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Alan Yentob
Born
Mar 11, 1947
Died: May 24, 2025
Lived 78 years
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Career Highlights
71
Movies
15
TV Shows
6
Directed
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Alan Yentob
Acting
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.
Movies
71
TV Shows
15
Director
6
When Alan Yentob Met Jenny Saville
as
Self
2025
The Academy of Armando
as
Self - Presenter
2025
Salman Rushdie: Through a Glass Darkly
as
Self - Interviewer
2024
Imagine… Pet Shop Boys: Then and Now
as
Self - Interviewer
2024
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
as
Self - Presenter
2023
imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me
as
Self
2023
imagine... The Factory: Made in Manchester
as
Self - presenter
2023
Jacob Collier: In the Room Where It Happens
Cast
2022
imagine... Miriam Margolyes: Up for Grabs
as
Self - Presenter
2022
Labi Siffre: This Is My Song
Cast
2022
Tom Stoppard: A Charmed Life
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Presenter
2021
Kazuo Ishiguro: Remembering and Forgetting
as
Self - Presenter
2021
Marina Abramovic: The Ugly Duckling
as
Self - Presenter
2020
Olafur Eliasson: Miracles of Rare Device
as
Self - Presenter
2019
Faith Ringgold: Tell It Like It Is
as
Self - Presenter
2019
Edna O'Brien: Fearful... and Fearless
as
Self - Presenter
2019
Jo Brand: No Holds Barred
as
Self - Presenter
2019
George Benjamin: What Do You Want to Do When You Grow Up?
as
Self - Presenter
2018
Hockney, The Queen and the Royal Peculiar
as
Self
2018
Philip Pullman: Angels and Daemons
as
Self - Presenter
2018
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