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Summer 2009

Episode 1: Save the Last Dance for Me

Duration: 52 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Alan Yentob follows the Company of Elders dance troupe as they prepare to perform at Sadler's Wells, one of the top dance venues in the world. Show more

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Summer 2009

Episode 2: David Hockney - A Bigger Picture

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Documentary capturing the return from California of England's favourite living artist. As Hockney approaches the age of 70, he re-invents his painting from scratch. Show more

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Summer 2009

Episode 3: Rufus Wainwright, Prima Donna

Duration: 55 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Alan Yentob meets one of modern music's most mercurial talents, Rufus Wainwright, as he creates his very first opera, Prima Donna. Show more

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Summer 2009

Episode 4: The Colourful Mr Eggleston

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Alan Yentob explores the work of William Eggleston, one of the most influential and original living photographers, as the normally shy and elusive legend is shown at work. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Alan Yentob
Director:
Jack Cocker
Executive Producer:
Janet Lee

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Summer 2009

Episode 5: Art in Troubled Times: A New Deal for Art

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

The Great Depression and the Second World War changed what was expected of the arts; Alan Yentob asks if the current recession could see the next transformation. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Alan Yentob
Director:
Jill Nicholls
Producer:
Jill Nicholls
Executive Producer:
Janet Lee
Participant:
Simon Callow

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Summer 2009

The Smoking Diaries Update

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Arts series. An updated tribute to Simon Gray, one of Britain's foremost playwrights, best known for his work with Harold Pinter, and as the writer of the notorious Cell Mates. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Alan Yentob
Participant:
Richard Wilson
Participant:
Simon Callow
Participant:
Edward Fox
Participant:
Felicity Kendal
Participant:
Toby Stephens
Producer:
Janet Lee

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Summer 2009

Episode 6: Art in Troubled Times: Part II - The Home Front

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Alan Yentob asks what, in times like these, art is worth, and what it is for, and Simon Callow tells how the big moment for publicly-funded art in Britain was the Second World War. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Alan Yentob
Director:
Jill Nicholls
Producer:
Jill Nicholls
Executive Producer:
Janet Lee
Participant:
Simon Callow