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Alan Yentob

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British television executive and presenter (1947-2025)

United KingdomActorsLived 1947 to 2025 · aged 78
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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.

Photos 1

Filmography 40

Absolutely Anything2015 · ★ 5.9
Van Gogh: Painted with Words2010 · ★ 7.3
London: The Modern Babylon2012
David Bowie: Cracked Actor1975
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped2018
David Gilmour: Wider Horizons2015
The Land of Sometimes2026
Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano1983
Imagine… Pet Shop Boys: Then and Now2024
The Real Buddy Holly Story1985
imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me2023
The Everly Brothers: Songs of Innocence and Experience1984
Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar2014
Habaneros2017
Trip to Asia: The Quest for Harmony2008
Mel Brooks Strikes Back!2012
Arena: Dire Straits1980
The Catherine Wheel1982
A Wild Sheep Chase: In Search of Haruki Murakami2008
The Academy of Armando2025
The One and Only Mike Leigh2014
Mike Leigh: Making Plays1982
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter2023
Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil2012
Sunset People1984
Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain1985
Jacob Collier: In the Room Where It Happens2022
Salman Rushdie: Through a Glass Darkly2024
The Orson Welles Story1982
The Long Night of Lady Day1984
Kurt Vonnegut: So It Goes1983
Rudies Come Back (The Rise & Rise of 2-Tone)1980
The Man Who Saw Too Much2019
The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel1984
The Everly Brothers Reunion Concert1984
"The Journey", or The Memoirs of a Self-Confessed Surrealist1978
When Alan Yentob Met Jenny Saville2025
Vivian Maier: Who Took Nanny's Pictures?2013
Zaha Hadid... Who Dares Wins2013
Ella Fitzgerald at Ronnie Scott’s1974

147 credits on file

Television 17

NOVA1974
Never Mind the Buzzcocks1996
Ideal2005
W1A2014
Arena1975
Mandy2020
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet1983
Remembers…2022
Beautiful People2008
Timeshift2002
imagine…2003
Live from Studio Five2009
Open Air1986
Operation Good Guys1997
Behind The Screen1988
In Conversation with Alan Yentob2022
The Story Of The Guitar2008

Awards 1

2024Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Connected to Alan 6

Kurt VonnegutAlso in Kurt Vonnegut: So It Goes (1983)Paul ScofieldAlso in The Life and Times of Don Luis Buñuel (1984)Simon RattleAlso in Trip to Asia: The Quest for Harmony (2008)Julien TempleAlso in Habaneros (2017)Twyla TharpAlso in The Catherine Wheel (1982)Aidan McArdleAlso in Van Gogh: Painted with Words (2010)

About this person

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. He was also chairman of the board of trustees of the charity Kids Company from 2003 until its collapse in 2015.

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1947 to 2025 · aged 78
Written about in
7 languages

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