Imagine Season 14 Episodes

Episode 1

The Year of Anish Kapoor

60 mins

host, Alan Yentob meets Anish Kapoor, while he is preparing for a solo exhibition in the Royal Academy gallery. Anish Kapoor is the first living artist to have been given the entire gallery. In this documentary, we not only see Anish preparing for his solo exhibition, we also are guided through his life, his early work, his most influential works and his creative process that ultimately lead him to this solo exhibition.

Episode 2

Dame Shirley Bassey: The Girl from Tiger Bay

60 mins

Alan Yentob gains an insight into the creative world of Dame Shirley Bassey, looking back over her life and career, with archive footage of her greatest performances.

Episode 3

Own Art

60 mins

Episode 4

Joan Baez... How Sweet the Sound

60 mins

Episode 5

Plácido Domingo: The Time of My Life

60 mins

In opera terms you just can't climb any higher than Placido Domingo. Last year he embarked on his first opera role as a baritone - Simon Boccanegra. Also, looking back at some of his greatest roles, this film examines how Domingo earned the title the 'greatest tenor in history'.

Episode 6

Scrabble: A Night on the Tiles

60 mins

Scrabble is experiencing a renaissance. The younger generation have rediscovered the game online - through the copyright busting Scrabulous - and they're having night after night on the tiles. Alan Yentob sets out to discover why the word game leaves us spellbound, tracing its surprising history, meeting the American tournament Word Freaks, and paying a visit to the SAS-style training camp that the Nigerian government trains their players at.

Episode 9

Serial Killers: The Women Who Write Crime Fiction

60 mins