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Episode Count: 72
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Season 1
Season 1, Episode 1: The Saatchi Phenomenon
Original Air Date: 11 June 2003Season 1, Episode 2: Barbara Hepworth: Shapes Out of Feelings
Original Air Date: 18 June 2003In her centenary year, Alan Yentob looks at the life and work of the sculptor/artist and political activist, Barbara Hepworth.
Season 1, Episode 3: The Hip-Hop Generation
Original Air Date: 25 June 2003Alan Yentob attempts to trace how Hip hop and Rap has become immersed into British youth culture, while revisiting his previous work about Hip hop 'Beat This' made for BBC Arena 20 years ago.
Season 1, Episode 4: Stella's Story
Original Air Date: 2 July 2003Season 1, Episode 5: Carlos Acosta: The Reluctant Ballet Dancer
Original Air Date: 9 June 2003Lucy Blakstad film follows acclaimed classical ballet dancer Carlos Acosta from a visit to his birth place on Havana, Cuba where he retraces his roots to his preparations for his latest show, an autobiographical work, 'Tocororo - A Cuban Tale'
Season 1, Episode 6: The Portrait of Omai
Original Air Date: 23 July 2003Season 1, Episode 7: John Mortimer: Owning Up at 80
Original Air Date: 23 July 2003Season 2
Season 2, Episode 1: The Voice of Bryn Terfel
Original Air Date: 12 November 2003Season 2, Episode 2: A Funny Business
Original Air Date: 19 December 2003Season 2, Episode 3: Entertaining Mr Soane
Original Air Date: 26 November 2003Season 2, Episode 4: The World According to Parr
Original Air Date: 3 December 2003Season 2, Episode 5: From Pencils to Pixels
Original Air Date: 10 December 2003A celebration of the phenomena of the animated feature film and whether there is a future for traditional animated techniques in the age of computer and digital imaging.
Season 2, Episode 6: An A-Z of the OED
Original Air Date: 18 December 2003This is the bizarre tale of the making of perhaps the greatest book in the English language, which took 60 years to create, the Oxford English Dictionary. From murderers in Broadmoor to little old ladies in Bognor, the book was compiled by a bunch of remarkable characters, eccentrics, scholars and recluses who worked together to create this massive repository of the meaning of our language which continues to evolve right up to the present day. Imagine tells this remarkable story of Victorian achievement through dramatic reconstructions and insightful interviews.
Season 3
Season 3, Episode 1: The Mysterious Mr. Hopper
Original Air Date: 2004Season 3, Episode 2: Sitting for Lucian Freud
Original Air Date: 9 June 2004Alan Yentob talks with the artist Lucien Freud about his life and work while sitting for his own portrait.
Season 3, Episode 3: Saint John Coltrane
Original Air Date: 16 June 2004A biography of the Jazz saxophonist John Coltrane, with interviews with friends, colleagues and admirers.
Season 3, Episode 4: Dirty But Clean Pierre
Original Air Date: 23 June 2004Alan Yentob follows the author DBC Pierre as he attends signings and press junkets, and discusses the 'second novel syndrome'.
Season 3, Episode 5: Unsuitable for Children?
Original Air Date: 30 June 2004Season 3, Episode 6: The Smoking Diaries
Original Air Date: 7 July 2004Season 4
Season 4, Episode 1: Arthur Miller: Finishing the Picture
Original Air Date: 24 November 2004Alan Yentob spends three days with legendary American playwright Arthur Miller, during the course of which Miller extensively discusses his life and work.
Season 4, Episode 2: Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson's Smile
Original Air Date: 1 December 2004Season 4, Episode 3: Bruce Nauman: The Godfather of Modern Art
Original Air Date: 8 December 2004Season 4, Episode 4: Brando
Original Air Date: 16 December 2004Season 4, Episode 5: Antonio Pappano: A Year at the Opera
Original Air Date: 22 December 2004Season 5
Season 5, Episode 1: A Short History of Tall Buildings: Part 1
Original Air Date: 11 May 2005Season 5, Episode 2: A Short History of Tall Buildings: Part 2
Original Air Date: 18 May 2005Season 5, Episode 3: A Short History of Tall Buildings:: Part 3
Original Air Date: 25 May 2005Season 5, Episode 4: Fantastic Mr Dahl
Original Air Date: 22 June 2005Season 5, Episode 5: Frida Kahlo
Original Air Date: 29 June 2005Season 5, Episode 6: Being a Concert Pianist
Original Air Date: 6 June 2005Season 6
Season 6, Episode 1: Elgar and the Missing Concerto
Original Air Date: 23 November 2005Season 6, Episode 2: Amos Oz: The Conscience of Israel
Original Air Date: 30 November 2005Season 6, Episode 3: Chuck Close, Close Up
Original Air Date: 7 December 2005Season 6, Episode 4: Rhythm Is It!
Original Air Date: 14 December 2005Season 6, Episode 5: Sweet Home New Orleans
Original Air Date: 17 January 2006Season 6, Episode 6: Warhol: Denied
Original Air Date: 24 January 2006Season 6, Episode 7: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Studio
Original Air Date: 31 January 2006Alan Yentob asks, "Is the British sitcom really dead?" The answer is a resounding no.
Season 6, Episode 8: Sitting Comfortably
Original Air Date: 7 February 2006Alan Yentob examines the changing styles of the modern chair.
Season 7
Season 7, Episode 1: Being Hamlet
Original Air Date: 23 May 2006Season 7, Episode 2: The Artist Formerly Known as Cat Stevens
Original Air Date: 30 May 2006Season 7, Episode 3: The Ingenious Thomas Heatherwick
Original Air Date: 6 June 2006Following three weeks in the life of up and coming designer Thomas Heatherwick.
