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''Imagine'' (typeset as ''imagine...'') is a wide-ranging arts series first broadcast on
BBC One BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's flagship network and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television bulletins, ...
in 2003, hosted and executive produced by
Alan Yentob Alan Yentob (born 11 March 1947) is a BBC presenter and retired British television executive. He stepped down as Creative Director in December 2015, and was chairman of the board of trustees of the charity Kids Company from 2003 until its colla ...
. Most series consist of 4 to 7 episodes, each on a different topic. Episodes have been directed by, among others, Geoff Wonfor, Lucy Blakstead, Jill Nicholls, Roger Parsons and Zoë Silver.


List of episodes

Series 1 (from 11 June 2003): * "The Saatchi Phenomenon" – about businessman Charles Saatchi * " Barbara Hepworth: Shapes Out of Feelings" * "The Hip Hop Generation" * "
Stella McCartney Stella Nina McCartney (born 13 September 1971) is an English fashion designer. She is a daughter of British singer-songwriter Paul McCartney and the late American photographer and animals rights activist Linda McCartney. Like her parents, McCa ...
: Stella's Story" * "
Carlos Acosta Carlos Yunior Acosta Quesada (born 2 June 1973) is a Cuban-British ballet director and retired dancer who is director of the Birmingham Royal Ballet. He danced with many companies including the English National Ballet, National Ballet of ...
: The Reluctant Ballet Dancer" * " The Portrait of Omai" * " John Mortimer: Owning Up at 80" Series 2 (from 12 November 2003): * "The Voice of
Bryn Terfel Sir Bryn Terfel Jones, (; born 9 November 1965) (known professionally as Bryn Terfel) is a Welsh bass-baritone opera and concert singer. Terfel was initially associated with the roles of Mozart, particularly '' Figaro'', '' Leporello'' and '' ...
" * "A Funny Business" – A look at British and American
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John Soane Sir John Soane (; né Soan; 10 September 1753 – 20 January 1837) was an English architect who specialised in the Neo-Classical style. The son of a bricklayer, he rose to the top of his profession, becoming professor of architecture at the R ...
– Entertaining Mr Soane" * " Martin Parr – The World According to Parr" * "From Pencils to Pixels" – Celebrating the phenomenon of the
animated Animation is a method by which still figures are manipulated to appear as moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Today, most ani ...
feature film * "An A-Z of the
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" Series 3 (from 2 June 2004): * "
Edward Hopper Edward Hopper (July 22, 1882 – May 15, 1967) was an American realist painter and printmaker. While he is widely known for his oil paintings, he was equally proficient as a watercolorist and printmaker in etching. Hopper created subdued drama ...
– The Mysterious Mr Hopper" * "Sitting for
Lucian Freud Lucian Michael Freud (; 8 December 1922 – 20 July 2011) was a British painter and draughtsman, specialising in figurative art, and is known as one of the foremost 20th-century English portraitists. He was born in Berlin, the son of Jewis ...
" * "Saint
John Coltrane John William Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967) was an American jazz saxophonist, bandleader and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. Born and raise ...
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Peter Finlay Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a su ...
– Dirty But Clean Pierre" * "Unsuitable for Children?" – Exploring modern children's fiction * "The Smoking Diaries" – about playwright
Simon Gray Simon James Holliday Gray (21 October 1936 – 7 August 2008) was an English playwright and memoirist who also had a career as a university lecturer in English literature at Queen Mary, University of London, for 20 years. While teaching at Q ...
Series 4 (from 24 November 2004): * "
Arthur Miller Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American playwright, essayist and screenwriter in the 20th-century American theater. Among his most popular plays are ''All My Sons'' (1947), '' Death of a Salesman'' (1 ...
– Finishing the Picture" * "Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson's Smile" * "
Bruce Nauman Bruce Nauman (born December 6, 1941) is an American artist. His practice spans a broad range of media including sculpture, photography, neon, video, drawing, printmaking, and performance. Nauman lives near Galisteo, New Mexico. Life and work ...
