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The South Bank Show

1978 5.6

The South Bank Show is a television arts magazine show 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.

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Episodes

  1. 1

    Maria Callas

    1987-10-04
  2. 2

    Toni Morrison

    1987-10-11
  3. 3

    The Smiths

    1987-10-18

    This documentary on The Smiths was filmed just days before the band went their separate ways in 1987. Contains interviews of Morrissey, Marr, Joyce and Rourke, as well as Linder, Shaun Duggan, Jo O'Keefe, John Peel, Nick Kent, Sandie Shaw and Viv Nicholson.

  4. 4

    Andy Warhol

    1987-10-25
  5. 5

    Frank Rich / Suzanne Vega

    1987-11-01
  6. 6

    Sir Terence Conran

    1987-11-08
  7. 7

    Gore Vidal

    1987-11-15
  8. 8

    African music / Russian theatre

    1987-11-22
  9. 9

    Sir George Solti

    1987-11-29
  10. 10

    Eric Clapton

    1987-12-06
  11. 11

    Arts Review '87

    1987-12-20
  12. 12

    The Last Emperor (1988 film)

    1988-01-17
  13. 13

    Australian Aboriginies

    1988-01-24
  14. 14

    Boogie Woogie Music

    1988-01-31
  15. 15

    The Golden Age of Television

    1988-02-14

    A lecture about television given at the British Film Institute.

  16. 16

    George Barker

    1988-02-21
  17. 17

    Jackson Pollack

    1988-02-28
  18. 18

    Lenny Henry

    1988-03-06
  19. 19

    Peter Dickinson

    1988-03-13
  20. 20

    A Day on The Grand Canal with the Emperor of China

    1988-03-20
  21. 21

    Nicuragua: Poets as Politicans

    1988-03-27
  22. 22

    Ken Russell's ABC of British Music

    1988-04-02
  23. 24

    Doris Lessing

    1988-04-17
  24. 25

    Sir Peter Hall's last National Theatre production

    1988-04-24

Cast

Melvyn Bragg Self - Presenter

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