Full Filmography
Acting
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
(1982)
Narrator/Interviewer
The World According to Parr
(2003)
Self - Prsenter
Arthur Miller: Finishing the Picture
(2004)
Self
Fantastic Mr. Dahl
(2005)
Himself - Presenter
A Picture of the Painter Howard Hodgkin
(2006)
Himself - Presenter
Sweet Home New Orleans
(2006)
Himself - Presenter
How to Get on in the Art World
(2007)
Self - Presenter
A Wild Sheep Chase: In Search of Haruki Murakami
(2008)
Himself
Oliver Sacks: Tales of Music and the Brain
(2008)
Presenter
Richard Serra: Man of Steel
(2008)
Presenter
The Year of Anish Kapoor
(2009)
Himself - Presenter
Scrabble: A Night on the Tiles
(2009)
Self
The Seven Year Hitch
(2010)
Self
Ray Davies: Imaginary Man
(2010)
Himself - Presenter
The Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge
(2010)
Van Gogh: Painted with Words
(2010)
Self - Narrator
Grayson Perry and the Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman
(2011)
Self
Books: The Last Chapter?
(2011)
Self
Mel Brooks Strikes Back!
(2012)
Self
Ken Russell: A Bit of a Devil
(2012)
Self - Presenter
Ian Rankin and the Case of the Disappearing Detective
(2012)
Self
Hitler, the Tiger and Me
(2013)
Himself - Presenter
Vivian Maier: Who Took Nanny's Pictures?
(2013)
Himself
Who's Afraid of Machiavelli?
(2013)
Self - Presenter
Turning the Art World Inside Out
(2013)
Zaha Hadid... Who Dares Wins
(2013)
Himself - Presenter
Mini: A Life Revisited
(2013)
Self - Presenter
The One and Only Mike Leigh
(2014)
Himself - Presenter
Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar
(2014)
Self / Presenter
BBC Imagine: The Divine Miss M
(2014)
Self
Rio 50 Degrees: Carry on CaRIOca
(2014)
Self - Presenter
Shylock's Ghost
(2015)
Himself - Presenter
Frank Gehry: The Architect Says "Why Can't I?"
(2015)
Himself - Presenter
David Chipperfield: A Place to Be
(2015)
Himself - Presenter
Antony Gormley: Being Human
(2015)
Presenter
One Night In 2012
(2016)
The Seven Killings of Marlon James
(2016)
Himself
Georgia O'Keeffe: By Myself
(2016)
Self - Presenter
The Art World's Prankster: Maurizio Cattelan
(2016)
Self
The Triumphs and Laments of William Kentridge
(2016)
Himself - Presenter
Rachel Whiteread: Ghost in the Room
(2017)
himself
Margaret Atwood: You Have Been Warned
(2017)
Self
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
(2018)
Self - Presenter
Philip Pullman: Angels and Daemons
(2018)
Himself - Presenter
Hockney, The Queen and the Royal Peculiar
(2018)
Self
Jo Brand: No Holds Barred
(2019)
Himself - Presenter
Edna O'Brien: Fearful... and Fearless
(2019)
Himself - Presenter
Olafur Eliasson: Miracles of Rare Device
(2019)
Himself - Presenter
Faith Ringgold: Tell It Like It Is
(2019)
Himself - Presenter
Marina Abramovic: The Ugly Duckling
(2020)
Himself - Presenter
Kazuo Ishiguro: Remembering and Forgetting
(2021)
Himself (Presenter)
Tom Stoppard: A Charmed Life
(2021)
Presenter
imagine... Miriam Margolyes: Up for Grabs
(2022)
Presenter
Jacob Collier: In the Room Where It Happens
(2022)
Labi Siffre: This Is My Song
(2022)
imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me
(2023)
Self
imagine... The Factory: Made in Manchester
(2023)
Self - presenter
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
(2023)
Self - presenter
Imagine… Pet Shop Boys: Then and Now
(2024)
Interviewer
Salman Rushdie: Through a Glass Darkly
(2024)
Self - Interviewer
Production
Ella Fitzgerald at Ronnie Scotts
(1974)
Producer
Ella Fitzgerald's Other Show
(1974)
Producer
Cracked Actor
(1975)
Producer
My Way
(1979)
Producer
Rudies Come Back (The Rise & Rise of 2-Tone)
(1980)
Producer
Arena: Dire Straits
(1980)
Producer
Getting Away From Sidney
(1981)
Producer
Have You Seen The Mona Lisa...?
(1981)
Producer
The Catherine Wheel: Twyla Tharp Dance Foundation
(1982)
Producer
Desert Island Discs
(1982)
Producer
The Everly Brothers Reunion Concert
(1983)
Producer
The GPO Story
(1983)
Producer
Kurt Vonnegut: So It Goes
(1983)
Producer
Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano
(1983)
Executive Producer
The Long Night of Lady Day
(1984)
Producer
Fela Kuti: Live at Glastonbury 1984
(1984)
Producer
The Everly Brothers: Songs of Innocence and Experience
(1984)
Producer
Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain
(1985)
Producer
Studs Terkel's Chicago
(1985)
Executive Producer
Buddy Holly
(1985)
Executive Producer
Trip to Asia: The Quest for Harmony
(2008)
Producer
Richard Serra: Man of Steel
(2008)
Executive Producer
Van Gogh: Painted with Words
(2010)
Producer
London: The Modern Babylon
(2012)
Executive Producer
David Gilmour: Wider Horizons
(2015)
Executive Producer
Habaneros
(2017)
Executive Producer
The Man Who Saw Too Much
(2019)
Producer
imagine... Miriam Margolyes: Up for Grabs
(2022)
Producer
Imagine… Pet Shop Boys: Then and Now
(2024)
Executive Producer
Directing
Cracked Actor
(1975)
Director
"The Journey", or The Memoirs of a Self-Confessed Surrealist
(1978)
Director
Yusuf Islam: A Few Good Songs
(2007)
Director
Mel Brooks: Unwrapped
(2018)
Director
The Man Who Saw Too Much
(2019)
Director
Writing
Editing
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
(1982)
Editor
Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain
(1985)
Editor
Ai Weiwei: Without Fear or Favour
(2010)
Editor
Ray Davies: Imaginary Man
(2010)
Editor
Art
Crew