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The South Bank Show

📅 1978 ⭐ 5.6 🕐 1h 0m GB GB

The South Bank Show is a television arts magazine show 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.

Seasons & Episodes
Season 1 24 episodes
E1
Paul McCartney/surrealist exhibition 1978-01-14
E2
Paganini Superstar 1978-01-21
E3
Roy Minton 1978-01-28
E4
David Hockney 1978-02-04
E5
Dennis Potter 1978-02-11
E6
John Peel/Jane Glover 1978-02-18
E7
Arabian Days (Edna O'Brien)/Quentin Crisp 1978-02-25
E8
Jacques Loussier 1978-03-04
E9
Ken Dodd 1978-03-11
E10
Georges Simenon 1978-03-18
E11
Horowitz at the White House 1978-03-25
E12
Carl Perkins/Morgan horses 1978-04-01
E13
Carry On with Paul Morissey (Carry On ... films) 1978-04-08
E14
Search for Shaw 1978-04-15
E15
Harold Pinter 1978-04-22
E16
Satyajit Ray/John Williams/Ralph McTell 1978-04-30
E17
Portrait of a Conductor: Herbert Von Karajan 1978-05-06
E18
Freddie Young 1978-05-13
E19
Frank Auerbach 1978-05-20
E20
Mayerling Ballet 1978-06-17
E21
John Osborne on Wardle's book on Devine/Pearl (radio play) 1978-07-01
E22
Ingmar Bergman at 60 1978-07-08
E23
Hullabaloo over George and Bonnie's Pictures (1) 1978-07-15
E24
Hullabaloo over George and Bonnie's Pictures (2) 1978-07-22
Season 2 24 episodes
E1
Tom Stoppard 1978-11-26
E2
Grace Under Pressure (Anthony Burgess on Hemingway) 1978-12-03
E3
Woody Allen 1978-12-10
E4
Anatomy of an Opera: Jonathan Miller's Figaro 1978-12-17
E5
Rhythm of Resistance (South African music) 1979-01-14
E6
Harmony of the Spheres (Neil Ardley) 1979-01-21
E7
Circus Clowns/Schubert recital by Richter 1979-01-28
E8
Royal Shakespeare Company on tour 1979-02-04
E9
Brimstone & Treacle (Dennis Potter) / John McLaughlin, a Musical Journey 1979-02-11
E10
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith / Edward Gorey / Gunter Grass 1979-02-18
E11
Michael Cimino / Alan Bennett, Stephen Frears 1979-02-25
E12
Gordon Williams, Alan Sharp, Eddie Boyd 1979-03-04
E13
Derek Boshier / Ingrid Bergman, Ingmar Bergman 1979-03-11
E14
Neil Simon 1979-03-18
E15
Beryl Cook / Cloud Nine rehearsals 1979-03-25
E16
Graham Sutherland 1979-04-01
E17
Darryl Way / Howard Brenton 1979-04-22
E18
The Europeans (film) / Joseph Heller 1979-04-29
E19
Asian Arts festival 1979-05-06
E20
Billy Connolly 1979-05-13
E21
Jessye Norman 1979-05-20
E22
Rough Trade (record label) / Allen Jones 1979-05-27
E23
Scum (film) / Keith Jarrett 1979-06-17
E24
Michael Tippett (90 min.) 1979-06-24
Season 3 19 episodes
E1
Francis Ford Coppola 1979-12-02
E2
Royal Shakespeare Company masterclass (1) 1979-12-09
E3
Royal Shakespeare Company masterclass (2) 1979-12-16
E4
Talking Heads 1979-12-23
E5
Love and the Ice-Cream Vendor 1980-02-17
E6
Fay Weldon / Richard Hogart on Northern Ireland in drama 1980-02-24
E7
Merce Cunningham 1980-03-02
E8
Elegies for the Deaths of Three Spanish Poets 1980-03-09
E9
A Time There was ... (Benjamin Britten) 1980-04-06
E10
The Greene Adaptations (Graham Greene films) 1980-04-13
E11
Salsa (Puerto Rican music) 1980-04-27
E12
The Worlds of Edward Bond 1980-05-04
E13
Yehudi Menuhin and Stephane Grappelli / Kinglsey Amis 1980-05-11
E14
new British rock films / The Tin Drum (film) 1980-05-18
E15
Roman Polanski 1980-05-25
E16
Tom Wolfe 1980-06-01
E17
Andrew Wyeth 1980-06-08
E18
Angus Wilson 1980-06-29
E19
Jane Austen (film) 1980-07-06
Season 4 26 episodes
E1
Arthur Miller 1980-11-09
E2
William Golding 1980-11-16
E3
Akira Kurosawa 1980-11-23
E4
Stravinsky's The Firebird 1980-11-30
E5
No Need to Lie 1980-12-07
E6
The Passion (National Theatre's updating of medieval plays) 1980-12-14
E7
