The South Bank Show

Jan 14, 1978 (en) Documentary [60] Min
  • First Air Date
    Jan 14, 1978
  • Production
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  • Original title
    The South Bank Show
  • Release
    Jan 14, 1978
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Overview

The South Bank Show is a television arts magazine show that was produced by ITV between 1978 and 2010. A new series began on Sky Arts from 27 May 2012. Presented by Melvyn Bragg, the show aims to bring both high art and popular culture to a mass audience.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Gerald Fox, David Thomas

    Producer

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Casts

  1. Melvyn Bragg

    Self - Presenter

Full Casts & Crew

Casts : 1 / Crews : 4

Specials ( 1983-11-13)

David Hockney Joiner Photographs

Episode: 1

Season 1 ( 1978-01-14)

Paul McCartney/surrealist exhibition

Episode: 1

Paganini Superstar

Episode: 2

Roy Minton

Episode: 3

David Hockney

Episode: 4

Dennis Potter

Episode: 5

John Peel/Jane Glover

Episode: 6

Arabian Days (Edna O'Brien)/Quentin Crisp

Episode: 7

Jacques Loussier

Episode: 8

Ken Dodd

Episode: 9

Georges Simenon

Episode: 10

Horowitz at the White House

Episode: 11

Carl Perkins/Morgan horses

Episode: 12

Carry On with Paul Morissey (Carry On ... films)

Episode: 13

Search for Shaw

Episode: 14

Harold Pinter

Episode: 15

Satyajit Ray/John Williams/Ralph McTell

Episode: 16

Portrait of a Conductor: Herbert Von Karajan

Episode: 17

Freddie Young

Episode: 18

Frank Auerbach

Episode: 19

Mayerling Ballet

Episode: 20

John Osborne on Wardle's book on Devine/Pearl (radio play)

Episode: 21

Ingmar Bergman at 60

Episode: 22

Hullabaloo over George and Bonnie's Pictures (1)

Episode: 23

Hullabaloo over George and Bonnie's Pictures (2)

Episode: 24

Season 2 ( 1978-11-26)

Tom Stoppard

Episode: 1

Grace Under Pressure (Anthony Burgess on Hemingway)

Episode: 2

Woody Allen

Episode: 3

Anatomy of an Opera: Jonathan Miller's Figaro

Episode: 4

Rhythm of Resistance (South African music)

Episode: 5

Harmony of the Spheres (Neil Ardley)

Episode: 6

Circus Clowns/Schubert recital by Richter

Episode: 7

Royal Shakespeare Company on tour

Episode: 8

Brimstone & Treacle (Dennis Potter) / John McLaughlin, a Musical Journey

Episode: 9

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith / Edward Gorey / Gunter Grass

Episode: 10

Michael Cimino / Alan Bennett, Stephen Frears

Episode: 11

Gordon Williams, Alan Sharp, Eddie Boyd

Episode: 12

Derek Boshier / Ingrid Bergman, Ingmar Bergman

Episode: 13

Neil Simon

Episode: 14

Beryl Cook / Cloud Nine rehearsals

Episode: 15

Graham Sutherland

Episode: 16

Darryl Way / Howard Brenton

Episode: 17

The Europeans (film) / Joseph Heller

Episode: 18

Asian Arts festival

Episode: 19

Billy Connolly

Episode: 20

Jessye Norman

Episode: 21

Rough Trade (record label) / Allen Jones

Episode: 22

Scum (film) / Keith Jarrett

Episode: 23

Michael Tippett (90 min.)

Episode: 24

Season 3 ( 1979-12-02)

Francis Ford Coppola

Episode: 1

Royal Shakespeare Company masterclass (1)

Episode: 2

Royal Shakespeare Company masterclass (2)

Episode: 3

Talking Heads

Episode: 4

Love and the Ice-Cream Vendor

Episode: 5

Fay Weldon / Richard Hogart on Northern Ireland in drama

Episode: 6

Merce Cunningham

Episode: 7

Elegies for the Deaths of Three Spanish Poets

Episode: 8

A Time There was ... (Benjamin Britten)

Episode: 9

The Greene Adaptations (Graham Greene films)

Episode: 10

Salsa (Puerto Rican music)

Episode: 11

The Worlds of Edward Bond

Episode: 12

Yehudi Menuhin and Stephane Grappelli / Kinglsey Amis

Episode: 13

new British rock films / The Tin Drum (film)

Episode: 14

Roman Polanski

Episode: 15

Tom Wolfe

Episode: 16

Andrew Wyeth

Episode: 17

Angus Wilson

Episode: 18

Jane Austen (film)

