Alan Yentob

1947-03-11 – 2025-05-24 (age 78) London, England, UK

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.

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Known For

Absolutely Anything

2015

as Man at Party (uncredited)

Van Gogh: Painted with Words

2010

as Self - Narrator

imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter

2023

as Self - Presenter

The Academy of Armando

2025

as Self - Presenter

Mike Leigh: Making Plays

1982

as Self - Narrator, Interviewer

Mel Brooks: Unwrapped

2018

as Self - Presenter

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The One and Only Mike Leigh

2014

as Self - Presenter

One Night In 2012

2016

imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me

2023

as Self

Jacob Collier: In the Room Where It Happens

2022

BBC Imagine: The Divine Miss M

2014

as Self

Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil

2012

as Self - Presenter

Fantastic Mr. Dahl

2005

as Self - Presenter

Imagine… Pet Shop Boys: Then and Now

2024

as Self - Interviewer

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Shylock's Ghost

2015

as Self - Presenter

A Brief History of Seven Killings Marlon James

2016

as Self

Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar

2014

as Self - Presenter

Scrabble: A Night on the Tiles

2009

as Self

Salman Rushdie: Through a Glass Darkly

2024

as Self - Interviewer

Who's Afraid of Machiavelli?

2013

as Self - Presenter