– The Godfather of Modern Art" * " Marlon Brando" * "
Antonio Pappano Sir Antonio Pappano (born 30 December 1959) is an English-Italian conductor and pianist. He is currently music director of the Royal Opera House and of the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. He is scheduled to become chief c ...
– A Year at the Opera" Series 5 (from 11 May 2005): * "A Short History of Tall Buildings" (3 parts) Series 6 (from 22 June 2005): * Fantastic Mr Dahl – about children's author Roald Dahl * Frida Kahlo * "Being a Concert Pianist" Series 7 (from 23 November 2005): * "
Elgar Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, (; 2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestr ...
and the Missing Concerto" * "
Amos Oz Amos Oz ( he, עמוס עוז; born Amos Klausner; 4 May 1939 – 28 December 2018) was an Israeli writer, novelist, journalist, and intellectual. He was also a professor of Hebrew literature at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. From 1967 onw ...
– The Conscience of
Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
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Chuck Close Charles Thomas Close (July 5, 1940 – August 19, 2021) was an American painter, visual artist, and photographer who made massive-scale photorealist and abstract portraits of himself and others. Close also created photo portraits using a very l ...
– Close Up" * "
Rhythm Is It! ''Rhythm Is It!'' is a 2004 German documentary film directed by Thomas Grube and Enrique Sánchez Lansch. The film documents a project undertaken by conductor Simon Rattle and choreographer Royston Maldoom to stage a performance of Stravinsky's ...
" Series 8 (from 17 January 2006) * "Sweet Home
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" – examining the city's musical heritage * "
Andy Warhol Andy Warhol (; born Andrew Warhola Jr.; August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was an American visual artist, film director, and producer who was a leading figure in the Art movement, visual art movement known as pop art. His works explore th ...
– Warhol Denied" * "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Studio" * "Sitting Comfortably" – Tracing the changing styles of the modern chair Series 9 (from 23 May 2006) * "Being
Hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...
" – about actor Wayne Cater as he prepares to play Hamlet * "The Artist Formerly Known As Cat Stevens" – telling the story of pop star Cat Stevens and how he became Yusuf Islam. * "The Ingenious
Thomas Heatherwick Thomas Alexander Heatherwick, (born 17 February 1970) is an English designer and the founder of London-based design practice Heatherwick Studio. He works with a team of around 200 architects, designers and makers from a studio and workshop in ...
" * "A Picture of the Painter
Howard Hodgkin Sir Gordon Howard Eliott Hodgkin (6 August 1932 – 9 March 2017) was a British painter and printmaker. His work is most often associated with abstraction. Early life Gordon Howard Eliot Hodgkin was born on 6 August 1932 in Hammersmith, ...
" Series 10 (from 17 October 2006) * "
Peter Pan Peter Pan is a fictional character created by Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie. A free-spirited and mischievous young boy who can fly and never grows up, Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood having adventures on the mythi ...
: a Hard Act to Follow" * " Velazquez, the Painter's Painter" * "A Play for Today" – about Jeremy Weller's play, ''The Foolish Young Man'' * "The Movie Brats, Take Two" – about a group of maverick American directors * "Who Cares About Art?" – follows the work of five art curators * " Hans Holbein, International Man of Mystery" * "Being a Diva" – about operatic divas * www.herecomeseverybody.co.uk – a history of the
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* "And Then There Was Television" – about the early days of
television Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertisin ...
Special (27 December 2006) * "The Beatles in Love" – documenting the creation of
The Beatles The Beatles were an English rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960, that comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are regarded as the most influential band of all time and were integral to the developmen ...
project
Love Love encompasses a range of strong and positive emotional and mental states, from the most sublime virtue or good habit, the deepest interpersonal affection, to the simplest pleasure. An example of this range of meanings is that the love o ...
Series 11 (from 8 May 2007) * "
Gilbert and George Gilbert Prousch, sometimes referred to as Gilbert Proesch (born 17 September 1943 in San Martin de Tor, Italy), and George Passmore (born 8 January 1942 in Plymouth, United Kingdom), are two artists who work together as the collaborative art d ...
