Actor

Alan Yentob

Born 1947 · London, England, UK

Directed

David Bowie: Cracked Actor
Director · 1975
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
Director · 2018
Salman Rushdie: Through a Glass Darkly
Director · 2024
The Man Who Saw Too Much
Director · 2019
"The Journey", or The Memoirs of a Self-Confessed Surrealist
Director · 1978
Yusuf Islam: A Few Good Songs
Director · 2007

Acting

Absolutely Anything
Man at Party (uncredited) · 2015
NOVA
Narrator · 1974
Ideal
Alan Yentob · 2005
Van Gogh: Painted with Words
Self - Narrator · 2010
W1A
Self · 2014
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Self - Narrator · 1996
Mandy
Self · 2020
imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me
Self · 2023
Zaha Hadid... Who Dares Wins
Self - Presenter · 2013
Beautiful People
Self · 2008
The One and Only Mike Leigh
Self - Presenter · 2014
When Alan Yentob Met Jenny Saville
Self · 2025
Imagine… Pet Shop Boys: Then and Now
Self - Interviewer · 2024
A Wild Sheep Chase: In Search of Haruki Murakami
Self · 2008
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
Self - Narrator, Interviewer · 1982
Vivian Maier: Who Took Nanny's Pictures?
Self · 2013
Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil
Self - Presenter · 2012
Timeshift
Self - Controller, BBC Two (archive footage) · 2002
imagine…
Self - Presenter · 2003
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
Self - Presenter · 2018
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
Self - Presenter · 2023
Salman Rushdie: Through a Glass Darkly
Self - Interviewer · 2024
Mel Brooks Strikes Back!
Self · 2012
Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar
Self - Presenter · 2014

Writing

Van Gogh: Painted with Words
Adaptation · 2010
David Bowie: Cracked Actor
Writer · 1975

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Alan Yentob

Directed

David Bowie: Cracked Actor

Mel Brooks: Unwrapped

Salman Rushdie: Through a Glass Darkly

The Man Who Saw Too Much

"The Journey", or The Memoirs of a Self-Confessed Surrealist

Yusuf Islam: A Few Good Songs

Acting

Absolutely Anything

NOVA

Ideal

Van Gogh: Painted with Words

W1A

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

Mandy

imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me

Zaha Hadid... Who Dares Wins

Beautiful People

The One and Only Mike Leigh

When Alan Yentob Met Jenny Saville

Imagine… Pet Shop Boys: Then and Now

A Wild Sheep Chase: In Search of Haruki Murakami

Mike Leigh: Making Plays

Vivian Maier: Who Took Nanny's Pictures?

Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil

Timeshift

imagine…

Mel Brooks: Unwrapped

imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter

Salman Rushdie: Through a Glass Darkly

Mel Brooks Strikes Back!

Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar

Writing

Van Gogh: Painted with Words

David Bowie: Cracked Actor

About WatchMind AI