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Imagine is a wide ranging arts series first broadcast on BBC One
BBC One

BBC One is the primary television channel of the BBC . It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular public television service with a high level of ....
 in 2003. Hosted and executive produced by Alan Yentob
Alan Yentob

Alan Yentob is a United Kingdom television executive. He was born into a Jewish family in London of Iraqi descent, and was educated at The King's School, Ely....
 the show is currently airing the 11th series, which is expected to follow the usual format of 4 to 7 episodes, each on a different topic. Episodes have been directed by, among others, Geoff Wonfor, Lucy Blakstead, Roger Parsons and Zoë Silver. One notable episode aired during series 8 is about the internet and features an interview with the Internet
Internet

The Internet is a global network of interconnected computers, enabling users to share information along multiple channels. Typically, a computer that connects to the Internet can access information from a vast array of available server and other computers by moving information from them to the computer's local memory....
 entrepreneur Jimmy Wales
Jimmy Wales

Jimmy Donal "Jimbo" Wales is an United States Internet entrepreneur known for his role in the creation of Wikipedia, a free, open content encyclopedia launched in 2001....
.

Series 1 (from June 11 2003):






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Imagine is a wide ranging arts series first broadcast on BBC One
BBC One

BBC One is the primary television channel of the BBC . It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular public television service with a high level of ....
 in 2003. Hosted and executive produced by Alan Yentob
Alan Yentob

Alan Yentob is a United Kingdom television executive. He was born into a Jewish family in London of Iraqi descent, and was educated at The King's School, Ely....
 the show is currently airing the 11th series, which is expected to follow the usual format of 4 to 7 episodes, each on a different topic. Episodes have been directed by, among others, Geoff Wonfor, Lucy Blakstead, Roger Parsons and Zoë Silver. One notable episode aired during series 8 is about the internet and features an interview with the Internet
Internet

The Internet is a global network of interconnected computers, enabling users to share information along multiple channels. Typically, a computer that connects to the Internet can access information from a vast array of available server and other computers by moving information from them to the computer's local memory....
 entrepreneur Jimmy Wales
Jimmy Wales

Jimmy Donal "Jimbo" Wales is an United States Internet entrepreneur known for his role in the creation of Wikipedia, a free, open content encyclopedia launched in 2001....
.

Series 1 (from June 11 2003):
  • The Saatchi
    Charles Saatchi

    Charles Saatchi was the co-founder with his brother Maurice Saatchi, Baron Saatchi of the global advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi, which became the world's biggest before the brothers were forced out of their own company in 1995....
     Phenomenon
  • Barbara Hepworth
    Barbara Hepworth

    Dame Barbara Hepworth Order of the British Empire was a major United Kingdom Sculpture and artist of the twentieth century. She was a contemporary and friend of Henry Moore....
    : Shapes Out of Feelings
  • The Hip Hop
    Hip hop music

    Hip hop music is a music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rapping which is accompanied with backing beats. Hip hop music is part of hip hop culture, which began in the Bronx, in New York City in the 1970s, predominantly among African Americans and Latino Americans....
     Generation
  • Stella
    Stella McCartney

    Stella Nina McCartney is an England fashion designer. She is the daughter of former The Beatles Sir Paul McCartney and his first wife, deceased rock photographer and animal rights activist Linda McCartney....
    's Story
  • Carlos Acosta
    Carlos Acosta

    Carlos Acosta is a Cubans ballet dancer. He has danced with many companies including the English National Ballet as a principal and the National Ballet of Cuba, and is currently a principal at the Royal Ballet in London and regularly performs with leading international companies as a guest artist....
    : The Reluctant Ballet Dancer
  • The Portrait of Omai
    James Cook

    Captain James Cook Royal Society Royal Navy was an English explorer, navigator and cartographer, ultimately rising to the rank of Captain in the Royal Navy....
  • John Mortimer
    John Mortimer

    Sir John Clifford Mortimer, Order of the British Empire, Queen's Counsel was an English barrister, dramatist, screenwriter and author....
    : Owning Up at 80