" – No Surrender * "Stealing
Klimt Gustav Klimt (July 14, 1862 – February 6, 1918) was an Austrian symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Secession movement. Klimt is noted for his paintings, murals, sketches, and other objets d'art. Klimt's prim ...
" – the story of a 90-year-old's struggle to recover her family's paintings. * " Scott Walker" * "It's the Surreal Thing" – a history of Surrealism Special (4 July 2007) * " Damon and
Jamie Jamie is a unisex name. It is a diminutive form of James or, more rarely, other names. It is also given as a name in its own right. People Female * Jamie Anne Allman (born 1977), American actress * Jamie Babbit (born 1970), American film and t ...
's Excellent Adventure" – documentary about cartoon pop group Gorillaz' foray into opera Series 12 (from 23 October 2007) * "Henry Perkins: Bolshoi Boy" – following a British boy at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy * "Bollywood's Big B" – a profile of Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan * "
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Louise Bourgeois Louise Joséphine Bourgeois (; 25 December 191131 May 2010) was a French-American artist. Although she is best known for her large-scale sculpture and installation art, Bourgeois was also a prolific painter and printmaker. She explored a varie ...
: Spiderwoman" – (with interviews from leading British artists
Tracey Emin Tracey Karima Emin, CBE, RA (; born 3 July 1963) is a British artist known for her autobiographical and confessional artwork. Emin produces work in a variety of media including drawing, painting, sculpture, film, photography, neon text and ...
, Antony Gormley and
Stella Vine Stella Vine (born Melissa Jane Robson, 1969) is an English artist, who lives and works in London. Her work is figurative painting, with subjects drawn from personal life, as well as from rock stars, royalty, and other celebrities. In 2001, she ...
) * "How to Get on in the Art World" – featuring material on the
Frieze Art Fair Frieze Art Fair is an international contemporary art fair in London, New York, and Los Angeles. Frieze London takes place every October in London's Regent's Park. In the US, the fair ran on New York's Randall's Island from 2012–19 and in 2 ...
* "The Secret of Life" – looking at the popularity of
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s * " Richard Rogers, Inside Out" * "
Marc Newson Marc Andrew Newson CBE RDI (born 20 October 1963) is an industrial designer who works in aircraft cabin design, product design, furniture design, jewellery, and clothing. His style uses smooth geometric lines, translucency, strength, tran ...
: Urban Spaceman" Series 13 (from 23 May 2008) * " Doris Lessing – The Hostess and The Alien" * "
Oliver Sacks Oliver Wolf Sacks, (9 July 1933 – 30 August 2015) was a British neurologist, naturalist, historian of science, and writer. Born in Britain, Sacks received his medical degree in 1958 from The Queen's College, Oxford, before moving to the Uni ...
– Tales of Music and The Brain" * "
Annie Leibovitz Anna-Lou Leibovitz ( ; born October 2, 1949) is an American portrait photographer best known for her engaging portraits, particularly of celebrities, which often feature subjects in intimate settings and poses. Leibovitz's Polaroid photo of Jo ...
– Life Through a Lens" * "A Trip to Asia: On the Road with the
Berlin Philharmonic The Berlin Philharmonic (german: Berliner Philharmoniker, links=no, italic=no) is a German orchestra based in Berlin. It is one of the most popular, acclaimed and well-respected orchestras in the world. History The Berlin Philharmonic was fo ...
" * "A Wild Sheep Chase: In Search of
Haruki Murakami is a Japanese writer. His novels, essays, and short stories have been bestsellers in Japan and internationally, with his work translated into 50 languages and having sold millions of copies outside Japan. He has received numerous awards for his ...
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Werner Herzog Werner Herzog (; born 5 September 1942) is a German film director, screenwriter, author, actor, and opera director, regarded as a pioneer of New German Cinema. His films often feature ambitious protagonists with impossible dreams, people with u ...
– Beyond Reason" * "Love, Loss and
Anthony Minghella Anthony Minghella, (6 January 195418 March 2008) was a British film director, playwright and screenwriter. He was chairman of the board of Governors at the British Film Institute between 2003 and 2007. He won the Academy Award for Best Directo ...
