Alan Yentob Movies

  • 2018
    Philip Pullman: Angels and Daemons

    Philip Pullman: Angels and Daemons

    Philip Pullman: Angels and Daemons

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    Alan Yentob spends time with Philip Pullman in Oxford, discovering how the ex-teacher became an acclaimed author of fantasy fiction and an outspoken...

    Philip Pullman: Angels and Daemons
  • 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
  • 2006
    A Picture of the Painter Howard Hodgkin

    A Picture of the Painter Howard Hodgkin

    A Picture of the Painter Howard Hodgkin

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    Alan Yentob takes the artist Howard Hodgkin away from his Bloomsbury studio to India to discover more about his works and what inspires him.

    A Picture of the Painter Howard Hodgkin
  • 2022
    Labi Siffre: This Is My Song

    Labi Siffre: This Is My Song

    Labi Siffre: This Is My Song

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    Alan Yentob presents a film exploring the life and work of the Ivor Novello Award-winning black British singer-songwriter Labi Siffre. An enigmatic...

    Labi Siffre: This Is My Song
  • 1974
    Ella Fitzgerald's Other Show

    Ella Fitzgerald's Other Show

    Ella Fitzgerald's Other Show

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    Ella Fitzgerald in performance at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club. This second show confirms yet again all the superlatives which critics have lavished on...

    Ella Fitzgerald's Other Show
  • 1981
    Getting Away From Sidney

    Getting Away From Sidney

    Getting Away From Sidney

    01981HD

    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
  • 1983
    The GPO Story

    The GPO Story

    The GPO Story

    01983HD

    Documentary which examines the work of the GPO Film Unit in its fiftieth year. Co-produced by The Post Office and Arena.

    The GPO Story
  • 2003
    The World According to Parr

    The World According to Parr

    The World According to Parr

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    Alan Yentob explores the work of Martin Parr, considered to be the most influential photographer of his generation

    The World According to Parr
  • 2004
    Arthur Miller: Finishing the Picture

    Arthur Miller: Finishing the Picture

    Arthur Miller: Finishing the Picture

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    Renowned American playwright Arthur Miller discusses his life and work with Alan Yentob.

    Arthur Miller: Finishing the Picture
  • 2008
    Oliver Sacks: Tales of Music and the Brain

    Oliver Sacks: Tales of Music and the Brain

    Oliver Sacks: Tales of Music and the Brain

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    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...

    Oliver Sacks: Tales of Music and the Brain
  • 2016
    Georgia O'Keeffe: By Myself

    Georgia O'Keeffe: By Myself

    Georgia O'Keeffe: By Myself

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    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...

    Georgia O'Keeffe: By Myself
  • 2017
    Rachel Whiteread: Ghost in the Room

    Rachel Whiteread: Ghost in the Room

    Rachel Whiteread: Ghost in the Room

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    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...

    Rachel Whiteread: Ghost in the Room
  • 2013
    Goodbye Television Centre

    Goodbye Television Centre

    Goodbye Television Centre

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    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...

    Goodbye Television Centre
  • 2012
    Jeanette Winterson: My Monster and Me

    Jeanette Winterson: My Monster and Me

    Jeanette Winterson: My Monster and Me

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    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...

    Jeanette Winterson: My Monster and Me