imagine… – 2020
Episodes
Lenny Henry: Young, Gifted and Black
Alan Yentob meets Lenny Henry as he publishes a first volume of autobiography, charting his early years in show business.
This House Is Full of Music
Remote cameras capture a lockdown concert performed by the Kanneh-Mason family from their home in Nottingham, with interviews with the seven musically gifted siblings.
Lemn Sissay: The Memory of Me
Following the publication of his new memoir My Name Is Why, writer Lemn Sissay tells Alan Yentob what it was like to grow up as the only black child in a sleepy market town outside Wigan in the 1970s.
Kate Prince: Every Move She Makes
Alan Yentob meets choreographer and director Kate Prince as her ZooNation dance company embarks on a new West End production, Message in a Bottle.
My Name Is Kwame
As the Young Vic celebrates its fiftieth anniversary, Alan Yentob meets its current artistic director, playwright and actor, Kwame Kwei-Armah, to discuss his life and career.
Marina Abramovic: The Ugly Duckling
Performance artist Marina Abramovic invites Alan Yentob into her home, opens her archive, travels to her birthplace in Belgrade and talks about turning her life into art.