Season 7, Episode 4: A Picture of the Painter Howard Hodgkin
Original Air Date: 13 June 2006Alan Yentob takes the artist Howard Hodgkin away from his Bloomsbury studio to India to discover more about his works and what inspires him.
Season 8
Season 8, Episode 1: Following Peter Pan
Original Air Date: 17 October 2006Alan Yentob takes a look at J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan and the new novel 'Peter Pan in Scarlet' and follow it's author Geraldine McCaughrean as she prepares for it's publication.
Season 8, Episode 2: Velazquez: The Painter's Painter
Original Air Date: 24 October 2006Season 8, Episode 3: A Play for Today
Original Air Date: ????Alan Yentob follows playwright Jeremy Weller as he attempts to get his play, The Foolish Young Man, ready in time for the reopening of Camden's ubiquitous Roundhouse theatre.
Season 8, Episode 4: The Movie Brats, Take Two
Original Air Date: 6 November 2006Imagine with Alan Yentob in Cannes, New York and Los Angeles on the trail of the leading independent minded directors currently working in American cinema.
Season 8, Episode 5: Who Cares About Art?
Original Air Date: 14 November 2006Alan Yentob follows five stories about the people who work in museums and galleries as guardians of their art and treasures.
Season 8, Episode 6: Hans Holbein, International Man of Mystery
Original Air Date: 21 November 2006Alan Yentob goes in search of the real Hans Holbein.
Season 8, Episode 7: Being a Diva
Original Air Date: 28 November 2006Alan Yentob takes at look at operatic divas and what it takes to be one, he also talks to some of the most well known divas including Angela Gheorghiu and Kiri Te Kanawa.
Season 8, Episode 8: www.herecomeseverybody.co.uk
Original Air Date: 5 December 2006Season 8, Episode 9: And Then There Was Television
Original Air Date: 19 December 2006Alan Yentob visits Alexander Palace and looks back at it's first high-definition television broadcast in 1936.
Season 8, Episode 10: The Beatles in 'Love'
Original Air Date: 27 December 2006Alan Yentob looks at the collaboration between the Beatles music and Cirque Du Soleil.
Season 9
Season 9, Episode 1: Gilbert and George: No Surrender
Original Air Date: 8 May 2007Alan Yentob meets the Turner Prize winning artists Gilbert & George at home.
Season 9, Episode 2: Stealing Klimt
Original Air Date: 15 May 2007Alan Yentob meets Maria Altmann who is battling to recover five works by Gustav Klimt that were stolen from her family by the Nazis in 1938 and which have hung at the Austrian National Gallery ever since.
Season 9, Episode 3: Scott Walker
Original Air Date: 22 May 2007A profile of the legendary singer-songwriter Scott Walker.
Season 9, Episode 4: It's the Surreal Thing
Original Air Date: 29 May 2007With a major exhibition 'Surreal Things' at the V&A Museum, Alan Yentob takes a timely look at the history of surrealism and tries to find out what it all means.
Season 9, Episode 5: Imagine... a Mildly Amusing Panel Game
Original Air Date: 20 June 2007A tongue-in-cheek version of the regular series featuring Alan Yentob taking a not so serious look at the BBC2 musical comedy quiz gameshow 'Never Mind the Buzzcocks'.
Season 9, Episode 6: Damon and Jamie's Excellent Adventure
Original Air Date: 4 July 2007Alan Yentob takes a look at the latest project of Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett, an operatic adaptation of Wu Cheng'en's epic novel 'Monkey: Journey to the West' in collaboration with acclaimed theatre and opera director Chen Shi-Zheng.
Season 10
Season 10, Episode 1: Bolshoi Boy
Original Air Date: 23 October 2007Imagine follows Henry Perkins, promising young British ballet dancer as he travels to Russia to train with the prestigious Bolshoi Ballet at their academy in Moscow and his experiences once there.
Season 10, Episode 2: Bollywood's Big B
Original Air Date: 30 October 2007Alan Yentob explores the world of Bollywood and the part it plays in Indian culture and meets one of its biggest stars, Amitabh Bachchan.
Season 10, Episode 3: Helvetica
Original Air Date: 6 November 2007Imagine presents a history of the world's most popular font.
Season 10, Episode 4: Louise Bourgeois: Spiderwoman
Original Air Date: 12 November 2007Alan Yentob pays a visit to Louise Bourgeois's studio where they discuss her life, work and inspirations.
Season 10, Episode 5: How to Get on in the Art World
Original Air Date: 20 November 2007Alan Yentob visits the Frieze Art Fair and wonders about the world of investing and trading in art.
Season 11
Season 11, Episode 1: The Secret of Life
Original Air Date: 19 February 2008Season 11, Episode 2: Richard Rogers Inside Out
Original Air Date: 26 February 2008Season 11, Episode 3: Marc Newson: Urban Spaceman
Original Air Date: 4 March 2008Season 12
Season 12, Episode 1: Doris Lessing: The Hostess and the Alien
Original Air Date: 27 May 2008Season 12, Episode 2: Oliver Sacks: Tales of Music and the Brain
Original Air Date: 3 June 2008Alan Yentob talks to Dr. Oliver Sacks about his latest book 'Musicophila: Tales of Music and the Brain' which deals with the power of music and how it helps those with extreme neurological conditions, and meets some extraordinary people overcame their conditions with music.
Season 12, Episode 3: Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
Original Air Date: 10 June 2008Barbara Leibovitz's intimate biography of her sister the photographer Annie Leibovitz.
Season 12, Episode 4: A Trip to Asia: On the Road with the Berlin Philharmonic
Original Air Date: 17 June 2008Following the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra with the conductor Simon Rattle as they embark on a concert tour of Asia.
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