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Arts series edited and presented by Alan Yentob.

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.

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Imagine: The Story of the Guitar

Alan Yentob

Roger Parsons

Janet Lee

Dave Gilmour

Pete Townshend

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This Time it's Personal

Episode 3

Episode 3: This Time it's Personal

The Story of the Guitar

BBC One - imagine..., The Story of the Guitar, This Time it's Personal

Alan Yentob discovers how the guitar changed the lives of many famous musicians.

Series examining the history of the guitar. Famous guitarists, including Muse's Matt Bellamy, talk about how the instrument has affected their lives.

In the final programme of the series the guitarists talk about how they find their own sound, and how the guitar has changed their lives. Since its invention, the electric guitar has unleashed a seemingly inexhaustible sonic invention among guitarists. 

Featuring Muse's Matt Bellamy, who turns out to be following in his father's space age footsteps, Tony Iommi from Black Sabbath, who talks about the invention of heavy metal, David Gilmour from Pink Floyd, Pete Townshend (Perhaps equally famous for smashing guitars), Johnny Marr from the Smiths on 'the mother of all riffs', Slash and The Edge from U2 among many others.

imagine...: The Story of the Guitar

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Alan Yentob hosts a three-part series looking at the history of the guitar.

Alan Yentob embarks on a three-part personal journey to discover how the guitar became the world's favourite musical instrument.

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