Imagine...
Autumn 2004
TV-14
Wide-ranging BBC arts programme.
Where to Watch Autumn 2004
8 Episodes
- Arthur Miller - Finishing the PictureE1
Episode 1Arthur Miller - Finishing the PictureThe American playwright’s Death of a Salesman and The Crucible were hailed as classics. But his arraignment during the 1950s communist witch-hunts and his marriage to Marilyn Monroe also made headline news. The arts series returns with Miller, now 89, talking to Alan Yentob about his life and career, and also about his latest play, which documents the making of Monroe's last film. - Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson’s SmileE2
Episode 2Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson’s SmileIn 1966 Brian Wilson, the creative hub of the Beach Boys, embarked on an ambitious project - an attempt to record the greatest pop album ever. Instead, Wilson descended into a breakdown that lasted for over 30 years. Now, with the record Smile finally on release, the troubled genius talks about the origins of the madness and majesty in his music. - Bruce Nauman: the Godfather of Modem ArtE3
Episode 3Bruce Nauman: the Godfather of Modem ArtA profile of the US contemporary artist whose sound installation is currently transforming the vast space of Tate Modern's Turbine Hall. The normally publicity-shy Nauman talks in detail about his oeuvre, while fellow artists Damien Hirst, Douglas Gordon and Tony Oursler offer their opinions of his work. - BrandoE4
Episode 4BrandoThe brooding, raw and groundbreaking performances Marlon Brando gave in such films as A Streetcar Named Desire, On the Waterfront and The Godfather gave the actor an iconic status, despite his lifelong disdain for acting. Alan Yentob talks to Martin Scorsese , Francis Ford Coppola and Bernardo Bertolucci - as well as the Adler family of New York, with whom he was long associated - to piece together a portrait of a highly complex man. - Tony Pappano - a Year at the OperaE5
Episode 5Tony Pappano - a Year at the OperaWill the staging of Wagner’s Ring Cycle provide a fitting climax to Antonio Pappano’s critically acclaimed first year as music director of the Royal Opera House? Alan Yentob follows the Italian conductor as he works on the opera and his many other projects, and charts Pappano’s distinguished musical career. - A Short History of Tall Buildings - Episode 1E101
Episode 101A Short History of Tall Buildings - Episode 1It begins with the extraordinary story of the technology that made it all possible: steel cage construction and the lift. Elisha Otis’s demonstration of his safety lift was the star turn at the New York Worlds Fair in 1854, run by the great American showman, PT Barnum. This streak of showmanship and element of popular entertainment runs through the New York skyscraper’s golden age. - A Short History of Tall Buildings - Episode 3E103
Episode 103A Short History of Tall Buildings - Episode 3There are now more tall buildings in the Far East than in North America – the traditional home of the skyscraper – while China, the world’s largest country and fastest-growing economy, is building cities at a rate unprecedented in the history of mankind.
