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(06/11/2003–03/03/2025)

BBC One (GB)85 min

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.

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Episodes

Season 1

S01E01

The Saatchi Phenomenon

June 11, 2003 at 09:35 PM

S01E02

Barbara Hepworth, Shapes out of Feelings

June 18, 2003 at 09:35 PM

S01E03

The Hip-Hop Generation

June 25, 2003 at 09:35 PM

S01E04

Stella's Story

July 02, 2003 at 09:35 PM

S01E05

Carlos Acosta, the Reluctant Ballet Dancer

July 09, 2003 at 09:35 PM

S01E06

The Portrait of Omai

July 16, 2003 at 09:35 PM

S01E07

John Mortimer Owning up at 80

July 23, 2003 at 09:35 PM

Season 2

S02E01

The Voice of Bryn Terfel

November 12, 2003 at 10:35 PM

S02E02

A Funny Business

November 19, 2003 at 10:35 PM

S02E03

Entertaining Mr Soane

November 26, 2003 at 10:35 PM

S02E04

The World According to Parr

December 03, 2003 at 10:35 PM

S02E05

From Pencils to Pixels

December 10, 2003 at 10:35 PM

S02E06

An A-Z of the OED

December 17, 2003 at 10:35 PM

Season 3

S03E01

The Mysterious Mr Hopper

June 02, 2004 at 09:35 PM

S03E02

Sitting for Lucian Freud

June 09, 2004 at 09:35 PM

S03E03

Saint John Coltrane

June 16, 2004 at 09:35 PM

S03E04

Dirty But Clean Pierre

June 23, 2004 at 09:35 PM

S03E05

Unsuitable for Children?

June 30, 2004 at 09:35 PM

S03E06

Simon Gray's Smoking Diaries

July 07, 2004 at 09:35 PM

Season 4

S04E01

Arthur Miller: Finishing the Picture

November 24, 2004 at 10:35 PM

S04E02

Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson's Smile

December 01, 2004 at 10:35 PM

S04E03

Bruce Nauman: The Godfather of Modern Art

December 08, 2004 at 10:35 PM

S04E04

Marlon Brando

December 15, 2004 at 10:35 PM

S04E05

Antonio Pappano: A Year at the Opera

December 22, 2004 at 10:35 PM

Season 5

S05E01

A Short History of Tall Buildings - Episode 1

May 11, 2005 at 09:35 PM

S05E02

A Short History of Tall Buildings - Episode 2

May 18, 2005 at 09:35 PM

S05E03

A Short History of Tall Buildings - Episode 3

May 25, 2005 at 09:35 PM

Season 6

S06E01

Fantastic Mr Dahl

June 22, 2005 at 09:35 PM

S06E02

Frida Kahlo

June 29, 2005 at 09:35 PM

S06E03

Being a Concert Pianist

June 06, 2005 at 09:35 PM

Season 7

S07E01

Elgar and the Missing Concerto

November 23, 2005 at 10:35 PM

S07E02

Amos Oz: The Conscience of Israel

November 30, 2005 at 10:35 PM

S07E03

Chuck Close, Close Up

December 07, 2005 at 10:35 PM

S07E04

Rhythm Is It!

December 14, 2005 at 10:35 PM

Season 8

S08E01

Sweet Home New Orleans

January 17, 2006 at 10:35 PM

S08E02

Andy Warhol: Denied

January 24, 2006 at 10:35 PM

S08E03

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Studio

January 31, 2006 at 10:35 PM

S08E04

Sitting Comfortably

February 07, 2006 at 10:35 PM

Season 9

S09E01

Being Hamlet

May 23, 2006 at 09:35 PM

S09E02

Yusuf, the Artist Formerly Known as Cat Stevens

May 30, 2006 at 09:35 PM

S09E03

The Ingenious Thomas Heatherwick

June 06, 2006 at 09:35 PM

S09E04

A Picture of the Painter Howard Hodgkin

June 13, 2006 at 09:35 PM

Season 10

S10E01

Peter Pan, a Hard Act to Follow

October 17, 2006 at 09:35 PM

S10E02

Velazquez, The Painter's Painter

October 24, 2006 at 09:35 PM

S10E03

A Play for Today

October 31, 2006 at 10:35 PM

S10E04

The Movie Brats, Take Two

November 07, 2006 at 10:35 PM

S10E05

Who Cares About Art?