" Series 14 (from 5 October 2008) * "The Story of the Guitar – In the Beginning" * "The Story of the Guitar – Out of the Frying Pan" * "Dangerous Liaisons: When Akram Met Juliette" * "The Story of the Guitar – This Time It's Personal" * "A Love Story" * " Jay-Z: He Came, He Saw, He Conquered" * "Let There Be Light" * "How an Orchestra Saved Venezuela's Children" * "
Richard Serra Richard Serra (born November 2, 1938) is an American artist known for his large-scale sculptures made for site-specific landscape, Urban area, urban, and Architecture, architectural settings. Serra's sculptures are notable for their material q ...
: Man of Steel" * "Heavy Metal in Baghdad" Series 15 (from 23 June 2009) * "Save the Last Dance for Me: The Company of Elders" * "
David Hockney David Hockney (born 9 July 1937) is an English painter, draftsman, printmaker, stage designer, and photographer. As an important contributor to the pop art movement of the 1960s, he is considered one of the most influential British artists o ...
– A Bigger Picture" * "
Rufus Wainwright Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright (born July 22, 1973) is a Canadian-American singer, songwriter, and composer. He has recorded 10 studio albums and numerous tracks on compilations and film soundtracks. He has also written two classical operas and set ...
– Prima Donna" * "
William Eggleston William Eggleston (born July 27, 1939) is an American photographer. He is widely credited with increasing recognition for color photography as a legitimate artistic medium. Eggleston's books include ''William Eggleston's Guide'' (1976) and ''The ...
– The Colourful Mr Eggleston" * "Art in Troubled Times: A New Deal for Art" * "Art in Troubled Times: The Home Front" Series 16 (from 17 November 2009) * "The Year of
Anish Kapoor Sir Anish Mikhail Kapoor (born 12 March 1954) is a British-Indian sculptor specializing in installation art and conceptual art. Born in Mumbai, Kapoor attended the elite all-boys Indian boarding school The Doon School, before moving to the UK t ...
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Dame Shirley Bassey Dame Shirley Veronica Bassey (; born 8 January 1937) is a Welsh singer. Best known for her career longevity, powerful voice and recording the theme songs to three James Bond films, Bassey is widely regarded as one of the most popular vocalists ...
– The Girl from Tiger Bay" * "Own Art" – looking at an Arts Council scheme that enables people from all walks of life to buy a piece of art * "
Joan Baez Joan Chandos Baez (; born January 9, 1941) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and activist. Her contemporary folk music often includes songs of protest and social justice. Baez has performed publicly for over 60 years, releasing more ...
– How Sweet the Sound" * "Placido Domingo - The Time of My Life" * "
Scrabble ''Scrabble'' is a word game in which two to four players score points by placing tiles, each bearing a single letter, onto a game board divided into a 15×15 grid of squares. The tiles must form words that, in crossword fashion, read left t ...
– A Night on the Tiles" Series 17 (from 5 April 2010) * "
Vincent Van Gogh Vincent Willem van Gogh (; 30 March 185329 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who posthumously became one of the most famous and influential figures in Western art history. In a decade, he created about 2,100 artworks, inc ...
: Painted with Words" *"
The Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones are an English Rock music, rock band formed in London in 1962. Active for six decades, they are one of the most popular and enduring bands of the album era, rock era. In the early 1960s, the Rolling Stones pioneered the g ...
– The Stones in Exile" Series 18 (from 15 June 2010) * "
Nigel Kennedy Nigel Kennedy (born 28 December 1956) is an English violinist and violist. His early career was primarily spent performing classical music, and he has since expanded into jazz, klezmer, and other music genres. Early life and background Kenn ...
's Polish Adventure" * "Art Is Child's Play" * "
Diana Athill Diana Athill (21 December 1917 – 23 January 2019) was a British literary editor, novelist and memoirist who worked with some of the greatest writers of the 20th century at the London-based publishing company Andre Deutsch Ltd. Early life ...
