• Air date: 07 Oct '84 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. Alan Bennett

      07 Oct '84
    • 2. McCartney's Broad Street

      14 Oct '84
      Behind the scenes of Give My Regards to Broad Street.
    • 3. The Forming of the Phoenix (Phoenix Dance Company)

      21 Oct '84
    • 4. Paolo and Vittorio Taviani

      28 Oct '84
    • 5. Norman Nicholson

      04 Nov '84
    • 6. Joseph Heller

      11 Nov '84
    • 7. Mstislav Rostropovich

      18 Nov '84
    • 8. Max Wall

      25 Nov '84
    • 10. Alan Bleasdale

      13 Jan '85
    • 11. Anthony Burgess on D.H. Lawrence

      20 Jan '85
    • 13. Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex

      03 Feb '85
    • 14. Marc Chagall

      10 Feb '85
    • 15. David Lean: a Life in Film

      17 Feb '85
    • 16. Simon Rattle / finale of Messiaen's Turangalila Symphony

      24 Feb '85
    • 17. Little Richard

      03 Mar '85
    • 18. George Malcolm on Scarlatti

      10 Mar '85
    • 19. Silent Partners: Second Stride Dance Company

      17 Mar '85
    • 20. Michael Crawford/Billy Bragg

      31 Mar '85
    • 21. David Mamet

      24 Mar '85
    • 22. Olivier Messiaen: The Music of Faith

      05 Apr '85
    • 23. The Cotton Club (night club)

      26 May '85
    • 24. Prez (jazz opera about Lester Young)

      02 Jun '85
    • 25. Francis Bacon

      09 Jun '85
    • 26. George Steiner on Vienna at the turn of the century

      16 Jun '85