Alan Yentob

Alan Yentob

🎂 11th March 1947 (79 yrs) 📍 London, England, UK

Known For

Tom Stoppard: A Charmed Life

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.

Alan Yentob

Movies Featuring Alan Yentob

When Alan Yentob Met Jenny Saville

When Alan Yentob Met Jenny Saville (2025)

as Self
The Academy of Armando

The Academy of Armando (2025)

as Self - Presenter
Salman Rushdie: Through a Glass Darkly

Salman Rushdie: Through a Glass Darkly (2024)

as Self - Interviewer
Imagine… Pet Shop Boys: Then and Now

Imagine… Pet Shop Boys: Then and Now (2024)

as Self - Interviewer
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter

imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter (2023)

as Self - Presenter
imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me

imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me (2023)

as Self
imagine... The Factory: Made in Manchester

imagine... The Factory: Made in Manchester (2023)

as Self - presenter
Jacob Collier: In the Room Where It Happens

Jacob Collier: In the Room Where It Happens (2022)

as Self
imagine... Miriam Margolyes: Up for Grabs

imagine... Miriam Margolyes: Up for Grabs (2022)

as Self - Presenter
Labi Siffre: This Is My Song

Labi Siffre: This Is My Song (2022)

Tom Stoppard: A Charmed Life

Tom Stoppard: A Charmed Life (2021)

as Presenter
Kazuo Ishiguro: Remembering and Forgetting

Kazuo Ishiguro: Remembering and Forgetting (2021)

as Self - Presenter
Marina Abramovic: The Ugly Duckling

Marina Abramovic: The Ugly Duckling (2020)

as Self - Presenter
Olafur Eliasson: Miracles of Rare Device

Olafur Eliasson: Miracles of Rare Device (2019)

as Self - Presenter
No Image

Faith Ringgold: Tell It Like It Is (2019)

as Self - Presenter
Edna O'Brien: Fearful... and Fearless

Edna O'Brien: Fearful... and Fearless (2019)

as Self - Presenter
Jo Brand: No Holds Barred

Jo Brand: No Holds Barred (2019)

as Self - Presenter
No Image

George Benjamin: What Do You Want to Do When You Grow Up? (2018)

as Self - Presenter
Hockney, The Queen and the Royal Peculiar

Hockney, The Queen and the Royal Peculiar (2018)

as Self
Philip Pullman: Angels and Daemons

Philip Pullman: Angels and Daemons (2018)

as Self - Presenter
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped

Mel Brooks: Unwrapped (2018)

as Self - Presenter
Rachel Whiteread: Ghost in the Room

Rachel Whiteread: Ghost in the Room (2017)

as Self
Margaret Atwood: You Have Been Warned

Margaret Atwood: You Have Been Warned (2017)

as Self
The Art World's Prankster: Maurizio Cattelan

The Art World's Prankster: Maurizio Cattelan (2016)

as Self
The Triumphs and Laments of William Kentridge

The Triumphs and Laments of William Kentridge (2016)

as Self - Presenter
A Brief History of Seven Killings Marlon James

A Brief History of Seven Killings Marlon James (2016)

as Self
Georgia O'Keeffe: By Myself

Georgia O'Keeffe: By Myself (2016)

as Self - Presenter
One Night In 2012

One Night In 2012 (2016)

David Chipperfield: A Place to Be

David Chipperfield: A Place to Be (2015)

as Self - Presenter
Antony Gormley: Being Human

Antony Gormley: Being Human (2015)

as Self - Presenter
No Image

Shylock's Ghost (2015)

as Self - Presenter
Frank Gehry: The Architect Says "Why Can't I?"

Frank Gehry: The Architect Says "Why Can't I?" (2015)

as Self - Presenter
Absolutely Anything

Absolutely Anything (2015)

as Man at Party (uncredited)
No Image

The One and Only Mike Leigh (2014)

as Self - Presenter
Anselm Kiefer: Remembering the Future

Anselm Kiefer: Remembering the Future (2014)

as Self - Presenter
BBC Imagine: The Divine Miss M

BBC Imagine: The Divine Miss M (2014)

as Self
Rio 50 Degrees: Carry on CaRIOca

Rio 50 Degrees: Carry on CaRIOca (2014)

as Self - Presenter
Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar

Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar (2014)

as Self - Presenter
Who's Afraid of Machiavelli?

Who's Afraid of Machiavelli? (2013)

as Self - Presenter
Hitler, the Tiger and Me

Hitler, the Tiger and Me (2013)

as Self - Presenter
Turning the Art World Inside Out

Turning the Art World Inside Out (2013)

Mini: A Life Revisited

Mini: A Life Revisited (2013)

as Self - Presenter
Zaha Hadid... Who Dares Wins

Zaha Hadid... Who Dares Wins (2013)

as Self - Presenter
Vivian Maier: Who Took Nanny's Pictures?

Vivian Maier: Who Took Nanny's Pictures? (2013)

as Self
Goodbye Television Centre

Goodbye Television Centre (2013)

as Self - Reporter
Mel Brooks Strikes Back!

Mel Brooks Strikes Back! (2012)

as Self
Jeanette Winterson: My Monster and Me

Jeanette Winterson: My Monster and Me (2012)

as Self
Ian Rankin and the Case of the Disappearing Detective

Ian Rankin and the Case of the Disappearing Detective (2012)

as Self
Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil

Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil (2012)

as Self - Presenter
Books: The Last Chapter?

Books: The Last Chapter? (2011)

as Self
Grayson Perry and the Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman

Grayson Perry and the Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman (2011)

as Self
No Image

The Trouble with Tolstoy (2011)

Ray Davies: Imaginary Man

Ray Davies: Imaginary Man (2010)

as Self - Presenter
The Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge

The Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge (2010)

as Presenter
The Seven Year Hitch

The Seven Year Hitch (2010)

as Self
Van Gogh: Painted with Words

Van Gogh: Painted with Words (2010)

as Self - Narrator
Scrabble: A Night on the Tiles

Scrabble: A Night on the Tiles (2009)

as Self
The Year of Anish Kapoor

The Year of Anish Kapoor (2009)

as Self - Presenter
No Image

Richard Serra: Man of Steel (2008)

as Presenter
No Image

A Wild Sheep Chase: In Search of Haruki Murakami (2008)

as Self
Oliver Sacks: Tales of Music and the Brain

Oliver Sacks: Tales of Music and the Brain (2008)

as Presenter
How to Get on in the Art World

How to Get on in the Art World (2007)

as Self - Presenter
No Image

Imagine... Damon & Jamie's Excellent Adventure (2007)

as Self - Presenter
Gilbert and George: No Surrender

Gilbert and George: No Surrender (2007)

as Self
A Picture of the Painter Howard Hodgkin

A Picture of the Painter Howard Hodgkin (2006)

as Self - Presenter
No Image

Sweet Home New Orleans (2006)

as Self - Presenter
Fantastic Mr. Dahl

Fantastic Mr. Dahl (2005)

as Self - Presenter
No Image

Arthur Miller: Finishing the Picture (2004)

as Self
The World According to Parr

The World According to Parr (2003)

as Self - Prsenter
Mike Leigh: Making Plays

Mike Leigh: Making Plays (1982)

as Self - Narrator, Interviewer
A Kick in the Head: The Lure of Las Vegas

A Kick in the Head: The Lure of Las Vegas (N/A)

as Self