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Alan Yentob’s final interview set to air on BBC

Film will air as part of a tribute to the late broadcasting legend

The Independent UK · Jun 7, 2025

Letter: Alan Yentob obituary

Giles Oakley writes: Alan Yentob noted that the sound of Old Trafford was extraordinary

The Guardian - UK · Jun 3, 2025

Letter: Alan Yentob obituary

Janet Whitaker writes: Alan Yentob did a great service to the BBC and British culgture

The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2025

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Alan Yentob obituary

One of the most influential broadcasters and TV executives of the last 50 years who spent his entire career at the BBC

The Guardian - UK · May 26, 2025

Sir Salman Rushdie ‘pleased’ by maximum sentence for attacker

The 77-year-old Booker Prize-winning author gave evidence during the trial around the 2022 attack in New York.

Evening Standard · May 26, 2025

‘He is the BBC!’ Alan Yentob, the eternally curious creative who made TV no one else could have dreamed up

From extraordinary interviews with Bowie to green-lighting Ab Fab and Have I Got News For You, Yentob changed the course of not just arts programming but television itself

The Guardian - UK · May 25, 2025

Alan Yentob, former BBC executive and TV presenter, dies aged 78

Wife pays tribute to ‘profoundly moral man’ who was ‘creative in every cell of his body’

The Guardian - UK · May 25, 2025

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The Independent UK · May 25, 2025

Former BBC TV presenter and executive Alan Yentob dies aged 78

Former BBC executive and TV presenter Alan Yentob has died at the age of 78, his family has announced.

The National (Scotland) · May 25, 2025

Alan Yentob, one of British culture’s ‘defining figures’, dies aged 78

BBC director-general Tim Davie described him as a ‘towering figure in British broadcasting’

The Independent UK · May 25, 2025

Alan Yentob: Influential BBC executive undone by Kids Company scandal

The former creative director of the BBC was also known for presenting regular arts series Imagine.

Evening Standard · May 25, 2025

Broadcaster and former BBC executive Alan Yentob dies aged 78

He held positions as controller of BBC One, BBC Two, director of programmes and director of television.

Evening Standard · May 25, 2025

The Charity Commission must amend its report on Kids Company

Letter: This week’s judicial review should bring justice for the late charity founder Camila Batmanghelidjh, write Chris Martin, Joanna Lumley, Joy Madeiros, Susie Orbach, Rowan Williams and Alan Yentob

The Guardian - UK · Mar 17, 2025

Coronation Street actress Shobna Gulati and former BBC executive among honours

Gulati has been made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to the cultural industries.

The Independent UK · Dec 30, 2024

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Evening Standard · Dec 18, 2024

Parkinson’s community ‘felt left out in the cold’ – Rory Cellan-Jones

The former BBC News journalist announced in 2019 that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s.

The Guardian - UK · Jun 3, 2024

‘We had to cut Rik Mayall’s ejaculation scene’: Adrian Edmondson and Ed Bye on Bottom

‘We had wanted to call it My Bottom, so that people at work the next day would say, “Did you see My Bottom on television last night?”’

The Guardian - UK · May 7, 2024

Salman Rushdie: Through a Glass Darkly review – a harrowing first-person account of a knife attack

The British-Indian writer relives his horrific 2022 stabbing in shocking detail – and opens up about how heading back to the scene of the crime helped him

Tom’s Guide · May 7, 2024

How to watch 'Salman Rushdie: Through A Glass Darkly' online from anywhere

"The Satanic Verses" author is now coming to terms with being attacked on stage in the U.S. and how AI has helped him do that — watch online anywhere.

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Louder · Dec 25, 2023

“He wasn’t taken seriously on the London scene because he was into mime and he wasn’t a total hippy”: the turbulent story of David Bowie’s early years

Even superstars have to begin somewhere – and for the young David Bowie it was with a string of flop 1960s singles and a bizarre appearance on the BBC

The Guardian - UK · Dec 18, 2023

Imagine … Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me review – a joyous profile of a blazingly brilliant writer

Riotous interviews! Political rage! Teabags bought in bulk! Alan Yentob delivers an absolute treat of a documentary about a once-in-a-generation talent

The Guardian - UK · Dec 18, 2023

TV tonight: Russell T Davies travels through time with Alan Yentob

The Doctor Who writer reveals his creative inspirations in an affecting documentary. Plus: Jamie Oliver sorts betwixtmas dinners. Here’s what to watch this evening

Louder · Jun 17, 2023

Bowie on film: the stories behind 10 classic David Bowie movies

From The Man Who Fell To Earth to The Hunger, this is the best of David Bowie on the big screen

The Guardian - UK · Apr 10, 2023

‘I put them in bed together just to get it over with’ – how we made Jonathan Creek

‘The BBC needed some persuading. Alan Yentob said: “What are we going to do about his hair?”’

The Guardian - UK · Nov 14, 2022

Douglas Stuart: Love, Hope and Grit review – the amazing real life story of Shuggie Bain is ruined by Alan Yentob

The Booker-winning author takes a squirming Yentob on a tour of Glasgow, and he couldn’t be more out of his comfort zone. Just wait till they go to a sweet shop!

The Guardian - UK · Oct 31, 2022

TV tonight: sex addicts, new money and murders … welcome back to the White Lotus hotel

F Murray Abraham and Aubrey Plaza join Mike White’s five-star comedy. Plus, Alan Yentob’s busy and The Walk-In comes to a compelling conclusion. Here’s what to watch this evening

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