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Alan Yentob

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Alan Yentob has held many of the most prestigious positions at the BBC. He joined as a general trainee in 1968. After working on arts programmes such as Omnibus and Arena, he was made Head of Music and Arts at the BBC (1985 - 1988), Controller of BBC Two (1988 - 1993), Controller of BBC One (1993 - 1997)... See full bio »

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Hide HideProducer (19 titles)
Imagine (TV series) (executive producer - 17 episodes, 2006-2012) (series editor - 3 episodes, 2010-2011) (executive producer: BBC - 2 episodes, 2008) (series producer - 2 episodes, 2010) (producer - 1 episode, 2004)
– How Music Makes Us Feel (2012) (executive producer)
– Fatwa: Salman's Story (2012) (executive producer)
– The Art of Stand-Up: Part Two - The Journey... (2011) (series editor)
– The Art of Stand-Up: Part One - To Be or Not to Be... (2011) (series editor)
– Ray Davies: Imaginary Man (2010) (series editor)
See all 25 episodes »
 
2011 The Trouble with Tolstoy: At War with Himself (documentary) (series editor)
 
2010 Van Gogh: Painted with Words (TV movie) (producer)
 
2009 Nova (TV series documentary) (executive producer - 1 episode)
– Musical Minds (2009) (executive producer)
 
2008 Trip to Asia: The Quest for Harmony (documentary) (producer)
 
2007 Krapp's Last Tape (TV movie) (executive producer)
 
2006 Who Cares About Art (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
2003 Leonardo (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
1988 The American Experience (TV series documentary) (producer - 1 episode)
– Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Revisited (1988) (producer)
 
1988 Exiles: Edward Said (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
1987 Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story (TV series documentary) (executive producer - 2 episodes)
– A Woman's Lot (1987) (executive producer)
– Let's Face the Music and Dance (1987) (executive producer)
 
1986 American Masters (TV series documentary) (producer - 1 episode)
– Billie Holiday: The Long Night of Lady Day (1986) (producer)
 
1986 Omnibus: The Last Moguls (documentary) (executive producer)
 
Omnibus (TV series documentary) (executive producer - 1 episode, 1986) (producer - 1 episode, 1975) (series editor - 1 episode, 1986)
– Made in Ealing (1986) (series editor)
– The Mission (1986) (executive producer)
– Cracked Actor (1975) (producer)
 
Arena (TV series documentary) (producer - 8 episodes, 1979-1983) (executive producer - 2 episodes, 1982-1985) (series editor - 2 episodes, 1981-1982)
– Buddy Holly (1985) (executive producer)
– The GPO Story (1983) (producer)
– Burroughs (1983) (producer)
– A Genius Like Us: A Portrait of Joe Orton (1982) (producer)
– Mike Leigh Making Plays (1982) (series editor)
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1983 Bette Davis: A Basically Benevolent Volcano (TV documentary) (executive producer)
 
1982 Caribbean Nights: The Bob Marley Story (documentary) (executive producer)
 
1982 The Catherine Wheel (TV movie) (producer)
 
1979 Arena: Mentioned in Dispatches (documentary) (executive producer)
 
Show ShowDirector (5 titles)
2007 Yusuf Islam: A Few Good Songs (TV documentary)
 
2004 Imagine (TV series)
– Arthur Miller: Finishing the Picture (2004)
– Michelangelo (2004)
 
1978 Arena (TV series documentary)
– 'The Journey' or The Memoirs of a Self-Confessed Surrealist (1978)
 
1975 Omnibus (TV series documentary)
– Cracked Actor (1975)
 
1970 Review (TV series documentary)
– John Berger (1970)
 
Show ShowWriter (3 titles)
2010 Van Gogh: Painted with Words (TV movie) (adaptation)
 
2004-2006 Imagine (TV series)
– A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Studio (2006) (writer)
– Arthur Miller: Finishing the Picture (2004) (writer)
 
2003 Leonardo (TV documentary) (written by)
 
Show ShowEditor (3 titles)
2012 Imagine: Dancing with Titian (TV series documentary) (series editor)
 
1991 The Complete Citizen Kane (TV documentary)
 
1984 Pavarotti in Concert at the Madison Square Garden (TV special)
 
Show ShowActor (2 titles)
2007 The Omid Djalili Show (TV series)
– Episode #1.4 (2007)
 
2007 Freezing (TV series)
Alan
– Episode #1.1 (2007) … Alan
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2011 W.E. (the producers wish to thank)
 
Show ShowSelf (43 titles)
2013 Goodbye Television Centre (TV movie)
Himself - Reporter
 
