• Air date: 09 Nov '80 26 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 (26)
    • 1. Arthur Miller

      09 Nov '80
    • 2. William Golding

      16 Nov '80
    • 3. Akira Kurosawa

      23 Nov '80
    • 4. Stravinsky's The Firebird

      30 Nov '80
    • 5. No Need to Lie

      07 Dec '80
    • 6. The Passion (National Theatre's updating of medieval plays)

      14 Dec '80
    • 7. Toni Morrison

      18 Jan '81
    • 8. The Trespasser (film)

      25 Jan '81
    • 9. Don Juan in Hell

      08 Feb '81
    • 10. poetry workshop

      15 Feb '81
    • 11. Martin Scorsese

      22 Feb '81
    • 12. Elizabeth Taylor / John Hubbard

      01 Mar '81
    • 13. Bob Fosse

      08 Mar '81
    • 14. Robert Redford / Martin Amis

      15 Mar '81
    • 15. Verity Bargate / Howard Hodgkin

      29 Mar '81
    • 16. At the Haunted End of the Day: the Life of Sir William Walton

      19 Apr '81
    • 17. Gore Vidal

      26 Apr '81
    • 18. The Roots of the Tree (Ermanno Olmi)

      03 May '81
    • 19. Colin Welland

      10 May '81
    • 20. Christopher Logue / Phillip King

      17 May '81
    • 21. Lulu's Last Act (Berg opera)

      24 May '81
    • 22. Dame Ninette De Valois / David Hockney on Picasso

      31 May '81
    • 23. Clive James / Craig Raine

      07 Jun '81
    • 24. Soviet Art

      14 Jun '81
    • 25. Rhythm and Blues (The Blues Band, Dr. Feelgood, Nine Below Zero, Paul Jones)

      21 Jun '81