Acting credits
75
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Alan Yentob
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 95Series: 16Crew credits: 45
TMDB ID: 50121
IMDb ID: nm0947496
Known for: Acting
Born: March 11, 1947
Died: May 24, 2025
Age: 78
Place of birth: London, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1974 - 2026
Years active: 53
Average TMDB rating: 7.16
Wikidata: Q4708115
Other jobs
Producer (23)Executive Producer (11)Director (4)Editor (3)Presenter (2)Adaptation (1)Other (1)
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Alan Yentob.
Executive Producer
The Land of Sometimes
2026 • Movie
as Self
When Alan Yentob Met Jenny Saville
2025 • Movie
as Self - Presenter
The Academy of Armando
2025 • Movie
as Self - Interviewer
Salman Rushdie: Through a Glass Darkly
2024 • Movie
as Self - Interviewer
Imagine… Pet Shop Boys: Then and Now
2024 • Movie
as Self - Presenter
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
2023 • Movie
as Self
imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me
2023 • Movie
as Self - presenter
imagine... The Factory: Made in Manchester
2023 • Movie
Jacob Collier: In the Room Where It Happens
2022 • Movie
as Self - Presenter
imagine... Miriam Margolyes: Up for Grabs
2022 • Movie
Labi Siffre: This Is My Song
2022 • Movie
as Presenter
Tom Stoppard: A Charmed Life
2021 • Movie
as Self - Presenter
Kazuo Ishiguro: Remembering and Forgetting
2021 • Movie
as Self - Presenter
Marina Abramovic: The Ugly Duckling
2020 • Movie
Producer
The Man Who Saw Too Much
2019 • Movie
as Self - Presenter
Olafur Eliasson: Miracles of Rare Device
2019 • Movie
as Self - Presenter
Edna O'Brien: Fearful... and Fearless
2019 • Movie
as Self - Presenter
Jo Brand: No Holds Barred
2019 • Movie
as Self
Hockney, The Queen and the Royal Peculiar
2018 • Movie
as Self - Presenter
Philip Pullman: Angels and Daemons
2018 • Movie
as Self - Presenter
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
2018 • Movie
as Self
Rachel Whiteread: Ghost in the Room
2017 • Movie
Executive Producer
Habaneros
2017 • Movie
as Self
Margaret Atwood: You Have Been Warned
2017 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Alan Yentob.
as Self • 2 eps
In Conversation with Alan Yentob
2022 • Series
as Self • 3 eps
Remembers…
2022 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Mandy
2020 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
W1A
2014 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Live from Studio Five
2009 • Series
3 eps
The Story Of The Guitar
2008 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Beautiful People
2008 • Series
as Alan Yentob • 1 eps
Ideal
2005 • Series
as Self - Presenter • 339 eps
imagine…
2003 • Series
as Self - Controller, BBC Two (archive footage) • 1 eps
Timeshift
2002 • Series
1 eps
Operation Good Guys
1997 • Series
as Self - Narrator • 1 eps
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
1996 • Series
1 eps
Open Air
1986 • Series
Producer • 38 eps
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
1983 • Series
Executive Producer • 692 eps
Arena
1975 • Series
as Narrator • 1 eps
NOVA
1974 • Series