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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

    Alan Bennett

    1984-10-07
  2. 2

    McCartney's Broad Street

    1984-10-14

    Behind the scenes look at the making of Paul McCartney's 1984 movie Give My Regards To Broad Street.

  3. 3

    The Forming of the Phoenix (Phoenix Dance Company)

    1984-10-21
  4. 4

    Paolo and Vittorio Taviani

    1984-10-28
  5. 5

    Norman Nicholson

    1984-11-04
  6. 6

    Joseph Heller

    1984-11-11
  7. 7

    Mstislav Rostropovich

    1984-11-18
  8. 8

    Max Wall

    1984-11-25
  9. 10

    Alan Bleasdale

    1985-01-13
  10. 11

    Anthony Burgess on D.H. Lawrence

    1985-01-20
  11. 13

    Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex

    1985-02-03
  12. 14

    Marc Chagall

    1985-02-10
  13. 15

    David Lean: a Life in Film

    1985-02-17
  14. 16

    Simon Rattle / finale of Messiaen's Turangalila Symphony

    1985-02-24
  15. 17

    Little Richard

    1985-03-03
  16. 18

    George Malcolm on Scarlatti

    1985-03-10
  17. 19

    Silent Partners: Second Stride Dance Company

    1985-03-17
  18. 20

    Michael Crawford/Billy Bragg

    1985-03-31
  19. 21

    David Mamet

    1985-03-24
  20. 22

    Olivier Messiaen: The Music of Faith

    1985-04-05
  21. 23

    The Cotton Club (night club)

    1985-05-26
  22. 24

    Prez (jazz opera about Lester Young)

    1985-06-02
  23. 25

    Francis Bacon

    1985-06-09

    As part of The South Bank Show series, director David Hinton and interviewer Melvyn Bragg accompany Francis Bacon for a day during his second retrospective at the Tate Gallery, London, in 1985. The conversation reveals the artist’s influences, theories and obsessions.

  24. 26

    George Steiner on Vienna at the turn of the century

    1985-06-16

Cast

Melvyn Bragg Self - Presenter

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