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Imagine

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Imagine

2003 – (completed) · 35 seasons · 92 episodes · United Kingdom · English

Imagine (2003) is a solid-tier series on goodrecmovies, rated 7.5/10 on IMDb from 3,171 votes. Updated

63.9GRM score
★ 7.5IMDb · 3k

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.

Top cast

16
Alan Yentob
Self - Presenter
Alan Yentob
Self
Alan Yentob
Self - Interviewer
Tracy Emin
Self
Tracy Emin
Participant
Chuck Close
Self
Richard Rogers
Self
Richard Rogers
Self - Architect
Peter Capaldi
Self
Peter Capaldi
Self - Presenter
Mel Brooks
Self
David Hockney
Self
David Hockney
Self - Participant
Martin Parr
Self - Photographer
Martin Parr
Self
Renée Fleming
Self

Seasons

36

best episode: S7E1 — Being Hamlet ★ 9.6 (7)

S21 eps · ★ 7.8
  • E5From Pencils to Pixels★ 7.86
S31 eps · ★ 8.3
  • E3Saint John Coltrane★ 8.38
S51 eps · ★ 7.4
  • E4Fantastic Mr Dahl★ 7.427
S62 eps · ★ 8.0
  • E5Sweet Home New Orleans★ 6.99
  • E6Warhol: Denied★ 9.010
S73 eps · ★ 8.5
  • E1Being Hamlet★ 9.67
  • E2The Artist Formerly Known as Cat Stevens★ 8.211
  • E4A Picture of the Painter Howard Hodgkin★ 7.87
S81 eps · ★ 7.4
  • E10The Beatles in 'Love'★ 7.421
S91 eps · ★ 5.4
  • E1Gilbert and George: No Surrender★ 5.45
S114 eps · ★ 7.3
  • E2Oliver Sacks: Tales of Music and the Brain★ 7.915
  • E3Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens★ 7.4223
  • E5A Wild Sheep Chase: In Search of Haruki Murakami★ 7.129
  • E6Werner Herzog: Beyond Reason★ 6.616
S132 eps · ★ 7.7
  • E2David Hockney: A Bigger Picture★ 7.340
  • E4The Colourful Mr Eggleston★ 8.119
S142 eps · ★ 8.4
  • E2Dame Shirley Bassey: The Girl from Tiger Bay★ 8.310
  • E4Joan Baez... How Sweet the Sound★ 8.45
S152 eps · ★ 7.6
  • E3Diana Athill: Growing Old Disgracefully★ 8.25
  • E4Tom Jones: What Good Am I?★ 7.06
S163 eps · ★ 7.8
  • E1Ai Weiwei: Without Fear or Favour★ 7.47
  • E3The Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge★ 7.425
  • E6Ray Davies: Imaginary Man★ 8.529
S171 eps · ★ 7.7
  • E3Lennon: The New York Years★ 7.722
S183 eps · ★ 7.6
  • E2Simon and Garfunkel: The Harmony Game★ 7.415
  • E7The Art of Stand-Up: Part One - To Be or Not to Be...★ 7.69
  • E8The Art of Stand-Up: Part Two - The Journey...★ 7.710
S204 eps · ★ 7.5
  • E1Fatwa: Salman's Story★ 5.99
  • E2The Great Pretender★ 7.61k
  • E5The Many Lives of William Klein★ 7.749
  • E7Jeanette Winterson: My Monster and Me★ 8.86
S215 eps · ★ 7.6
  • E1Vivian Maier: Who Took Nanny's Pictures?★ 7.591
  • E3Rod Stewart: Can't Stop Me Now★ 7.17
  • E4Woody Allen: A Documentary - Part One★ 7.927
  • E5Woody Allen: A Documentary - Part Two★ 7.819
  • E6Zaha Hadid... Who Dares Wins★ 7.615
S224 eps · ★ 7.9
  • E1Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'★ 7.7145
  • E4Turning the Art World Inside Out★ 8.433
