Alan Yentob

Acting

Alan Yentob

Born 11 March 1947 · London, England, UK · Died 24 May 2025 at 78

Alan Yentob was a British television executive and presenter. He held senior roles at the BBC, including head of music and arts, controller of BBC1 and BBC2, and was the corporation's creative director from 2004 until 2015.

Known for

Highlights

Absolutely Anything2015 · Film · Man at Party (uncredited)
Ideal2005 · Series · Alan Yentob
David Bowie: Cracked Actor1975 · Film · Director
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped2018 · Film · Director
Operation Good Guys1997 · Series
Open Air1986 · Series

Filmography

Movies

13 films

Salman Rushdie: Through a Glass Darkly2024 · Film · Director
Labi Siffre: This Is My Song2022 · Film
Tom Stoppard: A Charmed Life2021 · Film · Presenter
The Man Who Saw Too Much2019 · Film · Director
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped2018 · Film · Director
One Night In 20122016 · Film
Absolutely Anything2015 · Film · Man at Party (uncredited)
Turning the Art World Inside Out2013 · Film
The Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge2010 · Film · Presenter
Oliver Sacks: Tales of Music and the Brain2008 · Film · Presenter
Yusuf Islam: A Few Good Songs2007 · Film · Director
"The Journey", or The Memoirs of a Self-Confessed Surrealist1978 · Film · Director
David Bowie: Cracked Actor1975 · Film · Director

Filmography

Series

4 shows

The Story Of The Guitar2008 · Series
Ideal2005 · Series · Alan Yentob
Operation Good Guys1997 · Series
Open Air1986 · Series