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Alan Yentob

Actor

Born: March 11, 1947 · London, England, UK
Died: May 24, 2025 (age 78)

Alan Yentob was a British television executive and presenter. He held senior roles at the BBC, including head of music and arts, controller of BBC1 and BBC2, and was the corporation's creative director from 2004 until 2015.

Known for

Absolutely Anything
February 13, 2015
Van Gogh: Painted with Words
April 5, 2010
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
February 17, 2018
imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me
December 18, 2023
Imagine… Pet Shop Boys: Then and Now
April 16, 2024
Mel Brooks Strikes Back!
December 10, 2012
Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar
June 29, 2014
Zaha Hadid... Who Dares Wins
July 30, 2013
Jacob Collier: In the Room Where It Happens
May 2, 2022
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
December 27, 2023
Salman Rushdie: Through a Glass Darkly
May 7, 2024
Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil
January 14, 2012

Acting72

2025When Alan Yentob Met Jenny Saville as Self
2025The Academy of Armando as Self - Presenter
2024Salman Rushdie: Through a Glass Darkly as Self - Interviewer
2024Imagine… Pet Shop Boys: Then and Now as Self - Interviewer
2023imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter as Self - Presenter
2023imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me as Self
2023imagine... The Factory: Made in Manchester as Self - presenter
2022Jacob Collier: In the Room Where It Happens as Self
2022imagine... Miriam Margolyes: Up for Grabs as Self - Presenter

2022Labi Siffre: This Is My Song

2021Tom Stoppard: A Charmed Life as Presenter

2021Kazuo Ishiguro: Remembering and Forgetting as Self - Presenter

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2020Marina Abramovic: The Ugly Duckling as Self - Presenter
2019Olafur Eliasson: Miracles of Rare Device as Self - Presenter
2019Faith Ringgold: Tell It Like It Is as Self - Presenter
2019Edna O'Brien: Fearful... and Fearless as Self - Presenter
2019Jo Brand: No Holds Barred as Self - Presenter
2018George Benjamin: What Do You Want to Do When You Grow Up? as Self - Presenter
2018Hockney, The Queen and the Royal Peculiar as Self
2018Philip Pullman: Angels and Daemons as Self - Presenter
2018Mel Brooks: Unwrapped as Self - Presenter
2017Rachel Whiteread: Ghost in the Room as Self
2017Margaret Atwood: You Have Been Warned as Self
2016The Art World's Prankster: Maurizio Cattelan as Self
2016The Triumphs and Laments of William Kentridge as Self - Presenter
2016A Brief History of Seven Killings Marlon James as Self
2016Georgia O'Keeffe: By Myself as Self - Presenter
2016One Night In 2012
2015David Chipperfield: A Place to Be as Self - Presenter
2015Antony Gormley: Being Human as Self - Presenter
2015Shylock's Ghost as Self - Presenter
2015Frank Gehry: The Architect Says "Why Can't I?" as Self - Presenter
2015Absolutely Anything as Man at Party (uncredited)
2014The One and Only Mike Leigh as Self - Presenter
2014Anselm Kiefer: Remembering the Future as Self - Presenter
2014BBC Imagine: The Divine Miss M as Self
2014Rio 50 Degrees: Carry on CaRIOca as Self - Presenter
2014Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar as Self - Presenter
2013Who's Afraid of Machiavelli? as Self - Presenter
2013Hitler, the Tiger and Me as Self - Presenter
2013Turning the Art World Inside Out
2013Mini: A Life Revisited as Self - Presenter
2013Zaha Hadid... Who Dares Wins as Self - Presenter
2013Vivian Maier: Who Took Nanny's Pictures? as Self
2013Goodbye Television Centre as Self - Reporter
2012Mel Brooks Strikes Back! as Self
2012Jeanette Winterson: My Monster and Me as Self
2012Ian Rankin and the Case of the Disappearing Detective as Self
2012Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil as Self - Presenter
2011Books: The Last Chapter? as Self
2011Grayson Perry and the Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman as Self
2011The Trouble with Tolstoy
2010Ray Davies: Imaginary Man as Self - Presenter
2010The Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge as Presenter
2010The Seven Year Hitch as Self
2010Van Gogh: Painted with Words as Self - Narrator
2009Scrabble: A Night on the Tiles as Self
2009The Year of Anish Kapoor as Self - Presenter
2008Richard Serra: Man of Steel as Presenter
2008A Wild Sheep Chase: In Search of Haruki Murakami as Self
2008Oliver Sacks: Tales of Music and the Brain as Presenter
2007How to Get on in the Art World as Self - Presenter
2007Imagine... Damon & Jamie's Excellent Adventure as Self - Presenter
2007Krapp's Last Tape as Self (Introduction)
2007Gilbert and George: No Surrender as Self
2006A Picture of the Painter Howard Hodgkin as Self - Presenter
2006Sweet Home New Orleans as Self - Presenter
2005Fantastic Mr. Dahl as Self - Presenter
2004Arthur Miller: Finishing the Picture as Self
2003The World According to Parr as Self - Prsenter
1982Mike Leigh: Making Plays as Self - Narrator, Interviewer
TBAA Kick in the Head: The Lure of Las Vegas as Self

