imagine… Season 23

Season 23

Air date: 2012-09-19

Episodes: 8

Episodes

E1: The Fatwa - Salman's Story

Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses, tells for the first time the inside story of how it felt to be condemned to death by the Ayatollah Khomeini in 1989.

Air date: 2012-09-19

E2: Ian Rankin and the Case of the Disappearing Detective

Crime writer Ian Rankin invites imagine... to follow him as he writes his next novel, and as he ponders what to write about after retiring his most famous creation.

Air date: 2012-11-06

E3: Do or Die: Lang Lang's Story

From child prodigy to global phenomenon, Alan Yentob reveals the extraordinary life of Lang Lang, China's classical music superstar.

Air date: 2012-11-12

E4: Lang Lang

The pianist performs Chopin and Beethoven at Latitude, Carnegie Hall and the Royal Albert Hall.

Air date: 2012-11-12

E5: The Many Lives of William Klein

William Klein is one of the world's most influential photographers; imagine... spends time with him to discover the personality behind a remarkable creative life.

Air date: 2012-11-20

E6: How Music Makes Us Feel

People often turn to music when words are not enough. Alan Yentob talks to musicians including Emeli Sande and Laurie Anderson about the emotional power of music.

Air date: 2012-11-27

E7: Jeanette Winterson: My Monster and Me

Nearly 30 years after her debut novel, Oranges are Not the Only Fruit, Jeanette Winterson returns with Alan Yentob to the scenes of her extraordinary childhood in Lancashire.

Air date: 2012-12-04

E8: A Beauty is Born: Matthew Bourne's Sleeping Beauty

lan Yentob charts the career of choreographer Matthew Bourne, and takes an exclusive look at preparations for his reinterpretation of Tchaikovsky's The Sleeping Beauty.

Air date: 2012-12-18