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 (6)
1. Theatre of War
Aired 26 June 2012 • 90 min
From rehearsal room to triumphant performance, Imagine... follows the theatrical production of The Two Worlds of Charlie F, featuring professional front-line soldiers.
2. Paul Simon's Graceland - Under African Skies
Aired 3 July 2012 • 90 min
Did Paul Simon's unique collaboration with South Africa's township musicians set back the clock of South African liberation or drive it forward?
3. Just One Falsetto
Aired 10 July 2012 • 65 min
Alan Yentob delves into the world of falsetto singing, the high-pitched vocal range sung by men that comes closer to the female voice.
4. Glasgow: The Grit and the Glamour
Aired 12 July 2012 • 70 min
Alan Yentob meets some Turner Prize-winning artists to recount how Glasgow became a city as famed for its contemporary art as it once was for its shipbuilding.
5. Dancing with Titian
Aired 24 July 2012 • 75 min
Alan Yentob meets the all-star creative team who are transforming mythological paintings of the goddess Diana into contemporary dance.
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