Alan Yentob Movie Trailers
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Getting Away From Sidney Trailer (1981)
17 January 1981
Getting Away From Sidney - BBC TV documentary about Graeae, a touring theatre company of disabled actors (1981) The Arena arts TV programme which put Graeae Theatre Company on the map in 1981.
Ian Rankin and the Case of the Disappearing Detective Trailer (2012)
06 November 2012
Crime writer Ian Rankin invites BBC to follow him as he writes his next novel, and as he ponders what to write about after retiring his most famous creation, Rebus.
Books: The Last Chapter? Trailer (2011)
13 December 2011
Will the rise of electronic books mark the final chapter in the love story between traditional books and their readers? Alan Yentob discusses the subject with a host of writers.
Mini: A Life Revisited Trailer (2013)
29 October 2013
1975 documentary about 11-year-old serial arsonist Michael 'Mini' Cooper, followed by Cooper and the film's director Franc Roddam in conversation with Alan Yentob in 2013.
Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain Trailer (1985)
08 April 1985
Drama documentary which takes the form of an up-dated version of Pygmalion. With a special music score by jazz group Working Week, with real "society" characters and locations from 1984.
Georgia O'Keeffe: By Myself Trailer (2016)
26 July 2016
On the brink of the Depression in 1929, Georgia O'Keeffe - America's first great modernist painter - headed west.
Ray Davies: Imaginary Man Trailer (2010)
21 December 2010
Alan Yentob meets Ray Davies, the creative powerhouse behind The Kinks and author of some of the best-loved songs of the 60s, who candidly discusses the vicissitudes of his career.
Van Gogh: Painted with Words Trailer (2010)
05 April 2010
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 from the letters that Van Gogh sent to his younger brother Theo, and of those around him.
The Seven Year Hitch Trailer (2010)
04 October 2010
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 BBC shortly before its cancellation in 1989, through to the production and transmission of the movie in 1996.
A Brief History of Seven Killings Marlon James Trailer (2016)
29 October 2016
2015 was a momentous year for novelist Marlon James. He became the first Jamaican writer to win the Man Booker prize for his magisterial novel A Brief History of Seven Killings, about the events surrounding the attempted assassination of Bob Marley and their aftermath.
London: The Modern Babylon Trailer (2012)
03 August 2012
London: The Modern Babylon is legendary director Julien Temple's epic time-traveling voyage to the heart of his hometown.
Trip to Asia: The Quest for Harmony Trailer (2008)
28 February 2008
Journey with the musicians of the Berlin Philharmonic and their conductor Sir Simon Rattle on a breakneck concert tour of six metropolises across Asia: Beijing, Seoul, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Taipei and Tokyo.
Edna O'Brien: Fearful... and Fearless Trailer (2019)
07 July 2019
Edna O’Brien is one of the greatest literary talents and rule breakers of her generation. In 1960, her revolutionary debut novel, The Country Girls, broke down social and sexual barriers for women and was subsequently banned in her native country of Ireland.
Imagine… Pet Shop Boys: Then and Now Trailer (2024)
16 April 2024
Featuring exclusive access to their recent tour and their new album, this documentary reveals the fascinating world of Pet Shop Boys, Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe.
Jeanette Winterson: My Monster and Me Trailer (2012)
04 December 2012
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.
Margaret Atwood: You Have Been Warned Trailer (2017)
28 August 2017
For decades, Margaret Atwood has been universally acclaimed as Canada's greatest living writer. Fearlessly outspoken in life and in her work, Atwood has always been an unrelenting provocateur.
Rachel Whiteread: Ghost in the Room Trailer (2017)
02 December 2017
An intimate portrait of British sculptor Rachel Whiteread as she unpacks her life's work for a major retrospective at Tate Britain in London.
Rio 50 Degrees: Carry on CaRIOca Trailer (2014)
21 August 2014
A look at Rio's cultural, political and technical revolutions since the 1970s to 2011
The Man Who Saw Too Much Trailer (2019)
01 December 2019
The Man Who Saw Too Much tells the story of 106-year-old Boris Pahor, believed to be the oldest known survivor of the Nazi concentration camps.
Faith Ringgold: Tell It Like It Is Trailer (2019)
14 July 2019
Alan Yentob meets Harlem-born artist, author and activist Faith Ringgold as she prepares for her London show at the Serpentine Gallery.
Salman Rushdie: Through a Glass Darkly Trailer (2024)
07 May 2024
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 write.
Shylock's Ghost Trailer (2015)
27 October 2015
As Man Booker Prize-winning writer Howard Jacobson retells The Merchant of Venice, 400 years after Shakespeare’s death, he travels with Alan Yentob to the ghetto in Venice to explore Shakespeare's most performed play - and in particular the character of the most divisive fictional Jew in history, Shylock.
A Genius Like Us: A Portrait of Joe Orton Trailer (1982)
09 November 1982
Documentary portrait of the life of playwright Joe Orton, who was murdered by his lover Kenneth Halliwell in April 1967.