November 14, 2006 at 10:35 PM

S10E06

Hans Holbein, International Man of Mystery

November 21, 2006 at 10:35 PM

S10E07

Being a Diva

November 28, 2006 at 10:35 PM

S10E08

www.herecomeseverybody.co.uk

December 19, 2006 at 10:35 PM

S10E09

And Then There Was Television

December 19, 2006 at 10:35 PM

S10E10

The Beatles in Love

December 27, 2006 at 10:30 PM

Season 11

S11E01

Gilbert and George: No Surrender

May 08, 2007 at 09:35 PM

S11E02

Stealing Klimt

May 15, 2007 at 09:35 PM

S11E03

Scott Walker

May 22, 2007 at 09:35 PM

S11E04

It's The Surreal Thing

May 29, 2007 at 09:35 PM

S11E05

Damon and Jamie's Excellent Adventure

July 04, 2007 at 09:40 PM

Season 12

S12E01

Henry Perkins: Bolshoi Boy

October 23, 2007 at 09:35 PM

S12E02

Bollywood's Big B

October 30, 2007 at 10:35 PM

S12E03

Helvetica

November 06, 2007 at 10:35 PM

S12E04

Louise Bourgeois: Spiderwoman

November 13, 2007 at 10:35 PM

S12E05

How to Get on in the Art World

November 20, 2007 at 10:35 PM

S12E06

The Secret of Life

February 19, 2008 at 10:35 PM

S12E07

Richard Rogers, Inside Out

February 26, 2008 at 10:35 PM

S12E08

Marc Newson: Urban Spaceman

March 04, 2008 at 10:35 PM

Season 13

S13E01

Doris Lessing - The Reluctant Heroine

May 27, 2008 at 09:35 PM

S13E02

Oliver Sacks: Tales of Music and the Brain

June 03, 2008 at 09:35 PM

S13E03

Annie Leibovitz - Life Through a Lens

June 10, 2008 at 09:35 PM

S13E04

A Trip to Asia: On the Road with the Berlin Philharmonic

June 17, 2008 at 09:35 PM

S13E05

A Wild Sheep Chase: In Search of Haruki Murakami

June 24, 2008 at 09:35 PM

S13E06

Werner Herzog: Beyond Reason

July 01, 2008 at 09:35 PM

S13E07

Love, Loss and Anthony Minghella

July 08, 2008 at 09:35 PM

Season 14

S14E01

The Story of the Guitar - In The Beginning

October 05, 2008 at 09:35 PM

S14E02

The Story of the Guitar - Out of the Frying Pan

October 12, 2008 at 09:35 PM

S14E03

Dangerous Liaisons: When Akram met Juliette

October 14, 2008 at 09:35 PM

S14E04

The Story of the Guitar - This Time it's Personal

October 19, 2008 at 09:35 PM

S14E05

A Love Story

October 21, 2008 at 09:35 PM

S14E06

Jay-Z: He Came, He Saw, He Conquered

October 28, 2008 at 10:35 PM

S14E07

Let There Be Light

November 11, 2008 at 10:35 PM

S14E08

How an Orchestra Saved Venezuela's Children

November 18, 2008 at 10:35 PM

S14E09

Richard Serra: Man of Steel

November 25, 2008 at 10:35 PM

S14E10

Heavy Metal in Baghdad

December 02, 2008 at 10:35 PM

Season 15

S15E01

Yes We Can! The Lost Art Of Oratory

April 05, 2009 at 06:50 PM

S15E02

Save the Last Dance for Me

June 23, 2009 at 09:35 PM

S15E03

David Hockney: A Bigger Picture

June 30, 2009 at 09:35 PM

S15E04

Rufus Wainwright, Prima Donna

July 07, 2009 at 09:35 PM

S15E05

The Colourful Mr Eggleston

July 14, 2009 at 09:35 PM

S15E06

Art in Troubled Times: A New Deal for Art

July 21, 2009 at 09:35 PM

S15E08

Art in Troubled Times: Part II – The Home Front

July 28, 2009 at 09:35 PM

S15E10

The Smoking Diaries Update

July 25, 2009 at 09:35 PM

Season 16

S16E01

The Year of Anish Kapoor

November 17, 2009 at 10:35 PM

S16E02

Dame Shirley Bassey: The Girl from Tiger Bay

November 24, 2009 at 10:35 PM

S16E03

Own Art

December 01, 2009 at 10:35 PM

S16E04

Joan Baez... How Sweet the Sound

December 08, 2009 at 10:35 PM

S16E05

Placido Domingo: The Time of My Life

December 15, 2009 at 10:35 PM

S16E06

Scrabble - A Night on the Tiles

December 22, 2009 at 10:35 PM

Season 17

S17E01

Vincent Van Gogh: Painted with Words

April 05, 2010 at 04:10 PM

S17E02

The Stones in Exile

May 23, 2010 at 09:35 PM

Season 18

S18E01

Nigel Kennedy's Polish Adventure

June 15, 2010 at 09:35 PM

S18E02

Art Is Child's Play

June 22, 2010 at 09:35 PM

S18E03

Growing Old Disgracefully

June 29, 2010 at 09:35 PM

S18E04

Tom Jones - What Good Am I?

