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Alan Yentob

Acting • 1947-03-11 • London, England, UK

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

Absolutely Anything

2015

The Story Of The Guitar

The Story Of The Guitar

2008

Labi Siffre: This Is My Song

Labi Siffre: This Is My Song

2022

One Night In 2012

One Night In 2012

2016

Turning the Art World Inside Out

Turning the Art World Inside Out

2013

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Filmography

2025
When Alan Yentob Met Jenny SavilleFilm
Self
★ 9.0
2025
The Academy of ArmandoFilm
Self - Presenter
★ 1.0
2024
Imagine… Pet Shop Boys: Then and NowFilm
Self - Interviewer
★ 8.3
2024
Salman Rushdie: Through a Glass DarklyFilm
Self - Interviewer
★ 7.0
2023
imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and MeFilm
Self
★ 9.0
2023
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, BitterFilm
Self - Presenter
★ 7.0
2023
imagine... The Factory: Made in ManchesterFilm
Self - presenter
2022
Remembers…TV
Self • 3 episodes
★ 7.5
2022
Jacob Collier: In the Room Where It HappensFilm
Self
★ 5.0
2022
In Conversation with Alan YentobTV
Self • 2 episodes
2022
Labi Siffre: This Is My SongFilm
2022
imagine... Miriam Margolyes: Up for GrabsFilm
Self - Presenter
2021
Kazuo Ishiguro: Remembering and ForgettingFilm
Self - Presenter
2021
Tom Stoppard: A Charmed LifeFilm
Presenter
2020
MandyTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.5
2020
Marina Abramovic: The Ugly DucklingFilm
Self - Presenter
2019
Jo Brand: No Holds BarredFilm
Self - Presenter
2019
Olafur Eliasson: Miracles of Rare DeviceFilm
Self - Presenter
2019
Edna O'Brien: Fearful... and FearlessFilm
Self - Presenter
2019
Faith Ringgold: Tell It Like It IsFilm
Self - Presenter
2018
Mel Brooks: UnwrappedFilm
Self - Presenter
★ 6.4
2018
Philip Pullman: Angels and DaemonsFilm
Self - Presenter
2018
George Benjamin: What Do You Want to Do When You Grow Up?Film
Self - Presenter
2018
Hockney, The Queen and the Royal PeculiarFilm
Self
2017
Rachel Whiteread: Ghost in the RoomFilm
Self
2017
Margaret Atwood: You Have Been WarnedFilm
Self
2016
One Night In 2012Film
2016
A Brief History of Seven Killings Marlon JamesFilm
Self
2016
The Triumphs and Laments of William KentridgeFilm
Self - Presenter
2016
The Art World's Prankster: Maurizio CattelanFilm
Self
2016
Georgia O'Keeffe: By MyselfFilm
Self - Presenter
2015
Absolutely AnythingFilm
Man at Party (uncredited)
★ 5.9
2015
Frank Gehry: The Architect Says "Why Can't I?"Film
Self - Presenter
2015
Shylock's GhostFilm
Self - Presenter
2015
Antony Gormley: Being HumanFilm
Self - Presenter
2015
David Chipperfield: A Place to BeFilm
Self - Presenter
2014
W1ATV
Self • 2 episodes
★ 7.7
2014
The One and Only Mike LeighFilm
Self - Presenter
★ 9.0
2014
Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather SimilarFilm
Self - Presenter
★ 6.0
2014
Rio 50 Degrees: Carry on CaRIOcaFilm
Self - Presenter
2014
Anselm Kiefer: Remembering the FutureFilm
Self - Presenter
2013
Zaha Hadid... Who Dares WinsFilm
Self - Presenter
★ 10.0
2013
Vivian Maier: Who Took Nanny's Pictures?Film
Self
★ 8.0
2013
Who's Afraid of Machiavelli?Film
Self - Presenter
2013
Mini: A Life RevisitedFilm
Self - Presenter
2013
Turning the Art World Inside OutFilm
2013
Goodbye Television CentreFilm
Self - Reporter
2013
Hitler, the Tiger and MeFilm
Self - Presenter
2012
Mel Brooks Strikes Back!Film
Self
★ 6.5
2012
Ken Russell: A Bit of a DevilFilm
Self - Presenter
★ 8.0
2012
Ian Rankin and the Case of the Disappearing DetectiveFilm
Self
2012
Jeanette Winterson: My Monster and MeFilm
Self
2011
Books: The Last Chapter?Film
Self
2011
Grayson Perry and the Tomb of the Unknown CraftsmanFilm
Self
2011
The Trouble with TolstoyFilm
2010
Van Gogh: Painted with WordsFilm
Self - Narrator
★ 7.3
2010
The Weird World of Eadweard MuybridgeFilm
Presenter
2010
The Seven Year HitchFilm
Self
2010
Ray Davies: Imaginary ManFilm
Self - Presenter
2009
Live from Studio FiveTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 3.8
2009
Scrabble: A Night on the TilesFilm
Self
2009
The Year of Anish KapoorFilm
Self - Presenter
2008
Beautiful PeopleTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 6.8
2008
A Wild Sheep Chase: In Search of Haruki MurakamiFilm
Self
★ 8.5
2008
Oliver Sacks: Tales of Music and the BrainFilm
Presenter
★ 7.0
2008
The Story Of The GuitarTV
2008
Richard Serra: Man of SteelFilm
Presenter
2007
Imagine... Damon & Jamie's Excellent AdventureFilm
Self - Presenter
2007
Krapp's Last TapeFilm
Self (Introduction)
2007
How to Get on in the Art WorldFilm
Self - Presenter
2007
Gilbert and George: No SurrenderFilm
Self
2006
A Picture of the Painter Howard HodgkinFilm
Self - Presenter
2006
Sweet Home New OrleansFilm
Self - Presenter
2005
IdealTV
Alan Yentob • 1 episodes
★ 7.8
2005
Fantastic Mr. DahlFilm
Self - Presenter
2004
Arthur Miller: Finishing the PictureFilm
Self
2003
imagine…TV
Self - Presenter • 340 episodes
★ 6.2
2003
The World According to ParrFilm
Self - Prsenter
2002
TimeshiftTV
Self - Controller, BBC Two (archive footage) • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
1997
Operation Good GuysTV
★ 6.8
1996
Never Mind the BuzzcocksTV
Self - Narrator • 1 episodes
★ 7.1
1988
Behind The ScreenTV
1986
Open AirTV
★ 6.0
1982
Mike Leigh: Making PlaysFilm
Self - Narrator, Interviewer
★ 8.0
1975
ArenaTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.2
1974
NOVATV
Narrator • 1 episodes
★ 7.1