Alan Yentob
imagine... (2003)
Winter 2012
The biggest names from the world of art, film, music, literature and dance. Alan Yentob gets close up with those shaping today's cultural world.
Released June 10, 2003
Episode 50 min
14+
Genres: Biography, Documentary, History, News
Keywords: imdb.art, imdb.architecture, imdb.architect
Production Companies: BBC, BBC Studios Specialist Factual Productions
Network: BBC One
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S23E1 - The Fatwa - Salman's Story
Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses, tells for the first time the inside story of how it felt to be condemned to death by the Ayatollah Khomeini in 1989.
Sept. 19, 2012, midnight
S23E2 - Ian Rankin and the Case of the Disappearing Detective
Crime writer Ian Rankin invites imagine... to follow him as he writes his next novel, and as he ponders what to write about after retiring his most famous creation.
Nov. 6, 2012, midnight
S23E3 - Do or Die: Lang Lang's Story
From child prodigy to global phenomenon, Alan Yentob reveals the extraordinary life of Lang Lang, China's classical music superstar.
Nov. 12, 2012, midnight
S23E4 - Lang Lang
The pianist performs Chopin and Beethoven at Latitude, Carnegie Hall and the Royal Albert Hall.
Nov. 12, 2012, midnight
S23E5 - The Many Lives of William Klein
William Klein is one of the world's most influential photographers; imagine... spends time with him to discover the personality behind a remarkable creative life.
Nov. 20, 2012, midnight
S23E6 - How Music Makes Us Feel
People often turn to music when words are not enough. Alan Yentob talks to musicians including Emeli Sande and Laurie Anderson about the emotional power of music.
Nov. 27, 2012, midnight
S23E7 - Jeanette Winterson: My Monster and Me
Nearly 30 years after her debut novel, Oranges are Not the Only Fruit, Jeanette Winterson returns with Alan Yentob to the scenes of her extraordinary childhood in Lancashire.
Dec. 4, 2012, midnight
S23E8 - A Beauty is Born: Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty
lan Yentob charts the career of choreographer Matthew Bourne, and takes an exclusive look at preparations for his reinterpretation of Tchaikovsky's The Sleeping Beauty.
Dec. 18, 2012, midnight
Network: BBC One
Episode Runtime: 50 min.
Season Runtime: 50 min.
Released: June 10, 2003
Last Air Date: April 16, 2024, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR / 14+
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