Imagine
Wide-ranging BBC arts programme.
- 2003-2025
- 40 seasons
- Documentary
- TV-14
Wide-ranging BBC arts programme.
Season 27 Episode Guide
4 Episodes 2016
Episode 1
One Night in 2012 - An Imagine Special
60 mins
Alan Yentob tells the story of London's Olympic Opening Ceremony, as seen through the eyes of its artistic director Danny Boyle, his creative team and just some of the thousands of volunteers who worked to make it happen.
Episode 2
DANGER! Cornelia Parker
60 mins
Imagine reveals the darker side of one of Britain's most original and inventive artists.
Episode 3
Georgia O'Keeffe: By Myself
60 mins
On the brink of the Depression in 1929, Georgia O'Keeffe - America's first great modernist painter - headed west. In the bright light of the New Mexico desert, she forged an independent life and found the solitude she needed for her truly original art. The photographs taken of her by her older lover scandalized the public. Her flower forms were seen as a shocking and vibrant display of femininity, her bones and skulls as surreal and disturbing. Now, 30 years after her death, to coincide with a major Tate Modern show, imagine - tells the story of Georgia O'Keeffe, one of the most inspiring artists ever.
Episode 4
Sir Roderick Stewart: Can't Stop Me Now
60 mins
From beatnik to mod, from folkie to disco tart, from glam rocker to, most recently, crooner of American standards, the newly ennobled Sir Roderick Stewart has had a remarkable musical journey. (Revised repeat)