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.
imagine… (Season 32)
She Spoke the Unspeakable (Episode 1)
Air date: 2017-02-21
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: The author Nawal El Saadawi was a global legend. imagine... visited her in Cairo and travels with her to the village where she was born.
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise (Episode 2)
Air date: 2017-02-28
Runtime: 93 min
Overview: Documentary celebrating the life and work of activist, poet and writer Maya Angelou, using film captured just before she died in 2014.
Alice Neel: Dr Jekyll and Mrs Hyde (Episode 3)
Air date: 2017-03-06
Runtime: 74 min
Overview: A portrait of a remarkable American artist. Alice Neel was an extraordinary and prolific figurative painter, and yet she spent most of her life working in obscurity.
Chris Ofili - The Caged Bird's Song (Episode 4)
Air date: 2017-07-15
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Alan Yentob follows the celebrated Turner Prize-winning British artist Chris Ofili as he creates a spectacular contemporary tapestry - The Caged Bird's Song.