2012 Mel Brooks Strikes Back! (TV movie)
Himself
 
2003-2012 Imagine (TV series)
Himself - Presenter
– Just One Falsetto (2012) … Himself - Presenter
– The Art of Stand-Up: Part Two - The Journey... (2011) … Himself - Presenter
– The Art of Stand-Up: Part One - To Be or Not to Be... (2011) … Himself - Presenter
– Books: The Final Chapter? (2011) … Himself - Presenter
– Vidal Sassoon: A Cut Above (2011) … Himself - Presenter
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2012 Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil (TV documentary)
Himself - Presenter
 
2011 America in Primetime (TV series documentary)
Himself - Presenter (UK version) (2013)
– The Crusader (2011) … Himself - Presenter (UK version) (2013)
– The Misfit (2011) … Himself - Presenter (UK version) (2013)
– Man of the House (2011) … Himself - Presenter (UK version) (2013)
– Independent Woman (2011) … Himself - Presenter (UK version) (2013)
 
2011 QI Genesis (TV documentary)
Himself - BBC Creative Director
 
2011 Rufus Wainwright: Prima Donna (documentary)
Himself - Presenter
 
2011 The Trouble with Tolstoy: At War with Himself (documentary)
Himself - Presenter
 
2011 Tonight with Trevor McDonald (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Too Old for TV? (2011) … Himself
 
2010 The Seven Year Hitch (video documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Van Gogh: Painted with Words (TV movie)
Himself - Narrator
 
2010 A Kick in the Head: The Lure of Las Vegas (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter
 
2010 The Culture Show (TV series)
Himself - Reporter
– Episode #11.25 (2010) … Himself - Reporter
 
2010 The Story of 'Are You Being Served?' (TV documentary)
Himself - Controller of BBC One, 1992-1996
 
2009 Beautiful People (TV series)
Himself
– How I Got My Turner (2009) … Himself
 
2009 Nova (TV series documentary)
Himself / Narrator
– Musical Minds (2009) … Himself/Narrator
 
2009 Ideal (TV series)
Himself
– The Documentary (2009) … Himself
 
2008 Let There Be Light (TV documentary)
Himself - Presenter
 
2003-2008 Comedy Connections (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Rab C. Nesbitt (2008) … Himself
– Men Behaving Badly (2003) … Himself
 
2008 A Wild Sheep Chase in Search of Haruki Murakami (documentary)
Himself-Presenter
 
2008 Breakfast (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 3 June 2008 (2008) … Himself
– Episode dated 18 February 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
2008 Never Mind the Buzzcocks (TV series)
Himself - Narrator
– Never Mind the Buzzcocks: A Moving Tribute (2008) … Himself - Narrator (voice)
 
2007 The Omid Djalili Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.3 (2007) … Himself
 
2007 The Wright Stuff (TV series)
Himself - Guest Panelist
– Episode dated 4 July 2007 (2007) … Himself - Guest Panelist
 
2007 Yusuf Islam: A Few Good Songs (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Buzzcocks... Imagine a Mildly Amusing Panel Show (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter
 
2006 Children in Need (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 17 November 2006 (2006) … Himself
 
2006 The Story of Light Entertainment (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
– Variety (2006) … Himself
– Pop and Easy Listening (2006) … Himself
– Radio Stars (2006) … Himself
 
2006 Dick and Dom in da Bungalow (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #5.53 (2006) … Himself
 
2006 Who Killed the Sitcom? (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Live 8: A Bittersweet Symphony (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Live 8: Twenty Years Ago Today (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 The 50 Greatest Documentaries (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1982-2005 Arena (TV series documentary)
Himself / Himself - Interviewer / Himself - Narrator
– Arena at 30 (2005) … Himself
– Dennis Potter (1987) … Himself - Interviewer
– The Orson Welles Story: Part Two (1982) … Himself - Narrator
 
2004 Who Killed Saturday Night TV? (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Happy Birthday BBC Two (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 French and Saunders (TV series)
Himself
– French and Saunders Actually (2003) … Himself
 
2003 Leonardo (TV documentary)
Himself - Presenter
 
2003 Comic Relief 2003: The Big Hair Do (TV movie)
Himself
 
2002 Important Astrology Experiment (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #1.5 (2002) … Himself
 
2001 Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (documentary)
Himself
 
1994-2000 Masterchef (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #10.10 (2000) … Himself
– Episode #5.10 (1994) … Himself
 
1993 'Doctor Who': Thirty Years in the Tardis (TV documentary)
Himself
 

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Under his leadership in the '70s the BBC commissioned and produced a raft of entertainment and comedy which set a benchmark for these genres which has rarely been surpassed. From Monty Python ( Monty Python's Flying Circus) to Morecambe And Wise ( The Morecambe & Wise Show), from The Generation Game ( Bruce Forsyth and the Generation Game) to Dad's Army... See more »

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