ALAN YENTOB

Alan Yentob
Alan Yentob
Gender: Male
Known for: Acting
Birthday: March 11, 1947
Deathday: May 24, 2025
Place of Birth: London, England, UK

Filmography

Starring

2025·
The Academy of Armando
Self - Presenter
2024·
Salman Rushdie: Through a Glass Darkly
Self - Interviewer
2024·
Imagine… Pet Shop Boys: Then and Now
Self - Interviewer
2023·
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
Self - presenter
2023·
imagine... The Factory: Made in Manchester
Self - presenter
2023·
imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me
Self
2022·
In Conversation with Alan Yentob
Self
2021·
Kazuo Ishiguro: Remembering and Forgetting
Self - Presenter
2020·
Marina Abramovic: The Ugly Duckling
Self - Presenter
2019·
Olafur Eliasson: Miracles of Rare Device
Self - Presenter
2019·
Edna O'Brien: Fearful... and Fearless
Self - Presenter
2019·
Jo Brand: No Holds Barred
Self - Presenter
2018·
Philip Pullman: Angels and Daemons
Self - Presenter
2018·
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
Self - Presenter
2016·
Georgia O'Keeffe: By Myself
Self - Presenter
2015·
David Chipperfield: A Place to Be
Self - Presenter
2015·
Frank Gehry: The Architect Says "Why Can't I?"
Self - Presenter
2014·
W1A
Self
2014·
Rio 50 Degrees: Carry on CaRIOca
Self - Presenter
2014·
BBC Imagine: The Divine Miss M
Self
2014·
Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar
Self - Presenter
2013·
Who's Afraid of Machiavelli?
Self - Presenter
2013·
Vivian Maier: Who Took Nanny's Pictures?
Self
2013·
Hitler, the Tiger and Me
Self - Presenter
2012·
Jeanette Winterson: My Monster and Me
Self
2010·
Van Gogh: Painted with Words
Self - Narrator
2010·
The Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge
Presenter
2010·
Ray Davies: Imaginary Man
Self - Presenter
2010·
The Seven Year Hitch
Self
2009·
Live from Studio Five
Self
2009·
The Year of Anish Kapoor
Self - Presenter
2008·
Beautiful People
Self
2008·
The Story Of The Guitar
2008·
Oliver Sacks: Tales of Music and the Brain
Presenter
2006·
Sweet Home New Orleans
Self - Presenter
2006·
A Picture of the Painter Howard Hodgkin
Self - Presenter
2005·
Ideal
Alan Yentob
2003·
imagine…
Self - Presenter
2002·
Timeshift
Self - Controller, BBC Two (archive footage)
1997·
Operation Good Guys
1988·
Behind The Screen
1986·
Open Air
1974·
NOVA
Narrator
TBA·
A Kick in the Head: The Lure of Las Vegas
Self
2022·
Labi Siffre: This Is My Song
2022·
Jacob Collier: In the Room Where It Happens
2022·
imagine... Miriam Margolyes: Up for Grabs
Presenter
2021·
Tom Stoppard: A Charmed Life
Presenter
2019·
Faith Ringgold: Tell It Like It Is
Self - Presenter
2018·
Hockney, The Queen and the Royal Peculiar
Self
2017·
Rachel Whiteread: Ghost in the Room
Self
2017·
Margaret Atwood: You Have Been Warned
Self
2016·
The Seven Killings of Marlon James
Self
2016·
One Night In 2012
2016·
The Triumphs and Laments of William Kentridge
Self - Presenter
2016·
The Art World's Prankster: Maurizio Cattelan
Self
2015·
Shylock's Ghost
Self - Presenter
2015·
Antony Gormley: Being Human
Self - Presenter
2014·
The One and Only Mike Leigh
Self - Presenter
2013·
Goodbye Television Centre
Self - Reporter
2013·
Mini: A Life Revisited
Self - Presenter
2013·
Turning the Art World Inside Out
2013·
Zaha Hadid... Who Dares Wins
Self - Presenter
2012·
Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil
Self - Presenter
2012·
Ian Rankin and the Case of the Disappearing Detective
Self
2012·
Mel Brooks Strikes Back!
Self
2011·
Books: The Last Chapter?
Self
2011·
Grayson Perry and the Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman
Self
2009·
Scrabble: A Night on the Tiles
Self
2008·
Richard Serra: Man of Steel
Presenter
2008·
A Wild Sheep Chase: In Search of Haruki Murakami
Self
2007·
How to Get on in the Art World
Self - Presenter
2005·
Fantastic Mr. Dahl
Self - Presenter
2004·
Arthur Miller: Finishing the Picture
Self
2003·
The World According to Parr
Self - Prsenter
1982·
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
Self - Narrator, Interviewer

Production

2024·
Salman Rushdie: Through a Glass Darkly
Director
2024·
Imagine… Pet Shop Boys: Then and Now
Editor, Executive Producer
2022·
Jacob Collier: In the Room Where It Happens
Presenter
2022·
imagine... Miriam Margolyes: Up for Grabs
Producer
2019·
The Man Who Saw Too Much
Producer, Director
2018·
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
Director, Producer
2017·
Habaneros
Executive Producer
2015·
David Gilmour: Wider Horizons
Executive Producer
2012·
Do or Die: Lang Lang's Story
Presenter, Executive Producer
2012·
London: The Modern Babylon
Executive Producer
2010·
Van Gogh: Painted with Words
Producer, Adaptation
2010·
Ray Davies: Imaginary Man
Editor
2010·
Ai Weiwei: Without Fear or Favour
Editor, Other
2008·
Richard Serra: Man of Steel
Executive Producer
2008·
Trip to Asia: The Quest for Harmony
Producer
2007·
Yusuf Islam: A Few Good Songs
Director
2003·
imagine…
Editor
1985·
Studs Terkel's Chicago
Executive Producer
1985·
Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain
Producer, Editor
1985·
The Real Buddy Holly Story
Executive Producer
1984·
The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel
Producer
1984·
The Everly Brothers Reunion Concert
Producer
1984·
Sunset People
Executive Producer
1984·
The Everly Brothers: Songs of Innocence and Experience
Producer
1984·
The Long Night of Lady Day
Producer
1984·
Fela Kuti: Live at Glastonbury 1984
Producer
1983·
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
Producer
1983·
Kurt Vonnegut: So It Goes
Producer
1983·
Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano
Executive Producer
1983·
The GPO Story
Producer
1982·
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
Producer
1982·
The Private Life of the Ford Cortina
Executive Producer
1982·
The Catherine Wheel
Producer
1982·
Desert Island Discs
Producer
1981·
Have You Seen The Mona Lisa...?
Producer
1981·
Getting Away From Sidney
Producer
1980·
Profiles of Andrea Dunbar and Victoria Wood
Producer
1980·
Rudies Come Back (The Rise & Rise of 2-Tone)
Producer
1980·
Arena: Dire Straits
Producer
1979·
My Way
Producer
1978·
"The Journey", or The Memoirs of a Self-Confessed Surrealist
Director
1975·
Arena
Executive Producer
1975·
David Bowie: Cracked Actor
Producer, Writer, Director
1974·
Ella Fitzgerald's Other Show
Producer
1974·
Ella Fitzgerald at Ronnie Scott’s
Producer