7.7/10140 votes#1 - Rio 50 Degrees: Carry on CaRIOca
Season 22 Episode 1 - Aired 5/18/2014
As Brazil prepares to host the Fifa World Cup this summer and the Olympic Games in 2016, imagine... explores the cultural and social history of the city of Rio de Janeiro, home to more than six million Carioca. A city of extremes, Rio is still seen by many as a tropical paradise, but it is also a city divided by class, ravaged by poverty and gun crime. With its roots and rhythms in samba, the music of Rio has directly influenced decades of social and cultural change. imagine... journeys through an extraordinary city, illustrated and narrated by the music and voices of this Brazilian metropolis.
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#2 - Philip Roth Unleashed Part 1
Season 22 Episode 2 - Aired 5/20/2014
After Portnoy's Complaint launched him as a new literary voice, not to mention a scandalous one, Philip Roth went on to be hailed by many as America's greatest living writer. Never afraid to look hard at the extremes of human experience, he has been both consistently controversial and intensely private. But now, having celebrated his 80th birthday in his home town of Newark, New Jersey, Roth, in conversation with Alan Yentob, is ready to tell the whole story in this special two-part film for imagine... Philip Roth Unleashed.
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#3 - Philip Roth Unleashed Part 2
Season 22 Episode 3 - Aired 5/27/2014
Alan Yentob talks to Philip Roth in the second half of a two-part film. After his scandalous debut with Portnoy's Complaint, and the intensely personal novels of his early career, Philip Roth turned this same fearless vision to some of the great themes of the American century - civil rights, McCarthyism, the Vietnam war - as his characters become impaled on history. In a career spanning six decades Roth became one of the most controversial and influential writers of the modern age, and only now, with the advent of his 80th birthday, is he ready to reveal all.
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- 8.5/1031 votes
#4 - Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar
Season 22 Episode 4 - Aired 6/29/2014
The five surviving members of Monty Python have spent the last 20 years dismissing a reunion as 'absolutely impossible'. Now, it seems, they've changed their minds... In this special edition of imagine... Alan Yentob follows Cleese, Palin, Jones, Gilliam and Idle (collective age 357) as they pursue solo projects in far-flung locations, reflect on old age, and prepare for the shows in London that will bring the final curtain down on Python after 45 years.
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- 7.8/1014 votes
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Season 22 Episode 5 - Aired Unknown
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- 7.7/1037 votes
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Season 22 Episode 6 - Aired Unknown
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The Best Episodes of imagine… Season 22
Every episode of imagine… Season 22 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of imagine… Season 22!
The biggest names from the world of art, film, music, literature and dance. Alan Yentob gets close up with those shaping today's cultural world.
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Network:BBC One
Season 22 Ratings Summary
"Rio 50 Degrees: Carry on CaRIOca" is the best rated episode of "imagine…" season 22. It scored 7.7/10 based on 140 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 5/18/2014. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Philip Roth Unleashed Part 1".