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Alan Yentob Has Died

(11 March 1947 – 24 May 2025) was a British television executive and presenter. He held senior roles at the BBC including head of music and arts, controller of BBC1 and controller of BBC2.

[2] Together they were involved in the UK with various other textile manufacturers plus wholesalers such as Spencer, Turner & Boldero and Jeremiah Rotherham & Co.[3][4] The families also had dealings in South Africa with their holding company Anglo-African Investments. In 1973, Yentob became a producer and director, working on the high-profile documentary series Omnibus, for which, in 1975, he made a film called Cracked Actor about the musician David Bowie. The email, which was subsequently leaked to BuzzFeed News and the BBC's Newsnight programme,[29] spoke of "looting, rioting and arson attacks on government buildings" and warned of possible sharp spikes in "starvation and modern-day slavery".

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