About this season
The biggest names from the world of art, film, music, literature and dance. Alan Yentob gets close up with those shaping today's cultural world.
Episodes (7)
1. The Trouble with Tolstoy: Part 1: At War with Himself
Aired 27 March 2011 • 65 min
Alan Yentob journeys through Tolstoy's Russia, examining how the country's great novelist became its great troublemaker, first looking back at his youth.
2. The Trouble with Tolstoy: Part 2: In Search of Happiness
Aired 3 April 2011 • 65 min
Alan Yentob follows Tolstoy through the tortured second half of his life as he transformed from aristocrat to anarchist and turned his back on his wife.
3. The Man Who Forgot How to Read and Other Stories
Aired 28 June 2011 • 60 min
Alan Yentob meets clinical neurologist Dr Oliver Sacks. Through fascinating case studies, the film explores how humans see, not just with their eyes, but also with the mind.
4. The Pharaohs' Museum on Liberation Square
Aired 5 July 2011 • 50 min
Alan Yentob visits Egypt's National Museum, possibly the most precious museum in the world, which stood at the centre of the action during the revolution on Cairo's Tahrir Square.
5. Lennon: The New York Years
Aired 12 July 2011 • 80 min
Alan Yentob introduces Michael Epstein's film uncovering John Lennon and Yoko Ono's move to New York City, as Lennon sought to escape the mayhem of the Beatles era.
6. Harry Nilsson: The Missing Beatle
Aired 19 July 2011 • 75 min
Alan Yentob introduces John Scheinfeld's documentary, which tells the story of the riotous life and music of Harry Nilsson, a friend and hero of John Lennon's.
7. Iraq in Venice
Aired 26 July 2011 • 60 min
With Iraq having a presence at the Venice Biennale for the first time since Saddam Hussein's rise to power, Imagine follows the chosen artists ahead of the show.