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I'm beseeched by a fortune-teller and hailed by a juice stall vendor. Clouds of swirling brazier smoke envelop me amid throbbing drums and chiming cymbals. Al fresco chefs beckon cheerily from their portable kitchens and tables heaving with food and goat
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The company, which offers studios, post production and digital media services to the media industry, is a commercial subsidiary of the BBC. It is based at London’s Television Centre, Elstree and Bristol and works in partnership with media companies creat
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MANDATORY CREDIT PHOTO BY DAVE M. BENETT/GETTY IMAGES REQUIRED) (L to R) Wendy Fisher, Alan Yentob, Tracey Emin and Johan Eliasch attend the BFAMI Gala Dinner and Charity Auction in aid of the British Friends of the Art Museums of Israel at Phillips de... View Photo »
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Alan Yentob, the BBC's creative director, is to join the board of BBC Studios and Post Production as a non-executive director, it has been announced. A commercial subsidiary of the BBC, Studios and Post Production is the UK's largest provider of studios
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Imagine: The Art of Stand-UpBBC1, 11.15pm Alan Yentob concludes his serious look at the funny business, exploring the evolution of stand-up comedy. Among the comics he meets is stream-of-conscious-ness master Eddie Izzard (left). Others revealing their p
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While this series of Imagine has so far illuminated such potentially fusty subjects as Simon & Garfunkel and the rise of e-books, Alan Yentob's series could do with a few more killer one-liners. Luckily for the next two weeks the subject is comedy in a
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MANDATORY CREDIT PHOTO BY DAVE M. BENETT/GETTY IMAGES REQUIRED) Alan Yentob attends a private viewing of 'Private Eye: The First 50 Years' marking the 50th anniversary of Private Eye magazine at The Victoria & Albert Museum on October 17, 2011 in London,... View Photo »
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Can a career that relies on making other people laugh ever make you laugh yourself? While Alan Yentob doesn't set out solely to answer these questions (we've just always wanted to know), the first of this two-part documentary is insightful in how it span
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He has shed the deerstalker hat and pipe, opium smoking is out, and the Hound of the Baskervilles is nowhere to be seen. Sherlock Holmes may have started life as a Victorian detective, but now he has been recast as the star of 2012. What began as a serie
About Alan Yentob
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Alan Yentob (born March 11, 1947) is a British television executive. He was born into a Jewish family in London of Iraqi descent, and was educated at The King's School, Ely. After initially joining the BBC as a trainee in the BBC World Service in 1968, he has spent his entire professional career with the Corporation. Alan has two children, Bella... Full Article