Toni Morrison 1981-01-18
E8
The Trespasser (film) 1981-01-25
E9
Don Juan in Hell 1981-02-08
E10
poetry workshop 1981-02-15
E11
Martin Scorsese 1981-02-22
E12
Elizabeth Taylor / John Hubbard 1981-03-01
E13
Bob Fosse 1981-03-08
E14
Robert Redford / Martin Amis 1981-03-15
E15
Verity Bargate / Howard Hodgkin 1981-03-29
E16
At the Haunted End of the Day: the Life of Sir William Walton 1981-04-19
E17
Gore Vidal 1981-04-26
E18
The Roots of the Tree (Ermanno Olmi) 1981-05-03
E19
Colin Welland 1981-05-10
E20
Christopher Logue / Phillip King 1981-05-17
E21
Lulu's Last Act (Berg opera) 1981-05-24
E22
Dame Ninette De Valois / David Hockney on Picasso 1981-05-31
E23
Clive James / Craig Raine 1981-06-07
E24
Soviet Art 1981-06-14
E25
Rhythm and Blues (The Blues Band, Dr. Feelgood, Nine Below Zero, Paul Jones) 1981-06-21
E26
Music for a City: Venice 1981-06-28
Season 5 27 episodes
E1
The French Lieutenant's Woman 1981-11-01
E2
Elvis Costello 1981-11-08
E3
Old Glory: the Journey and the Book 1981-11-15
E4
Ian McKellan / Ian McEwan 1981-11-22
E5
Brian Moore / Patrick Caulfield 1981-11-29
E6
A Talent to Vex: John Osborne 1981-12-06
E7
Mama Lu Parks 1982-01-17
E8
Bernard D'Ascoli / Theatre of the 8th Day 1982-01-24
E9
Milos Forman 1982-01-31
E10
Germaine Greer 1982-02-07
E11
Pauline Kael / George Steiner's The Portage to San Cristobal of AH 1982-02-14
E12
Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller 1982-02-21
E13
Blacck Theatre Cooperative / Laurie Anderson 1982-02-28
E14
Guys and Dolls (at the National Theatre) 1982-03-07
E15
Richard Alston's Bellezza Flash 1982-03-14
E16
Peter Maxwell-Davies 1982-03-21
E17
Saul Bellow 1982-03-28
E18
Indian wallpainting 1982-04-04
E19
Stravinski (1) 1982-04-09
E20
Stravinski (2) 1982-04-10
E21
Julian Lloyd-Webber 1982-04-18
E22
Miles Davis / Robert Nye 1982-04-25
E23
Caught in the Act (Pillar to Post at Wormwood Scrubs) 1982-05-02
E24
Joseph Papp / James Galway 1982-05-09
E25
Werner Herzog 1982-05-16
E26
Why Don't I Love Opera Anymore (by Stephen Oliver) 1982-05-23
E27
Phillip Larkin 1982-05-30
Season 6 26 episodes
E1
Laurence Olivier, a Life (1) 1982-10-17
E2
Laurence Olivier, a Life (2) 1982-10-24
E3
Peter Gabriel 1982-10-31
E4
Bruce Chatwin 1982-11-07
E5
Patricia Highsmith 1982-11-14
E6
Steven Spielberg 1982-11-21
E7
Gospel at Colonus 1982-11-28
E8
Simone De Beauvoir 1983-01-09
E9
Barry Flannigan / Seamus Heaney 1983-01-23
E10
David Hare 1983-01-30
E11
Agnes De Mille 1983-02-06
E12
Handel's Semele (by the Royal Opera House) 1983-02-13
E13
Sam Fuller 1983-02-20
E14
Local Hero (film) 1983-02-27
E15
R.K. Narayan 1983-03-13
E16
Ivo Pogorelich 1983-03-20
E17
John Le Carré 1983-03-27
E18
Choirs and Places Where They Sing 1983-04-03
E19
William Trevor 1983-04-24
E20
Gene Hackman 1983-05-01
E21
Keith Waterhouse 1983-05-08
E22
Robert Lowell / Benjamin Britten's Quartettino 1983-05-15
E23
Cowboy Art 1983-05-22
E24
Jiri Kylian 1983-05-29
E25
Producing Don Giovanni 1983-06-05
E26
Ken Russell's View of The Planets 1983-06-12
Season 7 22 episodes
E1
Piper's Way 1983-10-16
E2
Yuri Lyubimov 1983-10-23
E4
Jack Lemmon 1983-11-06
E5
Catherine Cookson 1983-11-20
E6
Lillian Gish/Glen Baxter 1983-11-27
E7
Alberto Moravia 1983-12-04
E8
Ian Hamilton Finlay/Lord Gowrie 1983-12-11
E9
Barry Tuckwell: Master of the Horn 1984-02-19
E10
Trevor Griffiths 1984-02-26
E11
Weather Report 1984-03-11
E12
Claudio Arrau 1984-03-18
E13
Kathy Acker 1984-04-01
E14
Ralph Vaughan Williams 1984-04-08
E15
Sir Ernst Gombrich 1984-04-15
E16
Michael Frayn 1984-04-29
E17
Ed McBain 1984-05-06
E18
David Bintley: New Ballet at Sadler's Wells 1984-05-13
E19
