Alan Yentob Movies
- 2010
Van Gogh: Painted with Words
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A drama-documentary presented by Alan Yentob, with Benedict Cumberbatch in the lead role. Every word spoken by the actors in this film is sourced...
- 2025
The Academy of Armando
The Academy of Armando02025HD
Alan Yentob profiles the stellar career of one of the great satirists of our age, Armando Iannucci, whose impressive body of work includes The Day...
- 2012
London: The Modern Babylon
London: The Modern Babylon6.52012HD
London: The Modern Babylon is legendary director Julien Temple's epic time-traveling voyage to the heart of his hometown.
- 2012
Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil
Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil82012HD
Following the recent death of Ken Russell, Alan Yentob looks back over the career of the flamboyant film director responsible for Women In Love,...
- 1982
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
Mike Leigh: Making Plays81982HD
Writer and Director Mike Leigh discusses the techniques used to create his plays.
- 2015
David Gilmour: Wider Horizons
David Gilmour: Wider Horizons8.32015HD
After a break of nine years, David Gilmour steps back into the spotlight with a number one album and world tour. This film is an intimate portrait of...
- 2023
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter72023HD
imagine... profiles the UK’s most successful double act of the last 40 years, French & Saunders, exploring a brand of comedy based on satire,...
- 2005
Fantastic Mr. Dahl
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Documentary about author Roald Dahl, produced for the British television series Imagine.
- 2018
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped6.4292018HD
At the age of 91, Mel Brooks is unstoppable, with his musical "Young Frankenstein" opening to great critical acclaim in London in late 2017. Alan...
- 2014
The One and Only Mike Leigh
The One and Only Mike Leigh92014HD
In a revealing documentary, Mike Leigh, director of Secrets & Lies, Vera Drake and Abigail's Party among many others, talks to Alan Yentob about...
- 1984
The Everly Brothers: Songs of Innocence and Experience
The Everly Brothers: Songs of Innocence and Experience61984HD
The Everly Brothers were among the most successful and revered of all the giants of early rock 'n' roll. A determining influence on the Beatles,...
- 2010
The Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge
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Pioneer photographer, forefather of cinema, showman, murderer - Eadweard Muybridge was a Victorian enigma. He was born and died in Kingston upon...
- 2024
Imagine… Pet Shop Boys: Then and Now
Imagine… Pet Shop Boys: Then and Now8.52024HD
Featuring exclusive access to their recent tour and their new album, this documentary reveals the fascinating world of Pet Shop Boys, Neil Tennant...
- 2014
Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar
Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar62014HD
Alan Yentob meets the five surviving members of Monty Python - John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam and Eric Idle - as they prepare...
- 2010
The Seven Year Hitch
The Seven Year Hitch02010HD
This documentary looks at executive producer Philip Segal’s seven-year quest to return Doctor Who to the screen, from his initial contact with...
- 2019
The Man Who Saw Too Much
The Man Who Saw Too Much72019HD
The Man Who Saw Too Much tells the story of 106-year-old Boris Pahor, believed to be the oldest known survivor of the Nazi concentration camps. He...
- 1975
Cracked Actor
Cracked Actor7.21975HD
The documentary depicts Bowie on tour in Los Angeles, using a mixture of vérité sequences filmed in limousines and hotels, and concert...
- 1974
Ella Fitzgerald at Ronnie Scotts
Ella Fitzgerald at Ronnie Scotts01974HD
Recorded at Ronnie Scott's in London in 1974 and backed by the Tommy Flanagan Quartet, Ella Fitzgerald performs some of her most famous songs,...
- 1984
Sunset People
Sunset People01984HD
Sunset Boulevard stretches 27 miles from Los Angeles’ Chinatown all the way to the ocean – a ride made famous by Philip Marlowe in the...
- 1982
The Private Life of the Ford Cortina
The Private Life of the Ford Cortina01982HD
A ski run in Italy, a supermarket manager in Luton, a sandwich bar in London EC2, Arena opens the bonnet of the Ford Cortina, Britain's most popular,...