imagine… 2003
- Status
- Ended
- First Aired
- June 11, 2003
- Last Aired
- April 16, 2024
- Format
- 51 seasons · 339 eps
- Total Runtime
- ~282.5 hours (50 min/ep)
- Highest Rated Episode
- S16E2 "Dame Shirley Bassey: The Girl From Tiger Bay" (★ 8/10)
- Network
- BBC One
- Where to Stream
- BBC iPlayer
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★ TMDB users: 6.2/10 from 9 votes TV-14 DocumentaryNews 51 seasons · 339 eps Ended
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What is imagine…?
Imagine… is a 2003 television series classified as a documentary and news programme and rated TV‑14. The series brings together the most prominent figures from a range of artistic disciplines, including visual art, film, music, literature and dance.
- Type
- TV series
- Year
- 2003
- Status
- Ended
- Episodes
- 339
- Runtime
- 50 minutes
- First aired
- Jun 11, 2003
- Last aired
- Apr 16, 2024
- Original language
- EN
- Origin
- GB
- Networks
- BBC One
- Genres
- Documentary, News
- Updated
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- Rating
- ★ TMDB users: 6.2/10 from 9 votes
- Format
- 51 seasons · 339 episodes
- Episode runtime
- ~50 minutes
- Status
- Ended
- Network
- BBC One
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Imagine… is a 2003 television series classified as a documentary and news programme and rated TV‑14. The series brings together the most prominent figures from a range of artistic disciplines, including visual art, film, music, literature and dance. Hosted by Alan Yentob, each episode offers close‑up conversations with individuals who are shaping contemporary cultural life. The format centers on in‑depth interviews that allow the featured creators to discuss their work and influence within today’s cultural landscape. By focusing on a broad spectrum of creative fields, the series aims to present a comprehensive portrait of the people driving current artistic trends. The programme’s emphasis on personal insight and direct engagement with leading cultural personalities defines its approach to documenting the modern arts scene.
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“Alan Yentob gets close up with the biggest names shaping today's cultural world.”
Reasons to watch
- features big names from art, film, music, literature, and dance
- offers close-up interviews by Alan Yentob
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- limited plot details available in the provided sources
- may not appeal to viewers uninterested in documentary and news content
Watch it if you want to see interviews with the biggest names from art, film, music, literature, and dance.
It is a documentary and news program rated TV-14.
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Season 1 · 7 episodes
Open the complete Season 1 guide & lore primer →- E1 The Saatchi Phenomenon Mytharc Jun 11, 2003
- E2 Barbara Hepworth: Shapes Out of Feelings Core Jun 18, 2003
- E3 The Hip Hop Generation Core Jun 25, 2003
- E4 Stella's Story Core Jul 2, 2003
- E5 Carlos Acosta: The Reluctant Ballet Dancer Core Jul 9, 2003
- E6 The Potrait of Omai Mytharc Jul 16, 2003
- E7 Sir John Mortimer: Owning Up at 80 Mytharc Jul 30, 2003