July 06, 2010 at 09:35 PM

Season 19

S19E01

Ai Weiwei - Without Fear or Favour

November 16, 2010 at 10:35 PM

S19E02

Smash His Camera

November 23, 2010 at 10:35 PM

S19E03

The Weird Adventures of Eadweard Muybridge

November 30, 2010 at 10:35 PM

S19E04

Bruce Springsteen: Darkness Revisited

December 07, 2010 at 10:35 PM

S19E05

Ben-Hur

December 14, 2010 at 10:35 PM

S19E06

Ray Davies - Imaginary Man

December 21, 2010 at 10:35 PM

Season 20

S20E01

The Trouble with Tolstoy - 1. At War with Himself

March 27, 2011 at 09:35 PM

S20E02

The Trouble with Tolstoy - 2. In Search of Happiness

April 03, 2011 at 09:35 PM

S20E03

The Man Who Forgot How to Read and Other Stories

June 28, 2011 at 09:35 PM

S20E04

The Pharaohs' Museum on Liberation Square

July 05, 2011 at 09:35 PM

S20E05

Lennon: The New York Years

July 12, 2011 at 09:35 PM

S20E06

Harry Nilsson: The Missing Beatle

July 19, 2011 at 09:35 PM

S20E07

Iraq in Venice

July 26, 2011 at 09:35 PM

Season 21

S21E01

U2: From the Sky Down

October 09, 2011 at 09:35 PM

S21E02

Grayson Perry and the Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman

November 01, 2011 at 10:35 PM

S21E03

Simon and Garfunkel - The Harmony Game

November 08, 2011 at 10:35 PM

S21E04

Alan Ayckbourn - Greetings from Scarborough

November 15, 2011 at 10:35 PM

S21E05

Vidal Sassoon - A Cut Above

November 22, 2011 at 10:35 PM

S21E06

The Lost Music of Rajasthan

December 06, 2011 at 10:35 PM

S21E07

Books - The Last Chapter?

December 13, 2011 at 10:35 PM

S21E08

The Art Of Stand-Up (Part One)

December 19, 2011 at 10:35 PM

S21E09

The Art Of Stand-Up (Part Two)

December 20, 2011 at 10:35 PM

Season 22

S22E01

Theatre of War

June 26, 2012 at 09:35 PM

S22E02

Paul Simon's Graceland - Under African Skies

July 03, 2012 at 09:35 PM

S22E03

Just One Falsetto

July 10, 2012 at 09:35 PM

S22E04

Glasgow: The Grit and the Glamour

July 17, 2012 at 09:35 PM

S22E05

Dancing with Titian

July 24, 2012 at 09:35 PM

Season 23

S23E01

The Fatwa - Salman's Story

September 19, 2012 at 09:45 PM

S23E02

Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender

October 16, 2012 at 09:35 PM

S23E03

Ian Rankin and the Case of the Disappearing Detective

November 06, 2012 at 10:35 PM

S23E04

Do or Die: Lang Lang's Story

November 12, 2012 at 10:35 PM

S23E05

Lang Lang

November 12, 2012 at 11:55 PM

S23E06

The Many Lives of William Klein

November 20, 2012 at 10:35 PM

S23E07

How Music Makes Us Feel

November 27, 2012 at 10:35 PM

S23E08

Jeanette Winterson: My Monster and Me

December 04, 2012 at 10:35 PM

S23E09

A Beauty is Born: Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty

December 18, 2012 at 10:35 PM

Season 24

S24E01

Beyoncé: Life is But a Dream

March 28, 2013 at 10:35 PM

S24E02

David Bowie - Cracked Actor

April 04, 2013 at 09:35 PM

S24E03

Vivian Maier - Who Took Nanny's Pictures?

