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Imagine...: Season 2

Autumn 2003 2003

  • 2003-11-12T00:00:00Z on BBC One
  • 50m
  • 5h (6 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Documentary, News
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.

6 episodes

Season Premiere

2003-11-12T00:00:00Z

2x01 The Voice of Bryn Terfel

Season Premiere

2x01 The Voice of Bryn Terfel

  • 2003-11-12T00:00:00Z50m

The internationally acclaimed Welsh bass baritone talks to Alan Yentob as the arts strand returns for a new, six-part run. As well as learning more about the technical aspects of Terfel's voice, Yentob watches him perform at the opera - but is he prepared to duet with the maestro?

2003-11-19T00:00:00Z

2x02 A Funny Business

2x02 A Funny Business

  • 2003-11-19T00:00:00Z50m

A look at the process of remaking hit British sitcoms into mediocre US sitcoms.

2003-11-26T00:00:00Z

2x03 Entertaining Mr Soane

2x03 Entertaining Mr Soane

  • 2003-11-26T00:00:00Z50m

Born in 1753, Sir John Soane was the first great innovator of British architecture. Though only one of his creations remains intact, his influence resonates to this day.

Alan Yentob’s arts strand continues with this drama-documentary - starring Corin Redgrave as Soane and Sam West as his student Wightwick - which tells the remarkable story of Soane's life.

2x04 The World According to Parr

  • 2003-12-03T00:00:00Z50m

Martin Parr is widely considered to be the most influential photographer of his generation. His work portrays the British way of life in all its idiosyncratic detail - Women’s Institutes, bird-watching, and fish and chips - iconic images that make up a retrospective exhibition currently on a world tour.

Alan Yentob takes Parr back to his suburban past to reveal the root of his inspiration.

2003-12-10T00:00:00Z

2x05 From Pencils to Pixels

2x05 From Pencils to Pixels

  • 2003-12-10T00:00:00Z50m

A celebration of the phenomena of the animated feature film and whether there is a future for traditional animated techniques in the age of computer and digital imaging.

Season Finale

2003-12-18T00:00:00Z

2x06 An A-Z of the OED

Season Finale

2x06 An A-Z of the OED

  • 2003-12-18T00:00:00Z50m

From the height of the British Empire right up to the digital age, Alan Yentob investigates the bizarre history of the Oxford English Dictionary, helped by poet Benjamin Zephaniah and author Julian Barnes.

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