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The biggest names from the world of art, film, music, literature and dance. Alan Yentob gets close up with those shaping today's cultural world.
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- Ep 1
1.The Saatchi Phenomenon
11-06-200350mAlan Yentob presents a new seven-part series looking at the power and effect of the arts and their main protagonists. The elusive and intriguing Charles Saatchi has been hugely in...
- Ep 2
2.Barbara Hepworth: Shapes Out of Feelings
18-06-200350mA profile of Barbara Hepworth, the world's first internationally celebrated woman sculptor. Born in Yorkshire in 1903, she had to fight to establish herself in a world dominated by...
- Ep 3
3.The Hip Hop Generation
25-06-200350mMore than just a musical genre, hip-hop has become a global youth culture. But why does the voice of young black America resonate equally with British teenagers from city high-rise...
- Ep 4
4.Stella's Story
02-07-200350mGwyneth Paltrow, Kate Moss and Vogue's Anna Wintour contribute to the tale of Stella McCartney's rise from student at St Martins to her big break into the fashion elite. Footage s...
- Ep 5
5.Carlos Acosta: The Reluctant Ballet Dancer
09-07-200350mAlan Yentob tells the inspirational story of Carlos Acosta, the gifted dancer who made the leap from the backstreets of Havana to become the first black principal dancer at the Roy...
- Ep 6
6.The Potrait of Omai
16-07-200350mAlan Yentob tells the story of Joshua Reynolds’ portrait of Britain’s first non-white celebrity, Omai, which the Tate Gallery is fighting to keep in Britain. One of the artist’s gr...
- Ep 7
7.Sir John Mortimer: Owning Up at 80
30-07-200350mIn the year that the barrister turned bestselling author turns 80, Alan Yentob talks to family and friends about the man widely regarded as a passionate political campaigner, wit,...
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