– Growing Old Disgracefully" * " Tom Jones – What Good Am I?" Series 19 (from 16 November 2010) * "
Ai Weiwei Ai Weiwei (, ; born 28 August 1957) is a Chinese contemporary artist, documentarian, and activist. Ai grew up in the far northwest of China, where he lived under harsh conditions due to his father's exile. As an activist, he has been openly c ...
– Without Fear or Favour" * "
Ron Galella Ronald Edward Galella (January 10, 1931 – April 30, 2022) was an American photographer, known as a pioneer paparazzo. Dubbed "Paparazzo Extraordinaire" by ''Newsweek'' and "the Godfather of the U.S. paparazzi culture" by ''Time'' magazine and ...
Smash His Camera ''Smash His Camera'' is a 2010 documentary film directed by filmmaker Leon Gast about the life and career of paparazzi photographer Ron Galella. The film won the "Directing Award Documentary" at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival and was released on 3 ...
" * "The Weird Adventures of
Eadweard Muybridge Eadweard Muybridge (; 9 April 1830 – 8 May 1904, born Edward James Muggeridge) was an English photographer known for his pioneering work in photographic studies of motion, and early work in motion-picture projection. He adopted the first ...
" * " Ben Hur in Bath" * "
Ray Davies Sir Raymond Douglas Davies ( ; born 21 June 1944) is an English musician. He was the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and main songwriter for the rock band the Kinks, which he led with his younger brother Dave on lead guitar and backing voc ...
– Imaginary Man" Special (23 February 2011) * ''The Plinth, the Model, the Artist and his Sculpture'' – Film about
Marc Quinn Marc Quinn (born 8 January 1964) is a British contemporary visual artist whose work includes sculpture, installation, and painting. Quinn explores "what it is to be human in the world today" through subjects including the body, genetics, ident ...
's sculpture "Alison Lapper Pregnant" in place on
Trafalgar Square Trafalgar Square ( ) is a public square in the City of Westminster, Central London, laid out in the early 19th century around the area formerly known as Charing Cross. At its centre is a high column bearing a statue of Admiral Nelson comm ...
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Fourth plinth The Fourth plinth is the northwest plinth in Trafalgar Square in central London. It was originally intended to hold an equestrian statue of William IV, but remained bare due to insufficient funds. For over 150 years the fate of the plinth was d ...
during 2005 to 2007. The Trouble with Tolstoy (from 27 March 2011) * "At War with Himself" * "In Search of Happiness" Series 20 (from 28 June 2011) * "The Man Who Forgot How to Read and Other Stories" * "The Pharaohs' Museum on Liberation Square" * "
Lennon John Winston Ono Lennon (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 19408 December 1980) was an English singer, songwriter, musician and peace activist who achieved worldwide fame as founder, co-songwriter, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of ...
: The New York Years" * "
Harry Nilsson Harry Edward Nilsson III (June 15, 1941 – January 15, 1994), sometimes credited as Nilsson, was an American singer-songwriter who reached the peak of his commercial success in the early 1970s. His work is characterized by pioneering vocal ov ...
: The Missing Beatle" * "Iraq in Venice" * " U2: From the Sky Down" Series 21 (from 1 November 2011) * " Grayson Perry and the Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman * " Simon & Garfunkel – The Harmony Game" * " Alan Ayckbourn – Greetings from Scarborough" * "
Vidal Sassoon Vidal Sassoon (17 January 1928 – 9 May 2012) was a British hairstylist, businessman, and philanthropist. He was noted for repopularising a simple, close-cut geometric hairstyle called the bob cut, worn by famous fashion designers including Ma ...
– A Cut Above" * "The Lost Music of
Rajasthan Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern s ...
" * "Books – The Last Chapter?" * "The Art of Stand-Up – Part One" * "The Art of Stand-Up – Part Two" Series 22 (from 26 June 2012) * "Theatre of War" * "Paul Simon's
Graceland Graceland is a mansion on a estate in Memphis, Tennessee, United States, which was once owned by rock and roll icon Elvis Presley. His daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, inherited Graceland after his death in 1977. Graceland is located at 3764 Elv ...
