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Alan Yentob

Acting Born Mar 11, 1947 London, England, UK 24 credits

Biography

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.

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Known for

NOVA

as Narrator

Ideal

as Alan Yentob

imagine…

as Self - Presenter

Timeshift

as Self - Controller, BBC Two (archive footage)
Film

Absolutely Anything

as Man at Party (uncredited)

Full filmography

  • NOVA (1974) as Narrator
  • Never Mind the Buzzcocks (1996) as Self - Narrator
  • Ideal (2005) as Alan Yentob
  • Remembers… (2022) as Self
  • Open Air (1986)
  • imagine… (2003) as Self - Presenter
  • Timeshift (2002) as Self - Controller, BBC Two (archive footage)
  • W1A (2014) as Self
  • Mandy (2020) as Self
  • Absolutely Anything (2015) as Man at Party (uncredited)
  • Beautiful People (2008) as Self
  • Operation Good Guys (1997)
  • Behind The Screen (1988)
  • Live from Studio Five (2009) as Self
  • In Conversation with Alan Yentob (2022) as Self
  • One Night In 2012 (2016)
  • The Academy of Armando (2025) as Self - Presenter
  • Van Gogh: Painted with Words (2010) as Self - Narrator
  • imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me (2023) as Self
  • The One and Only Mike Leigh (2014) as Self - Presenter
  • Mike Leigh: Making Plays (1982) as Self - Narrator, Interviewer
  • Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar (2014) as Self - Presenter
  • Mel Brooks: Unwrapped (2018) as Self - Presenter
  • imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter (2023) as Self - Presenter