Series 2 (from November 12 2003):
  • The Voice of Bryn Terfel
    Bryn Terfel

    Bryn Terfel Jones Order of the British Empire is a Wales bass-baritone opera and concert singer. Terfel was initially associated with the roles of Mozart, particularly Figaro and Leporello, but he has expanded his repertoire to include heavier roles, especially those by Richard Wagner....
  • A Funny Business - A look at UK
    United Kingdom

    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
     and US sitcoms
  • Entertaining Mr Soane
    John Soane

    Sir John Soane was an England architect who specialised in the Neoclassical architecture style. His architectural works are distinguished by their clean lines, massing of simple form, decisive detailing, careful proportions and skilful use of light sources....
  • The World According to Parr
    Martin Parr

    Martin Parr is a British documentary photographer, photojournalist and collector. He is known for his photographic projects that take a critical look at modern society, specifically consumerism, foreign travel and tourism, motoring, family and relationships, and food....
  • From Pencils to Pixels - celebrates the phenomena of the animated
    Animation

    Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. It is an optical illusion of Motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in a number of ways....
     feature film
    Film

    Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
  • An A-Z of the OED
    Oxford English Dictionary

    The Oxford English Dictionary , published by the Oxford University Press , is a comprehensive dictionary of the English language. Two fully-bound print editions of the OED have been published under its current name, in 1928 and 1989; as of December 2008 the dictionary's current editors have completed a quarter of the third edition....


Series 3 (from November 24 2004):
  • Arthur Miller
    Arthur Miller

    Arthur Miller was an United States playwright and essayist. He was a prominent figure in Theater in the United States and film for almost 100 years, writing a wide variety of dramas, including celebrated Play such as The Crucible, A View from the Bridge, All My Sons, and Death of a Salesman, which are studied and performed w...
    : Finishing the Picture
  • Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson
    Brian Wilson

    Brian Douglas Wilson is a Grammy Award-winning United States musician best known as a member of the American rock and roll band, the Beach Boys....
    's Smile
  • Bruce Nauman
    Bruce Nauman

    Bruce Nauman is a contemporary United States artist. His practice spans a broad range of media including sculpture, photography, neon, video, drawing, printmaking, and performance....
    : The Godfather of Modern Art
  • Brando
    Marlon Brando

    Marlon Brando, Jr. was an Academy Award-winning American actor whose body of work spanned over half a century. He is widely considered one of the greatest actors of all time, and was named the fourth AFI's 100 Years......
  • Antonio Pappano
    Antonio Pappano

    Antonio Pappano is a United Kingdom conducting and pianist of Italian parentage currently serving as music director at the Royal Opera House in London, and l'Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome....
    : A Year at the Opera


Series 4 (from May 11 2005):
  • A Short History of Tall Buildings (3 parts)


Series 5 (from June 22 2005):
  • Fantastic Mr Dahl
    Roald Dahl

    Roald Dahl was a United Kingdom novelist, short story writer and screenwriter, born in Wales of Norwegian people parents. After service in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, In which he became a flying ace, he rose to prominence in the 1940s with works for both Children's literature and adults, and became one of the world's bes...
  • Frida Kahlo
    Frida Kahlo

    Frida Kahlo born Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calder?n was a Mexico Painting, who has achieved great international popularity. She painted using vibrant colors in a style that was influenced by indigenous cultures of Mexico as well as by European influences that include realism , Symbolism , and Surrealism....
  • Being a Concert Pianist


Series 6 (from November 23 2005):
  • Elgar
    Edward Elgar

    Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, Order of Merit, Royal Victorian Order was an England composer. Several of his first major orchestral works, including the Enigma Variations and the Pomp and Circumstance Marches, were greeted with acclaim....
     and the Missing Concerto
  • Amos Oz
    Amos Oz

    Amos Oz is an Israeli writer, novelist, and journalist. He is also a professor of literature at Ben-Gurion University in Be'er Sheva. Since 1967, he has been a prominent advocate of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict....
    : The Conscience of Israel
    Israel

    Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
  • Chuck Close
    Chuck Close

    Chuck Thomas Close is an American painter and photographer who achieved fame as a photorealist, through his massive-scale portraits. Though a catastrophic spinal artery collapse in 1988 left him severely paralyzed, he has continued to paint and produce work which remains sought after by museums and collectors....
    , Close Up
  • Rhythm Is It!