– Under African Skies" * "Just One Falsetto" * "
Glasgow Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ...
: The Grit and The Glamour" * "Dancing with
Titian Tiziano Vecelli or Vecellio (; 27 August 1576), known in English as Titian ( ), was an Italian (Venetian) painter of the Renaissance, considered the most important member of the 16th-century Venetian school. He was born in Pieve di Cadore, nea ...
" Series 23 (from 19 September 2012) * "The Fatwa – Salman's Story" * "Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender" * "Ian Rankin and the Case of the Disappearing Detective" * "Do or Die: Lang Lang's Story" * "The Many Lives of William Klein" * "How Music Makes Us Feel" * "Jeanette Winterson: My Monster and Me" * "A Beauty is Born: Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty" Series 24 (from 28 March 2013) * "Beyoncé: Life Is But a Dream" * "
David Bowie David Robert Jones (8 January 194710 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie ( ), was an English singer-songwriter and actor. A leading figure in the music industry, he is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the ...
Cracked Actor ''Cracked Actor'' (or full title, ''Cracked Actor: A Film About David Bowie'') is a 1975 television documentary film about the musician David Bowie, made by Alan Yentob for the BBC's '' Omnibus'' strand. It was first shown on BBC1 on 26 Januar ...
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Vivian Maier Vivian Dorothy Maier (February 1, 1926 – April 21, 2009) was an American street photographer whose work was discovered and recognized after her death. She worked for about 40 years as a nanny, mostly in Chicago's North Shore, while pursuing ...
– Who Took Nanny's Pictures?" Series 25 (from 5 Nov 2013) * "
Edmund de Waal Edmund Arthur Lowndes de Waal, (born 10 September 1964) is a contemporary English artist, master potter and author. He is known for his large-scale installations of porcelain vessels often created in response to collections and archives or th ...
: Make Pots or Die" * "Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy" * "Turning the Art World Inside Out" * "
Judith Kerr Anna Judith Gertrud Helene Kerr (surname pronounced ; 14 June 1923 – 22 May 2019) was a German-born British writer and illustrator whose books sold more than 10 million copies around the world.
: Hitler, the Tiger and Me" * "Who's Afraid of Machiavelli?" Series 26 (from 18 May 2014) * "
Rio Rio or Río is the Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, and Maltese word for "river". When spoken on its own, the word often means Rio de Janeiro, a major city in Brazil. Rio or Río may also refer to: Geography Brazil * Rio de Janeiro * Rio do Sul, a ...
50 Degrees: Carry On CaRIOca" * "Philip Roth Unleashed" (2 parts) * " Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar" Series 27 (from Winter 2014) * "The Art That Hitler Hated: The Sins of the Fathers" * " Bette Midler: The Divine Miss M" * "Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On" * " Anselm Kiefer: Remembering The Future" * "The One and Only
Mike Leigh Mike Leigh (born 20 February 1943) is an English film and theatre director, screenwriter and playwright. He studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and further at the Camberwell School of Art, the Central School of Art and Design ...
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Colm Toibin Colm is a male given name of Irish origin. Colm can be pronounced "Collum" or "Kullum". It is not an Irish version of Colin, but like Callum and Malcolm derives from a Gaelic variation on ''columba'', the Latin word for 'dove'. People * Colm B ...
: His Mother's Son" Series 28 (from Summer 2015) * " Frank Gehry: The Architect Says, Why Can't I?" * "
Jeff Koons Jeffrey Lynn Koons (; born January 21, 1955) is an American artist recognized for his work dealing with popular culture and his sculptures depicting everyday objects, including balloon animals produced in stainless steel with mirror-Surface fi ...
: Diary of A Seducer" * "Beware of Mr Baker" * "
Toni Morrison Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison (born Chloe Ardelia Wofford; February 18, 1931 – August 5, 2019), known as Toni Morrison, was an American novelist. Her first novel, ''The Bluest Eye'', was published in 1970. The critically acclaimed '' So ...
