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TV-14
7.5
2003
Documentary
, News
The biggest names from the world of art, film, music, literature and dance. Alan Yentob gets close up with those shaping today's cultural world.
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Episode 19 : Let There Be Light
November. 11,2008
Alan Yentob explores the work of artists whose primary medium is light.
On his trip down the light fantastic, Alan encounters material from outer space, solid light sculptures, paintings made by the sun and an extinct volcano that has been turned into a temple of perception by the legendary American artist James Turrell.
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Episode 18 : Jay-Z: He Came, He Saw, He Conquered
October. 28,2008
Alan Yentob explores the life and work of the chart topping rapper and multi-millionaire businessman Jay-Z.
With an exclusive insight into his world Yentob accompanies Jay-Z for six months, including the build up to his triumphant headline gig at Glastonbury and backstage access to his concerts in Los Angeles, Las Vegas and New York.
Jay-Z also talks in depth about his other passions, which include modern art, architecture, politics, sports and fashion.
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Episode 16 : Love, Loss and Anthony Minghella
July. 08,2008
Alan Yentob is joined by a distinguished list of contributors including Nicole Kidman, Jude Law, Alan Rickman and Ralph Fiennes to pay tribute to Academy Award-winning director Anthony Minghella, director of films including The English Patient and Cold Mountain, who died suddenly in March aged 54. A Special tribute program added to the series 13 run.
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Episode 7 : Richard Rogers: Inside Out
February. 26,2008
Alan Yentob traces the career of Richard Rogers, uncovering the influences that have produced some of the greatest landmarks in modern architecture.
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Episode 5 : How to Get on in the Art World
November. 20,2007
Alan Yentob travels to Los Angeles to meet acclaimed director, screenwriter and producer Werner Herzog. The pair discuss Herzog's career to date, including films such as Rescue Dawn, Grizzly Man and Fitzcarraldo - one of several projects that saw him working with eccentric actor Klaus Kinski. They also talk about what the future might hold for a man known to be uncompromising in his search for the truth.
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Episode 3 : Helvetica
November. 06,2008
As the popular typeface celebrates its 50th birthday, Imagine screens a shorter version of the witty film by Gary Hustwit about the history of the Swiss-designed “Kate Moss of fonts”.
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Episode 2 : Bollywood's Big B
October. 30,2007
Investigation into the profound impact music can have on the human brain. Alan Yentob investigates case studies from neurologist Dr Oliver Sacks' latest book Musicophillia, including a man who developed a passion for piano playing after being struck by lightning and a man whose severe Tourettes disappears when he plays the drums
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Episode 1 : Henry Perkins: Bolshoi Boy
October. 23,2007
New series of the documentary strand. Profile of 88-year-old author and winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize for Literature, Doris Lessing. Alan Yentob meets Doris to discuss her literary output as well as her work with the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. They also talk about her communist beliefs and how they help shape her books.
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