"The Journey", or The Memoirs of a Self-Confessed Surrealist Trailer (1978)
18 January 1978
George Melly explores his lifelong relationship with surrealism in all its forms and prominent personalities.
imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me Trailer (2023)
18 December 2023
imagine... follows celebrated British TV writer Russell T Davies as he prepares to return as the showrunner of Doctor Who – with two Doctors and bigger ambitions.
Oliver Sacks: Tales of Music and the Brain Trailer (2008)
03 June 2008
Alan Yentob talks to Dr. Oliver Sacks about his latest book 'Musicophila: Tales of Music and the Brain' which deals with the power of music and how it helps those with extreme neurological conditions, and meets some extraordinary people overcame their conditions with music.
Profiles of Andrea Dunbar and Victoria Wood Trailer (1980)
26 March 1980
This 1980 Arena documentary profiles writer and performer Victoria Wood and teenage playwright Andrea Dunbar.
Ella Fitzgerald at Ronnie Scott’s Trailer (1974)
28 April 1974
Recorded at Ronnie Scott's in London in 1974 and backed by the Tommy Flanagan Quartet, Ella Fitzgerald performs some of her most famous songs, including George Gershwin's The Man I Love.
Habaneros Trailer (2017)
17 November 2017
A brief history of the Cuban capital of Havana, backed by a vibrant soundtrack of son cubano, salsa, jazz, rumba, mambo and hip hop.
Antony Gormley: Being Human Trailer (2015)
03 November 2015
Alan Yentob meets sculptor Antony Gormley, creator of the iconic Angel of the North, and uncovers the influences that have shaped his life and work.
The Long Night of Lady Day Trailer (1984)
25 January 1984
This acclaimed documentary depicts the sad life of the greatest of all jazz singers, Billie Holiday, a life engraved with personal tragedy and ultimately shortened by drug abuse and alcoholism.
Labi Siffre: This Is My Song Trailer (2022)
14 February 2022
Alan Yentob presents a film exploring the life and work of the Ivor Novello Award-winning black British singer-songwriter Labi Siffre.
David Bowie: Cracked Actor Trailer (1975)
26 January 1975
The documentary depicts Bowie on tour in Los Angeles, using a mixture of vérité sequences filmed in limousines and hotels, and concert footage.
Studs Terkel's Chicago Trailer (1985)
07 June 1985
This documentary features acclaimed Chicagoan broadcaster and Pulitzer Prize winner Studs Terkel talking about the value of oral history and the voice of ordinary working Americans.
Tom Stoppard: A Charmed Life Trailer (2021)
09 September 2021
Tom Stoppard is perhaps the world’s leading, funniest and cleverest playwright. Ever since he hit the ground running in the 1960s with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, there has always been a streak of melancholy beneath the sparkling surface of his work.
The Academy of Armando Trailer (2025)
03 March 2025
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 Today, The Thick of It, Veep, The Death of Stalin and The Personal History of David Copperfield.
Marina Abramovic: The Ugly Duckling Trailer (2020)
11 October 2020
Performance artist Marina Abramovic invites Alan Yentob into her home, opens her archive, travels to her birthplace in Belgrade and talks about turning her life into art.
Zaha Hadid... Who Dares Wins Trailer (2013)
30 July 2013
Alan Yentob profiles the most successful female architect there has ever been, the late Zaha Hadid, who designed buildings around the globe from Austria to Azerbaijan.
Vivian Maier: Who Took Nanny's Pictures? Trailer (2013)
25 June 2013
The incredible story of a mysterious nanny who died in 2009 leaving behind a secret hoard - thousands of stunning photographs.
Ella Fitzgerald's Other Show Trailer (1974)
04 May 1974
Ella Fitzgerald in performance at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club. This second show confirms yet again all the superlatives which critics have lavished on her in recent performances.
Imagine... Damon & Jamie's Excellent Adventure Trailer (2007)
04 July 2007
Alan Yentob takes a look at the latest project of Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett, an operatic adaptation of Wu Cheng'en's epic novel 'Monkey: Journey to the West' in collaboration with acclaimed theatre and opera director Chen Shi-Zheng.
George Benjamin: What Do You Want to Do When You Grow Up? Trailer (2018)
16 October 2018
He has been crowned with every laurel in contemporary classical music, composed operas which play on the world's most illustrious stages and been knighted for his services to music.
Scrabble: A Night on the Tiles Trailer (2009)
22 December 2009
Scrabble is experiencing a renaissance. The younger generation have rediscovered the game online - through the copyright busting Scrabulous - and they're having night after night on the tiles.
The Trouble with Tolstoy Trailer (2011)
26 March 2011
The Life of Tolstoy, from his gambling and youthful escapades, to his powerful religious conversion and finally death.
Arthur Miller: Finishing the Picture Trailer (2004)
24 November 2004
Renowned American playwright Arthur Miller discusses his life and work with Alan Yentob.
Gilbert and George: No Surrender Trailer (2007)
08 May 2007
Alan Yentob meets the Turner Prize winning artists Gilbert & George at home. Over the last 40 years, British artists Gilbert and George have fascinated, outraged, delighted and confounded the art establishment.