Season 2 · 6 episodes
Open the complete Season 2 guide & lore primer →- E1 The Voice of Bryn Terfel Mytharc Nov 12, 2003
- E2 A Very Funny Business Core Nov 19, 2003
- E3 Entertaining Mr Soane Core Nov 26, 2003
- E4 The World According to Parr Core Dec 3, 2003
- E5 From Pencils to Pixels Mytharc Dec 10, 2003
- E6 An A-Z of the OED Mytharc Dec 17, 2003
Season 3 · 9 episodes
Open the complete Season 3 guide & lore primer →- E1 The Mysterious Mr Hopper Mytharc Jun 2, 2004
- E2 Sitting for Lucian Freud Core Jun 9, 2004
- E3 Saint John Coltrane Core Jun 16, 2004
- E4 Dirty But Clean Pierre Core Jun 23, 2004
- E5 Unsuitable for Children? Core Dec 15, 2004
- E6 The Smoking Diaries Core Dec 15, 2004
- E101 TO BE DELETED Core
- E102 TO BE DELETED Mytharc
- E103 TO BE DELETED Mytharc
Season 4 · 8 episodes
Open the complete Season 4 guide & lore primer →- E1 Arthur Miller - Finishing the Picture Mytharc Nov 24, 2004
- E2 Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson’s Smile Core Dec 1, 2004
- E3 Bruce Nauman: the Godfather of Modem Art Core Dec 8, 2004
- E4 Brando Core Dec 16, 2004
- E5 Tony Pappano - a Year at the Opera Core Dec 22, 2004
- E101 TO BE DELETED Core
- E102 TO BE DELETED Mytharc
- E103 TO BE DELETED Mytharc
Season 5 · 3 episodes
Open the complete Season 5 guide & lore primer →- E1 A Short History of Tall Buildings - Episode 1 Mytharc May 11, 2005
- E2 A Short History of Tall Buildings - Episode 2 Core May 18, 2005
- E3 A Short History of Tall Buildings - Episode 3 Mytharc May 25, 2005
Season 6 · 8 episodes
Open the complete Season 6 guide & lore primer →- E1 Fantastic Mr Dahl Mytharc Jun 22, 2005
- E2 Frida Kahlo Core Jun 29, 2005
- E3 Being a Concert Pianist Core Jul 6, 2005
- E4 TO BE DELETED Core
- E5 TO BE DELETED Core
- E6 TO BE DELETED Core
- E7 TO BE DELETED Mytharc
- E8 TO BE DELETED Mytharc
Season 7 · 8 episodes
Open the complete Season 7 guide & lore primer →- E1 Elgar and the Missing Concerto Mytharc Nov 23, 2005
- E2 Amos Oz: The Conscience of Israel Mytharc Nov 30, 2005
- E3 Chuck Close, Close Up Core Dec 7, 2005
- E4 Rhythm Is It! Core Dec 14, 2005
- E5 TO BE DELETED Core
- E6 TO BE DELETED Core
- E7 TO BE DELETED Mytharc
- E8 TO BE DELETED Mytharc
Season 8 · 4 episodes
Open the complete Season 8 guide & lore primer →- E1 Sweet Home New Orleans Mytharc Jan 17, 2006
- E2 Warhol: Denied Core Jan 24, 2006
- E3 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Studio Core Jan 31, 2006
- E4 Sitting Comfortably Mytharc Feb 7, 2006
Season 9 · 9 episodes
Open the complete Season 9 guide & lore primer →- E1 Being Hamlet Mytharc May 23, 2006
- E2 The Artist Formerly Known as Cat Stevens Core May 30, 2006
- E3 The Ingenious Thomas Heatherwick Core Jun 6, 2006
- E4 A Picture of the Painter Howard Hodgkin Core Jun 13, 2006
- E5 TO BE DELETED Core
- E6 TO BE DELETED Core
- E7 TO BE DELETED Core
- E8 TO BE DELETED Mytharc
- E9 TO BE DELETED Mytharc
Season 10 · 8 episodes
Open the complete Season 10 guide & lore primer →- E1 Peter Pan, a Hard Act to Follow Mytharc Oct 17, 2006
- E2 Velazquez, The Painter's Painter Core Oct 24, 2006
- E3 A Play for Today Core Oct 31, 2006
- E4 The Movie Brats, Take Two Core Nov 7, 2006
