2010
Ray Davies: Imaginary Man
Ray Davies: Imaginary Man02010HD
Alan Yentob meets Ray Davies, the creative powerhouse behind The Kinks and author of some of the best-loved songs of the 60s, who candidly discusses...
- 2008
Oliver Sacks: Tales of Music and the Brain
Oliver Sacks: Tales of Music and the Brain02008HD
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...
- 1974
Ella Fitzgerald's Other Show
Ella Fitzgerald's Other Show01974HD
Ella Fitzgerald in performance at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club. This second show confirms yet again all the superlatives which critics have lavished on...
- 1974
Ella Fitzgerald at Ronnie Scotts
Ella Fitzgerald at Ronnie Scotts01974HD
Recorded at Ronnie Scott's in London in 1974 and backed by the Tommy Flanagan Quartet, Ella Fitzgerald performs some of her most famous songs,...
- 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...
- 2004
Arthur Miller: Finishing the Picture
Arthur Miller: Finishing the Picture02004HD
Renowned American playwright Arthur Miller discusses his life and work with Alan Yentob.
- 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.