imagine...
imagine... is a TV show on BBC1. 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. The program has been available since 2022. A total of 39 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in May 2024.
Last broadcast:12/05/2024 at 22:00
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1:10:00
Alan Yentob with the story of a nanny who died in 2009 and left behind a secret hoard of photographs. Never seen in her lifetime, and found by chance, they now sell for thousands.
55:00
Alan Yentob gains an insight into the creative world of Dame Shirley Bassey, and takes a look back over her life and career, complete with archive of her greatest performances.
Episodes 2023
1:05:00
Alan Yentob joins Anselm Kiefer at his studios in France and Germany as he prepares for a retrospective at the Royal Academy.
58:00
Alan Yentob accompanies novelist Marlon James back to James's home country of Jamaica and finds in his novels a complex portrait of the turbulent history of his native country.
1:10:00
Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison, America's first lady of literature, talks to Alan Yentob about her life and work. Contributors include Angela Davis and singer Jessye Norman.
1:15:00
Alan Yentob meets Lenny Henry as he publishes a first volume of autobiography, charting his early years in show business.
14:00
Andrea Levy's novel Small Island about the Windrush generation captured imaginations. imagine... finds out if the new adaptation of her book The Long Song follows suit.
1:07:00
Thirty years after her death, to coincide with a major Tate Modern show, imagine... tells the story of Georgia O'Keeffe, one of the most inspiring artists ever.