June 25, 2013 at 09:35 PM

S24E04

McCullin

July 02, 2013 at 09:35 PM

S24E05

Rod Stewart: Can't Stop Me Now

July 09, 2013 at 09:35 PM

S24E06

Woody Allen: A Documentary - Part One

July 23, 2013 at 09:35 PM

S24E07

Woody Allen: A Documentary - Part Two

July 24, 2013 at 09:35 PM

S24E08

Zaha Hadid: Who Dares Wins

July 30, 2013 at 09:35 PM

Season 25

S25E01

Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train A Comin'

October 29, 2013 at 10:35 PM

S25E02

Edmund de Waal: Make Pots or Die

November 05, 2013 at 10:35 PM

S25E03

Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy

November 12, 2013 at 10:35 PM

S25E04

Turning the Art World Inside Out

November 19, 2013 at 10:35 PM

S25E05

Hitler, the Tiger, and Me

November 26, 2013 at 10:35 PM

S25E06

Who's Afraid of Machiavelli?

December 03, 2013 at 10:35 PM

Season 26

S26E01

Rio 50 Degrees: Carry on CaRIOca

May 18, 2014 at 09:35 PM

S26E02

Philip Roth Unleashed, Part One

May 20, 2014 at 09:35 PM

S26E03

Philip Roth Unleashed, Part Two

May 27, 2014 at 09:35 PM

S26E04

Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar

June 29, 2014 at 09:35 PM

Season 27

S27E01

The Art That Hitler Hated

October 28, 2014 at 10:35 PM

S27E02

The Art That Hitler Hated: The Sins of the Fathers

November 04, 2014 at 10:35 PM

S27E03

Bette Midler: The Divine Miss M

November 11, 2014 at 10:35 PM

S27E04

Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On

November 11, 2014 at 11:55 PM

S27E05

Anselm Kiefer: Remembering the Future

November 18, 2014 at 10:35 PM

S27E06

The One and Only Mike Leigh

November 25, 2014 at 10:35 PM

S27E07

Colm Toibin: His Mother's Son

December 02, 2014 at 10:35 PM

Season 28

S28E01

Frank Gehry: The Architect Says

June 23, 2015 at 09:35 PM

S28E02

Jeff Koons: Diary of a Seducer

June 30, 2015 at 09:35 PM

S28E03

Beware of Mr Baker

July 07, 2015 at 09:35 PM

S28E04

Toni Morrison Remembers

July 14, 2015 at 09:35 PM

S28E05

Richard Flanagan: Life After Death

July 21, 2015 at 09:35 PM

Season 29

S29E01

Shylock's Ghost

October 27, 2015 at 10:35 PM

S29E02

Antony Gormley: Being Human

November 03, 2015 at 10:35 PM

S29E03

My Curious Documentary

November 10, 2015 at 10:35 PM

S29E04

The Last Impresario

November 17, 2015 at 10:35 PM

S29E05

The Ecstasy of Wilko Johnson

November 24, 2015 at 10:35 PM

S29E06

David Chipperfield: A Place to Be

December 01, 2015 at 10:35 PM

S29E07

Carlos Acosta: Cuba Calls

December 08, 2015 at 10:35 PM

Season 30

S30E01

One Night in 2012 - An Imagine Special

July 17, 2016 at 09:30 PM

S30E02

Danger! Cornelia Parker

July 19, 2016 at 09:45 PM

S30E03

Georgia O'Keeffe: By Myself

July 26, 2016 at 09:45 PM

S30E04

Sir Roderick Stewart: Can't Stop Me Now

July 31, 2016 at 09:30 PM

Season 31

S31E01

The Seven Killings of Marlon James

October 29, 2016 at 08:30 PM

S31E02

The Triumph and Laments of William Kentridge

November 22, 2016 at 10:45 PM

S31E03

Serial Killers - The Women Who Write Crime Fiction

November 29, 2016 at 10:45 PM

S31E04

The Art World's Prankster: Maurizio Cattelan

December 06, 2016 at 10:45 PM

S31E05

Listen to Me Marlon

January 14, 2017 at 09:00 PM

S31E06

She Spoke the Unspeakable

February 21, 2017 at 09:00 PM

S31E07

Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

February 28, 2017 at 10:45 PM

S31E08

Alice Neel: Dr Jekyll and Mrs Hyde

March 06, 2017 at 10:45 PM

S31E09

Chris Ofili: The Caged Bird's Song

July 15, 2017 at 09:25 PM

Season 32

S32E01

Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures

July 29, 2017 at 09:45 PM

S32E02

Margaret Atwood: You Have Been Warned!

