• Air date: 04 Oct '87 24 episodes
      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.
  • List of Episodes (24)
    • 1. Maria Callas

      04 Oct '87
    • 2. Toni Morrison

      11 Oct '87
    • 3. The Smiths

      18 Oct '87
    • 4. Andy Warhol

      25 Oct '87
    • 5. Frank Rich / Suzanne Vega

      01 Nov '87
    • 6. Sir Terence Conran

      08 Nov '87
    • 7. Gore Vidal

      15 Nov '87
    • 8. African music / Russian theatre

      22 Nov '87
    • 9. Sir George Solti

      29 Nov '87
    • 10. Eric Clapton

      06 Dec '87
    • 11. Arts Review '87

      20 Dec '87
    • 12. The Last Emperor (1988 film)

      17 Jan '88
    • 13. Australian Aboriginies

      24 Jan '88
    • 14. Boogie Woogie Music

      31 Jan '88
    • 15. The Golden Age of Television

      14 Feb '88
      A lecture about television given at the British Film Institute.
    • 16. George Barker

      21 Feb '88
    • 17. Jackson Pollack

      28 Feb '88
    • 18. Lenny Henry

      06 Mar '88
    • 19. Peter Dickinson

      13 Mar '88
    • 20. A Day on The Grand Canal with the Emperor of China

      20 Mar '88
    • 21. Nicuragua: Poets as Politicans

      27 Mar '88
    • 22. Ken Russell's ABC of British Music

      02 Apr '88
    • 24. Doris Lessing

      17 Apr '88
    • 25. Sir Peter Hall's last National Theatre production

      24 Apr '88