Series 7 (from January 17 2006)
  • Sweet Home New Orleans - examining the city's musical heritage
  • Warhol
    Andy Warhol

    Andrew Warhola , more commonly known as Andy Warhol, was an United Statesn Painting, Printmaking, and filmmaker who was a leading figure in the Art movement known as pop art....
     Denied
  • A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Studio
  • Sitting Comfortably - traces the changing styles of the modern chair


Series 8 (from May 23 2006)
  • Being Hamlet
    Hamlet

    Hamlet is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601. The play, set in Denmark, recounts how Prince Hamlet exacts revenge on his uncle King Claudius, who has murdered King Hamlet, the King, and then taken the throne and married Gertrude ....
  • Yusuf, the Artist Formerly Known As Cat Stevens
    Cat Stevens

    Yusuf Islam , best known by his former stage name Cat Stevens, is a Great Britain musician of Greek Cypriot and Sweden ancestry. He is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, educator, philanthropist and prominent Religious conversion to Islam....
  • The Ingenious Thomas Heatherwick
    Thomas Heatherwick

    Thomas Heatherwick is an England designer, often mislabelled as a sculpture or artist. He is known for innovative use of engineering and materials in public monuments....
  • www.herecomeseverybody.co.uk - A history of the World Wide Web
    World Wide Web

    The World Wide Web is a very large set of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via the Internet. With a Web browser, one can view Web pages that may contain writing, s, videos, and other multimedia and navigate between them using hyperlinks....
     (included Wikipedia
    Wikipedia

    Wikipedia is a Free content, multilingualism encyclopedia project supported by the non-profit organization Wikimedia Foundation. Its name is a portmanteau of the words wiki and encyclopedia....
    )
  • Who Cares About Art? - follows the work of five art curators


Series 9 (from May 8 2007)
  • Gilbert and George
    Gilbert and George

    Gilbert and George are two modern artists who work together as a duo. Gilbert Proesch and George Passmore are to be seen and heard in much of their art, and have become famous for their odd, highly formal appearance and manner....
    : No Surrender
  • Gustav Klimt
    Gustav Klimt

    Gustav Klimt was an Austrian Symbolism and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Art Nouveau movement. His major works include paintings, murals, Sketch , and other art objects, many of which are on display in the Vienna Secession gallery....
    : Stealing Klimt
  • Scott Walker
    Scott Walker (singer)

    Scott Walker is the stage name of the American musician Noel Scott Engel , former lead singer with The Walker Brothers. He has been living in England since the 1960s, and continues to release new solo material....
  • Imagine... It's the Surreal Thing
  • Damon
    Damon Albarn

    Damon Albarn, , is a Grammy Award-winning England singer-songwriter and record producer whose eclectic musical style and observational lyrics have made him one of England's most successful musicians of the past 20 years....
     and Jamie's
    Jamie Hewlett

    Jamie Christopher Hewlett is an England comic book artist and designer. He is best known for being the co-creator of the comic strip Tank Girl and co-creator of the band Gorillaz....
     Excellent Adventure


Series 10 (from October 23 2007)
  • The Bolshoi Boy - following a British boy at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy
    Moscow State Academy of Choreography

    The Moscow State Academy of Choreography , commonly known as The Bolshoi Ballet Academy, is one of the oldest and most prestigious schools of ballet in the world, located in Moscow, Russia....
  • Bollywood's Big B - Amitabh Bachchan
    Amitabh Bachchan

    Amitabh Bachchan , is an Indian film actor. He first gained popularity in the early 1970s and has since become one of the most prominent figures in the history of Cinema of India....
  • Helvetica
    Helvetica

    Helvetica is a widely used sans-serif typeface developed in 1957 by Swiss typeface designer Max Miedinger....
  • Louise Bourgeois
    Louise Bourgeois