August 28, 2017 at 09:30 PM

S32E03

Alma Deutscher: Finding Cinderella

September 04, 2017 at 09:45 PM

S32E04

Cameron Mackintosh: The Musical Man

September 11, 2017 at 09:45 PM

Season 33

S33E01

Rachel Whiteread: Ghost in the Room

December 02, 2017 at 09:00 PM

S33E02

Mel Brooks: Unwrapped

February 17, 2018 at 10:00 PM

S33E03

Philip Pullman: Angels and Daemons

March 05, 2018 at 10:45 PM

S33E04

Andrew Lloyd Webber: Memories

March 19, 2018 at 10:45 PM

S33E05

Ingrid Bergman in Her Own Words

March 26, 2018 at 09:45 PM

S33E06

Habaneros: You Say You Want a Revolution? Part One

April 21, 2018 at 08:00 PM

S33E07

Habaneros: You Say You Want a Revolution? Part Two

April 22, 2018 at 08:00 PM

Season 34

S34E01

Rupert Everett: Born to be Wilde

May 20, 2018 at 09:30 PM

S34E02

Orhan Pamuk: A Strange Mind

May 27, 2018 at 09:30 PM

S34E03

Rose Wylie: This Rose is Blooming

July 22, 2018 at 09:30 PM

S34E04

Tacita Dean: Looking to See

July 29, 2018 at 09:30 PM

S34E05

Hockney, the Queen and the Royal Peculiar

October 09, 2018 at 09:45 PM

S34E06

George Benjamin: What Do You Want to Do When You Grow Up?

October 16, 2018 at 09:45 PM

S34E07

Tracey Emin: Where Do You Draw The Line?

October 23, 2018 at 09:45 PM

S34E08

Becoming Cary Grant

October 30, 2018 at 10:45 PM

S34E09

Andrea Levy: Her Island Story

December 19, 2018 at 10:45 PM

Season 35

S35E01

James Graham: In the Room Where It Happens

January 21, 2019 at 10:45 PM

S35E02

Jo Brand: No Holds Barred

January 28, 2019 at 10:45 PM

S35E03

Bill Viola: The Road to St Paul's

February 04, 2019 at 10:45 PM

S35E04

Edna O'Brien: Fearful... and Fearless

July 07, 2019 at 09:30 PM

S35E05

Faith Ringgold: Tell It Like It Is

July 14, 2019 at 09:30 PM

S35E06

Olafur Eliasson: Miracles of Rare Device

July 28, 2019 at 09:30 PM

S35E07

EastSide Story

September 30, 2019 at 09:35 PM

Season 36

S36E01

Lenny Henry: Young, Gifted and Black

January 02, 2020 at 11:00 PM

S36E02

This House Is Full of Music

July 12, 2020 at 05:00 PM

S36E03

Lemn Sissay: The Memory of Me

July 23, 2020 at 09:45 PM

S36E04

Kate Prince: Every Move She Makes

July 30, 2020 at 09:45 PM

S36E05

My Name Is Kwame

August 06, 2020 at 09:45 PM

S36E06

Marina Abramovic: The Ugly Duckling

October 11, 2020 at 09:30 PM

Season 37

S37E01

We'll Be Back?

February 09, 2021 at 10:55 PM

S37E02

Kazuo Ishiguro: Remembering and Forgetting

March 28, 2021 at 09:30 PM

S37E03

Bernardine Evaristo: Never Give Up

September 02, 2021 at 09:35 PM

S37E04

Tom Stoppard: A Charmed Life

September 09, 2021 at 09:35 PM

Season 38

S38E01

Marian Keyes: My (not so) Perfect Life

February 07, 2022 at 10:35 PM

S38E02

Labi Siffre: This Is My Song

February 14, 2022 at 10:35 PM

S38E03

Wayne McGregor: Dancing on the Edge

February 21, 2022 at 10:35 PM

S38E04

Miriam Margolyes: Up for Grabs

April 25, 2022 at 09:40 PM

S38E05

Jacob Collier: In the Room Where It Happens

May 02, 2022 at 09:40 PM

S38E06

Malorie Blackman: What If?

October 31, 2022 at 10:40 PM

S38E07

Sonia Boyce: Finding Her Voice

November 07, 2022 at 10:40 PM

S38E08

Douglas Stuart: Love, Hope and Grit

November 14, 2022 at 10:40 PM

Season 39

S39E01

Stephen Frears: Director for Hire

March 20, 2023 at 10:40 PM

S39E02

The Factory: Made in Manchester

December 11, 2023 at 10:40 PM

S39E03

Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me

December 18, 2023 at 10:40 PM

S39E04

French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter

December 27, 2023 at 10:30 PM

S39E05

Pet Shop Boys: Then and Now

April 16, 2024 at 09:40 PM

Season 40

S40E01

The Academy of Armando

March 03, 2025 at 10:40 PM