May 20, 2018 · 1h 6m
The story of Rupert Everett's ten-year quest to write, direct and star in his own film about the tragic last years of his hero Oscar Wilde.


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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May 20, 2018 · 1h 6m
The story of Rupert Everett's ten-year quest to write, direct and star in his own film about the tragic last years of his hero Oscar Wilde.
May 27, 2018 · 1h 8m
Turkey's best-known writer, the Nobel Prize-winning Orhan Pamuk, glories in his city of Istanbul, showing Alan Yentob the places which have inspired his work.
Jul 22, 2018 · 1h 8m
Alan Yentob meets Rose Wylie and delves into her curious and colourful world to discover how her memories and experiences have helped mould the artist that she is today.
Jul 29, 2018 · 1h 10m
Alan Yentob joins Tacita Dean in her studio in Berlin to discover how the city has infused her work, and visits her in LA where she is completing a film inspired by her sister.
Oct 9, 2018 · 1h 3m
David Hockney undertakes a commission to design and install a stained-glass window in Westminster Abbey to commemorate the sixty-fifth year of Queen Elizabeth II's reign.
Oct 16, 2018 · 1h 23m
The programme tracks the creation of celebrated composer Sir George Benjamin's latest opera Lessons in Love and Violence, which premiered at the Royal Opera House this year.
Oct 23, 2018 · 1h 16m
Artist Tracey Emin talks to Alan Yentob about her life, from her troubled early years in Margate to a series of breakthroughs in the 1990s. Show more
Oct 30, 2018 · 1h 25m
A revealing insight into the life of Hollywood icon Cary Grant, featuring excerpts from his unpublished autobiography and newly discovered footage shot by Grant himself.
Dec 19, 2018 · 1h 11m
Andrea Levy's novel Small Island about the Windrush generation captured imaginations. imagine... finds out if the new adaptation of her book The Long Song follows suit.
Quick answers about this season's release timeline and episode lineup.
imagine… Season 35 premiered on May 20, 2018.
imagine… Season 35 has 9 episodes.
The season opens with Season 35 Episode 1, "Rupert Everett: Born to be Wilde". It aired on May 20, 2018.
Go to Season 35 Episode 1