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 (8)
1. The Fatwa - Salman's Story
Aired 19 September 2012 • 81 min
Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses, tells for the first time the inside story of how it felt to be condemned to death by the Ayatollah Khomeini in 1989.
2. Ian Rankin and the Case of the Disappearing Detective
Aired 6 November 2012 • 58 min
Crime writer Ian Rankin invites imagine... to follow him as he writes his next novel, and as he ponders what to write about after retiring his most famous creation.
3. Do or Die: Lang Lang's Story
Aired 12 November 2012
From child prodigy to global phenomenon, Alan Yentob reveals the extraordinary life of Lang Lang, China's classical music superstar.
4. Lang Lang
Aired 12 November 2012
The pianist performs Chopin and Beethoven at Latitude, Carnegie Hall and the Royal Albert Hall.
5. The Many Lives of William Klein
Aired 20 November 2012 • 65 min
William Klein is one of the world's most influential photographers; imagine... spends time with him to discover the personality behind a remarkable creative life.
6. How Music Makes Us Feel
Aired 27 November 2012 • 65 min
People often turn to music when words are not enough. Alan Yentob talks to musicians including Emeli Sande and Laurie Anderson about the emotional power of music.
7. Jeanette Winterson: My Monster and Me
Aired 4 December 2012 • 75 min
Nearly 30 years after her debut novel, Oranges are Not the Only Fruit, Jeanette Winterson returns with Alan Yentob to the scenes of her extraordinary childhood in Lancashire.
8. A Beauty is Born: Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty
Aired 18 December 2012 • 60 min
lan Yentob charts the career of choreographer Matthew Bourne, and takes an exclusive look at preparations for his reinterpretation of Tchaikovsky's The Sleeping Beauty.