Episode: 19

Season 4 ( 1980-11-09)

Arthur Miller

Episode: 1

William Golding

Episode: 2

Akira Kurosawa

Episode: 3

Stravinsky's The Firebird

Episode: 4

No Need to Lie

Episode: 5

The Passion (National Theatre's updating of medieval plays)

Episode: 6

Toni Morrison

Episode: 7

The Trespasser (film)

Episode: 8

Don Juan in Hell

Episode: 9

poetry workshop

Episode: 10

Martin Scorsese

Episode: 11

Elizabeth Taylor / John Hubbard

Episode: 12

Bob Fosse

Episode: 13

Robert Redford / Martin Amis

Episode: 14

Verity Bargate / Howard Hodgkin

Episode: 15

At the Haunted End of the Day: the Life of Sir William Walton

Episode: 16

Gore Vidal

Episode: 17

The Roots of the Tree (Ermanno Olmi)

Episode: 18

Colin Welland

Episode: 19

Christopher Logue / Phillip King

Episode: 20

Lulu's Last Act (Berg opera)

Episode: 21

Dame Ninette De Valois / David Hockney on Picasso

Episode: 22

Clive James / Craig Raine

Episode: 23

Soviet Art

Episode: 24

Rhythm and Blues (The Blues Band, Dr. Feelgood, Nine Below Zero, Paul Jones)

Episode: 25

Music for a City: Venice

Episode: 26

Season 5 ( 1981-11-01)

The French Lieutenant's Woman

Episode: 1

Elvis Costello

Episode: 2

Old Glory: the Journey and the Book

Episode: 3

Ian McKellan / Ian McEwan

Episode: 4

Brian Moore / Patrick Caulfield

Episode: 5

A Talent to Vex: John Osborne

Episode: 6

Mama Lu Parks

Episode: 7

Bernard D'Ascoli / Theatre of the 8th Day

Episode: 8

Milos Forman

Episode: 9

Germaine Greer

Episode: 10

Pauline Kael / George Steiner's The Portage to San Cristobal of AH

Episode: 11

Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller

Episode: 12

Blacck Theatre Cooperative / Laurie Anderson

Episode: 13

Guys and Dolls (at the National Theatre)

Episode: 14

Richard Alston's Bellezza Flash

Episode: 15

Peter Maxwell-Davies

Episode: 16

Saul Bellow

Episode: 17

Indian wallpainting

Episode: 18

Stravinski (1)

Episode: 19

Stravinski (2)

Episode: 20

Julian Lloyd-Webber

Episode: 21

Miles Davis / Robert Nye

Episode: 22

Caught in the Act (Pillar to Post at Wormwood Scrubs)

Episode: 23

Joseph Papp / James Galway

Episode: 24

Werner Herzog

Episode: 25

Why Don't I Love Opera Anymore (by Stephen Oliver)

Episode: 26

Phillip Larkin

Episode: 27

Season 6 ( 1982-10-17)

Laurence Olivier, a Life (1)

Episode: 1

Laurence Olivier, a Life (2)

Episode: 2

Peter Gabriel

Episode: 3

Bruce Chatwin

Episode: 4

Patricia Highsmith

Episode: 5

Steven Spielberg

Episode: 6

Gospel at Colonus

Episode: 7

Simone De Beauvoir

Episode: 8

Barry Flannigan / Seamus Heaney

Episode: 9

David Hare

Episode: 10

Agnes De Mille

Episode: 11

Handel's Semele (by the Royal Opera House)

Episode: 12

Sam Fuller

Episode: 13

Local Hero (film)

Episode: 14

R.K. Narayan

Episode: 15

Ivo Pogorelich

Episode: 16

John Le Carré

Episode: 17

Choirs and Places Where They Sing

Episode: 18

William Trevor

Episode: 19

Gene Hackman

Episode: 20

Keith Waterhouse

Episode: 21

Robert Lowell / Benjamin Britten's Quartettino

Episode: 22

Cowboy Art

Episode: 23

Jiri Kylian

Episode: 24

Producing Don Giovanni

Episode: 25

Ken Russell's View of The Planets

Episode: 26

Season 7 ( 1983-10-16)

