Programme Index

Duration: 1 hour, 10 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 29^th Jul 2018, 22:30 on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: Tue 21^st Aug 2018, 00:15 on BBC Two HD

Alan Yentob joins Tacita Dean in her studio in Berlin to discover how the city has infused her work, and visits her in LA where she is completing a film inspired by her sister. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Alan Yentob
Interviewed Guest:: Tacita Dean
Director:: Katy Homan
Producer:: Katy Homan
Executive Producer:: Tanya Hudson
Series Editor:: Alan Yentob

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Winter 2017/18

Episode 4: Philip Pullman: Angels and Daemons

Duration: 1 hour, 6 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 5^th Mar 2018, 22:45 on BBC One Scotland HDLatest broadcast: Sun 3^rd Nov 2019, 21:00 on BBC Four

Alan Yentob spends time with Philip Pullman in Oxford, discovering how the ex-teacher became an acclaimed author of fantasy fiction and an outspoken critic of organised religion. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Alan Yentob
Interviewed Guest:: Philip Pullman
Executive Producer:: Tanya Hudson
Series Editor:: Alan Yentob
Producer:: Katy Homan
Director:: Katy Homan

Genres

FactualArts, Culture & the MediaArts

Formats

Documentaries

Brand

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Series

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Summer 2017

Episode 4: Cameron Mackintosh: The Musical Man

Duration: 1 hour, 27 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 11^th Sep 2017, 22:45 on BBC One EastLatest broadcast: Sun 3^rd Apr 2022, 23:45 on BBC Four

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Alan Yentob meets Cameron Mackintosh to discover how he became the most successful man in the musical theatre business and changed the face of musical theatre across the globe. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Alan Yentob
Interviewed Guest:: Cameron Mackintosh
Producer:: Katy Homan
Director:: Katy Homan
Series Editor:: Alan Yentob
Executive Producer:: Tanya Hudson
Production Manager:: Claire McCluskey

Genres

FactualArts, Culture & the MediaArts

Formats

Documentaries

Brand

Series

imagine...: Summer 2017

Artsnight

Series 1

Episode 3: Armando Iannucci

BBC Two

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 20^th Mar 2015, 23:00 on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: Fri 20^th Mar 2015, 23:00 on BBC Two HD

Magazine arts show. Armando Ianucci looks afresh at high culture - poetry, classical music and fine art - to ask why these arts matter. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Armando Iannucci
Participant:: Kae Tempest
Participant:: Josie Long
Director:: Katy Homan
Series Editor:: Janet Lee

Genres

FactualArts, Culture & the MediaArts

Formats

Magazines & Reviews

Brand

Artsnight

Series

Artsnight: Series 1

Artsnight

High Culture

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 9^th May 2015, 13:30 on BBC News Middle EastLatest broadcast: Thu 14^th May 2015, 03:30 on BBC News North America

Magazine arts show. Armando Ianucci looks afresh at high culture - poetry, classical music and fine art - to ask why these arts matter. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Armando Iannucci
Participant:: Kae Tempest
Participant:: Josie Long
Director:: Katy Homan
Series Editor:: Janet Lee

Genres

FactualArts, Culture & the Media

Series

Artsnight

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Edna O’Brien - Episode One

Duration: 26 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 11^th Jul 2020, 13:30 on BBC WORLD NEWS Middle EastLatest broadcast: Fri 17^th Jul 2020, 14:30 on BBC WORLD NEWS Asia Pacific

Imagine... profiles the Irish author Edna O'Brien, one of the greatest literary talents and rule breakers of her generation, in this honest and engaging documentary. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Alan Yentob
Interviewed Guest:: Edna O'Brien
Producer:: Katy Homan
Director:: Katy Homan
Executive Producer:: Tanya Hudson
Series Editor:: Alan Yentob

Genres

FactualArts, Culture & the Media

Formats

Documentaries

Brand

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Edna O'Brien - Episode Two

Duration: 26 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 18^th Jul 2020, 13:30 on BBC WORLD NEWS EuropeLatest broadcast: Fri 24^th Jul 2020, 14:30 on BBC WORLD NEWS South Asia

Imagine... profiles the Irish author Edna O'Brien, one of the greatest literary talents and rule breakers of her generation, in the second part of this engaging documentary. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Alan Yentob
Interviewed Guest:: Edna O'Brien
Producer:: Katy Homan
Director:: Katy Homan
Executive Producer:: Tanya Hudson
Series Editor:: Alan Yentob

