The South Bank Show
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.
Cast
Melvyn Bragg
Self - Presenter
Seasons
E1Paul McCartney/surrealist exhibition
Jan 14, 1978
E2Paganini Superstar
Jan 21, 1978
E3Roy Minton
Jan 28, 1978
E4David Hockney
Feb 4, 1978
E5Dennis Potter
Feb 11, 1978
E6John Peel/Jane Glover
Feb 18, 1978
E7Arabian Days (Edna O'Brien)/Quentin Crisp
Feb 25, 1978
E8Jacques Loussier
Mar 4, 1978
E9Ken Dodd
Mar 11, 1978
E10Georges Simenon
Mar 18, 1978
E11Horowitz at the White House
Mar 25, 1978
E12Carl Perkins/Morgan horses
Apr 1, 1978
E13Carry On with Paul Morissey (Carry On ... films)
Apr 8, 1978
E14Search for Shaw
Apr 15, 1978
E15Harold Pinter
Apr 22, 1978
E16Satyajit Ray/John Williams/Ralph McTell
Apr 30, 1978
E17Portrait of a Conductor: Herbert Von Karajan
May 6, 1978
E18Freddie Young
May 13, 1978
E19Frank Auerbach
May 20, 1978
E20Mayerling Ballet
Jun 17, 1978
E21John Osborne on Wardle's book on Devine/Pearl (radio play)
Jul 1, 1978
E22Ingmar Bergman at 60
Jul 8, 1978
E23Hullabaloo over George and Bonnie's Pictures (1)
Jul 15, 1978
E24Hullabaloo over George and Bonnie's Pictures (2)
Jul 22, 1978
E1Tom Stoppard
Nov 26, 1978
E2Grace Under Pressure (Anthony Burgess on Hemingway)
Dec 3, 1978
E3Woody Allen
Dec 10, 1978
E4Anatomy of an Opera: Jonathan Miller's Figaro
Dec 17, 1978
E5Rhythm of Resistance (South African music)
Jan 14, 1979
E6Harmony of the Spheres (Neil Ardley)
Jan 21, 1979
E7Circus Clowns/Schubert recital by Richter
Jan 28, 1979
E8Royal Shakespeare Company on tour
Feb 4, 1979
E9Brimstone & Treacle (Dennis Potter) / John McLaughlin, a Musical Journey
Feb 11, 1979
E10The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith / Edward Gorey / Gunter Grass
Feb 18, 1979
E11Michael Cimino / Alan Bennett, Stephen Frears
Feb 25, 1979
E12Gordon Williams, Alan Sharp, Eddie Boyd
Mar 4, 1979
E13Derek Boshier / Ingrid Bergman, Ingmar Bergman
Mar 11, 1979
E14Neil Simon
Mar 18, 1979
E15Beryl Cook / Cloud Nine rehearsals
Mar 25, 1979
E16Graham Sutherland
Apr 1, 1979
E17Darryl Way / Howard Brenton
Apr 22, 1979
E18The Europeans (film) / Joseph Heller
Apr 29, 1979
E19Asian Arts festival
May 6, 1979
E20Billy Connolly
May 13, 1979
E21Jessye Norman
May 20, 1979
E22Rough Trade (record label) / Allen Jones
May 27, 1979
E23Scum (film) / Keith Jarrett
Jun 17, 1979
E24Michael Tippett (90 min.)