Piper's Way

Episode: 1

Yuri Lyubimov

Episode: 2

Jack Lemmon

Episode: 4

Catherine Cookson

Episode: 5

Lillian Gish/Glen Baxter

Episode: 6

Alberto Moravia

Episode: 7

Ian Hamilton Finlay/Lord Gowrie

Episode: 8

Barry Tuckwell: Master of the Horn

Episode: 9

Trevor Griffiths

Episode: 10

Weather Report

Episode: 11

Claudio Arrau

Episode: 12

Kathy Acker

Episode: 13

Ralph Vaughan Williams

Episode: 14

Sir Ernst Gombrich

Episode: 15

Michael Frayn

Episode: 16

Ed McBain

Episode: 17

David Bintley: New Ballet at Sadler's Wells

Episode: 18

Stephen Sondheim

Episode: 19

Elisabeth Vellacott / DeCocoa, Hot Chocolate

Episode: 20

adaptation of Ivy Compton Burnett's Elders and Betters

Episode: 21

Kipling (one-man play with Alec McGowen)

Episode: 22

Anthony Caro

Episode: 23

Season 8 ( 1984-10-07)

Alan Bennett

Episode: 1

McCartney's Broad Street

Episode: 2

The Forming of the Phoenix (Phoenix Dance Company)

Episode: 3

Paolo and Vittorio Taviani

Episode: 4

Norman Nicholson

Episode: 5

Joseph Heller

Episode: 6

Mstislav Rostropovich

Episode: 7

Max Wall

Episode: 8

Alan Bleasdale

Episode: 10

Anthony Burgess on D.H. Lawrence

Episode: 11

Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex

Episode: 13

Marc Chagall

Episode: 14

David Lean: a Life in Film

Episode: 15

Simon Rattle / finale of Messiaen's Turangalila Symphony

Episode: 16

Little Richard

Episode: 17

George Malcolm on Scarlatti

Episode: 18

Silent Partners: Second Stride Dance Company

Episode: 19

Michael Crawford/Billy Bragg

Episode: 20

David Mamet

Episode: 21

Olivier Messiaen: The Music of Faith

Episode: 22

The Cotton Club (night club)

Episode: 23

Prez (jazz opera about Lester Young)

Episode: 24

Francis Bacon

Episode: 25

George Steiner on Vienna at the turn of the century

Episode: 26

Season 9 ( 1985-10-06)

Sir Alec Guinness

Episode: 1

Peter Ackroyd's Hawksmoor

Episode: 2

Ian McKellen, Diary of a Year

Episode: 3

Theatre of Comedy workshop

Episode: 4

Pete Townshend: After the Fire

Episode: 5

Sir Stephen Spender

Episode: 6

Marguerite Duras

Episode: 7

Karole Armitage

Episode: 8

Peter Shaffer

Episode: 9

John Cleese

Episode: 10

Vladimir Ashkenazy

Episode: 11

Paul Schrader

Episode: 12

Purcell's Dido and Aenaes

Episode: 13

Patrick Heron

Episode: 14

Blue Note Records

Episode: 15

Michala Petri

Episode: 16

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

Episode: 17

Absolute Beginners (film)

Episode: 18

Arthur Boyd

Episode: 19

Hal Prince: Rethinking the Musical

Episode: 20

British Soap Operas

Episode: 21

Hull Truck Theatre Company

Episode: 22

Velvet Underground

Episode: 23

Al Jolson

Episode: 24

Season 10 ( 1986-10-05)

John Mortimer

Episode: 1

Michael Powell

Episode: 4

Truman Capote

Episode: 5

Fay Godwin

Episode: 6

The Andrew Lloyd-Webber Story

Episode: 7

Agatha Christie, How Did She Do It?

Episode: 8

The Dream is Over (Christopher Bruce ballet on John Lennon)

Episode: 9

Arts Review '86

Episode: 10

Anthony Hopkins / David Hare

Episode: 11

Philip Glass

Episode: 12

Alvin Ailey Dance Theater

Episode: 13

Anthony Green: RA, a Love Story

Episode: 14

birth of Frankenstein and Dracula

Episode: 15

Thomas Allen

Episode: 16

The Wooster Group

Episode: 17

The London Underground in art

Episode: 18

Barbara Dickson

Episode: 20

Penguin Cafe Orchestra

Episode: 21

Turner at the Tate

Episode: 22

George V. Higgins

Episode: 23

Peter York lecture

Episode: 24

The Aida File: The Making of the Opera (1)

Episode: 25

The Aida File: Aida Performance (2)

Episode: 26

Season 11 ( 1987-10-04)

Maria Callas

Episode: 1

Toni Morrison

Episode: 2

The Smiths

Episode: 3

Andy Warhol

Episode: 4

Frank Rich / Suzanne Vega

Episode: 5

Sir Terence Conran

Episode: 6

Gore Vidal

Episode: 7

African music / Russian theatre

Episode: 8

Sir George Solti

Episode: 9

Eric Clapton

Episode: 10

Arts Review '87

Episode: 11

The Last Emperor (1988 film)