Genres

FactualArts, Culture & the Media

Brand

Nicola Benedetti's Indian Serenade

BBC Two Scotland

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 15^th May 2014, 22:00 on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: Sat 17^th Jun 2017, 19:00 on BBC Four HD

Documentary following former Young Musician of the Year and virtuoso violinist Nicola Benedetti, as she joins the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra on a tour of India. Show more

Contributors

Director:: Katy Homan
Producer:: Katy Homan
Executive Producer:: Pauline Law

Genres

Formats

Documentaries

The Culture Show: 2013/2014

The Culture Show

2013/2014

Episode 18: Wars of the Heart

BBC Two

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 6^th Nov 2013, 22:00 on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: Wed 7^th Aug 2019, 01:30 on BBC Four HD

James Runcie examines how the Blitz influenced the work of novelists Graham Greene, Henry Green and Elizabeth Bowen, and American poet Hilda Doolittle. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: James Runcie
Director:: Katy Homan
Series Editor:: Janet Lee

Genres

FactualArts, Culture & the MediaArts

Brand

The Culture Show

Series

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2019

Episode 2: Jo Brand: No Holds Barred

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Mon 28^th Jan 2019, 22:45 on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: Wed 15^th Sep 2021, 01:00 on BBC Four HD

Alan Yentob looks into the life of comedian Jo Brand, marking a diverse career which began in 1980s stand-up comedy and has moved through writing, performing and presenting. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Alan Yentob
Participant:: Jo Brand
Interviewed Guest:: Peter Capaldi
Interviewed Guest:: Alan Davies
Interviewed Guest:: Victoria Coren Mitchell
Interviewed Guest:: Mark Thomas
Interviewed Guest:: Mary Beard
Interviewed Guest:: Morwenna Banks
Interviewed Guest:: Oliver Double
Interviewed Guest:: Mark Lamarr
Interviewed Guest:: Vicki Pepperdine
Producer:: Katy Homan
Director:: Katy Homan
Series Editor:: Alan Yentob
Executive Producer:: Tanya Hudson

Genres

FactualArts, Culture & the MediaArts

Formats

Documentaries

Brand

Series

imagine...: 2019

The Story of British Pathé

The Story of British Pathé

Episode 3: Entertaining Britain

BBC Four

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: Thu 1^st Sep 2011, 21:00 on BBC FourLatest broadcast: Mon 28^th Mar 2016, 02:50 on BBC Four HD

Series drawing from film/newsreel company British Pathe's archive looks at its cinemagazines, such as Pathe Pictorial, Eve's Film Review and Pathetone Weekly. Show more

Contributors

Director:: Katy Homan
Executive Producer:: David Okuefuna
Narrator:: Verity Sharp

Genres

FactualHistory

Formats

Documentaries

Series

Bought with Love: The Secret History of British Art Collections

Bought with Love: The Secret History of British Art Collections

Episode 2: The Golden Age

BBC Four

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: Wed 24^th Jul 2013, 21:00 on BBC FourLatest broadcast: Tue 21^st Dec 2021, 00:35 on BBC Four

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Helen Rosslyn focuses on the 18th century, the Grand Tour era when aristocrats filled their Palladian villas with masterpieces by 17th-century classical painters. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Helen Rosslyn
Executive Producer:: Franny Moyle
Producer:: Katy Homan
Director:: Katy Homan

Genres

Formats

Documentaries

Series

The Gruffalo and Me: The Remarkable Julia Donaldson

BBC Two

Duration: 49 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 25^th Dec 2020, 08:10 on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: Fri 25^th Dec 2020, 08:10 on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Available for years

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A celebration of the life and work of Julia Donaldson and the remarkable cast of characters that have sprung from her imagination. Show more

Contributors

Featured Artist:: Julia Donaldson
Narrator:: Julie Walters
Reader:: Helena Bonham Carter
Reader:: Imelda Staunton
Reader:: James McAvoy
Interviewed Guest:: David Walliams
Interviewed Guest:: Nadiya Hussain
Interviewed Guest:: Claudia Winkleman
Interviewed Guest:: Sophie Dahl
Interviewed Guest:: Victoria Coren Mitchell
Interviewed Guest:: Michael Rosen
Interviewed Guest:: Axel Scheffler
Interviewed Guest:: Lydia Monks
Interviewed Guest:: Sara Ogilvie
Interviewed Guest:: Rebecca Cobb
Interviewed Guest:: Frank Cottrell-Boyce
Director:: Katy Homan
Executive Producer:: Tanya Hudson

