Alan Yentob Movies

  • 2015
    David Gilmour: Wider Horizons

    David Gilmour: Wider Horizons

    David Gilmour: Wider Horizons

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    After a break of nine years, David Gilmour steps back into the spotlight with a number one album and world tour. This film is an intimate portrait of...

    David Gilmour: Wider Horizons
  • 2010
    Van Gogh: Painted with Words

    Van Gogh: Painted with Words

    Van Gogh: Painted with Words

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    A drama-documentary presented by Alan Yentob, with Benedict Cumberbatch in the lead role. Every word spoken by the actors in this film is sourced...

    Van Gogh: Painted with Words
  • 2018
    Mel Brooks: Unwrapped

    Mel Brooks: Unwrapped

    Mel Brooks: Unwrapped

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    At the age of 91, Mel Brooks is unstoppable, with his musical "Young Frankenstein" opening to great critical acclaim in London in late 2017. Alan...

    Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
  • 2012
    London: The Modern Babylon

    London: The Modern Babylon

    London: The Modern Babylon

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    London: The Modern Babylon is legendary director Julien Temple's epic time-traveling voyage to the heart of his hometown.

    London: The Modern Babylon
  • 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
  • 1982
    Mike Leigh: Making Plays

    Mike Leigh: Making Plays

    Mike Leigh: Making Plays

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    Writer and Director Mike Leigh discusses the techniques used to create his plays.

    Mike Leigh: Making Plays
  • 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
  • 2023
    imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me

    imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me

    imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me

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    imagine... follows celebrated British TV writer Russell T Davies as he prepares to return as the showrunner of Doctor Who – with two Doctors...

    imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me
  • 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
  • 1975
    Cracked Actor

    Cracked Actor

    Cracked Actor

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    The documentary depicts Bowie on tour in Los Angeles, using a mixture of vérité sequences filmed in limousines and hotels, and concert...

    Cracked Actor
  • 2022
    Jacob Collier: In the Room Where It Happens

    Jacob Collier: In the Room Where It Happens

    Jacob Collier: In the Room Where It Happens

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    Twenty-something virtuoso multi-instrumentalist, singer and arranger Jacob Collier has managed to outdo The Beatles by winning Grammy Awards for each...

    Jacob Collier: In the Room Where It Happens
  • 1985
    The Real Buddy Holly Story

    The Real Buddy Holly Story

    The Real Buddy Holly Story

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    This is the definitive video biography of rock 'n roll legend Buddy Holly. Produced and hosted by former Beatle, Paul McCartney, includes interviews...

    The Real Buddy Holly Story
  • 1984
    The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel

    The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel

    The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel

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    Made a year after Luis Buñuel's death in 1983 this is an illuminating portrait of the surreal and visionary director, featuring clips,...

    The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel
  • 2023
    imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter

    imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter

    imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter

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    imagine... profiles the UK’s most successful double act of the last 40 years, French & Saunders, exploring a brand of comedy based on satire,...

    imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
  • 2025
    The Academy of Armando

    The Academy of Armando

    The Academy of Armando

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    Alan Yentob profiles the stellar career of one of the great satirists of our age, Armando Iannucci, whose impressive body of work includes The Day...

    The Academy of Armando
  • 2018
    Hockney, The Queen and the Royal Peculiar

    Hockney, The Queen and the Royal Peculiar

    Hockney, The Queen and the Royal Peculiar

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    David Hockney undertakes a commission to design and install a stained-glass window in Westminster Abbey to commemorate the sixty-fifth year of Queen...

    Hockney, The Queen and the Royal Peculiar
  • 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
  • 2010
    The Seven Year Hitch

    The Seven Year Hitch

    The Seven Year Hitch

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    This documentary looks at executive producer Philip Segal’s seven-year quest to return Doctor Who to the screen, from his initial contact with...

    The Seven Year Hitch
  • 2024
    Imagine… Pet Shop Boys: Then and Now

    Imagine… Pet Shop Boys: Then and Now

    Imagine… Pet Shop Boys: Then and Now

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    Featuring exclusive access to their recent tour and their new album, this documentary reveals the fascinating world of Pet Shop Boys, Neil Tennant...

    Imagine… Pet Shop Boys: Then and Now
  • 1978

    "The Journey", or The Memoirs of a Self-Confessed Surrealist

    "The Journey", or The Memoirs of a Self-Confessed Surrealist

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    George Melly explores his lifelong relationship with surrealism in all its forms and prominent personalities.