- E5 Who Cares About Art? Core Nov 14, 2006
- E7 Being a Diva Core Nov 28, 2006
- E8 www.herecomeseverybody.co.uk Mytharc Dec 6, 2006
- E9 And Then There Was Television Mytharc Dec 19, 2006
Season 11 · 14 episodes
Open the complete Season 11 guide & lore primer →- E1 Gilbert and George: No Surrender Mytharc May 8, 2007
- E2 Stealing Klimt Core May 15, 2007
- E3 Scott Walker Core May 22, 2007
- E4 It's the Surreal Thing Core May 29, 2007
- E5 TO BE DELETED Core
- E6 TO BE DELETED Core
- E7 TO BE DELETED Core
- E8 TO BE DELETED Core
- E10 TO BE DELETED Core
- E13 TO BE DELETED Core
- E16 TO BE DELETED Core
- E17 TO BE DELETED Core
- E18 TO BE DELETED Mytharc
- E19 TO BE DELETED Mytharc
Season 12 · 8 episodes
Open the complete Season 12 guide & lore primer →- E1 Henry Perkins: Bolshoi Boy Mytharc Oct 23, 2007
- E2 Bollywood's Big B Core Oct 30, 2007
- E3 Helvetica Core Nov 6, 2008
- E4 Louise Bourgeois: Spiderwoman Core Nov 13, 2007
- E5 How to Get on in the Art World Core Nov 20, 2007
- E6 The Secret of Life Core Feb 19, 2008
- E7 Richard Rogers: Inside Out Mytharc Feb 26, 2008
- E8 Marc Newson: Urban Spaceman Mytharc Mar 4, 2008
Season 13 · 10 episodes
Open the complete Season 13 guide & lore primer →- E1 Doris Lessing - The Reluctant Heroine Mytharc May 27, 2008
- E2 Oliver Sacks: Tales of Music and the Brain Core Jun 3, 2008
- E3 Annie Leibovitz, Life Through A Lens Core Jun 10, 2008
- E4 A Trip to Asia: on the Road with the Berlin Philharmonic Core Jun 17, 2008
- E5 A Wild Sheep Chase: in Search of Haruki Murakami Core Jun 24, 2008
- E6 Werner Herzog: Beyond Reason Core Jul 1, 2008
- E7 Love, Loss and Anthony Minghella Core Jul 8, 2008
- E102 TO BE DELETED Core
- E104 TO BE DELETED Core
- E107 TO BE DELETED Mytharc
Season 14 · 10 episodes
Open the complete Season 14 guide & lore primer →- E1 The Story of the Guitar: Episode 1: In the Beginning Mytharc Oct 5, 2008
- E2 The Story of the Guitar: Episode 2: Out of the Frying Pan Core Oct 12, 2008
- E3 Dangerous Liaison: When Akram met Juliette Core Oct 14, 2008
- E4 The Story of the Guitar: Episode 3: This Time it's Personal Core Oct 19, 2008
- E5 A Love Story Core Oct 21, 2008
- E6 Jay-Z: He Came, He Saw, He Conquered Core Oct 28, 2008
- E7 Let There Be Light Core Nov 11, 2008
- E8 How an Orchestra Saved Venezuela's Children Core Nov 18, 2008
- E9 Richard Serra: Man of Steel Mytharc Nov 25, 2008
- E10 Heavy Metal in Baghdad Mytharc Dec 2, 2008
Season 15 · 7 episodes
Open the complete Season 15 guide & lore primer →- E1 Save the Last Dance for Me Mytharc Jun 23, 2009
- E2 David Hockney - A Bigger Picture Core Jun 30, 2009
- E3 Rufus Wainwright, Prima Donna Core Jul 7, 2009
- E4 The Colourful Mr Eggleston Core Jul 14, 2009
- E5 Art in Troubled Times: A New Deal for Art Core Jul 21, 2009
- E6 Art In Troubled Times: Part II - The Home Front Core Jul 28, 2009
- E101 TO BE DELETED Mytharc
Season 16 · 8 episodes
Open the complete Season 16 guide & lore primer →- E1 The Year Of Anish Kapoor Mytharc Nov 17, 2009
- E2 Dame Shirley Bassey: The Girl From Tiger Bay Core Nov 24, 2009
- E3 Own Art Core Dec 1, 2009
- E4 Joan Baez Core Dec 8, 2009
- E5 Plácido Domingo Core Dec 15, 2009
