imagine…
imagine…: Season 44

Air Date

February 21, 2017

Episodes

4 episodes

imagine…

Season 44

Episodes

She Spoke the Unspeakable

1. She Spoke the Unspeakable

February 21, 2017
60 min

The author Nawal El Saadawi was a global legend. First shown in 2017 when she was 85, imagine... visited her in Cairo and travels with her to the village where she was born.

Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

2. Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

February 28, 2017
93 min

Documentary portrait of the trail-blazing activist, poet and writer Maya Angelou. Born in 1928, she enthused generations with her bold and inspirational championing of the African American experience that pushed boundaries and redefined the way people think about race and culture.

Alice Neel: Dr Jekyll and Mrs Hyde

3. Alice Neel: Dr Jekyll and Mrs Hyde

March 7, 2017
90 min

A portrait of a remarkable artist. American painter Alice Neel was an extraordinary and prolific figurative painter, and yet she spent most of her life working in obscurity.

Chris Ofili - The Caged Bird's Song

4. Chris Ofili - The Caged Bird's Song

July 15, 2017

Alan Yentob follows the celebrated Turner Prize-winning British artist Chris Ofili as he creates a spectacular contemporary tapestry - The Caged Bird's Song.