  • E5Hitler, the Tiger and Me★ 7.814
  • E6Who's Afraid of Machiavelli?★ 7.737
S234 eps · ★ 7.7
  • E1Rio 50 Degrees: Carry on CaRIOca!★ 7.622
  • E2Philip Roth Unleashed, Part One★ 8.311
  • E3Philip Roth Unleashed, Part Two★ 8.110
  • E4Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar★ 6.946
S245 eps · ★ 7.6
  • E1The Art That Hitler Hated★ 7.86
  • E2The Art That Hitler Hated: The Sins of the Fathers★ 7.65
  • E3Bette Midler: The Divine Miss M★ 7.815
  • E4Anselm Kiefer: Remembering the Future★ 7.830
  • E5The One and Only Mike Leigh★ 7.213
S255 eps · ★ 8.0
  • E1Frank Gehry: The Architect Says "Why Can't I?"★ 7.615
  • E2Jeff Koons: Diary of a Seducer★ 8.08
  • E3Beware of Mr. Baker★ 8.46
  • E4Toni Morrison Remembers★ 8.417
  • E5Richard Flanagan: Life After Death★ 7.48
S262 eps · ★ 7.3
  • E2Antony Gormley: Being Human★ 7.85
  • E3My Curious Documentary★ 6.77
S274 eps · ★ 7.8
  • E1One Night in 2012 - An Imagine Special★ 6.85
  • E2DANGER! Cornelia Parker★ 8.19
  • E3Georgia O'Keeffe: By Myself★ 8.810
  • E4Sir Roderick Stewart: Can't Stop Me Now★ 7.610
S281 eps · ★ 8.0
  • E5Listen to Me Marlon★ 8.06
S292 eps · ★ 6.8
  • E1She Spoke the Unspeakable★ 7.57
  • E2Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise★ 6.08
S302 eps · ★ 8.3
  • E2Margaret Atwood: You Have Been Warned!★ 8.010
  • E4Cameron Mackintosh: The Musical Man★ 8.77
S315 eps · ★ 7.3
  • E1Rachel Whiteread: Ghost in the Room★ 7.46
  • E2Mel Brooks: Unwrapped★ 6.8265
  • E3Philip Pullman: Angels and Daemons★ 7.111
  • E4Ingrid Bergman in Her Own Words★ 7.510
  • E5Andrew Lloyd Webber: Memories★ 7.512
S322 eps · ★ 8.1
  • E1Rupert Everett: Born to be Wilde★ 8.56
  • E2Orhan Pamuk: A Strange Mind★ 7.711
S334 eps · ★ 7.5
  • E2Tacita Dean: Looking to See★ 7.66
  • E3Hockney, the Queen and the Royal Peculiar★ 7.45
  • E5Tracey Emin: Where Do You Draw the Line?★ 7.29
  • E6Becoming Cary Grant★ 7.917
S344 eps · ★ 7.5
  • E1James Graham: In the Room Where It Happens★ 7.69
  • E2Jo Brand: No Holds Barred★ 7.710
  • E4Edna O'Brien: Fearful... and Fearless★ 7.46
  • E6Olafur Eliasson: Miracles of Rare Device★ 7.28
S353 eps · ★ 7.1
  • E1Lenny Henry: Young, Gifted and Black★ 8.09
  • E3This House is Full of Music★ 6.88
  • E5Marina Abramovic: The Ugly Duckling★ 6.49
S362 eps · ★ 7.3
  • E2Kazuo Ishiguro: Remembering and Forgetting★ 7.26
  • E3Tom Stoppard: A Charmed Life★ 7.512
S372 eps · ★ 7.9
  • E1Miriam Margolyes: Up for Grabs★ 8.113
  • E2Jacob Collier: In the Room Where it Happens★ 7.818
S382 eps · ★ 7.5
  • E3Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me★ 7.829
  • E4French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter★ 7.311
S391 eps · ★ 7.3
  • E1Imagine... Pet Shop Boys: Then and Now★ 7.349
S401 eps · ★ 7.0
  • E1The Academy of Armando★ 7.014
Specials1 eps · ★ 6.3
  • ·David Bowie: Cracked Actor★ 6.314