Episode: 12

Australian Aboriginies

Episode: 13

Boogie Woogie Music

Episode: 14

The Golden Age of Television

Episode: 15

George Barker

Episode: 16

Jackson Pollack

Episode: 17

Lenny Henry

Episode: 18

Peter Dickinson

Episode: 19

A Day on The Grand Canal with the Emperor of China

Episode: 20

Nicuragua: Poets as Politicans

Episode: 21

Ken Russell's ABC of British Music

Episode: 22

Doris Lessing

Episode: 24

Sir Peter Hall's last National Theatre production

Episode: 25

Season 12 ( 1988-09-25)

The Art of Walt Disney

Episode: 1

Bernard Shaw

Episode: 2

Under Milk Wood

Episode: 3

Toulouse-Lautrec

Episode: 4

David Puttnam

Episode: 5

David Hockney

Episode: 6

Two Women in Three Dimensions (Wendy Taylor, Nicola Hicks)

Episode: 7

Bristol WWII bombing raids reenactment

Episode: 8

Raymond Chandler

Episode: 9

Neil Jordan

Episode: 10

John Houseman

Episode: 11

David Bailey

Episode: 12

Derek Walcott

Episode: 13

Patrick Leigh Fermor

Episode: 14

National Training Orchestra

Episode: 15

Christopher Hampton

Episode: 16

Istvan Szabo

Episode: 17

Robert Redford

Episode: 18

Tony Palmer on the concerto

Episode: 19

Ben Elton

Episode: 20

John Burnett

Episode: 21

Put Blood in the Music (New York avant garde music)

Episode: 22

John Ogdon

Episode: 23

Sir William Golding

Episode: 24

Season 13 ( 1989-09-17)

Martin Amis

Episode: 1

Dustin Hoffman, Sir Peter Hall

Episode: 2

Jimi Hendrix

Episode: 3

Tom Keneally in Eritrea

Episode: 4

Ken Russell

Episode: 5

Steven Berkoff

Episode: 6

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Episode: 7

Fitzrovia

Episode: 8

Dame Edna Everage

Episode: 9

Evelyn Glennie

Episode: 10

Peter Brook

Episode: 11

Arts Review '89

Episode: 12

Boris Pasternak

Episode: 13

Sir David Lean, Robert Bolt

Episode: 14

Christopher Hogwood

Episode: 15

Chinua Achebe

Episode: 16

Hans Werner Henze

Episode: 17

Jock Tamson's Bairns (Gerry Mulgrew, Liz Lochhead)

Episode: 18

Yuri Bashmet

Episode: 19

DV8 Physical Theatre

Episode: 20

Mark Morris: the Hidden Soul of Harmony

Episode: 21

Carl Davis, Temba

Episode: 22

Vivienne Westwood

Episode: 23

Hindemith

Episode: 24

Robert Altman

Episode: 25

Season 14 ( 1990-09-02)

George Michael

Episode: 1

Peter Ackroyd on Dickens

Episode: 2

Spike Lee

Episode: 3

Salman Rushdie

Episode: 4

Roy Lichtenstein

Episode: 5

Ken Russell on Anton Bruckner

Episode: 6

Clear Cool Crystal Streams (Irish rock music)

Episode: 7

John Updike

Episode: 8

East German writers

Episode: 9

Alan Parker

Episode: 10

Cameron Mackintosh

Episode: 11

Spitting Image

Episode: 12

The Talis Scholars

Episode: 13

Stan Laurel

Episode: 14

August Wilson

Episode: 15

Oscar Marzaroli

Episode: 16

Anne-Sophie Mutter

Episode: 17

Bonfire of the Vanities (1991 film)

Episode: 18

Willard White

Episode: 19

The Five Blind Boys of Alabama / R.S. Thomas

Episode: 20

Steve Martin

Episode: 21

Rudolph Nureyev

Episode: 22

Kiri Te Kanawa

Episode: 23

Season 15 ( 1991-09-15)

Private Eye

Episode: 1

David Lodge

Episode: 2

Terry Gilliam

Episode: 3

Neil Simon

Episode: 4

Heinrich Schiff

Episode: 5

Seamus Heaney

Episode: 6

John Osborne

Episode: 7

Dame Britain (Vera Lynn)