Stephen Sondheim 1984-05-20
E20
Elisabeth Vellacott / DeCocoa, Hot Chocolate 1984-05-27
E21
adaptation of Ivy Compton Burnett's Elders and Betters 1984-06-03
E22
Kipling (one-man play with Alec McGowen) 1984-06-10
E23
Anthony Caro 1984-06-24
Season 8 24 episodes
E1
Alan Bennett 1984-10-07
E2
McCartney's Broad Street 1984-10-14
E3
The Forming of the Phoenix (Phoenix Dance Company) 1984-10-21
E4
Paolo and Vittorio Taviani 1984-10-28
E5
Norman Nicholson 1984-11-04
E6
Joseph Heller 1984-11-11
E7
Mstislav Rostropovich 1984-11-18
E8
Max Wall 1984-11-25
E10
Alan Bleasdale 1985-01-13
E11
Anthony Burgess on D.H. Lawrence 1985-01-20
E13
Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex 1985-02-03
E14
Marc Chagall 1985-02-10
E15
David Lean: a Life in Film 1985-02-17
E16
Simon Rattle / finale of Messiaen's Turangalila Symphony 1985-02-24
E17
Little Richard 1985-03-03
E18
George Malcolm on Scarlatti 1985-03-10
E19
Silent Partners: Second Stride Dance Company 1985-03-17
E20
Michael Crawford/Billy Bragg 1985-03-31
E21
David Mamet 1985-03-24
E22
Olivier Messiaen: The Music of Faith 1985-04-05
E23
The Cotton Club (night club) 1985-05-26
E24
Prez (jazz opera about Lester Young) 1985-06-02
E25
Francis Bacon 1985-06-09
E26
George Steiner on Vienna at the turn of the century 1985-06-16
Season 9 24 episodes
E1
Sir Alec Guinness 1985-10-06
E2
Peter Ackroyd's Hawksmoor 1985-10-13
E3
Ian McKellen, Diary of a Year 1985-10-20
E4
Theatre of Comedy workshop 1985-10-27
E5
Pete Townshend: After the Fire 1985-11-03
E6
Sir Stephen Spender 1985-11-10
E7
Marguerite Duras 1985-11-17
E8
Karole Armitage 1985-11-24
E9
Peter Shaffer 1985-12-01
E10
John Cleese 1986-01-12
E11
Vladimir Ashkenazy 1986-01-19
E12
Paul Schrader 1986-01-26
E13
Purcell's Dido and Aenaes 1986-02-02
E14
Patrick Heron 1986-02-09
E15
Blue Note Records 1986-02-16
E16
Michala Petri 1986-02-23
E17
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf 1986-03-02
E18
Absolute Beginners (film) 1986-03-09
E19
Arthur Boyd 1986-03-23
E20
Hal Prince: Rethinking the Musical 1986-04-06
E21
British Soap Operas 1986-04-13
E22
Hull Truck Theatre Company 1986-04-20
E23
Velvet Underground 1986-04-27
E24
Al Jolson 1986-05-04
Season 10 23 episodes
E1
John Mortimer 1986-10-05
E4
Michael Powell 1986-10-26
E5
Truman Capote 1986-11-02
E6
Fay Godwin 1986-11-09
E7
The Andrew Lloyd-Webber Story 1986-11-15
E8
Agatha Christie, How Did She Do It? 1986-11-23
E9
The Dream is Over (Christopher Bruce ballet on John Lennon) 1986-11-30
E10
Arts Review '86 1986-12-14
E11
Anthony Hopkins / David Hare 1987-01-11
E12
Philip Glass 1987-01-18
E13
Alvin Ailey Dance Theater 1987-01-25
E14
Anthony Green: RA, a Love Story 1987-02-01
E15
birth of Frankenstein and Dracula 1987-02-08
E16
Thomas Allen 1987-02-15
E17
The Wooster Group 1987-02-22
E18
The London Underground in art 1987-03-01
E20
Barbara Dickson 1987-03-15
E21
Penguin Cafe Orchestra 1987-03-22
E22
Turner at the Tate 1987-03-29
E23
George V. Higgins 1987-04-05
E24
Peter York lecture 1987-04-12
E25
The Aida File: The Making of the Opera (1) 1987-04-18
E26
The Aida File: Aida Performance (2) 1987-04-19
Season 11 24 episodes
E1
Maria Callas 1987-10-04
E2
Toni Morrison 1987-10-11
E3
The Smiths 1987-10-18
E4
Andy Warhol 1987-10-25
E5
Frank Rich / Suzanne Vega 1987-11-01
E6
Sir Terence Conran 1987-11-08
E7
Gore Vidal 1987-11-15
E8
African music / Russian theatre 1987-11-22
E9
Sir George Solti 1987-11-29
E10
Eric Clapton 1987-12-06
E11
Arts Review '87 1987-12-20
E12
The Last Emperor (1988 film) 1988-01-17
E13
Australian Aboriginies 1988-01-24
E14
Boogie Woogie Music 1988-01-31
E15
The Golden Age of Television 1988-02-14
