Biography
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.
Acted in 10
2020s
- 2022
Labi Siffre: This Is My Song
Movie
- 2021
Tom Stoppard: A Charmed Life
Presenter
2010s
- 2016
One Night In 2012
Movie
- 2015
- 2013
Turning the Art World Inside Out
Movie
- 2010
The Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge
Presenter
2000s
- 2008
The Story Of The Guitar
TV
Oliver Sacks: Tales of Music and the Brain
Presenter
- 2005
1990s
- 1997
Operation Good Guys
TV
Produced 43
2020s
- 2026
- 2024
Imagine… Pet Shop Boys: Then and Now
Executive Producer
- 2022
imagine... Miriam Margolyes: Up for Grabs
Producer
2010s
- 2019
The Man Who Saw Too Much
Producer
- 2018
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
Producer
- 2017
Habaneros
Executive Producer
- 2015
David Gilmour: Wider Horizons
Executive Producer
- 2012
Do or Die: Lang Lang's Story
Executive Producer
London: The Modern Babylon
Executive Producer
- 2010
Van Gogh: Painted with Words
Producer
2000s
- 2008
Trip to Asia: The Quest for Harmony
Producer
- 2007
Krapp's Last Tape
Executive Producer
1980s
- 1985
The Real Buddy Holly Story
Executive Producer
Studs Terkel's Chicago
Executive Producer
Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain
Producer
- 1984
Fela Kuti: Live at Glastonbury 1984
Producer
The Everly Brothers: Songs of Innocence and Experience
Producer
Sunset People
Executive Producer
The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel
Producer
The Everly Brothers Reunion Concert
Producer
- 1983
The GPO Story
Producer
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
Producer
Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano
Executive Producer
Kurt Vonnegut: So It Goes
Producer
- 1982
A Genius Like Us: A Portrait of Joe Orton
Producer
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
Producer
The Orson Welles Story
Producer
Desert Island Discs
Producer
The Private Life of the Ford Cortina
Executive Producer
The Catherine Wheel
Producer
- 1981
Have You Seen The Mona Lisa...?
Producer
Today Carshalton Beeches... Tomorrow Croydon
Producer
- 1980
Arena: Dire Straits
Producer
Luck and Flaw
Producer
Profiles of Andrea Dunbar and Victoria Wood
Producer
Rudies Come Back (The Rise & Rise of 2-Tone)
Producer
Mentioned in Dispatches
Executive Producer
Lene Lovich: Sleeping Beauty
Producer
1970s
- 1979
My Way
Producer
- 1975
David Bowie: Cracked Actor
Producer
- 1974
Ella Fitzgerald's Other Show
Producer
Ella Fitzgerald at Ronnie Scott’s
Producer
Directed 6
2020s
- 2024
Salman Rushdie: Through a Glass Darkly
Director
2010s
- 2019
The Man Who Saw Too Much
Director
- 2018
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
Director
2000s
- 2007
Yusuf Islam: A Few Good Songs
Director
1970s
- 1978
"The Journey", or The Memoirs of a Self-Confessed Surrealist
Director
- 1975
David Bowie: Cracked Actor
Director
Edited 5
2020s
- 2024
Imagine… Pet Shop Boys: Then and Now
Editor
2010s
- 2010
Ray Davies: Imaginary Man
Editor
Ai Weiwei: Without Fear or Favour
Editor
2000s
- 2003
1980s
- 1985
Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain
Editor
Other crew 3
2020s
- 2026
- 2022
Jacob Collier: In the Room Where It Happens
Presenter
2010s
- 2012
Do or Die: Lang Lang's Story
Presenter
Wrote 2
2010s
- 2010
Van Gogh: Painted with Words
Adaptation
1970s
- 1975
David Bowie: Cracked Actor
Writer
Art department 1
2010s
- 2010
Ai Weiwei: Without Fear or Favour
Other
Appearances65
2020s
- 2025
When Alan Yentob Met Jenny Saville
Self
The Academy of Armando
Self - Presenter
- 2024
Salman Rushdie: Through a Glass Darkly
Self - Interviewer
Imagine… Pet Shop Boys: Then and Now
Self - Interviewer
- 2023
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
Self - Presenter
imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me
Self
imagine... The Factory: Made in Manchester
Self - presenter
- 2022
In Conversation with Alan Yentob
Self · 2 episodes
Jacob Collier: In the Room Where It Happens
Self
imagine... Miriam Margolyes: Up for Grabs
Self - Presenter
- 2021
Kazuo Ishiguro: Remembering and Forgetting
Self - Presenter
- 2020
Marina Abramovic: The Ugly Duckling
Self - Presenter
2010s
- 2019
Olafur Eliasson: Miracles of Rare Device
Self - Presenter
Edna O'Brien: Fearful... and Fearless
Self - Presenter
Jo Brand: No Holds Barred
Self - Presenter
- 2018
Hockney, The Queen and the Royal Peculiar
Self
Philip Pullman: Angels and Daemons
Self - Presenter
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
Self - Presenter
- 2017
Rachel Whiteread: Ghost in the Room
Self
Margaret Atwood: You Have Been Warned
Self
- 2016
The Art World's Prankster: Maurizio Cattelan
Self
The Triumphs and Laments of William Kentridge
Self - Presenter
A Brief History of Seven Killings Marlon James
Self
Georgia O'Keeffe: By Myself
Self - Presenter
- 2015
David Chipperfield: A Place to Be
Self - Presenter
Antony Gormley: Being Human
Self - Presenter
Frank Gehry: The Architect Says "Why Can't I?"
Self - Presenter
- 2014
Anselm Kiefer: Remembering the Future
Self - Presenter
Rio 50 Degrees: Carry on CaRIOca
Self - Presenter
Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar
Self - Presenter
W1A
Self · 2 episodes
- 2013
Who's Afraid of Machiavelli?
Self - Presenter
Hitler, the Tiger and Me
Self - Presenter
Mini: A Life Revisited
Self - Presenter
Zaha Hadid... Who Dares Wins
Self - Presenter
Vivian Maier: Who Took Nanny's Pictures?
Self
Goodbye Television Centre
Self - Reporter
- 2012
Mel Brooks Strikes Back!
Self
Jeanette Winterson: My Monster and Me
Self
Ian Rankin and the Case of the Disappearing Detective
Self
Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil
Self - Presenter
- 2011
Books: The Last Chapter?
Self
Grayson Perry and the Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman
Self
- 2010
Ray Davies: Imaginary Man
Self - Presenter
The Seven Year Hitch
Self
Van Gogh: Painted with Words
Self - Narrator
2000s
- 2009
Scrabble: A Night on the Tiles
Self
The Year of Anish Kapoor
Self - Presenter
Live from Studio Five
Self · 1 episode
- 2008
Beautiful People
Self · 1 episode
- 2007
How to Get on in the Art World
Self - Presenter
Krapp's Last Tape
Self (Introduction)
Gilbert and George: No Surrender
Self
- 2006
A Picture of the Painter Howard Hodgkin
Self - Presenter
- 2005
Fantastic Mr. Dahl
Self - Presenter
- 2003
The World According to Parr
Self - Prsenter
- 2002
1980s
- 1982
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
Self - Narrator, Interviewer
1970s
- 1975
- 1974
No release date
A Kick in the Head: The Lure of Las Vegas
Self