From the archive: Alan Yentob: the last impresario

04/06/2025

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We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2016: For decades, Alan Yentob was the dominant creative force at the BBC – behind everything from Adam Curtis to Strictly Come Dancing. He was a towering figure in British culture – so why did many applaud his very public slide from power? Written and read by Sam Knight. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

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From the archive: Alan Yentob: the last impresario

The Audio Long Read

Mais episódios de "The Audio Long Read"

My husband and son suffered strokes, 30 years apart. Shockingly little had changed

‘The Mozart of the attention economy’: why MrBeast is the world’s biggest YouTube star

Why does Switzerland have more nuclear bunkers than any other country?

From the archive: ‘A nursery of the Commons’: how the Oxford Union created today’s ruling political class

‘Outdated and unjust’: can we reform global capitalism?

Extremely loud and incredibly scouse: how Jamie Carragher conquered football punditry

From the archive: Burying Leni Riefenstahl: one woman’s lifelong crusade against Hitler’s favourite film-maker

‘You can let go now’: inside the hospital where staff treat fear of death as well as physical pain

An English gentleman, a crooked lawyer: the secrets of Stephen David Jones

From the archive: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o: three days with a giant of African literature