The South Bank Show
Season 31 Episode 14 - Damien Hirst
This episode of The South Bank Show provides a unique insight into Damien Hirst not as the enfant terrible of an art world but as an art collector and businessman. Known for creating one of the most famous icons of modern art, a 14ft tiger shark suspended in formaldehyde, which shocked the public, he also produces decorative spot and spin paintings. His prolific output and entrepreneurialism have made him one of the world's most expensive living artists, with an estimated fortune of £100 million. One of Hirst's motivations for his growing art collection is Toddington, a dilapidated Gothic Manor house in Gloucestershire, which he purchased in 2005 for £3 million and will one day house his entire collection. Here, he shows Melvyn Bragg around Toddington, outlining his plans for its future. They discuss his art collection, his artistic heroes and the relationship between money and art.
Episodes in Season 31
Bill Bryson
60 min
JG Ballard
60 min
Robbie Coltrane
60 min
Episode 4
60 min
Spamalot
60 min
Claire Tomalin on Thomas Hardy
60 min
Sue Townsend
60 min
Lorenzo Da Ponte
60 min
Peter Blake
60 min
Nick Park and Aardman Animations
60 min
Steve Reich
60 min
Grayson Perry
60 min
Damien Hirst - Addicted To Art
60 min
Damien Hirst
60 min
Victoria Wood: A South Bank Show Special
60 min
Isabel Allende
60 min
Shane Meadows
60 min
Jarvis Cocker: Running The World
60 min
Martin Sheen On Playing It Real
60 min
Marianne Faithfull: A Life In Song
60 min
Zaha Hadid
60 min
MacBeth
60 min
Ian McMillan, Bard Of Barnsley
60 min
Emma Kirkby, The Unsung Heroine
60 min
June Whitfield
60 min
Michael Sheen On Playing It Real
60 min
Joan Dision
60 min
Ken Follett
60 min
The Mersey Sound
60 min
The Last Laugh: John Bird and John Fortune
60 min
