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The Best Episodes of imagine… Season 8

Every episode of imagine… Season 8 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of imagine… Season 8!

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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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    imagine… Season 8 Episode 1 - Sweet Home New Orleans
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    #1 - Sweet Home New Orleans

    S8:E1

    Could New Orleans's days as a great musical powerhouse be coming to an end? As Alan Yentob traces the city's vast musical heritage, he meets musicians who have lived and worked there all their lives and are determined to return despite the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina. With contributions from Paul McCartney, Dr John, Jools Holland and Elvis Costello.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. imagine… Season 8 Episode 2 - Warhol: Denied
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    #2 - Warhol: Denied

    S8:E2

    The joy of some collectors at owning what they believed to be genuine Andy Warhol works has been ruined by the artist's authentication board's declaring them fake. They speak of their disillusionment here as Alan Yentob visits New York to investigate acquiring art by the “Pope of Pop”, while Warhol collaborators reveal his unusual working methods.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. imagine… Season 8 Episode 3 - A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Studio
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    #3 - A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Studio

    S8:E3

    Critics say the British sitcom is dead by virtue of its middle-aged, middle-class “appeal”. Why then are our finest comic writers and performers making prize-winning shows? As he talks to Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, Armando Iannucci, Graham Linehan and Chris Langham - and makes a surprise entrance on My Family - Alan Yentob finds the genre in rude health.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. imagine… Season 8 Episode 4 - Sitting Comfortably
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    #4 - Sitting Comfortably

    S8:E4

    Self-confessed chair addict Alan Yentob encounters a vast range of his objects of desire in this whimsical journey through the changing styles of the modern chair - a furniture item intimately and inextricably intertwined with the physicality of our everyday lives, whose look has been transformed over the centuries by designers such as Le Corbusier and Terence Conran , from hand-crafted descendants of royal thrones to wipe-clean plastic garden chairs.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 8 Ratings Summary

"Sweet Home New Orleans" is the best rated episode of "imagine…" season 8. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/17/2006. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Warhol: Denied".