- E6 Scrabble: A Night on the Tiles Core Dec 22, 2009
- E7 TO BE DELETED Mytharc
- E8 TO BE DELETED Mytharc
Season 17 · 6 episodes
Open the complete Season 17 guide & lore primer →- E1 Vincent Van Gogh: Painted with Words Mytharc Apr 5, 2010
- E2 The Stones in Exile Core May 23, 2010
- E3 TO BE DELETED Core
- E4 TO BE DELETED Core
- E5 TO BE DELETED Mytharc
- E6 TO BE DELETED Mytharc
Season 18 · 8 episodes
Open the complete Season 18 guide & lore primer →- E1 Nigel Kennedy's Polish Adventure Mytharc Jun 15, 2010
- E2 Art Is Child's Play Core Jun 22, 2010
- E3 Diana Athill – Growing Old Disgracefully Core Jun 29, 2010
- E4 Tom Jones – What Good Am I? Core Jul 6, 2010
- E5 TO BE DELETED Core
- E6 TO BE DELETED Core
- E7 TO BE DELETED Mytharc
- E8 TO BE DELETED Mytharc
Season 19 · 6 episodes
Open the complete Season 19 guide & lore primer →- E1 Ai Weiwei - Without Fear or Favour Mytharc Nov 16, 2010
- E2 Smash His Camera Core Nov 23, 2010
- E3 The Weird Adventures of Eadweard Muybridge Core Nov 30, 2010
- E4 Bruce Springsteen: Darkness Revisited Core Dec 7, 2010
- E5 Ben-Hur Mytharc Dec 14, 2010
- E6 Ray Davies - Imaginary Man Mytharc Dec 21, 2010
Season 20 · 7 episodes
Open the complete Season 20 guide & lore primer →- E1 The Trouble with Tolstoy: Part 1: At War with Himself Mytharc Mar 27, 2011
- E2 The Trouble with Tolstoy: Part 2: In Search of Happiness Mytharc Apr 3, 2011
- E3 The Man Who Forgot How to Read and Other Stories Core Jun 28, 2011
- E4 The Pharaohs' Museum on Liberation Square Core Jul 5, 2011
- E5 Lennon: The New York Years Core Jul 12, 2011
- E6 Harry Nilsson: The Missing Beatle Mytharc Jul 19, 2011
- E7 Iraq in Venice Mytharc Jul 26, 2011
Season 21 · 12 episodes
Open the complete Season 21 guide & lore primer →- E1 Grayson Perry and the Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman Mytharc Nov 1, 2011
- E2 Simon and Garfunkel - The Harmony Game Core Nov 8, 2011
- E3 Alan Ayckbourn - Greetings from Scarborough Core Nov 15, 2011
- E4 Vidal Sassoon - A Cut Above Core Nov 22, 2011
- E5 The Lost Music of Rajasthan Core Dec 6, 2011
- E6 Books - The Last Chapter? Core Dec 13, 2011
- E7 The Art of Stand-Up - Part One Mytharc Dec 19, 2011
- E8 The Art of Stand-Up - Part Two Mytharc Dec 20, 2011
- E9 TO BE DELETED Core
- E10 TO BE DELETED Core
- E11 TO BE DELETED Mytharc
- E12 TO BE DELETED Mytharc
Season 22 · 6 episodes
Open the complete Season 22 guide & lore primer →- E1 Theatre of War Mytharc Jun 26, 2012
- E2 Paul Simon's Graceland - Under African Skies Core Jul 3, 2012
- E3 Just One Falsetto Core Jul 10, 2012
- E4 Glasgow: The Grit and the Glamour Core Jul 12, 2012
- E5 Dancing with Titian Mytharc Jul 24, 2012
- E6 TO BE DELETED Mytharc
Season 23 · 8 episodes
Open the complete Season 23 guide & lore primer →- E1 The Fatwa - Salman's Story Mytharc Sep 19, 2012
- E2 Ian Rankin and the Case of the Disappearing Detective Core Nov 6, 2012
- E3 Do or Die: Lang Lang's Story Mytharc Nov 12, 2012
- E4 Lang Lang Core Nov 12, 2012
- E5 The Many Lives of William Klein Core Nov 20, 2012
- E6 How Music Makes Us Feel Core Nov 27, 2012
- E7 Jeanette Winterson: My Monster and Me Mytharc Dec 4, 2012