Episode: 8

Arthur Miller

Episode: 9

Jose Carreras, a Life Story

Episode: 10

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa

Episode: 11

Arts Review '91

Episode: 12

Douglas Adams

Episode: 13

Lenny Henry Hunts the Funk

Episode: 14

Hakan Hardenberger

Episode: 15

Cecilia Bartoli

Episode: 16

Les Murray

Episode: 17

Colin Thubron

Episode: 18

Pet Shop Boys

Episode: 19

Paula Rego

Episode: 20

Noel Coward

Episode: 21

Anthony Hopkins

Episode: 22

Terence Davis

Episode: 23

Making Naked Lunch

Episode: 24

The Making of Sgt. Pepper

Episode: 25

Season 16 ( 1992-10-04)

Billy Connolly

Episode: 1

Alice Walker

Episode: 2

Peter O'Toole

Episode: 3

Two Royal Ballet Dancers (Darcey Bussell, Viviana Durante)

Episode: 4

Robert Zemeckis

Episode: 5

George Formby

Episode: 6

Sir Richard Attenborough

Episode: 7

The Secret Life of Sir Arnold Bax

Episode: 8

The World of Jeff Koons

Episode: 9

Jimi Hendrix

Episode: 10

Dracula

Episode: 11

Monserrat Caballe

Episode: 12

Annie Leibowitz

Episode: 13

Guggenheim Museum

Episode: 14

Dmitri and Sasha Sitkovetsky

Episode: 15

Jean Genet

Episode: 16

I, Berlioz

Episode: 17

Richard Price

Episode: 18

John Banville

Episode: 19

Henryk Gorecki's 3rd symphony

Episode: 20

Dudley Moore

Episode: 21

Frink, 1930-1993 (Dame Elisabeth Frink)

Episode: 22

Benny Goodman, the King of Swing

Episode: 23

Paul Simon

Episode: 24

Norman Wisdom

Episode: 25

Season 17 ( 1993-09-12)

Sydney Pollack

Episode: 1

Willy Russell

Episode: 2

Ken Loach

Episode: 3

Margaret Atwood

Episode: 4

John Lee Hooker

Episode: 5

Stevie Wonder

Episode: 6

Sylvie Guillem

Episode: 7

Tim Rice

Episode: 8

Lynda La Plante

Episode: 9

John Williams

Episode: 10

John Lloyd's A-Z of Comedy (1)

Episode: 11

John Lloyd's A-Z of Comedy (2)

Episode: 12

Cliff Richard

Episode: 13

Bheki Mseleku

Episode: 14

Darker Than Me

Episode: 15

Jean-Claude Carriere

Episode: 16

Danny Kaye: Nobody's Fool

Episode: 17

Looking for the Perfect Beat: Rap

Episode: 18

Larry Adler Plays Gershwin

Episode: 19

Kiri's 50th Birthday Concert

Episode: 20

Clive Barker

Episode: 21

Dawn French

Episode: 22

Christian Boltanski

Episode: 23

Eric Newby

Episode: 24

John Steinbeck

Episode: 25

Season 18 ( 1994-09-18)

Kenneth Williams

Episode: 1

Marilyn Horne

Episode: 2

New Generation Poets

Episode: 3

Vanessa Redgrave

Episode: 4

David Mamet

Episode: 5

The Shearing Touch (George Shearing)

Episode: 6

Alan Ayckbourn

Episode: 7

Frankenstein

Episode: 8

Thora Hird

Episode: 9

The Glory of Gershwin

Episode: 10

P.J. O'Rourke

Episode: 11

Lionel Bart

Episode: 12

Carl Orff

Episode: 13

Classic Widows

Episode: 14

Jonathan Miller

Episode: 15

Flags of the Fante Coast

Episode: 16

Catherine Bailey, the Lady is a Tramp / Roger Ballen

Episode: 17

Edward Albee

Episode: 18

Jodie Foster

Episode: 19

Martin Amis

Episode: 20

Country Music

Episode: 21

Miriam Makeba

Episode: 22

Season 19 ( 1995-09-10)

Clint Eastwwod

Episode: 1

Ackroyd's Blake

Episode: 2

Tom Sharpe

Episode: 3

kd lang

Episode: 4

Pavarotti at 60

Episode: 5

Jimmy Nail

Episode: 6

Dame Judi Dench

Episode: 7

Coronation Street

Episode: 8

Dame Barbara Cartland

Episode: 9

Jonathan Raban: Badlands / Wynton Marsalis

Episode: 10

Elaine Page Special

Episode: 11

Sting

Episode: 12

Albert Finney

Episode: 13

Marlene Dietrich

Episode: 14

John Eliot Gardiner

Episode: 15

Vermeer: Light, Love and Silence

Episode: 16

Claes Oldenburg

Episode: 17

Baaba Maal

Episode: 18

Maxine Peake / Wynton Marsalis in New Orleans

Episode: 19

Alan Ayckbourn Workshop

Episode: 20

Season 20 ( 1996-09-15)