E16
George Barker 1988-02-21
E17
Jackson Pollack 1988-02-28
E18
Lenny Henry 1988-03-06
E19
Peter Dickinson 1988-03-13
E20
A Day on The Grand Canal with the Emperor of China 1988-03-20
E21
Nicuragua: Poets as Politicans 1988-03-27
E22
Ken Russell's ABC of British Music 1988-04-02
E24
Doris Lessing 1988-04-17
E25
Sir Peter Hall's last National Theatre production 1988-04-24
Season 12 24 episodes
E1
The Art of Walt Disney 1988-09-25
E2
Bernard Shaw 1988-10-02
E3
Under Milk Wood 1988-10-09
E4
Toulouse-Lautrec 1988-10-16
E5
David Puttnam 1988-10-23
E6
David Hockney 1988-10-30
E7
Two Women in Three Dimensions (Wendy Taylor, Nicola Hicks) 1988-11-13
E8
Bristol WWII bombing raids reenactment 1988-11-20
E9
Raymond Chandler 1988-11-27
E10
Neil Jordan 1988-12-04
E11
John Houseman 1988-12-11
E12
David Bailey 1988-12-18
E13
Derek Walcott 1989-01-15
E14
Patrick Leigh Fermor 1989-01-22
E15
National Training Orchestra 1989-01-29
E16
Christopher Hampton 1989-02-05
E17
Istvan Szabo 1989-02-12
E18
Robert Redford 1989-02-19
E19
Tony Palmer on the concerto 1989-02-26
E20
Ben Elton 1989-03-05
E21
John Burnett 1989-03-10
E22
Put Blood in the Music (New York avant garde music) 1989-03-12
E23
John Ogdon 1989-03-19
E24
Sir William Golding 1989-03-24
Season 13 25 episodes
E1
Martin Amis 1989-09-17
E2
Dustin Hoffman, Sir Peter Hall 1989-09-24
E3
Jimi Hendrix 1989-10-01
E4
Tom Keneally in Eritrea 1989-10-08
E5
Ken Russell 1989-10-15
E6
Steven Berkoff 1989-10-22
E7
Gabriel Garcia Marquez 1989-10-29
E8
Fitzrovia 1989-11-12
E9
Dame Edna Everage 1989-11-19
E10
Evelyn Glennie 1989-11-26
E11
Peter Brook 1989-12-03
E12
Arts Review '89 1989-12-29
E13
Boris Pasternak 1990-01-07
E14
Sir David Lean, Robert Bolt 1990-01-21
E15
Christopher Hogwood 1990-01-28
E16
Chinua Achebe 1990-02-04
E17
Hans Werner Henze 1990-02-11
E18
Jock Tamson's Bairns (Gerry Mulgrew, Liz Lochhead) 1990-02-18
E19
Yuri Bashmet 1990-03-04
E20
DV8 Physical Theatre 1990-03-11
E21
Mark Morris: the Hidden Soul of Harmony 1990-03-25
E22
Carl Davis, Temba 1990-04-01
E23
Vivienne Westwood 1990-04-08
E24
Hindemith 1990-04-15
E25
Robert Altman 1990-04-22
Season 14 23 episodes
E1
George Michael 1990-09-02
E2
Peter Ackroyd on Dickens 1990-09-09
E3
Spike Lee 1990-09-23
E4
Salman Rushdie 1990-09-30
E5
Roy Lichtenstein 1990-10-07
E6
Ken Russell on Anton Bruckner 1990-10-14
E7
Clear Cool Crystal Streams (Irish rock music) 1990-10-21
E8
John Updike 1990-10-28
E9
East German writers 1990-11-04
E10
Alan Parker 1990-11-25
E11
Cameron Mackintosh 1990-12-02
E12
Spitting Image 1990-12-09
E13
The Talis Scholars 1990-12-30
E14
Stan Laurel 1991-01-06
E15
August Wilson 1991-01-13
E16
Oscar Marzaroli 1991-01-20
E17
Anne-Sophie Mutter 1991-01-27
E18
Bonfire of the Vanities (1991 film) 1991-02-03
E19
Willard White 1991-02-10
E20
The Five Blind Boys of Alabama / R.S. Thomas 1991-02-17
E21
Steve Martin 1991-02-24
E22
Rudolph Nureyev 1991-03-03
E23
Kiri Te Kanawa 1991-03-29
Season 15 25 episodes
E1
Private Eye 1991-09-15
E2
David Lodge 1991-09-29
E3
Terry Gilliam 1991-10-06
E4
Neil Simon 1991-10-13
E5
Heinrich Schiff 1991-10-20
E6
Seamus Heaney 1991-10-27
E7
John Osborne 1991-11-03
E8
Dame Britain (Vera Lynn) 1991-11-10
E9
Arthur Miller 1991-11-17
E10
Jose Carreras, a Life Story 1991-11-24
E11
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa 1991-12-22
E12
Arts Review '91 1991-12-29
E13
Douglas Adams 1992-01-05
E14
Lenny Henry Hunts the Funk 1992-01-12
E15
Hakan Hardenberger 1992-01-19
E16
Cecilia Bartoli 1999-11-28
E17
Les Murray 1992-02-02
E18
Colin Thubron 1992-02-09
E19
Pet Shop Boys 1992-02-16
E20
Paula Rego 1992-02-23
