• Air date: 22 Aug '04 23 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 (23)
    • 1. Street Music Stories

      22 Aug '04
    • 2. Ronnie Wood

      05 Sep '04
    • 3. Willie Nelson

      19 Sep '04
    • 4. Malcolm Arnold (1)

      26 Sep '04
    • 5. Malcolm Arnold (2)

      03 Oct '04
    • 6. Robert Frank

      17 Oct '04
    • 7. Michael Frayn

      14 Nov '04
    • 8. The Darkness

      21 Nov '04
    • 9. Iggy Pop

      05 Dec '04
    • 10. Ruth Rendell

      12 Dec '04
    • 11. Howard Goodall

      19 Dec '04
    • 12. Pete 'n' Dud, The Lost Shows

      01 Jan '05
    • 13. Ian McEwan

      20 Feb '05
    • 14. Going Sane

      06 Mar '05
    • 15. Khaled and Rachid

      13 Mar '05
    • 16. Alina Cojocaru, Johan Kobborg

      27 Mar '05
    • 17. The Garden of Cosmic Speculation

      03 Apr '05
    • 18. John Boorman

      10 Apr '05
    • 19. Red Priest

      24 Apr '05
    • 20. National Theatre's production of Henry IV

      01 May '05
    • 21. The Secret Art of War

      08 May '05
    • 22. Paul Abbott

      15 May '05
    • 23. Eric Sykes

      18 Sep '05
      Melvyn Bragg talks to Eric Sykes about his remarkable career, which started in the 1940s when he began writing for Frankie Howerd in the hit radio show Variety Band Box, and how he evolved from being a top comedy writer to one of Britain's best loved performers who continues to appear on stage, TV and cinema.