Victoria Wood

Episode: 1

Sir John Mills

Episode: 2

Michael Crawford

Episode: 3

Norman Mailer on Picasso

Episode: 4

Chanson

Episode: 5

Michael Collins

Episode: 6

Bryn Terfel

Episode: 7

Howard Hodgkin

Episode: 8

Jimmy McGovern

Episode: 9

Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid

Episode: 10

Maggi Hambling

Episode: 11

The US and Us (1)

Episode: 13

The US and Us (2)

Episode: 14

Gilbert and George (1)

Episode: 15

Gilbert and George (2)

Episode: 16

Valery Gergiev

Episode: 17

Paganini

Episode: 18

David Helfgott

Episode: 19

Paul Auster

Episode: 20

Young Directors (Preya Lal, Alexander Kelly, Franca Cereghini, Chris Dooks)

Episode: 21

Season 21 ( 1997-10-05)

Scarfe on Hercules

Episode: 1

Michael Flatley: Lord of the Dance

Episode: 2

Kay Mellor

Episode: 3

Björk

Episode: 4

Iain Banks

Episode: 5

Matthew Bourne's Adventures in Motion Pictures

Episode: 6

Steven Bochco

Episode: 7

Simon Raven

Episode: 8

Franco Zeffirelli

Episode: 9

Saul Zaentz

Episode: 10

Gillian Wearing / Gary Hume

Episode: 11

Marks and Gran

Episode: 12

Hail Bop: a Portrait of John Adams

Episode: 13

Nigel Kennedy

Episode: 14

Gary Oldman

Episode: 15

Body Art

Episode: 16

John Tavener

Episode: 17

The Bee Gees

Episode: 18

Will Self

Episode: 19

Afro-Cuban Allstars

Episode: 20

This is Not an Exit: the Fictional World of Bret Easton Ellis

Episode: 21

Wayne Sleep

Episode: 22

Season 22 ( 1998-11-08)

Ossie Clarke (1)

Episode: 1

Ossie Clarke (2)

Episode: 2

Lesley Garrett

Episode: 3

Harold Pinter

Episode: 4

Maxine Peake/Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo

Episode: 5

Walter Mosley

Episode: 6

Petula Clark

Episode: 7

Warren Beatty

Episode: 8

John Tomlinson

Episode: 9

Javier du Frutos

Episode: 10

UB40

Episode: 11

Anish Kapoor

Episode: 12

New South African Artists

Episode: 13

Lucy Gannon

Episode: 14

Tony Harrison

Episode: 15

Dolly Parton

Episode: 16

Season 23 ( 1999-09-26)

Paul Merton

Episode: 1

Frank McCourt

Episode: 2

Howard Jacobson

Episode: 3

Jose Cura

Episode: 4

James Galway

Episode: 5

The Lion King (stage play based on the film)

Episode: 6

Joan Collins

Episode: 7

Blur

Episode: 8

Yoko Ono

Episode: 9

Cher

Episode: 10

Countertenors

Episode: 11

Bing Crosby

Episode: 12

Shakespeare

Episode: 13

Millennium Dome

Episode: 14

Sam Mendes

Episode: 15

Michael Douglas

Episode: 16

Chuck Close

Episode: 17

Emir Kusturica

Episode: 18

Amis on Amis

Episode: 19

(composing classical music) (1)

Episode: 20

Simon Holt's Sunrise, Yellow Noise (2)

Episode: 21

Season 24 ( 2000-10-01)

Andrew Lloyd Webber, Ben Elton

Episode: 1

Santana

Episode: 2

Joyce [Carol Oates] on Marilyn [Monroe]

Episode: 3

Mark Morris Dance Group

Episode: 5

George MacDonald Fraser

Episode: 6

Courtney Pine

Episode: 7

Ron Howard

Episode: 8

Dame Gillian Weir

Episode: 9

[Marlene] Dumas and [Jemima] Stehli

Episode: 10

Mark Quinn

Episode: 11

Tom Jones

Episode: 12

Ken Russell

Episode: 13

Shirin Neshat

Episode: 14

Russell Watson

Episode: 15

Amos Oz

Episode: 16

Greta Garbo

Episode: 17

Elvis Costello with Annie Sofie von Otter

Episode: 18

Bill Bryson

Episode: 19

Ian Rankin

Episode: 20

Ian Bostridge

Episode: 21

Edmund White

Episode: 22

Steve Coogan

Episode: 23

Ravi Shankar

Episode: 24

Tracey Emin

Episode: 25

Season 25 ( 2001-10-07)