Remembers" * " Richard Flanagan: Life After Death" Series 29 (from Autumn 2015) * "Shylock's Ghost" * "Antony Gormley: Being Human" * "My Curious Documentary" * "The Last Impresario" * "The Ecstasy of Wilko Johnson" * "David Chipperfield: A Place to Be" * "Carlos Acosta: Cuba Calls" Summer 2016 *"One Night in 2012" * "DANGER! Cornelia Parker" * "Georgia O'Keeffe: By Myself" * "Sir Roderick Stewart: Can't Stop Me Now" Shorts (2016-7) *"The Handmade Films of William Kentridge - Part 1" * "The Handmade Films of William Kentridge - Part 2" Autumn 2016 *"The Seven Killings of Marlon James" * "The Triumph and Laments of William Kentridge" * "Serial Killers - The Women Who Write Crime Fiction" * "The Art World's Prankster: Maurizio Cattelan" * "Listen to Me Marlon" Winter 2016 *"She Spoke the Unspeakable" * "Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise" * "Alice Neel: Dr Jekyll and Mrs Hyde" * "Chris Ofili - The Caged Bird's Song" Summer 2017 *"Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures" *"Margaret Atwood: You Have Been Warned!" *"Alma Deutscher: Finding Cinderella" *"Cameron Mackintosh: The Musical Man" Winter 2017-8 * "Rachel Whiteread: Ghost in the Room" * "Mel Brooks: Unwrapped" * "Philip Pullman: Angels and Daemons" * "Ingrid Bergman in Her Own Words" * "Andrew Lloyd Webber: Memories" * "Habaneros: You Say You Want a Revolution? Part One" * "Habaneros: You Say You Want a Revolution? Part Two" 2018 * "Rupert Everett: Born to be Wilde" * "Orhan Pamuk: A Strange Mind" * "Rose Wylie: This Rose Is Blooming" * "Tacita Dean: Looking to See" * "Hockney, The Queen and the Royal Peculiar" * "George Benjamin: What Do You Want to Do When You Grow Up?" * "Tracey Emin: Where Do You Draw the Line?" * "Becoming Cary Grant" * "Andrea Levy: Her Island Story" 2019 * "James Graham: In the Room Where It Happens" * "Jo Brand: No Holds Barred" * "Bill Viola: The Road to St Paul's" * "Edna O'Brien: Fearful... and Fearless" * "Faith Ringgold: Tell It Like It Is" * "Olafur Eliasson: Miracles of Rare Device" * "EastSide Story" 2020 * "This House is Full of Music" * "Lemn Sissay: The Memory of Me" * "Kate Prince: Every Move She Makes" * "
Kwame Kwei-Armah Kwame Kwei-Armah (born Ian Roberts; 24 March 1967 in Hillingdon, London) is a British actor, playwright, director, singer and broadcaster. He is best known for playing paramedic Finlay Newton in the BBC medical drama ''Casualty'' from 1999 unti ...
: ... My Name is Kwame" * "Marina Abramovic: The Ugly Duckling" 2021 * "We'll Be Back" * "Bernardine Evaristo: Never Give Up" * "Tom Stoppard: A Charmed Life" * "Kazuo Ishiguro: Remembering and Forgetting" 2022 * "Marian Keyes: My (not so) Perfect Life" * "Labi Siffre: This Is My Song" * "Wayne McGregor: Dancing on the Edge" * "
Miriam Margolyes Miriam ( he, מִרְיָם ''Mīryām'', lit. 'Rebellion') is described in the Hebrew Bible as the daughter of Amram and Jochebed, and the older sister of Moses and Aaron. She was a prophetess and first appears in the Book of Exodus. The ...
: Up for Grabs" * "Jacob Collier: In the Room Where It Happens" Other (2006) * ''Imagine... A Mildly Amusing Panel Show'' – a special highlights edition of ''
Never Mind the Buzzcocks ''Never Mind the Buzzcocks'' is a British comedy panel game show with a pop music theme. It has aired on Sky Max since September 2021, having originally aired between November 1996 and January 2015 on BBC Two. The original series was first hos ...
'', a parody of the Imagine series, presented by Yentob himself.


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