    Louise Bourgeois is an artist and sculptor. Her most famous works are possibly the spider structures, titled Maman, from the last dozen years....
     - Spiderwoman (with interviews from leading British artists Tracey Emin
    Tracey Emin

    Tracey Emin Royal Academy#Membership is an England artist of Turkish Cypriots origin, one of the group known as Britartists or YBAs .In 1997, her work Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963?1995, a tent appliqu?d with names, was shown at Charles Saatchi's Sensation exhibition....
    , Antony Gormley
    Antony Gormley

    Antony Gormley Officer of the Order of the British Empire Royal Academician is an England sculpture. His best known works include the Angel of the North, a public art in Gateshead commissioned in 1995 and erected in February 1998, and Another Place on Crosby Beach near Liverpool....
     and Stella Vine
    Stella Vine

    Stella Vine is an English people artist, who lives and works in London. Her work is figurative painting with subject matter drawn from either her personal life of family, friends and school, or rock stars, royalty and celebrities....
    )
  • How to get on in the Art World
  • The Sectret of Life
  • Richard Rodgers
    Richard Rodgers

    Richard Charles Rodgers was an United States Musical compositionr of the music for more than 900 songs and 40 Broadway theatre musicals. He also composed music for films and television....
     - Inside Out
  • Marc Newson
    Marc Newson

    Marc Newson was born in Sydney, Australia. He is a successful industrial designer who works in aircraft design, product design, furniture design, jewellery, and clothing....
     - Urban Spaceman


Series 11 (from May 23 2008)
  • Doris Lessing
    Doris Lessing

    Doris May Lessing Order of the Companions of Honour, Order of the British Empire is a Zimbabwe-United Kingdom writer, author of works such as the novels The Grass is Singing and The Golden Notebook....
     - The Hostess and The Alien
  • Oliver Sacks
    Oliver Sacks

    Oliver Wolf Sacks, Doctor of Medicine, Royal College of Physicians, Order of the British Empire , is a British neurologist residing in New York City....
     - Tales of Music and The Brain
  • Annie Leibovitz
    Annie Leibovitz

    Anna-Lou "Annie" Leibovitz is an United States portrait Photography whose style is marked by a close collaboration between the photographer and the subject....
     - Life Through a Lens
  • A Trip to Asia: On the Road with the Berlin Philharmonic
  • A Wild Sheep Chase: In Search of Haruki Murakami
    Haruki Murakami

    is a popular contemporary Japanese writer and translator. His work has been described by the Virginia Quarterly Review as "easily accessible, yet profoundly complex"....
  • Werner Herzog
    Werner Herzog

    Werner Herzog is an Academy Award-nominated German film director, screenwriter, actor, and opera director.He is often associated with the German New Wave movement , along with Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Margarethe von Trotta, Volker Schl?ndorff, Hans-J?rgen Syberberg, Wim Wenders and others....
     - Beyond Reason
  • Anthony Minghella
    Anthony Minghella

    Anthony Minghella Order of the British Empire was an Academy Awards-winning England film director, playwright and screenwriter. He was Chairman of the Board of Governors at the British Film Institute between 2003 and 2007....
  • Damon Albarn
    Damon Albarn

    Damon Albarn, , is a Grammy Award-winning England singer-songwriter and record producer whose eclectic musical style and observational lyrics have made him one of England's most successful musicians of the past 20 years....
     and Jamie Hewlett
    Jamie Hewlett

    Jamie Christopher Hewlett is an England comic book artist and designer. He is best known for being the co-creator of the comic strip Tank Girl and co-creator of the band Gorillaz....
     - Damon and Jamie's Excellent Adventure


Other (2006)
  • Imagine... A Mildly Amusing Panel Show - a special highlights edition of Never Mind the Buzzcocks
    Never Mind the Buzzcocks

    Never Mind the Buzzcocks is a comedy panel game show with a popular music and rock music theme, currently presented by Simon Amstell, starring Phill Jupitus and a weekly guest team captain, and produced by Talkback Thames for the BBC....
    , a parody of the Imagine series, presented by Yentob himself.


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