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Winter 2012

Lang Lang

Duration: 17 minutes

First broadcast: on Red Button (Freeview)Latest broadcast: on Red Button (Satellite and Cable)

Arts series presented by Alan Yentob. The pianist performs Chopin and Beethoven at Latitude, Carnegie Hall and the Royal Albert Hall.

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Winter 2012

Episode 2: Do or Die: Lang Lang's Story

Duration: 1 hour, 25 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Arts series. From child prodigy to global phenomenon, Alan Yentob reveals the extraordinary life of Lang Lang, China's classical music superstar. Show more

Contributors

Series Editor:
Alan Yentob
Presenter:
Alan Yentob
Assistant Producer:
Rachel Allison

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Winter 2012

Episode 3: The Many Lives of William Klein

Duration: 1 hour, 5 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Arts series. William Klein is one of the world's most influential photographers; imagine... spends time with him to discover the personality behind a remarkable creative life. Show more

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Winter 2012

Episode 6: A Beauty is Born: Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Alan Yentob charts the career of choreographer Matthew Bourne, and takes an exclusive look at preparations for his reinterpretation of Tchaikovsky's The Sleeping Beauty. Show more

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Winter 2012

Episode 4: How Music Makes Us Feel

Duration: 1 hour, 5 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

People often turn to music when words are not enough. Alan Yentob talks to musicians including Emeli Sande and Laurie Anderson about the emotional power of music. Show more

Contributors

Series Editor:
Alan Yentob
Director:
Jill Nicholls
Presenter:
Alan Yentob
Producer:
Jill Nicholls
Participant:
Emeli Sande
Participant:
Jessye Norman
Participant:
George Benjamin
Participant:
Laurie Anderson
Participant:
Marcel Zentner
Participant:
Michael Spitzer

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Winter 2012

Episode 5: Jeanette Winterson: My Monster and Me

Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Scotland

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. Show more

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Winter 2012

The Fatwa - Salman's Story

Duration: 1 hour, 21 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Arts series. Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses, tells for the first time the inside story of how it felt to be condemned to death by the Ayatollah Khomeini in 1989. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Alan Yentob
Participant:
Salman Rushdie
Participant:
Hari Kunzru
Participant:
Ian McEwan
Participant:
Hanif Kureishi
Participant:
Paul Auster
Participant:
Siri Hustvedt
Participant:
William Nygaard
Participant:
Arthur Hibbert
Participant:
Zafar Rushdie
Participant:
Sameen Rushdie
Participant:
Andrew Wylie
Series Editor:
Alan Yentob
Producer:
Jill Nicholls
Director:
Jill Nicholls

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Winter 2012

Episode 1: Ian Rankin and the Case of the Disappearing Detective

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

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Crime writer Ian Rankin invites imagine... to follow him as he writes his next novel, and as he ponders what to write about after retiring his most famous creation. Show more