Jun 24, 1979
E1Francis Ford Coppola
Dec 2, 1979
E2Royal Shakespeare Company masterclass (1)
Dec 9, 1979
E3Royal Shakespeare Company masterclass (2)
Dec 16, 1979
E4Talking Heads
Dec 23, 1979
E5Love and the Ice-Cream Vendor
Feb 17, 1980
E6Fay Weldon / Richard Hogart on Northern Ireland in drama
Feb 24, 1980
E7Merce Cunningham
Mar 2, 1980
E8Elegies for the Deaths of Three Spanish Poets
Mar 9, 1980
E9A Time There was ... (Benjamin Britten)
Apr 6, 1980
E10The Greene Adaptations (Graham Greene films)
Apr 13, 1980
E11Salsa (Puerto Rican music)
Apr 27, 1980
E12The Worlds of Edward Bond
May 4, 1980
E13Yehudi Menuhin and Stephane Grappelli / Kinglsey Amis
May 11, 1980
E14new British rock films / The Tin Drum (film)
May 18, 1980
E15Roman Polanski
May 25, 1980
E16Tom Wolfe
Jun 1, 1980
E17Andrew Wyeth
Jun 8, 1980
E18Angus Wilson
Jun 29, 1980
E19Jane Austen (film)
Jul 6, 1980
E1Arthur Miller
Nov 9, 1980
E2William Golding
Nov 16, 1980
E3Akira Kurosawa
Nov 23, 1980
E4Stravinsky's The Firebird
Nov 30, 1980
E5No Need to Lie
Dec 7, 1980
E6The Passion (National Theatre's updating of medieval plays)
Dec 14, 1980
E7Toni Morrison
Jan 18, 1981
E8The Trespasser (film)
Jan 25, 1981
E9Don Juan in Hell
Feb 8, 1981
E10poetry workshop
Feb 15, 1981
E11Martin Scorsese
Feb 22, 1981
E12Elizabeth Taylor / John Hubbard
Mar 1, 1981
E13Bob Fosse
Mar 8, 1981
E14Robert Redford / Martin Amis
Mar 15, 1981
E15Verity Bargate / Howard Hodgkin
Mar 29, 1981
E16At the Haunted End of the Day: the Life of Sir William Walton
Apr 19, 1981
E17Gore Vidal
Apr 26, 1981
E18The Roots of the Tree (Ermanno Olmi)
May 3, 1981
E19Colin Welland
May 10, 1981
E20Christopher Logue / Phillip King
May 17, 1981
E21Lulu's Last Act (Berg opera)
May 24, 1981
E22Dame Ninette De Valois / David Hockney on Picasso
May 31, 1981
E23Clive James / Craig Raine
Jun 7, 1981
E24Soviet Art
Jun 14, 1981
E25Rhythm and Blues (The Blues Band, Dr. Feelgood, Nine Below Zero, Paul Jones)
Jun 21, 1981
E26Music for a City: Venice
Jun 28, 1981
E1The French Lieutenant's Woman
Nov 1, 1981
E2Elvis Costello
Nov 8, 1981
E3Old Glory: the Journey and the Book
Nov 15, 1981
E4Ian McKellan / Ian McEwan
Nov 22, 1981
E5Brian Moore / Patrick Caulfield
Nov 29, 1981
E6A Talent to Vex: John Osborne
Dec 6, 1981
E7Mama Lu Parks
Jan 17, 1982
E8Bernard D'Ascoli / Theatre of the 8th Day
Jan 24, 1982
E9Milos Forman
Jan 31, 1982
E10Germaine Greer
Feb 7, 1982
E11Pauline Kael / George Steiner's The Portage to San Cristobal of AH
Feb 14, 1982
E12Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller
Feb 21, 1982
E13Blacck Theatre Cooperative / Laurie Anderson
Feb 28, 1982
E14Guys and Dolls (at the National Theatre)
Mar 7, 1982
E15Richard Alston's Bellezza Flash
Mar 14, 1982
E16Peter Maxwell-Davies
Mar 21, 1982
E17Saul Bellow
Mar 28, 1982
E18Indian wallpainting
Apr 4, 1982
E19Stravinski (1)
Apr 9, 1982
E20Stravinski (2)
Apr 10, 1982
E21Julian Lloyd-Webber
Apr 18, 1982
E22Miles Davis / Robert Nye
Apr 25, 1982
E23Caught in the Act (Pillar to Post at Wormwood Scrubs)
May 2, 1982
E24Joseph Papp / James Galway
May 9, 1982
E25Werner Herzog
May 16, 1982
E26Why Don't I Love Opera Anymore (by Stephen Oliver)
May 23, 1982
E27Phillip Larkin
May 30, 1982
In March 1981 Melvyn Bragg travelled to Hull to interview the poet, librarian and jazz critic Philip Larkin.
E1Laurence Olivier, a Life (1)
Oct 17, 1982
E2Laurence Olivier, a Life (2)
Oct 24, 1982
E3Peter Gabriel
Oct 31, 1982
Cameras follow Peter Gabriel during the recording of his fourth solo album.