High and Low Culture in the Age of Television

Episode: 1

(highlights)

Episode: 2

Rachel Whiteread

Episode: 3

Norman Foster

Episode: 4

Dr. John

Episode: 5

Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings

Episode: 6

Ladies and Gentlemen, Miss Renée Fleming

Episode: 7

The Sopranos

Episode: 8

Leif Ove Andsnes

Episode: 9

Why the Novel Matters

Episode: 10

Meera Syal

Episode: 11

Johnnie Ray

Episode: 12

Mario Vargas Llosa

Episode: 13

Fay Weldon

Episode: 14

R.E.M.

Episode: 15

Neil LaBute

Episode: 16

Cinema of Fire (Iranian cinema)

Episode: 17

Moby

Episode: 18

Bernie Taupin

Episode: 19

Season 26 ( 2002-10-13)

Mike Leigh

Episode: 1

Akram Khan

Episode: 2

Graham Vick: Beethoven in the Big Top

Episode: 3

Craig David

Episode: 4

Andrew Davies

Episode: 5

Joan Rivers

Episode: 6

Willie Nelson

Episode: 7

James MacMillan

Episode: 8

Irek Mukhamedov

Episode: 9

Gerhard Richter

Episode: 10

Hanif Kureishi

Episode: 11

How to Get Rich: Felix Dennis

Episode: 12

Philip Pullman

Episode: 13

Caryl Phillips

Episode: 14

Conor McPherson

Episode: 15

Herbie Hancock

Episode: 16

Caetano Veloso

Episode: 17

Ang Lee

Episode: 18

The Real George Orwell

Episode: 19

Juan Diego Florez

Episode: 20

Nick Cave

Episode: 21

Albert Camus

Episode: 22

Robert Harris Takes on Rome

Episode: 23

Andrew Lloyd Webber, the Full Picture

Episode: 24

Ewan McGregor

Episode: 25

Season 27 ( 2003-10-19)

Germaine Greer

Episode: 1

Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

Episode: 2

TV Stories (1)

Episode: 3

TV Stories (2)

Episode: 4

Jamie Cullum

Episode: 5

The Wilson Twins

Episode: 6

John Lennon's Jukebox

Episode: 7

Jack Vettriano

Episode: 8

The Dance Theatre of Harlem

Episode: 9

Jeanette Winterson

Episode: 10

Johnny Hallyday

Episode: 11

Othello

Episode: 12

Ian McKellen

Episode: 13

Season 28 ( 2004-08-22)

Street Music Stories

Episode: 1

Ronnie Wood

Episode: 2

Willie Nelson

Episode: 3

Malcolm Arnold (1)

Episode: 4

Malcolm Arnold (2)

Episode: 5

Robert Frank

Episode: 6

Michael Frayn

Episode: 7

The Darkness

Episode: 8

Iggy Pop

Episode: 9

Ruth Rendell

Episode: 10

Howard Goodall

Episode: 11

Pete 'n' Dud, The Lost Shows

Episode: 12

Ian McEwan

Episode: 13

Going Sane

Episode: 14

Khaled and Rachid

Episode: 15

Alina Cojocaru, Johan Kobborg

Episode: 16

The Garden of Cosmic Speculation

Episode: 17

John Boorman

Episode: 18

Red Priest

Episode: 19

National Theatre's production of Henry IV

Episode: 20

The Secret Art of War

Episode: 21

Paul Abbott

Episode: 22

Eric Sykes

Episode: 23

Season 29 ( 2005-08-07)

Margot Fonteyn (1)

Episode: 1

Margot Fonteyn (2)

Episode: 2

Sophie Calle

Episode: 3

Karl Jenkins

Episode: 4

Eric Sykes

Episode: 5

Maxim Vengerov

Episode: 6

Alan Bennett

Episode: 7

Pablo Trapero, Lucrecia Martel, Daniel Burman

Episode: 8

The Life and Times of Tristram Shandy (film)

Episode: 9

Peter Hall (1)

Episode: 10

Peter Hall (2)

Episode: 11

Little Britain: A South Bank Show Special

Episode: 12

Armando Iannucci

Episode: 13

Season 30 ( 2006-02-12)