- E8 A Beauty is Born: Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty Mytharc Dec 18, 2012
Season 24 · 6 episodes
Open the complete Season 24 guide & lore primer →- E1 Beyoncé: Life is But a Dream Mytharc Mar 28, 2013
- E2 David Bowie: Cracked Actor Core Apr 4, 2013
- E3 TO BE DELETED Core
- E4 TO BE DELETED Core
- E5 TO BE DELETED Mytharc
- E6 TO BE DELETED Mytharc
Season 25 · 6 episodes
Open the complete Season 25 guide & lore primer →- E1 Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train A Comin' Mytharc Oct 29, 2013
- E2 Edmund de Waal: Make Pots or Die Core Nov 5, 2013
- E3 Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy Core Nov 12, 2013
- E4 Turning the Art World Inside Out Core Nov 19, 2013
- E5 Hitler, the Tiger and Me Mytharc Nov 26, 2013
- E6 Who's Afraid of Machiavelli? Mytharc Dec 3, 2013
Season 26 · 4 episodes
Open the complete Season 26 guide & lore primer →- E1 Rio 50 Degrees: Carry On CaRIOca Mytharc May 18, 2014
- E2 Philip Roth Unleashed Part 1 Mytharc May 20, 2014
- E3 Philip Roth Unleashed Part 2 Mytharc May 27, 2014
- E4 Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar Mytharc Jun 29, 2014
Season 27 · 7 episodes
Open the complete Season 27 guide & lore primer →- E1 The Art That Hitler Hated Mytharc Oct 28, 2014
- E2 The Art That Hitler Hated: The Sins of the Fathers Core Nov 4, 2014
- E3 Bette Midler: The Divine Miss M Core Nov 11, 2014
- E4 Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On Core Nov 11, 2014
- E5 Anselm Kiefer: Remembering The Future Core Nov 18, 2014
- E6 The One and Only Mike Leigh Mytharc Nov 25, 2014
- E7 Colm Toibin: His Mother's Son Mytharc Dec 2, 2014
Season 28 · 5 episodes
Open the complete Season 28 guide & lore primer →- E1 Frank Gehry: The Architect Says "Why Can't I?" Mytharc Jun 23, 2015
- E2 Jeff Koons: Diary of a Seducer Core Jun 30, 2015
- E3 Beware of Mr Baker Core Jul 7, 2015
- E4 Toni Morrison Remembers Core Jul 14, 2015
- E5 Richard Flanagan: Life After Death Mytharc Jul 21, 2015
Season 29 · 7 episodes
Open the complete Season 29 guide & lore primer →- E1 Shylock's Ghost Mytharc Oct 27, 2015
- E2 Antony Gormley: Being Human Core Nov 3, 2015
- E3 My Curious Documentary Core Nov 10, 2015
- E4 The Last Impresario Core Nov 17, 2015
- E5 The Ecstasy of Wilko Johnson Core Nov 24, 2015
- E6 David Chipperfield: A Place to Be Mytharc Dec 1, 2015
- E7 Carlos Acosta: Cuba Calls Mytharc Dec 8, 2015
Season 30 · 4 episodes
Open the complete Season 30 guide & lore primer →- E1 One Night in 2012 Mytharc Jul 17, 2016
- E2 DANGER! Cornelia Parker Core Jul 19, 2016
- E3 Georgia O'Keeffe: By Myself Core Jul 26, 2016
- E4 Sir Roderick Stewart: Can't Stop Me Now Mytharc Jul 31, 2016
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What is imagine...
It is a documentary and news television series from 2003.
Who hosts or leads the series
Alan Yentob gets close up with the featured guests.
Who is featured on the show
The biggest names from the world of art, film, music, literature, and dance are featured.
What genres does the show belong to
It belongs to the documentary and news genres.
What is the content rating
The television series has a TV-14 rating.
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