Imagine - Summer 2009
Arts series presented by Alan Yentob
Imagine - Summer 2009 - Art in Troubled Times: A New Deal for Art
The Great Depression and the Second World War changed what was expected of the arts; Alan Yentob asks if the current recession could see the next transformation.
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Imagine - Summer 2009 - Art in Troubled Times: Part II - The Home Front
Alan Yentob asks what, in times like these, art is worth, and what it is for, and Simon Callow tells how the big moment for publicly-funded art in Britain was the Second World War.
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Imagine - Summer 2009 - David Hockney - A Bigger Picture
Documentary capturing the return from California of England's favourite living artist. As Hockney approaches the age of 70, he re-invents his painting from scratch.
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Imagine - Summer 2009 - Rufus Wainwright, Prima Donna
Alan Yentob meets one of modern music's most mercurial talents, Rufus Wainwright, as he creates his very first opera, Prima Donna.
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Imagine - Summer 2009 - Save the Last Dance for Me
Alan Yentob follows the Company of Elders dance troupe as they prepare to perform at Sadler's Wells, one of the top dance venues in the world.
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Imagine - Summer 2009 - The Colourful Mr Eggleston
Alan Yentob explores the work of William Eggleston, one of the most influential and original living photographers, as the normally shy and elusive legend is shown at work.
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Imagine - Summer 2009 - The Smoking Diaries Update
Arts series. An updated tribute to Simon Gray, one of Britain's foremost playwrights, best known for his work with Harold Pinter, and as the writer of the notorious Cell Mates.
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