Alan Yentob Movies

  • 2008
    Trip to Asia: The Quest for Harmony

    Trip to Asia: The Quest for Harmony

    Trip to Asia: The Quest for Harmony

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    Journey with the musicians of the Berlin Philharmonic and their conductor Sir Simon Rattle on a breakneck concert tour of six metropolises across...

    Trip to Asia: The Quest for Harmony
  • 1984
    The Everly Brothers: Songs of Innocence and Experience

    The Everly Brothers: Songs of Innocence and Experience

    The Everly Brothers: Songs of Innocence and Experience

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    The Everly Brothers were among the most successful and revered of all the giants of early rock 'n' roll. A determining influence on the Beatles,...

    The Everly Brothers: Songs of Innocence and Experience
  • 2019
    The Man Who Saw Too Much

    The Man Who Saw Too Much

    The Man Who Saw Too Much

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    The Man Who Saw Too Much tells the story of 106-year-old Boris Pahor, believed to be the oldest known survivor of the Nazi concentration camps. He...

    The Man Who Saw Too Much
  • 2016
    One Night In 2012

    One Night In 2012

    One Night In 2012

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    Co-produced by Rogan Productions and BBC Studios. London. The Summer of 2012. As rehearsals take place in a rainy Dagenham car park, Director Danny...

    One Night In 2012
  • 2010
    The Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge

    The Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge

    The Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge

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    Pioneer photographer, forefather of cinema, showman, murderer - Eadweard Muybridge was a Victorian enigma. He was born and died in Kingston upon...

    The Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge
  • 2014
    Rio 50 Degrees: Carry on CaRIOca

    Rio 50 Degrees: Carry on CaRIOca

    Rio 50 Degrees: Carry on CaRIOca

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    A look at Rio's cultural, political and technical revolutions since the 1970s to 2011

    Rio 50 Degrees: Carry on CaRIOca
  • 2007
    Yusuf Islam: A Few Good Songs

    Yusuf Islam: A Few Good Songs

    Yusuf Islam: A Few Good Songs

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    This insightful biography tells the story of legendary singer/songwriter Yusuf Islam, previously known as Cat Stevens, as he celebrates his return to...

    Yusuf Islam: A Few Good Songs
  • 1980
    Profiles of Andrea Dunbar and Victoria Wood

    Profiles of Andrea Dunbar and Victoria Wood

    Profiles of Andrea Dunbar and Victoria Wood

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    This 1980 Arena documentary profiles writer and performer Victoria Wood and teenage playwright Andrea Dunbar. Wood is seen, alongside Julie Walters,...

    Profiles of Andrea Dunbar and Victoria Wood
  • 2024
    Salman Rushdie: Through a Glass Darkly

    Salman Rushdie: Through a Glass Darkly

    Salman Rushdie: Through a Glass Darkly

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    Salman Rushdie speaks to Alan Yentob about the devastating knife attack he was subjected to in 2022, losing his right eye and almost his ability to...

    Salman Rushdie: Through a Glass Darkly
  • 2015
    Shylock's Ghost

    Shylock's Ghost

    Shylock's Ghost

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    As Man Booker Prize-winning writer Howard Jacobson retells The Merchant of Venice, 400 years after Shakespeare’s death, he travels with Alan...

    Shylock's Ghost
  • 2013
    Mini: A Life Revisited

    Mini: A Life Revisited

    Mini: A Life Revisited

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    1975 documentary about 11-year-old serial arsonist Michael 'Mini' Cooper, followed by Cooper and the film's director Franc Roddam in conversation...

    Mini: A Life Revisited
  • 1980
    Rudies Come Back (The Rise & Rise of 2-Tone)

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

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

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    Adrian Thrills investigates a new and exhilarating musical blend which is taking the country by storm. 2-tone is a unique mix of music, fusing...

    Rudies Come Back (The Rise & Rise of 2-Tone)
  • 2005
    Fantastic Mr. Dahl

    Fantastic Mr. Dahl

    Fantastic Mr. Dahl

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    Documentary about author Roald Dahl, produced for the British television series Imagine.

    Fantastic Mr. Dahl
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2015
    Frank Gehry: The Architect Says

    Frank Gehry: The Architect Says "Why Can't I?"

    Frank Gehry: The Architect Says "Why Can't I?"

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    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...

    Frank Gehry: The Architect Says
  • 2020
    Marina Abramovic: The Ugly Duckling

    Marina Abramovic: The Ugly Duckling

    Marina Abramovic: The Ugly Duckling

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    Performance artist Marina Abramovic invites Alan Yentob into her home, opens her archive, travels to her birthplace in Belgrade and talks about...

    Marina Abramovic: The Ugly Duckling
  • 2021
    Kazuo Ishiguro: Remembering and Forgetting

    Kazuo Ishiguro: Remembering and Forgetting

    Kazuo Ishiguro: Remembering and Forgetting

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    A revealing profile of the Nobel Prize-winning novelist Kazuo Ishiguro, author of The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go, as he publishes his...

    Kazuo Ishiguro: Remembering and Forgetting
  • 1974
    Ella Fitzgerald at Ronnie Scott’s

    Ella Fitzgerald at Ronnie Scott’s

    Ella Fitzgerald at Ronnie Scott’s

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    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,...

    Ella Fitzgerald at Ronnie Scott’s
  • 2008
    Richard Serra: Man of Steel

    Richard Serra: Man of Steel

    Richard Serra: Man of Steel

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    Sculptor and giant of modern art Richard Serra discusses his extraordinary life and work. A creator of enormous, immediately identifiable steel...

    Richard Serra: Man of Steel