Episode guide
imagine…: Summer 2009
7 episodes · premiered Jun 23, 2009
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- Episode 1: Save the Last Dance for Me Jun 23, 2009 · 52m At an age when most people are content to take it easy, one group of pensioners have taken up contemporary dance for the first time. Alan Yentob follows them on their journey as they…
- Episode 2: David Hockney - A Bigger Picture Jun 30, 2009 · 1h Filmed over three years with unprecedented access, this documentary captures the return from California of England's favourite living artist. As Hockney approaches the age of 70, he…
- Episode 3: Rufus Wainwright, Prima Donna Jul 7, 2009 · 55m Alan Yentob explores the rapid rise of one of modern music's most mercurial talents, Rufus Wainwright. Wainwright talks candidly about his background, his family of musical luminaries…
- Episode 4: The Colourful Mr Eggleston Jul 14, 2009 · 50m William Eggleston is one of the most influential and original photographers alive today. A Mississippi aristocrat with a fondness for guns, drink and women, he dragged colour into the…
- Episode 5: Art in Troubled Times: A New Deal for Art Jul 21, 2009 · 50m The Great Depression and the Second World War changed what was expected of the arts; Alan Yentob asks if this recession could see the next transformation. Artist Chuck Close talks about…
- Episode 6: Art In Troubled Times: Part II - The Home Front Jul 28, 2009 · 50m In times like these, what is art worth? And what is art for? The big moment for publicly funded art in Britain was the Second World War. "Something absolutely remarkable happened during…
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