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Seasons

36

best episode: S7E1 — Being Hamlet ★ 9.6 (7)

S21 eps · ★ 7.8
  • E5From Pencils to Pixels★ 7.86
S31 eps · ★ 8.3
  • E3Saint John Coltrane★ 8.38
S51 eps · ★ 7.4
  • E4Fantastic Mr Dahl★ 7.427
S62 eps · ★ 8.0
  • E5Sweet Home New Orleans★ 6.99
  • E6Warhol: Denied★ 9.010
S73 eps · ★ 8.5
  • E1Being Hamlet★ 9.67
  • E2The Artist Formerly Known as Cat Stevens★ 8.211
  • E4A Picture of the Painter Howard Hodgkin★ 7.87
S81 eps · ★ 7.4
  • E10The Beatles in 'Love'★ 7.421
S91 eps · ★ 5.4
  • E1Gilbert and George: No Surrender★ 5.45
S114 eps · ★ 7.3
  • E2Oliver Sacks: Tales of Music and the Brain★ 7.915
  • E3Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens★ 7.4223
  • E5A Wild Sheep Chase: In Search of Haruki Murakami★ 7.129
  • E6Werner Herzog: Beyond Reason★ 6.616
S132 eps · ★ 7.7
  • E2David Hockney: A Bigger Picture★ 7.340
  • E4The Colourful Mr Eggleston★ 8.119
S142 eps · ★ 8.4
  • E2Dame Shirley Bassey: The Girl from Tiger Bay★ 8.310
  • E4Joan Baez... How Sweet the Sound★ 8.45
S152 eps · ★ 7.6
  • E3Diana Athill: Growing Old Disgracefully★ 8.25
  • E4Tom Jones: What Good Am I?★ 7.06
S163 eps · ★ 7.8
  • E1Ai Weiwei: Without Fear or Favour★ 7.47
  • E3The Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge★ 7.425
  • E6Ray Davies: Imaginary Man★ 8.529
S171 eps · ★ 7.7
  • E3Lennon: The New York Years★ 7.722
S183 eps · ★ 7.6
  • E2Simon and Garfunkel: The Harmony Game★ 7.415
  • E7The Art of Stand-Up: Part One - To Be or Not to Be...★ 7.69
  • E8The Art of Stand-Up: Part Two - The Journey...★ 7.710
S204 eps · ★ 7.5
  • E1Fatwa: Salman's Story★ 5.99
  • E2The Great Pretender★ 7.61k
  • E5The Many Lives of William Klein★ 7.749
  • E7Jeanette Winterson: My Monster and Me★ 8.86
S215 eps · ★ 7.6
  • E1Vivian Maier: Who Took Nanny's Pictures?★ 7.591
  • E3Rod Stewart: Can't Stop Me Now★ 7.17
  • E4Woody Allen: A Documentary - Part One★ 7.927
  • E5Woody Allen: A Documentary - Part Two★ 7.819
  • E6Zaha Hadid... Who Dares Wins★ 7.615
S224 eps · ★ 7.9
  • E1Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'★ 7.7145
  • E4Turning the Art World Inside Out★ 8.433
  • E5Hitler, the Tiger and Me★ 7.814
  • E6Who's Afraid of Machiavelli?★ 7.737
S234 eps · ★ 7.7
  • E1Rio 50 Degrees: Carry on CaRIOca!★ 7.622
  • E2Philip Roth Unleashed, Part One★ 8.311
  • E3Philip Roth Unleashed, Part Two★ 8.110
  • E4Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar★ 6.946
S245 eps · ★ 7.6
  • E1The Art That Hitler Hated★ 7.86
  • E2The Art That Hitler Hated: The Sins of the Fathers★ 7.65
  • E3Bette Midler: The Divine Miss M★ 7.815
  • E4Anselm Kiefer: Remembering the Future★ 7.830
  • E5The One and Only Mike Leigh★ 7.213