Armando Iannucci

Episode: 1

Manga Mania

Episode: 2

John Rutter

Episode: 3

PD James

Episode: 4

Dusty Springfield

Episode: 5

Seu Jorge

Episode: 6

Romeo and Juliet

Episode: 7

George Michael: I'm Your Man

Episode: 9

Peter Blake

Episode: 10

Nick Park & Aardman Animations

Episode: 11

Steve Reich

Episode: 12

Season 31 ( 2006-09-10)

Bill Bryson

Episode: 1

JG Ballard

Episode: 2

Robbie Coltrane

Episode: 3

Episode 4

Episode: 4

Spamalot

Episode: 5

Claire Tomalin on Thomas Hardy

Episode: 6

Sue Townsend

Episode: 7

Lorenzo Da Ponte

Episode: 8

Peter Blake

Episode: 9

Nick Park and Aardman Animations

Episode: 10

Steve Reich

Episode: 11

Grayson Perry

Episode: 12

Damien Hirst - Addicted To Art

Episode: 13

Damien Hirst

Episode: 14

Victoria Wood: A South Bank Show Special

Episode: 15

Isabel Allende

Episode: 16

Shane Meadows

Episode: 17

Jarvis Cocker: Running The World

Episode: 18

Martin Sheen On Playing It Real

Episode: 19

Marianne Faithfull: A Life In Song

Episode: 20

Zaha Hadid

Episode: 21

MacBeth

Episode: 22

Ian McMillan, Bard Of Barnsley

Episode: 23

Emma Kirkby, The Unsung Heroine

Episode: 24

June Whitfield

Episode: 25

Michael Sheen On Playing It Real

Episode: 26

Joan Dision

Episode: 27

Ken Follett

Episode: 28

The Mersey Sound

Episode: 29

The Last Laugh: John Bird and John Fortune

Episode: 30

Season 32 ( 2007-11-25)

Annie Lennox

Episode: 1

Eric Clapton

Episode: 2

The Making Of Viva La Diva

Episode: 3

The Nutcracker Story

Episode: 4

Kevin Spacey

Episode: 5

Tim Burton

Episode: 6

David McVicar

Episode: 7

Revolution 68

Episode: 8

Season 33 ( 2008-05-04)

Liza Minnelli

Episode: 1

The Damned United

Episode: 2

Gore Vidal

Episode: 3

Sarah Waters

Episode: 4

Tasmin Little

Episode: 5

Billy Joel

Episode: 6

Season 34 ( 2008-09-21)

The Streets

Episode: 1

The One Ronnie

Episode: 2

Bond

Episode: 3

Cildo Meireles

Episode: 4

Sam Taylor-Wood

Episode: 5

The Mariinsky Theatre

Episode: 6

Season 35 ( 2009-01-28)

The South Bank Show Awards

Episode: 1

Beyond the Footlights

Episode: 2

The Tempest

Episode: 3

Will Young

Episode: 4

Messiah

Episode: 5

William Goldman

Episode: 6

Out Of Nigeria

Episode: 7

Out Of Nigeria (2)

Episode: 8

Peter Kosminsky

Episode: 9

Season 36 ( 2009-09-13)

The Wagner Family

Episode: 1

Coldplay

Episode: 2

Andy Warhol

Episode: 3

Disney and Pixar

Episode: 4

Lee Hall

Episode: 5

Nick Hornby

Episode: 6

Elbow

Episode: 7

Carol Ann Duffy

Episode: 8

Royal Shakespeare Company

Episode: 10

South Bank Show Awards 2009

Episode: 11

Season 37 ( 2010-03-28)

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Episode: 1

Billy Connolly Revisited

Episode: 2

Ian McEwan Revisited

Episode: 3

Ian McKellen

Episode: 4

Stephen Sondheim

Episode: 5

David Hockney

Episode: 6

Judi Dench

Episode: 7

Kiri Te Kanawa Revisited

Episode: 8

Victoria Wood

Episode: 9

The Final Cut

Episode: 10

Season 38 ( 2012-05-28)

Nicholas Hytner

Episode: 1

Pat Barker

Episode: 2

Trevor Nelson and Dizzee Rascal

Episode: 3

Carlos Acosta, Edward Watson and Tamara Rojo

Episode: 4

Season 39 ( 2013-04-18)

Tim Minchin

Episode: 1
Jan 14, 1978 (en)
Documentary
[60] Min
  • First Air Date Jan 14, 1978
  • Production
  • Rotten tomato 56%
Original Title The South Bank Show
en

Overview

The South Bank Show is a television arts magazine show that was produced by ITV between 1978 and 2010. A new series began on Sky Arts from 27 May 2012. Presented by Melvyn Bragg, the show aims to bring both high art and popular culture to a mass audience.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Gerald Fox, David Thomas

    Producer