http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagineBBC Imagine programmeen-gbWed, 03 Dec 2008 15:45:48 +0000Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:45:48 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/syndication/http://www.bbc.co.uk/feedfactory/terms.shtmlhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/article/doris_lessing.shtmlAlan Yentob meets Doris Lessing, winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize for Literature, to talk about a life of writing.Tue, 27 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/rss/article/doris_lessing.rsshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/article/oliver_sacks.shtmlAlan Yentob meets neurologist and writer Dr Oliver Sacks, who has made the study of the brain his life's work.Fri, 30 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/rss/article/oliver_sacks.rsshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/article/annie_leibovitz.shtmlA version of the cinema release Annie Leibovitz: Life Through A Lens, documenting the celebrity photographer.Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/rss/article/annie_leibovitz.rsshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/article/trip_to_asia.shtmlA film following Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra musicians on their debut tour as they compete to impress conductor Simon Rattle.Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/rss/article/trip_to_asia.rsshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/article/haruki_murakami.shtmlAlan Yentob goes in search of the myth of Haruki Murakami, the notoriously publicity-shy author of international bestsellers such as Kafka on the Shore and Norwegian Wood.Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/rss/article/haruki_murakami.rsshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/article/werner_herzog.shtmlAlan Yentob meets the renowned German film director Werner Herzog in this week's Imagine... Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/rss/article/werner_herzog.rsshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/article/anthony_minghella.shtmlA tribute to Oscar-winning director and writer Anthony Minghella who died in March.Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/rss/article/anthony_minghella.rsshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/article/guitar_story.shtmlAlan Yentob embarks on a three-part personal journey to discover how the guitar became the world's favourite musical instrument. Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/rss/article/guitar_story.rsshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/article/dangerous_liaisons.shtmlImagine returns with a new seriesTue, 14 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/rss/article/dangerous_liaisons.rsshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/article/love_story.shtmlImagine examines what makes a great love story this week and looks at the books, films and pop songs that have tackled the thorny issue of love, pain and desire. Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/rss/article/love_story.rsshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/article/hecame_heconquered.shtmlIn this Imagine, Alan Yentob explores the life and work of the chart topping rapper and multi-millionaire business mogul Jay-Z. Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/rss/article/hecame_heconquered.rsshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/article/let_there_be_light.shtmlIn Imagine… Let there Be Light Alan Yentob has some extraordinary encounters with the artists for whom light is both source and inspiration for their art. Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/rss/article/let_there_be_light.rsshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/article/heavy_metal.shtmlFollowing the struggles of Iraq’s one and only metal band, Acrassicauda, this rock doc both celebrates the liberating power of rock music and tells its own story about the nightmare of daily life in the war torn city. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/rss/article/heavy_metal.rsshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/article/the_secret_of_life.shtmlWhy are self-help books so popular? What are we looking for? Are we all desperate? Alan Yentob goes in search of self-help.Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/rss/article/the_secret_of_life.rsshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/article/richard_rogers.shtmlAlan Yentob takes the multi-award winning architect Richard Rogers back to some of the landmark buildings he has designed, from the Pompidou Centre to Lloyds of London.Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/rss/article/richard_rogers.rsshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/article/marc_newson.shtmlAlan Yentob meets the industrial designer Marc Newson, whose latest project is a suborbital jet that just might be the future of long-distance travel.Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/rss/article/marc_newson.rsshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/article/jake_and_dinos_chapman.shtmlTo coincide with the episode How To Get On In The Art World, Jake and Dinos Chapman made an art work for readers to download.Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/rss/article/jake_and_dinos_chapman.rsshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/article/flogging_a_dead_horse.shtmlAt 10.35pm on Tuesday 20th November 2007 Jake and Dinos Chapman will be giving away an exclusive piece of art. Come back to download your free copy.Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/rss/article/flogging_a_dead_horse.rsshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/article/how_to_get_on_in_the_art_world.shtmlAs investment in the art market continues to rise, Imagine... pays a visit to Frieze Art Fair to meet some of the artists, collectors and gallerists behind this lucrative world.Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/rss/article/how_to_get_on_in_the_art_world.rsshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/article/louise_bourgeois.shtmlLouise Bourgeois, nearly a century old, is still making art today. As the Tate Modern holds a major retrospective of her work, Imagine... visits the prolific artist at her home in New York. Mon, 12 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/rss/article/louise_bourgeois.rsshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/article/helvetica.shtmlThe film tells the story of how a typeface drawn by a little-known Swiss designer in 1957 became one of the most popular ways for us to communicate. Mon, 05 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/rss/article/helvetica.rsshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/article/episode_bigb.shtmlAlan Yentob meets the world’s biggest movie star: Amitabh Bachchan, otherwise known as 'The Big B', on the set of a new version of "Sholay".Mon, 29 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/rss/article/episode_bigb.rsshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/article/episode_bolshoi.shtmlTeenager Henry Perkins is one of our brightest ballet talents. Imagine... follows him during an intense and difficult first year at The Bolshoi, the world's best ballet school.Mon, 22 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/rss/article/episode_bolshoi.rsshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/article/venezuela_classical_music.shtmlFor more than 30 years an extraordinary music project has been running in Venezuela in an attempt to transform the lives of the nation’s poorest children.Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/rss/article/venezuela_classical_music.rsshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/article/first_night.shtmlFlying zombies, spider women, Princess Iron Fan... See images of the full dress rehearsal of the hotly anticipated opera, Monkey, Journey To The West.Fri, 29 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/rss/article/first_night.rsshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/article/monkeying_around.shtmlLimb contortions, plate spinning, rope dangling, human pyramids... Watch the acrobats hard at work during rehearsals for Monkey, Journey To The West.Wed, 27 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/rss/article/monkeying_around.rsshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/article/monkey_damon.shtmlWatch Damon Albarn, Blur front man and brain behind Gorillaz, on the process of writing the opera Monkey, Journey To The West.Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/rss/article/monkey_damon.rsshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/article/monkey_jamie.shtml"Friday night, school's finished, watch Monkey." Watch artist Jamie Hewlett share some of his designs for the character Monkey.Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/rss/article/monkey_jamie.rsshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/article/monkey_chenshizheng.shtmlThe director of Monkey, Journey To The West, Chen Shi-Zheng, on his first Monkey encounter.Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/rss/article/monkey_chenshizheng.rsshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/article/monkey_rehearsal.shtmlMonkey, Journey To The West will star more than 40 Chinese acrobats, martial artists and vocalists. See a sneak preview of the rehearsals.Fri, 22 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/rss/article/monkey_rehearsal.rsshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/article/monkey_train.shtmlCelebrating the upcoming opera Monkey, Journey to the West, Gorillaz's artist Jamie "Tank Girl" Hewlett is sending a train of monkeys cross country…Wed, 20 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/rss/article/monkey_train.rsshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/article/surr_tracks.shtmlListen to samples of tracks featured in Imagine... It's The Surreal Thing. Including Kid 606's Phoenix Riddim and Bumble Boogie by Maurice Horhut.Wed, 06 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/rss/article/surr_tracks.rsshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/article/surr_contributors.shtml"Surrealism is the spirit of the dream coupled with reality." Read thoughts on Surrealism by people including George Melly, Grayson Perry and Philippe Starck.Wed, 30 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/rss/article/surr_contributors.rsshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/article/surr_juggling.shtmlThe Surrealists enjoyed subverting ordinary ways of doing things. Watch Alan Yentob's New Way Of Juggling.Wed, 30 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/rss/article/surr_juggling.rsshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/article/surr_works.shtmlSee "marvellous and beautiful" images of the Surrealist Group Inside the Central Office of Surrealist Research and images by Marcel Duchamp, Rene Magritte and others.Wed, 30 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/rss/article/surr_works.rsshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/article/zoe_walker.shtmlWatch artist Zoe Walker's tragicomic and surreal attempt to launch a handmade moon into the night sky.Wed, 30 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/rss/article/zoe_walker.rsshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/article/surr_shoot.shtmlSee images from the making of Alan Yentob's dream-like journey, Imagine... it's the surreal thing, into the world of the Surreal.Wed, 30 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/rss/article/surr_shoot.rsshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/article/man_of_steel.shtmlHe is Richard Serra: creator of enormous, immediately identifiable steel sculptures that terrify, captivate and bewilder. In tonight’s Imagine, he discusses his life and work.Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/rss/article/man_of_steel.rsshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/article/exquisite_corpse.shtmlWe asked artists including Grayson Perry, George Melly and Philippe Starck to create an Exquisite Corpse exclusively for Imagine... See the art work.Tue, 29 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/rss/article/exquisite_corpse.rsshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/article/surr_proverbs.shtmlWatch Alan Yentob offer a surreal twist on Proverbs For Today.Tue, 29 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/rss/article/surr_proverbs.rsshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/article/surr_lexicon.shtml"Kink, lesbianise, masturbate." In their quest to subvert all things the Surrealists even managed to make sign language dirty. Watch as Alan Yentob delivers a Succinct Lexicon of Eroticism. Tue, 29 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/rss/article/surr_lexicon.rsshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/article/surr_technique.shtml"The mad beast of custom must be hunted down!" the Surrealists declared of the conventions of art and life. Watch our guide on How To Be A Surrealist.Tue, 29 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/rss/article/surr_technique.rsshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/article/englishman.shtmlAnger, Sex, Dementia, Cheerleader... Take