S255 eps · ★ 8.0
  • E1Frank Gehry: The Architect Says "Why Can't I?"★ 7.615
  • E2Jeff Koons: Diary of a Seducer★ 8.08
  • E3Beware of Mr. Baker★ 8.46
  • E4Toni Morrison Remembers★ 8.417
  • E5Richard Flanagan: Life After Death★ 7.48
S262 eps · ★ 7.3
  • E2Antony Gormley: Being Human★ 7.85
  • E3My Curious Documentary★ 6.77
S274 eps · ★ 7.8
  • E1One Night in 2012 - An Imagine Special★ 6.85
  • E2DANGER! Cornelia Parker★ 8.19
  • E3Georgia O'Keeffe: By Myself★ 8.810
  • E4Sir Roderick Stewart: Can't Stop Me Now★ 7.610
S281 eps · ★ 8.0
  • E5Listen to Me Marlon★ 8.06
S292 eps · ★ 6.8
  • E1She Spoke the Unspeakable★ 7.57
  • E2Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise★ 6.08
S302 eps · ★ 8.3
  • E2Margaret Atwood: You Have Been Warned!★ 8.010
  • E4Cameron Mackintosh: The Musical Man★ 8.77
S315 eps · ★ 7.3
  • E1Rachel Whiteread: Ghost in the Room★ 7.46
  • E2Mel Brooks: Unwrapped★ 6.8265
  • E3Philip Pullman: Angels and Daemons★ 7.111
  • E4Ingrid Bergman in Her Own Words★ 7.510
  • E5Andrew Lloyd Webber: Memories★ 7.512
S322 eps · ★ 8.1
  • E1Rupert Everett: Born to be Wilde★ 8.56
  • E2Orhan Pamuk: A Strange Mind★ 7.711
S334 eps · ★ 7.5
  • E2Tacita Dean: Looking to See★ 7.66
  • E3Hockney, the Queen and the Royal Peculiar★ 7.45
  • E5Tracey Emin: Where Do You Draw the Line?★ 7.29
  • E6Becoming Cary Grant★ 7.917
S344 eps · ★ 7.5
  • E1James Graham: In the Room Where It Happens★ 7.69
  • E2Jo Brand: No Holds Barred★ 7.710
  • E4Edna O'Brien: Fearful... and Fearless★ 7.46
  • E6Olafur Eliasson: Miracles of Rare Device★ 7.28
S353 eps · ★ 7.1
  • E1Lenny Henry: Young, Gifted and Black★ 8.09
  • E3This House is Full of Music★ 6.88
  • E5Marina Abramovic: The Ugly Duckling★ 6.49
S362 eps · ★ 7.3
  • E2Kazuo Ishiguro: Remembering and Forgetting★ 7.26
  • E3Tom Stoppard: A Charmed Life★ 7.512
S372 eps · ★ 7.9
  • E1Miriam Margolyes: Up for Grabs★ 8.113
  • E2Jacob Collier: In the Room Where it Happens★ 7.818
S382 eps · ★ 7.5
  • E3Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me★ 7.829
  • E4French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter★ 7.311
S391 eps · ★ 7.3
  • E1Imagine... Pet Shop Boys: Then and Now★ 7.349
S401 eps · ★ 7.0
  • E1The Academy of Armando★ 7.014
Specials1 eps · ★ 6.3
  • ·David Bowie: Cracked Actor★ 6.314

Top cast

16
AAlan YentobSelf - PresenterAAlan YentobSelfAAlan YentobSelf - InterviewerTTracy EminSelfTTracy EminParticipantCChuck CloseSelfRRichard RogersSelfRRichard RogersSelf - ArchitectPPeter CapaldiSelfPPeter CapaldiSelf - PresenterMMel BrooksSelfDDavid HockneySelfDDavid HockneySelf - ParticipantMMartin ParrSelf - PhotographerMMartin ParrSelfRRenée FlemingSelf

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