E21
Noel Coward 1992-03-01
E22
Anthony Hopkins 1992-03-29
E23
Terence Davis 1992-04-05
E24
Making Naked Lunch 1992-04-12
E25
The Making of Sgt. Pepper
Season 16 25 episodes
E1
Billy Connolly 1992-10-04
E2
Alice Walker 1992-10-11
E3
Peter O'Toole 1992-10-18
E4
Two Royal Ballet Dancers (Darcey Bussell, Viviana Durante) 1992-10-25
E5
Robert Zemeckis 1992-11-01
E6
George Formby 1992-11-08
E7
Sir Richard Attenborough 1992-11-15
E8
The Secret Life of Sir Arnold Bax 1992-12-06
E9
The World of Jeff Koons 1992-12-13
E10
Jimi Hendrix 1992-12-20
E11
Dracula 1993-01-24
E12
Monserrat Caballe 1993-01-31
E13
Annie Leibowitz 1993-02-07
E14
Guggenheim Museum 1993-02-14
E15
Dmitri and Sasha Sitkovetsky 1993-02-21
E16
Jean Genet 1993-02-28
E17
I, Berlioz 1993-03-07
E18
Richard Price 1993-03-14
E19
John Banville 1993-03-21
E20
Henryk Gorecki's 3rd symphony 1993-04-04
E21
Dudley Moore 1993-06-13
E22
Frink, 1930-1993 (Dame Elisabeth Frink) 1993-06-20
E23
Benny Goodman, the King of Swing 1993-07-04
E24
Paul Simon 1993-08-15
E25
Norman Wisdom 1993-08-22
Season 17 25 episodes
E1
Sydney Pollack 1993-09-12
E2
Willy Russell 1993-09-19
E3
Ken Loach 1993-10-03
E4
Margaret Atwood 1993-10-10
E5
John Lee Hooker 1993-10-17
E6
Stevie Wonder 1993-10-24
E7
Sylvie Guillem 1993-10-31
E8
Tim Rice 1993-11-07
E9
Lynda La Plante 1993-11-14
E10
John Williams 1993-11-21
E11
John Lloyd's A-Z of Comedy (1) 1993-11-28
E12
John Lloyd's A-Z of Comedy (2) 1993-12-05
E13
Cliff Richard 1993-12-24
E14
Bheki Mseleku 1994-01-23
E15
Darker Than Me 1994-02-06
E16
Jean-Claude Carriere 1994-02-13
E17
Danny Kaye: Nobody's Fool 1994-02-20
E18
Looking for the Perfect Beat: Rap 1994-02-27
E19
Larry Adler Plays Gershwin 1994-03-06
E20
Kiri's 50th Birthday Concert 1994-03-13
E21
Clive Barker 1994-04-10
E22
Dawn French 1994-04-17
E23
Christian Boltanski 1994-05-15
E24
Eric Newby 1994-05-22
E25
John Steinbeck 1994-05-29
Season 18 22 episodes
E1
Kenneth Williams 1994-09-18
E2
Marilyn Horne 1994-09-25
E3
New Generation Poets 1994-10-02
E4
Vanessa Redgrave 1994-10-09
E5
David Mamet 1994-10-16
E6
The Shearing Touch (George Shearing) 1994-10-23
E7
Alan Ayckbourn 1994-10-30
E8
Frankenstein 1994-11-06
E9
Thora Hird 1994-11-13
E10
The Glory of Gershwin 1994-11-20
E11
P.J. O'Rourke 1994-11-27
E12
Lionel Bart 1994-12-11
E13
Carl Orff 1995-01-29
E14
Classic Widows 1995-02-05
E15
Jonathan Miller 1995-02-12
E16
Flags of the Fante Coast 1995-02-19
E17
Catherine Bailey, the Lady is a Tramp / Roger Ballen 1995-02-26
E18
Edward Albee 1995-03-05
E19
Jodie Foster 1995-03-12
E20
Martin Amis 1995-03-19
E21
Country Music 1995-04-02
E22
Miriam Makeba 1995-04-09
Season 19 20 episodes
E1
Clint Eastwwod 1995-09-10
E2
Ackroyd's Blake 1995-09-17
E3
Tom Sharpe 1995-09-24
E4
kd lang 1995-10-01
E5
Pavarotti at 60 1995-10-08
E6
Jimmy Nail 1995-10-15
E7
Dame Judi Dench 1995-10-29
E8
Coronation Street 1995-11-05
E9
Dame Barbara Cartland 1995-11-12
E10
Jonathan Raban: Badlands / Wynton Marsalis 1995-11-19
E11
Elaine Page Special 1996-04-07
E12
Sting 1996-04-14
E13
Albert Finney 1996-04-28
E14
Marlene Dietrich 1996-05-05
E15
John Eliot Gardiner 1996-05-12
E16
Vermeer: Light, Love and Silence 1996-05-19
E17
Claes Oldenburg 1996-05-26
E18
Baaba Maal 1996-06-02
E19
Maxine Peake / Wynton Marsalis in New Orleans 1996-07-21
E20
Alan Ayckbourn Workshop 1996-07-28
Season 20 20 episodes
E1
Victoria Wood 1996-09-15
E2
Sir John Mills 1996-09-22
E3
Michael Crawford 1996-09-29
E4
Norman Mailer on Picasso 1996-10-06
E5
Chanson 1996-10-13
E6
Michael Collins 1996-10-27
E7
Bryn Terfel 1996-11-03
E8
Howard Hodgkin 1996-11-10
E9
Jimmy McGovern 1996-11-17
