
Acting
Alan Yentob
Acting · Born 1947-03-11 · London, England, UK
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.
Credits · 58
FilmThe Land of Sometimes
2026 · Executive Producer
FilmWhen Alan Yentob Met Jenny Saville
2025 · Self
FilmThe Academy of Armando
2025 · Self - Presenter
FilmSalman Rushdie: Through a Glass Darkly
2024 · Self - Interviewer
FilmImagine… Pet Shop Boys: Then and Now
2024 · Self - Interviewer
Filmimagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
2023 · Self - Presenter
Filmimagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me
2023 · Self

In Conversation with Alan Yentob
2022 · Self

Remembers…
2022 · Self
FilmJacob Collier: In the Room Where It Happens
2022 · Self

Mandy
2020 · Self
FilmThe Man Who Saw Too Much
2019 · Director
FilmMel Brooks: Unwrapped
2018 · Self - Presenter
FilmHabaneros
2017 · Executive Producer
FilmDavid Gilmour: Wider Horizons
2015 · Executive Producer
FilmAbsolutely Anything
2015 · Man at Party (uncredited)
The One and Only Mike Leigh
FilmThe One and Only Mike Leigh
2014 · Self - Presenter
FilmMonty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar
2014 · Self - Presenter

W1A
2014 · Self
FilmZaha Hadid... Who Dares Wins
2013 · Self - Presenter
FilmVivian Maier: Who Took Nanny's Pictures?
2013 · Self
FilmMel Brooks Strikes Back!
2012 · Self
FilmLondon: The Modern Babylon
2012 · Executive Producer
FilmKen Russell: A Bit of a Devil
2012 · Self - Presenter
FilmAi Weiwei: Without Fear or Favour
2010 · Other
FilmVan Gogh: Painted with Words
2010 · Self - Narrator

Live from Studio Five
2009 · Self

The Story Of The Guitar
2008

Beautiful People
2008 · Self
A Wild Sheep Chase: In Search of Haruki Murakami
FilmA Wild Sheep Chase: In Search of Haruki Murakami
2008 · Self
FilmTrip to Asia: The Quest for Harmony
2008 · Producer

Ideal
2005 · Alan Yentob

imagine…
2003 · Self - Presenter

Timeshift
2002 · Self - Controller, BBC Two (archive footage)

Operation Good Guys
1997

Never Mind the Buzzcocks
1996 · Self - Narrator
Behind The Screen
Behind The Screen
1988
Open Air
Open Air
1986
FilmThe Real Buddy Holly Story
1985 · Executive Producer
FilmLigmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain
1985 · Editor
FilmThe Everly Brothers: Songs of Innocence and Experience
1984 · Producer
FilmSunset People
1984 · Executive Producer
FilmThe Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel
1984 · Producer
The Long Night of Lady Day
FilmThe Long Night of Lady Day
1984 · Producer
FilmThe Everly Brothers Reunion Concert
1984 · Producer

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
1983 · Producer
FilmBette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano
1983 · Executive Producer
FilmKurt Vonnegut: So It Goes
1983 · Producer
FilmMike Leigh: Making Plays
1982 · Self - Narrator, Interviewer
FilmThe Orson Welles Story
1982 · Producer
FilmThe Catherine Wheel
1982 · Producer
FilmArena: Dire Straits
1980 · Producer
FilmRudies Come Back (The Rise & Rise of 2-Tone)
1980 · Producer
Film"The Journey", or The Memoirs of a Self-Confessed Surrealist
1978 · Director

Arena
1975 · Executive Producer
FilmDavid Bowie: Cracked Actor
1975 · Director
FilmElla Fitzgerald at Ronnie Scott’s
1974 · Producer

NOVA
1974 · Narrator