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 Art That Hitler Hated
Aired 28 October 2014 • 80 min
Two-part special documentary telling the story of a hoard of art that was hidden during the Third Reich as it was deemed 'degenerate' by the Nazis.
2. The Art That Hitler Hated: The Sins of the Fathers
Aired 4 November 2014 • 65 min
Second episode of a two-part special documentary about a secret hoard of art discovered in Germany. The rightful owners begin the uphill struggle of reclaiming their property.
3. Bette Midler: The Divine Miss M
Aired 11 November 2014 • 75 min
Alan Yentob joins Bette Midler on a journey through the chorus lines of Broadway and the bathhouses and nightclubs of the 1970s to the very top of the film industry.
4. Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On
Aired 11 November 2014 • 65 min
imagine... presents this UK television debut of a tour de force from the Divine Miss M. Bette Midler performs many of her biggest hits including The Rose and Wind Beneath My Wings.
5. Anselm Kiefer: Remembering The Future
Aired 18 November 2014 • 64 min
Alan Yentob joins Anselm Kiefer at his studios in France and Germany as he prepares for a retrospective at the Royal Academy.
6. The One and Only Mike Leigh
Aired 25 November 2014 • 105 min
Director Mike Leigh talks to Alan Yentob about his unique body of work and struggle to make films on his own terms. Actors he has worked with discuss his distinctive methods.
7. Colm Toibin: His Mother's Son
Aired 2 December 2014 • 65 min
Alan Yentob talks to acclaimed and curiously divided Irish writer Colm Toibin. Loud and affable in person, Toibin writes sombre stories of grief and quiet heartbreak.