E4Bruce Chatwin
Nov 7, 1982
E5Patricia Highsmith
Nov 14, 1982
E6Steven Spielberg
Nov 21, 1982
E7Gospel at Colonus
Nov 28, 1982
E8Simone De Beauvoir
Jan 9, 1983
E9Barry Flannigan / Seamus Heaney
Jan 23, 1983
E10David Hare
Jan 30, 1983
E11Agnes De Mille
Feb 6, 1983
E12Handel's Semele (by the Royal Opera House)
Feb 13, 1983
E13Sam Fuller
Feb 20, 1983
E14Local Hero (film)
Feb 27, 1983
E15R.K. Narayan
Mar 13, 1983
E16Ivo Pogorelich
Mar 20, 1983
E17John Le Carré
Mar 27, 1983
E18Choirs and Places Where They Sing
Apr 3, 1983
E19William Trevor
Apr 24, 1983
E20Gene Hackman
May 1, 1983
E21Keith Waterhouse
May 8, 1983
E22Robert Lowell / Benjamin Britten's Quartettino
May 15, 1983
E23Cowboy Art
May 22, 1983
E24Jiri Kylian
May 29, 1983
E25Producing Don Giovanni
Jun 5, 1983
E26Ken Russell's View of The Planets
Jun 12, 1983
E1Piper's Way
Oct 16, 1983
E2Yuri Lyubimov
Oct 23, 1983
E4Jack Lemmon
Nov 6, 1983
E5Catherine Cookson
Nov 20, 1983
E6Lillian Gish/Glen Baxter
Nov 27, 1983
E7Alberto Moravia
Dec 4, 1983
E8Ian Hamilton Finlay/Lord Gowrie
Dec 11, 1983
E9Barry Tuckwell: Master of the Horn
Feb 19, 1984
E10Trevor Griffiths
Feb 26, 1984
E11Weather Report
Mar 11, 1984
E12Claudio Arrau
Mar 18, 1984
E13Kathy Acker
Apr 1, 1984
E14Ralph Vaughan Williams
Apr 8, 1984
E15Sir Ernst Gombrich
Apr 15, 1984
E16Michael Frayn
Apr 29, 1984
E17Ed McBain
May 6, 1984
E18David Bintley: New Ballet at Sadler's Wells
May 13, 1984
E19Stephen Sondheim
May 20, 1984
E20Elisabeth Vellacott / DeCocoa, Hot Chocolate
May 27, 1984
E21adaptation of Ivy Compton Burnett's Elders and Betters
Jun 3, 1984
E22Kipling (one-man play with Alec McGowen)
Jun 10, 1984
E23Anthony Caro
Jun 24, 1984
E1Alan Bennett
Oct 7, 1984
E2McCartney's Broad Street
Oct 14, 1984
Behind the scenes look at the making of Paul McCartney's 1984 movie Give My Regards To Broad Street.
E3The Forming of the Phoenix (Phoenix Dance Company)
Oct 21, 1984
E4Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
Oct 28, 1984
E5Norman Nicholson
Nov 4, 1984
E6Joseph Heller
Nov 11, 1984
E7Mstislav Rostropovich
Nov 18, 1984
E8Max Wall
Nov 25, 1984
E10Alan Bleasdale
Jan 13, 1985
E11Anthony Burgess on D.H. Lawrence
Jan 20, 1985
E13Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex
Feb 3, 1985
E14Marc Chagall
Feb 10, 1985
E15David Lean: a Life in Film
Feb 17, 1985
E16Simon Rattle / finale of Messiaen's Turangalila Symphony
Feb 24, 1985
E17Little Richard
Mar 3, 1985
E18George Malcolm on Scarlatti
Mar 10, 1985
E19Silent Partners: Second Stride Dance Company
Mar 17, 1985
E20Michael Crawford/Billy Bragg
Mar 31, 1985
E21David Mamet
Mar 24, 1985
E22Olivier Messiaen: The Music of Faith
Apr 5, 1985
E23The Cotton Club (night club)
May 26, 1985
E24Prez (jazz opera about Lester Young)
Jun 2, 1985
E25Francis Bacon
Jun 9, 1985
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.
E26George Steiner on Vienna at the turn of the century
Jun 16, 1985
E1Sir Alec Guinness
Oct 6, 1985
E2Peter Ackroyd's Hawksmoor
Oct 13, 1985
E3Ian McKellen, Diary of a Year
Oct 20, 1985
E4Theatre of Comedy workshop
Oct 27, 1985
E5Pete Townshend: After the Fire
Nov 3, 1985
E6Sir Stephen Spender
Nov 10, 1985
E7Marguerite Duras
Nov 17, 1985
E8Karole Armitage
Nov 24, 1985
E9Peter Shaffer
Dec 1, 1985
E10John Cleese
Jan 12, 1986
Cleese was silently scripting A Fish Called Wanda at the time this interview was filmed. It is not mentioned in this program. What is mentioned is Cleese's spectrum of work from sketch comedy to industrial training films to therapeutical books. Video clips include sequences from Cleese's classics: At Last the 1948 Show, Monty Python's Flying Circus, and Fawlty Towers.
E11Vladimir Ashkenazy
Jan 19, 1986
E12Paul Schrader
Jan 26, 1986
E13Purcell's Dido and Aenaes
Feb 2, 1986
E14Patrick Heron
Feb 9, 1986
E15Blue Note Records
Feb 16, 1986
E16Michala Petri
Feb 23, 1986
E17Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Mar 2, 1986
E18Absolute Beginners (film)
Mar 9, 1986
E19Arthur Boyd
Mar 23, 1986
E20Hal Prince: Rethinking the Musical
Apr 6, 1986
E21British Soap Operas
Apr 13, 1986
E22Hull Truck Theatre Company
Apr 20, 1986
E23Velvet Underground
Apr 27, 1986
The South Bank Show’s Velvet Underground documentary contains interviews with Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison, Moe Tucker, Nico, Andy Warhol and lots of early Velvet performance footage.
