• Air date: 25 Nov '07 8 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 (8)
    • 1. Annie Lennox

      25 Nov '07
    • 2. Eric Clapton

      02 Dec '07
      Eric Clapton last spoke to The South Bank Show exactly twenty years ago, near the end of a long spiral of addiction and alcoholism, just before going in to rehab. Now, 20 years later – and still one of the great guitarists of our time - we pick up the story again with the 62-year-old Clapton talking exclusively to Melvyn Bragg. They discuss conquering his demons, the drugs, the drink, the death of his son, his troubled family background, the intensity of his relationships with other great guita
    • 3. The Making Of Viva La Diva

      09 Dec '07
    • 4. The Nutcracker Story

      26 Dec '07
    • 5. Kevin Spacey

    • 6. Tim Burton

    • 7. David McVicar

      09 Mar '08
    • 8. Revolution 68

      16 Mar '08