Behind the camera52

2026The Land of Sometimes Executive Producer
2024Salman Rushdie: Through a Glass Darkly Director
2024Imagine… Pet Shop Boys: Then and Now Executive Producer, Editor
2022Jacob Collier: In the Room Where It Happens Presenter
2022imagine... Miriam Margolyes: Up for Grabs Producer
2019The Man Who Saw Too Much Director, Producer
2018Mel Brooks: Unwrapped Producer, Director
2017Habaneros Executive Producer
2015David Gilmour: Wider Horizons Executive Producer
2012Do or Die: Lang Lang's Story Presenter, Executive Producer
2012London: The Modern Babylon Executive Producer
2010Ray Davies: Imaginary Man Editor

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2010Ai Weiwei: Without Fear or Favour Other, Editor
2010Van Gogh: Painted with Words Adaptation, Producer
2008Richard Serra: Man of Steel Executive Producer
2008Trip to Asia: The Quest for Harmony Producer
2007Imagine... Damon & Jamie's Excellent Adventure Executive Producer
2007Yusuf Islam: A Few Good Songs Director
2007Krapp's Last Tape Executive Producer
1985The Real Buddy Holly Story Executive Producer
1985Studs Terkel's Chicago Executive Producer
1985

Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain

Editor, Producer

1984Fela Kuti: Live at Glastonbury 1984 Producer

1984The Everly Brothers: Songs of Innocence and Experience Producer

1984Sunset People Executive Producer

1984The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel Producer

1984The Long Night of Lady Day Producer

1984The Everly Brothers Reunion Concert Producer

1983The GPO Story Producer

1983Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano Executive Producer

1983Kurt Vonnegut: So It Goes Producer

1982A Genius Like Us: A Portrait of Joe Orton Producer

1982Mike Leigh: Making Plays Producer

1982The Orson Welles Story Producer

1982Desert Island Discs Producer

1982The Private Life of the Ford Cortina Executive Producer

1982The Catherine Wheel Producer

1981Have You Seen The Mona Lisa...? Producer

1981Today Carshalton Beeches... Tomorrow Croydon Producer

1981Getting Away From Sidney Producer

1980Arena: Dire Straits Producer

1980Luck and Flaw Producer

1980Profiles of Andrea Dunbar and Victoria Wood Producer

1980Rudies Come Back (The Rise & Rise of 2-Tone) Producer

1980Mentioned in Dispatches Executive Producer

1980Lene Lovich: Sleeping Beauty Producer

1979My Way Producer

1978"The Journey", or The Memoirs of a Self-Confessed Surrealist Director

1975David Bowie: Cracked Actor Director, Producer, Writer

1974Ella Fitzgerald's Other Show Producer

1974Ella Fitzgerald at Ronnie Scott’s Producer

TBAIMAGINE: DANGER! Cornelia Parker Presenter, Editor