a look at artist Grayson Perry's extraordinary map of his own mind, Map of an Englishman.Thu, 24 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/rss/article/englishman.rsshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/article/rendezvous.shtmlWatch an extended clip of the cult French driving film C'etait un Rendezvous, as used in Imagine…it's the surreal thing.Thu, 24 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/rss/article/rendezvous.rsshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/article/walker_interviews.shtmlWatch musicians Jarvis Cocker, Dot Allison, Johnny Marr, Damon Albarn, Alison Goldfrapp, Sting and others comment on Scott Walker's early work.Tue, 22 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/rss/article/walker_interviews.rsshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/article/walker_tracks.shtmlListen to samples from tracks featured in Scott Walker, including The Electrician by The Walker Brothers and Jesse from Scott Walker's album The Drift.Mon, 21 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/rss/article/walker_tracks.rsshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/article/walker_preview.shtmlWatch Scott Walker on the song Clara, inspired by the execution of Mussolini, along with rehearsals of Walker instructing his percussionist how to punch raw pork.Fri, 18 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/rss/article/walker_preview.rsshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/article/damon_and_jamie.shtmlAlan Yentob speaks exclusively with Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett as they embark on a new creative endeavour and their first collaboration outside the Gorillaz partnership.Thu, 17 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/rss/article/damon_and_jamie.rsshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/article/klimt_martinsmith.shtmlMartin Smith, writer of Stealing Klimt, tells of his involvement in the story of Maria Altmann, and her fight to reclaim her family’s stolen legacy.Tue, 15 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/rss/article/klimt_martinsmith.rsshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/article/klimt_preview.shtmlWatch a preview of Stealing Klimt, the dramatic story of how the Nazis stole Klimt's masterpiece from Maria Altmann's family and her desperate struggle to reclaim it years later.Mon, 14 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/rss/article/klimt_preview.rsshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/article/klimt_gallery.shtml"The paintings were taken out of my uncle's house and stolen," recounts Maria Altmann. See the paintings which were stolen by the Nazis in 1938.Mon, 14 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/rss/article/klimt_gallery.rsshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/article/g_g_bendit.shtmlWatch Gilbert and George recreate their famous Bend It dance, with your choice of soundtracks, including Green Onions and Just The Two Of Us.Wed, 09 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/rss/article/g_g_bendit.rsshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/article/g_g_planed.shtmlWhile filming Imagine... Gilbert and George created a unique piece of art for readers to download.Tue, 08 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/rss/article/g_g_planed.rsshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/article/g_g_lobster.shtmlWatch Gilbert and George show Alan Yentob their treasured singing lobster.Tue, 08 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/rss/article/g_g_lobster.rsshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/article/g_g_papers.shtml"All Mouth And No Trousers." Gilbert and George read some of their favourite newspaper headlines about themselves.Tue, 08 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/rss/article/g_g_papers.rsshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/article/g_g_ourstreet.shtml"My mother is another down The Strand..." Gilbert and George talk about the street where they live in a clip only available on this website.Tue, 08 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/rss/article/g_g_ourstreet.rsshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/article/g_g_townscape.shtmlGilbert and George take Alan Yentob around their recent Tate Modern exhibition, showing him work inspired by East End grafitti and personal ads.Tue, 08 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/rss/article/g_g_townscape.rsshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/article/g_g_making_planed.shtmlWatch Gilbert and George as they make a piece of art exclusively for Imagine...Tue, 08 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/rss/article/g_g_making_planed.rsshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/article/g_g_tracks.shtmlListen to tracks featured in Gilbert and George: No Surrender, including Flanagan and Allen's 'Nice People'.Thu, 03 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/rss/article/g_g_tracks.rsshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/article/no_surrender.shtml"All the hidden remarks - ‘the curiously besuited couple’, 'the tedious twosome’ - that’s all coded language for ‘I’d prefer not to have two poofs exhibiting in this gallery’."Fri, 04 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/rss/article/no_surrender.rsshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/article/stealing_klimt.shtmlThe Golden Portrait, one of the world's most expensive paintings, was stolen by the Nazis in WWII. Maria Altmann recounts the dramatic struggle to recover her family’s stolen belongings.Thu, 03 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/rss/article/stealing_klimt.rsshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/article/scott_walker.shtmlWith his life story told by the likes of Julian Cope, Goldfrapp and Marc Almond, Imagine… gains a unique insight into the life of the enigmatic figure Scott Walker.Thu, 03 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/rss/article/scott_walker.rsshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/article/surrealism.shtmlGrayson Perry, Marcel Dzama and Michel Gondry, amongst others, join Imagine… on a dreamlike journey into today’s surreal unknown.Thu, 03 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/rss/article/surrealism.rsshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/article/about.shtmlImagine... aims to capture the power and effect of the arts and the people who have changed our way of looking at the world.Fri, 30 May 2008 00:00:00 +0000http://www.bbc.co.uk/imagine/rss/article/about.rss