E10
Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid 1997-01-05
E11
Maggi Hambling 1997-01-12
E13
The US and Us (1) 1997-01-26
E14
The US and Us (2) 1997-02-02
E15
Gilbert and George (1) 1997-02-09
E16
Gilbert and George (2) 1997-02-16
E17
Valery Gergiev 1997-02-23
E18
Paganini 1997-05-04
E19
David Helfgott 1997-06-22
E20
Paul Auster 1997-07-06
E21
Young Directors (Preya Lal, Alexander Kelly, Franca Cereghini, Chris Dooks) 1997-07-20
Season 21 22 episodes
E1
Scarfe on Hercules 1997-10-05
E2
Michael Flatley: Lord of the Dance 1997-10-26
E3
Kay Mellor 1997-11-02
E4
Björk 1997-11-09
E5
Iain Banks 1997-11-16
E6
Matthew Bourne's Adventures in Motion Pictures 1997-11-23
E7
Steven Bochco 1997-11-30
E8
Simon Raven 1997-12-14
E9
Franco Zeffirelli 1997-12-21
E10
Saul Zaentz 1998-01-11
E11
Gillian Wearing / Gary Hume 1998-01-18
E12
Marks and Gran 1998-02-01
E13
Hail Bop: a Portrait of John Adams 1998-02-08
E14
Nigel Kennedy 1998-02-15
E15
Gary Oldman 1998-03-15
E16
Body Art 1998-04-05
E17
John Tavener 1998-04-12
E18
The Bee Gees 1998-06-07
E19
Will Self 1998-07-05
E20
Afro-Cuban Allstars 1998-07-19
E21
This is Not an Exit: the Fictional World of Bret Easton Ellis 1998-08-23
E22
Wayne Sleep 1998-08-30
Season 22 16 episodes
E1
Ossie Clarke (1) 1998-11-08
E2
Ossie Clarke (2) 1998-11-15
E3
Lesley Garrett 1998-11-22
E4
Harold Pinter 1998-11-29
E5
Maxine Peake/Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo 1998-12-06
E6
Walter Mosley 1998-12-13
E7
Petula Clark 1998-12-20
E8
Warren Beatty 1998-12-30
E9
John Tomlinson 1999-01-10
E10
Javier du Frutos 1999-01-31
E11
UB40 1999-02-07
E12
Anish Kapoor 1999-02-21
E13
New South African Artists 1999-02-28
E14
Lucy Gannon 1999-03-14
E15
Tony Harrison 1999-03-28
E16
Dolly Parton 1999-04-09
Season 23 21 episodes
E1
Paul Merton 1999-09-26
E2
Frank McCourt 1999-10-03
E3
Howard Jacobson 1999-10-10
E4
Jose Cura 1999-10-17
E5
James Galway 1999-10-24
E6
The Lion King (stage play based on the film) 1999-10-31
E7
Joan Collins 1999-11-14
E8
Blur 1999-11-21
E9
Yoko Ono 1999-12-05
E10
Cher 1999-12-11
E11
Countertenors 1999-12-19
E12
Bing Crosby 1999-12-26
E13
Shakespeare 2000-01-23
E14
Millennium Dome 2000-02-07
E15
Sam Mendes 2000-02-14
E16
Michael Douglas 2000-02-21
E17
Chuck Close 2000-03-05
E18
Emir Kusturica 2000-03-12
E19
Amis on Amis 2000-06-18
E20
(composing classical music) (1) 2000-06-25
E21
Simon Holt's Sunrise, Yellow Noise (2) 2000-07-02
Season 24 24 episodes
E1
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Ben Elton 2000-10-01
E2
Santana 2000-10-08
E3
Joyce [Carol Oates] on Marilyn [Monroe] 2000-10-15
E5
Mark Morris Dance Group 2000-10-29
E6
George MacDonald Fraser 2000-11-12
E7
Courtney Pine 2000-11-19
E8
Ron Howard 2000-11-26
E9
Dame Gillian Weir 2000-12-03
E10
[Marlene] Dumas and [Jemima] Stehli 2000-12-10
E11
Mark Quinn 2000-12-17
E12
Tom Jones 2000-12-24
E13
Ken Russell 2001-02-11
E14
Shirin Neshat 2001-02-18
E15
Russell Watson 2001-02-25
E16
Amos Oz 2001-03-04
E17
Greta Garbo 2001-03-11
E18
Elvis Costello with Annie Sofie von Otter 2001-03-18
E19
Bill Bryson 2001-03-25
E20
Ian Rankin 2001-07-01
E21
Ian Bostridge 2001-07-08
E22
Edmund White 2001-07-22
E23
Steve Coogan 2001-08-05
E24
Ravi Shankar 2001-08-12
E25
Tracey Emin 2001-08-19
Season 25 19 episodes
E1
High and Low Culture in the Age of Television 2001-10-07
E2
(highlights) 2001-10-14
E3
Rachel Whiteread 2001-10-28
E4
Norman Foster 2001-11-11
E5
Dr. John 2001-11-18
E6
Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings 2001-12-16
E7
Ladies and Gentlemen, Miss Renée Fleming
E8
The Sopranos 2002-02-10
E9
Leif Ove Andsnes 2002-02-24