Genres

FactualArts, Culture & the MediaArts

Formats

Documentaries

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Tacita Dean - Part One

Duration: 23 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 12^th Jun 2021, 08:30 on BBC WORLD NEWS North AmericaLatest broadcast: Thu 17^th Jun 2021, 17:30 on BBC WORLD NEWS Middle East

In the first episode of two, Alan Yentob joins Tacita Dean in her studio in Berlin to discover how the city has infused her work. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Alan Yentob
Interviewed Guest:: Tacita Dean
Director:: Katy Homan
Producer:: Katy Homan
Executive Producer:: Tanya Hudson
Series Editor:: Alan Yentob

Genres

FactualArts, Culture & the Media

Brand

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Tacita Dean - Part Two

Duration: 23 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 19^th Jun 2021, 10:30 on BBC WORLD NEWS AfricaLatest broadcast: Thu 24^th Jun 2021, 17:30 on BBC WORLD NEWS South Asia

Alan Yentob joins Tacita Dean in her studio in Berlin to discover how the city has infused her work. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Alan Yentob
Interviewed Guest:: Tacita Dean
Director:: Katy Homan
Producer:: Katy Homan
Executive Producer:: Tanya Hudson
Series Editor:: Alan Yentob

Genres

FactualArts, Culture & the Media

Brand

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Tacita Dean

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 27^th Apr 2019, 03:10 on BBC WORLD NEWS EuropeLatest broadcast: Sun 28^th Apr 2019, 22:10 on BBC WORLD NEWS North America

Alan Yentob joins Tacita Dean in her studio in Berlin to discover how the city has infused her work, and visits her in LA where she is completing a film inspired by her sister. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Alan Yentob
Interviewed Guest:: Tacita Dean
Director:: Katy Homan
Producer:: Katy Homan
Executive Producer:: Tanya Hudson
Series Editor:: Alan Yentob

Genres

Music

Brand

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Philip Pullman

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 22^nd Sep 2018, 03:10 on BBC WORLD NEWS EuropeLatest broadcast: Sun 23^rd Sep 2018, 22:10 on BBC WORLD NEWS North America

Alan Yentob spends time with Philip Pullman in Oxford, discovering how the ex-teacher became an acclaimed author of fantasy fiction and an outspoken critic of organised religion. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Alan Yentob
Interviewed Guest:: Philip Pullman
Executive Producer:: Tanya Hudson
Series Editor:: Alan Yentob
Producer:: Katy Homan
Director:: Katy Homan

Genres

Music

Brand

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Margaret Atwood: You Have Been Warned!

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 15^th Sep 2018, 03:10 on BBC WORLD NEWS EuropeLatest broadcast: Sun 16^th Sep 2018, 22:10 on BBC WORLD NEWS North America

Alan Yentob meets acclaimed writer Margaret Atwood in Toronto and discovers how a childhood spent between the Canadian wilderness and the city helped shape her life. Show more

Contributors

Interviewer:: Alan Yentob
Interviewed Guest:: Margaret Atwood
Interviewed Guest:: Charles Pachter
Interviewed Guest:: Johnnie Christmas
Executive Producer:: Tanya Hudson
Series Editor:: Alan Yentob
Director:: Katy Homan
Producer:: Katy Homan
Assistant Producer:: Lindsey Hanlon
Production Manager:: Claire McCluskey
Production Coordinator:: Jennifer Patterson
Researcher:: Daniel Taylor
Editor:: Alex Broad
Camera Operator:: Tom Hayward
Sound Recordist:: Brent Haliskie

Genres

Music

Brand

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Cornelia Parker

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 21^st Jan 2017, 17:10 on BBC WORLD NEWS EuropeLatest broadcast: Sun 6^th Jan 2019, 20:10 on BBC WORLD NEWS North America

Alan Yentob follows sculptor Cornelia Parker's creative process in a film that sees her delve deep into America's history, cinema and art, as well as her own personal past. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Alan Yentob
Participant:: Cornelia Parker
Series Editor:: Alan Yentob
Executive Producer:: Tanya Hudson
Producer:: Katy Homan
Director:: Katy Homan

Genres

Music

Brand

Loop

Series 1

Episode 8

BBC Arts

Duration: 15 minutes

Composer and drummer with the Teenage Fanclub, Francis MacDonald tells why he has chosen to record his latest album at the Hamilton Mausoleum, renowned for its 15 second echo. Show more

Contributors

Director:: Marie Johnston
Director:: Katy Homan
Director:: Jon Morrice
Director:: Stewart Houston
Producer:: Mark Crossan
Producer:: Jenny MacLeod
Executive Producer:: Pauline Law

Genres

FactualArts, Culture & the Media

Brand

Loop

Series

Loop: Series 1