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Alan Yentob
Deceased

When Did Alan Yentob Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 78
GenderMaleNationalityUnited KingdomBorn11/03/1947Born inLondon, England, UKDied24/05/2025 (aged 78)Died inLondonWikidataQ4708115 ↗TMDb#50121 ↗

Alan Yentob was a British television executive and presenter. He held senior roles at the BBC, including head of music and arts, controller of BBC1 and BBC2, and was the corporation's creative director from 2004 until 2015. He was also chairman of the board of trustees of the charity Kids Company from 2003 until its collapse in 2015.

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Filmography31 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2024Salman Rushdie: Through a Glass DarklyMovieSelf - Interviewer77
2023imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and MeMovieSelf76
2023imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, BitterMovieSelf - Presenter76
2023imagine... The Factory: Made in ManchesterMovieSelf - presenter76
2022Remembers…SeriesSelf75
2022Jacob Collier: In the Room Where It HappensMovieSelf75
2021Tom Stoppard: A Charmed LifeMoviePresenter74
2020MandySeriesSelf73
2018Mel Brooks: UnwrappedMovieSelf - Presenter71
2017Rachel Whiteread: Ghost in the RoomMovieSelf70
2017Margaret Atwood: You Have Been WarnedMovieSelf70
2016One Night In 2012Movie—69
2015David Chipperfield: A Place to BeMovieSelf - Presenter68
2015Frank Gehry: The Architect Says "Why Can't I?"MovieSelf - Presenter68
2014Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather SimilarMovieSelf - Presenter67
2013Zaha Hadid... Who Dares WinsMovieSelf - Presenter66
2012Mel Brooks Strikes Back!MovieSelf65
2010The Seven Year HitchMovieSelf63
2009The Year of Anish KapoorMovieSelf - Presenter62
2008Beautiful PeopleSeriesSelf61
2008A Wild Sheep Chase: In Search of Haruki MurakamiMovieSelf61
2007Imagine... Damon & Jamie's Excellent AdventureMovieSelf - Presenter60
2003imagine…SeriesSelf - Presenter56
2003The World According to ParrMovieSelf - Prsenter56
2002TimeshiftSeriesSelf - Controller, BBC Two (archive footage)55
1997Operation Good GuysSeries—50
1996Never Mind the BuzzcocksSeriesSelf - Narrator49
1988Behind The ScreenSeries—41
1986Open AirSeries—39
1982Mike Leigh: Making PlaysMovieSelf - Narrator, Interviewer35
1974NOVASeriesNarrator27