E10
Why the Novel Matters 2002-03-17
E11
Meera Syal 2002-03-24
E12
Johnnie Ray 2002-03-31
E13
Mario Vargas Llosa 2002-04-21
E14
Fay Weldon 2002-05-05
E15
R.E.M. 2002-05-09
E16
Neil LaBute 2002-06-23
E17
Cinema of Fire (Iranian cinema) 2002-06-30
E18
Moby 2002-07-07
E19
Bernie Taupin 2002-08-04
Season 26 25 episodes
E1
Mike Leigh 2002-10-13
E2
Akram Khan 2002-10-20
E3
Graham Vick: Beethoven in the Big Top 2002-10-27
E4
Craig David 2002-11-10
E5
Andrew Davies 2002-11-17
E6
Joan Rivers 2002-11-24
E7
Willie Nelson 2003-01-12
E8
James MacMillan 2003-01-05
E9
Irek Mukhamedov 2003-01-19
E10
Gerhard Richter 2003-02-02
E11
Hanif Kureishi 2003-02-09
E12
How to Get Rich: Felix Dennis 2003-02-16
E13
Philip Pullman 2003-03-09
E14
Caryl Phillips 2003-04-13
E15
Conor McPherson 2003-05-18
E16
Herbie Hancock 2003-06-29
E17
Caetano Veloso 2003-07-06
E18
Ang Lee 2003-07-13
E19
The Real George Orwell 2003-07-27
E20
Juan Diego Florez 2003-08-03
E21
Nick Cave 2003-08-10
E22
Albert Camus 2003-08-31
E23
Robert Harris Takes on Rome 2003-09-07
E24
Andrew Lloyd Webber, the Full Picture 2003-09-19
E25
Ewan McGregor 2003-09-21
Season 27 13 episodes
E1
Germaine Greer 2003-10-19
E2
Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra 2003-12-07
E3
TV Stories (1) 2004-02-01
E4
TV Stories (2) 2004-02-08
E5
Jamie Cullum 2004-02-22
E6
The Wilson Twins 2004-03-07
E7
John Lennon's Jukebox 2004-03-14
E8
Jack Vettriano 2004-03-21
E9
The Dance Theatre of Harlem 2004-04-04
E10
Jeanette Winterson 2004-05-02
E11
Johnny Hallyday 2004-05-09
E12
Othello 2004-05-16
E13
Ian McKellen 2004-06-29
Season 28 23 episodes
E1
Street Music Stories 2004-08-22
E2
Ronnie Wood 2004-09-05
E3
Willie Nelson 2004-09-19
E4
Malcolm Arnold (1) 2004-09-26
E5
Malcolm Arnold (2) 2004-10-03
E6
Robert Frank 2004-10-17
E7
Michael Frayn 2004-11-14
E8
The Darkness 2004-11-21
E9
Iggy Pop 2004-12-05
E10
Ruth Rendell 2004-12-12
E11
Howard Goodall 2004-12-19
E12
Pete 'n' Dud, The Lost Shows 2005-01-01
E13
Ian McEwan 2005-02-20
E14
Going Sane 2005-03-06
E15
Khaled and Rachid 2005-03-13
E16
Alina Cojocaru, Johan Kobborg 2005-03-27
E17
The Garden of Cosmic Speculation 2005-04-03
E18
John Boorman 2005-04-10
E19
Red Priest 2005-04-24
E20
National Theatre's production of Henry IV 2005-05-01
E21
The Secret Art of War 2005-05-08
E22
Paul Abbott 2005-05-15
E23
Eric Sykes 2005-09-18
Season 29 13 episodes
E1
Margot Fonteyn (1) 2005-08-07
E2
Margot Fonteyn (2) 2005-08-14
E3
Sophie Calle 2005-08-21
E4
Karl Jenkins 2005-09-11
E5
Eric Sykes 2005-09-18
E6
Maxim Vengerov 2005-10-02
E7
Alan Bennett 2005-10-09
E8
Pablo Trapero, Lucrecia Martel, Daniel Burman 2005-10-16
E9
The Life and Times of Tristram Shandy (film) 2005-10-23
E10
Peter Hall (1) 2005-10-30
E11
Peter Hall (2) 2005-11-06
E12
Little Britain: A South Bank Show Special 2005-12-25
E13
Armando Iannucci
Season 30 11 episodes
E1
Armando Iannucci 2006-02-12
E2
Manga Mania 2006-02-19
E3
John Rutter 2006-03-12
E4
PD James 2006-03-26
E5
Dusty Springfield 2006-04-09
E6
Seu Jorge 2006-06-04
E7
Romeo and Juliet 2006-06-11
E9
George Michael: I'm Your Man 2006-11-17
E10
Peter Blake 2006-11-19
E11
Nick Park & Aardman Animations 2006-11-26
E12
Steve Reich 2006-12-10
Season 31 30 episodes
E1
Bill Bryson 2006-09-10
E2
JG Ballard 2006-09-17
E3
Robbie Coltrane 2006-09-24
E4
Episode 4 2006-10-01
E5
Spamalot 2006-10-15
E6
Claire Tomalin on Thomas Hardy 2006-10-22
E7
Sue Townsend 2006-10-29
E8
Lorenzo Da Ponte 2006-11-05
E9
Peter Blake 2006-11-19
E10
Nick Park and Aardman Animations 2006-11-26
E11
Steve Reich 2006-12-10
E12
Grayson Perry 2006-12-17
E13
Damien Hirst - Addicted To Art 2007-01-01
