• Air date: 10 Sep '06 30 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 (30)
    • 1. Bill Bryson

      10 Sep '06
    • 2. JG Ballard

      17 Sep '06
    • 3. Robbie Coltrane

      24 Sep '06
    • 4. Episode 4

      01 Oct '06
    • 5. Spamalot

      15 Oct '06
    • 6. Claire Tomalin on Thomas Hardy

      22 Oct '06
    • 7. Sue Townsend

      29 Oct '06
    • 8. Lorenzo Da Ponte

      05 Nov '06
    • 9. Peter Blake

      19 Nov '06
    • 10. Nick Park and Aardman Animations

      26 Nov '06
    • 11. Steve Reich

      10 Dec '06
    • 12. Grayson Perry

      17 Dec '06
    • 13. Damien Hirst - Addicted To Art

      01 Jan '07
    • 14. Damien Hirst

      06 Jan '07
      This episode of The South Bank Show provides a unique insight into Damien Hirst not as the enfant terrible of an art world but as an art collector and businessman. Known for creating one of the most famous icons of modern art, a 14ft tiger shark suspended in formaldehyde, which shocked the public, he also produces decorative spot and spin paintings. His prolific output and entrepreneurialism have made him one of the world's most expensive living artists, with an estimated fortune of £100 milli
    • 15. Victoria Wood: A South Bank Show Special

      11 Mar '07
    • 16. Isabel Allende

      22 Apr '07
    • 17. Shane Meadows

      29 Apr '07
    • 18. Jarvis Cocker: Running The World

      10 Jun '07
    • 19. Martin Sheen On Playing It Real

      17 Jun '07
    • 20. Marianne Faithfull: A Life In Song

      24 Jun '07
    • 21. Zaha Hadid

      01 Jul '07
    • 22. MacBeth

      08 Jul '07
    • 23. Ian McMillan, Bard Of Barnsley

      15 Jul '07
    • 24. Emma Kirkby, The Unsung Heroine

      22 Jul '07
    • 25. June Whitfield

      29 Jul '07