Alan Yentob
Acting
Alan Yentob was a British television executive and presenter. He held senior roles at the BBC, including head of music and arts, controller of BBC1 and BBC2, and was the corporation's creative director from 2004 until 2015.
Known for
Acting86
movieThe Academy of Armando
2025
Self - Presenter
movieSalman Rushdie: Through a Glass Darkly
2024
Self - Interviewer
movieImagine… Pet Shop Boys: Then and Now
2024
Self - Interviewer
movieimagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
2023
Self - Presenter
movieimagine... The Factory: Made in Manchester
2023
Self - presenter
tvRemembers…
2022
Self
movieimagine... Miriam Margolyes: Up for Grabs
2022
Self - Presenter
movieKazuo Ishiguro: Remembering and Forgetting
2021
Self - Presenter
movieMarina Abramovic: The Ugly Duckling
2020
Self - Presenter
tvMandy
2020
Self
movieOlafur Eliasson: Miracles of Rare Device
2019
Self - Presenter
movieEdna O'Brien: Fearful... and Fearless
2019
Self - Presenter
movieJo Brand: No Holds Barred
2019
Self - Presenter
George Benjamin: What Do You Want to Do When You Grow Up?
2018
Self - Presenter
moviePhilip Pullman: Angels and Daemons
2018
Self - Presenter
movieMel Brooks: Unwrapped
2018
Self - Presenter
movieThe Triumphs and Laments of William Kentridge
2016
Self - Presenter
movieGeorgia O'Keeffe: By Myself
2016
Self - Presenter
movieDavid Chipperfield: A Place to Be
2015
Self - Presenter
movieAntony Gormley: Being Human
2015
Self - Presenter
Shylock's Ghost
2015
Self - Presenter
movieFrank Gehry: The Architect Says "Why Can't I?"
2015
Self - Presenter
movieAbsolutely Anything
2015
Man at Party (uncredited)
The One and Only Mike Leigh
2014
Self - Presenter
movieAnselm Kiefer: Remembering the Future
2014
Self - Presenter
movieRio 50 Degrees: Carry on CaRIOca
2014
Self - Presenter
movieMonty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar
2014
Self - Presenter
tvW1A
2014
Self
movieWho's Afraid of Machiavelli?
2013
Self - Presenter
movieHitler, the Tiger and Me
2013
Self - Presenter
movieMini: A Life Revisited
2013
Self - Presenter
movieZaha Hadid... Who Dares Wins
2013
Self - Presenter
movieGoodbye Television Centre
2013
Self - Reporter
movieKen Russell: A Bit of a Devil
2012
Self - Presenter
movieRay Davies: Imaginary Man
2010
Self - Presenter
movieVan Gogh: Painted with Words
2010
Self - Narrator
movieThe Year of Anish Kapoor
2009
Self - Presenter
movieHow to Get on in the Art World
2007
Self - Presenter
Imagine... Damon & Jamie's Excellent Adventure
2007
Self - Presenter
movieA Picture of the Painter Howard Hodgkin
2006
Self - Presenter
Sweet Home New Orleans
2006
Self - Presenter
movieFantastic Mr. Dahl
2005
Self - Presenter
tvIdeal
2005
Alan Yentob
movieThe World According to Parr
2003
Self - Prsenter
tvimagine…
2003
Self - Presenter
tvTimeshift
2002
Self - Controller, BBC Two (archive footage)
tvNever Mind the Buzzcocks
1996
Self - Narrator
movieMike Leigh: Making Plays
1982
Self - Narrator, Interviewer
tvNOVA
1974
Narrator
Production42
movieThe Land of Sometimes
2026
Executive Producer
movieImagine… Pet Shop Boys: Then and Now
2024
Executive Producer
movieMel Brooks: Unwrapped
2018
Producer
movieHabaneros
2017
Executive Producer
movieDavid Gilmour: Wider Horizons
2015
Executive Producer
movieDo or Die: Lang Lang's Story
2012
Executive Producer
movieLondon: The Modern Babylon
2012
Executive Producer
Richard Serra: Man of Steel
2008
Executive Producer
Imagine... Damon & Jamie's Excellent Adventure
2007
Executive Producer
movieThe Real Buddy Holly Story
1985
Executive Producer
movieStuds Terkel's Chicago
1985
Executive Producer
movieSunset People
1984
Executive Producer
movieThe GPO Story
1983
Producer
tvAuf Wiedersehen, Pet
1983
Producer
movieBette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano
1983
Executive Producer
movieThe Orson Welles Story
1982
Producer
movieDesert Island Discs
1982
Producer
movieThe Private Life of the Ford Cortina
1982
Executive Producer
movieThe Catherine Wheel
1982
Producer
movieArena: Dire Straits
1980
Producer
movieMy Way
1979
Producer
tvArena
1975
Executive Producer
Directing6
movieMel Brooks: Unwrapped
2018
Director
Editing6
tvimagine…
2003
Editor