E14
Damien Hirst 2007-01-06
E15
Victoria Wood: A South Bank Show Special 2007-03-11
E16
Isabel Allende 2007-04-22
E17
Shane Meadows 2007-04-29
E18
Jarvis Cocker: Running The World 2007-06-10
E19
Martin Sheen On Playing It Real 2007-06-17
E20
Marianne Faithfull: A Life In Song 2007-06-24
E21
Zaha Hadid 2007-07-01
E22
MacBeth 2007-07-08
E23
Ian McMillan, Bard Of Barnsley 2007-07-15
E24
Emma Kirkby, The Unsung Heroine 2007-07-22
E25
June Whitfield 2007-07-29
E26
Michael Sheen On Playing It Real 2007-09-02
E27
Joan Dision 2007-09-23
E28
Ken Follett 2007-09-30
E29
The Mersey Sound 2007-10-07
E30
The Last Laugh: John Bird and John Fortune 2007-10-14
Season 32 8 episodes
E1
Annie Lennox 2007-11-25
E2
Eric Clapton 2007-12-02
E3
The Making Of Viva La Diva 2007-12-09
E4
The Nutcracker Story 2007-12-26
E5
Kevin Spacey
E6
Tim Burton
E7
David McVicar 2008-03-09
E8
Revolution 68 2008-03-16
Season 33 6 episodes
E1
Liza Minnelli 2008-05-04
E2
The Damned United 2008-05-11
E3
Gore Vidal 2008-05-18
E4
Sarah Waters 2008-06-08
E5
Tasmin Little 2008-06-15
E6
Billy Joel 2008-07-13
Season 34 6 episodes
E1
The Streets 2008-09-21
E2
The One Ronnie 2008-10-05
E3
Bond 2008-10-22
E4
Cildo Meireles 2008-10-26
E5
Sam Taylor-Wood 2008-11-16
E6
The Mariinsky Theatre 2008-12-07
Season 35 9 episodes
E1
The South Bank Show Awards 2009-01-28
E2
Beyond the Footlights 2009-02-01
E3
The Tempest 2009-02-08
E4
Will Young 2009-03-17
E5
Messiah 2009-04-12
E6
William Goldman 2009-04-26
E7
Out Of Nigeria 2009-05-10
E8
Out Of Nigeria (2) 2009-05-17
E9
Peter Kosminsky 2009-05-24
Season 36 10 episodes
E1
John Lloyd 2014-05-22
E2
Kate Atkinson 2014-05-29
E3
Abi Morgan 2014-06-05
E4
King Lear 2014-06-12
E5
Angel Blue 2014-06-19
E6
Daniel Radcliffe 2014-06-26
E7
Episode 7
E8
Episode 8
E10
Episode 10
E11
Episode 11
Season 37 10 episodes
E1
George R.R. Martin 2015-06-10
E2
Paul Greengrass 2015-06-17
E3
Margaret Drabble 2015-06-24
E4
Laura Mvula 2015-07-01
E5
Joseph Calleja 2015-07-08
E6
Mark Rylance 2015-07-15
E7
Episode 7
E8
Episode 8
E9
Episode 9
E10
Episode 10
Season 38 6 episodes
E1
Sly & Robbie 2016-06-15
E2
Joyce DiDonato 2016-06-22
E3
Russell T Davies 2016-06-29
E4
Ballet Black 2016-07-06
E5
Benedict Cumberbach's 'Hamlet' 2016-07-13
E6
Jackie Kay 2016-07-20
Season 39 6 episodes
E1
Amma Asante 2017-07-19
E2
Karl Ove Knausgaard 2017-07-26
E3
Sally Wainwright 2017-08-02
E4
Benjamin Clementine 2017-08-09
E5
Obsession: Jude Law & Ivo Van Hove 2017-08-16
E6
Yinka Shonibare 2017-08-23
Season 40 6 episodes
E1
Tracey Ullman 2018-11-07
E2
Beverley Knight 2018-11-14
E3
Danielle de Niese 2018-11-21
E4
Sonia Friedman 2018-11-28
E5
Gail Rebuck 2018-12-05
E6
Why the Arts Matter 2018-12-12
Season 41 4 episodes
E1
Jed Mercurio 2019-05-05
E2
Jack Thorne 2019-07-23
E3
Steve Pemberton & Reece Shearsmith 2019-07-30
E4
Heidi Thomas 2019-08-06
Season 42 4 episodes
E1
Gillian Anderson 2020-11-22
E2
Bernardine Evaristo 2020-11-29
E3
Benjamin Zephaniah 2020-12-06
E4
Simon Armitage 2020-12-13
Season 43 4 episodes
E1
Arlo Parks & Samuel Bailey 2021-06-24
E2
The Pin, Marina Kemp & Nick Rowland 2021-07-01
E3
Noah Jupe, Mishka Rushdie Momen & Alex Woolf 2021-07-08
E4
Arielle Smith & Alberta Whittle 2021-07-15
Season 44 4 episodes
E1
The South Bank Sky Arts Awards 2022 2022-07-13
E2
Frank Skinner 2022-07-20
E3
Helen Mirren 2022-07-27
E4
Carlos Acosta 2022-08-03
Season 45 4 episodes
E1
David Hockney: A Celebration 2023-08-28
E2
David Hockney: In Normandy 2023-08-28
E3
David Hockney: 50 Years on Film 2023-08-29
E4
David Hockney: In London 2023-08-29
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