E24Al Jolson
May 4, 1986
E1John Mortimer
Oct 5, 1986
E4Michael Powell
Oct 26, 1986
E5Truman Capote
Nov 2, 1986
E6Fay Godwin
Nov 9, 1986
E7The Andrew Lloyd-Webber Story
Nov 15, 1986
E8Agatha Christie, How Did She Do It?
Nov 23, 1986
E9The Dream is Over (Christopher Bruce ballet on John Lennon)
Nov 30, 1986
E10Arts Review '86
Dec 14, 1986
E11Anthony Hopkins / David Hare
Jan 11, 1987
E12Philip Glass
Jan 18, 1987
E13Alvin Ailey Dance Theater
Jan 25, 1987
E14Anthony Green: RA, a Love Story
Feb 1, 1987
E15birth of Frankenstein and Dracula
Feb 8, 1987
E16Thomas Allen
Feb 15, 1987
E17The Wooster Group
Feb 22, 1987
E18The London Underground in art
Mar 1, 1987
E20Barbara Dickson
Mar 15, 1987
E21Penguin Cafe Orchestra
Mar 22, 1987
E22Turner at the Tate
Mar 29, 1987
E23George V. Higgins
Apr 5, 1987
E24Peter York lecture
Apr 12, 1987
E25The Aida File: The Making of the Opera (1)
Apr 18, 1987
E26The Aida File: Aida Performance (2)
Apr 19, 1987
E1Maria Callas
Oct 4, 1987
E2Toni Morrison
Oct 11, 1987
E3The Smiths
Oct 18, 1987
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.
E4Andy Warhol
Oct 25, 1987
E5Frank Rich / Suzanne Vega
Nov 1, 1987
E6Sir Terence Conran
Nov 8, 1987
E7Gore Vidal
Nov 15, 1987
E8African music / Russian theatre
Nov 22, 1987
E9Sir George Solti
Nov 29, 1987
E10Eric Clapton
Dec 6, 1987
E11Arts Review '87
Dec 20, 1987
E12The Last Emperor (1988 film)
Jan 17, 1988
E13Australian Aboriginies
Jan 24, 1988
E14Boogie Woogie Music
Jan 31, 1988
E15The Golden Age of Television
Feb 14, 1988
A lecture about television given at the British Film Institute.
E16George Barker
Feb 21, 1988
E17Jackson Pollack
Feb 28, 1988
E18Lenny Henry
Mar 6, 1988
E19Peter Dickinson
Mar 13, 1988
E20A Day on The Grand Canal with the Emperor of China
Mar 20, 1988
E21Nicuragua: Poets as Politicans
Mar 27, 1988
E22Ken Russell's ABC of British Music
Apr 2, 1988
E24Doris Lessing
Apr 17, 1988
E25Sir Peter Hall's last National Theatre production
Apr 24, 1988
E1The Art of Walt Disney
Sep 25, 1988
E2Bernard Shaw
Oct 2, 1988
E3Under Milk Wood
Oct 9, 1988
E4Toulouse-Lautrec
Oct 16, 1988
E5David Puttnam
Oct 23, 1988
E6David Hockney
Oct 30, 1988
E7Two Women in Three Dimensions (Wendy Taylor, Nicola Hicks)
Nov 13, 1988
E8Bristol WWII bombing raids reenactment
Nov 20, 1988
E9Raymond Chandler
Nov 27, 1988
E10Neil Jordan
Dec 4, 1988
E11John Houseman
Dec 11, 1988
E12David Bailey
Dec 18, 1988
E13Derek Walcott
Jan 15, 1989
E14Patrick Leigh Fermor
Jan 22, 1989
E15National Training Orchestra
Jan 29, 1989
E16Christopher Hampton
Feb 5, 1989
E17Istvan Szabo
Feb 12, 1989
E18Robert Redford
Feb 19, 1989
E19Tony Palmer on the concerto
Feb 26, 1989
E20Ben Elton
Mar 5, 1989
E21John Burnett
Mar 10, 1989
A special 3 minute parody episode made for Comic Relief. Melvin interviews painter John Burnett.
E22Put Blood in the Music (New York avant garde music)
Mar 12, 1989
E23John Ogdon
Mar 19, 1989
E24Sir William Golding
Mar 24, 1989
E1Martin Amis
Sep 17, 1989
E2Dustin Hoffman, Sir Peter Hall
Sep 24, 1989
E3Jimi Hendrix
Oct 1, 1989
E4Tom Keneally in Eritrea
Oct 8, 1989
E5Ken Russell
Oct 15, 1989
E6Steven Berkoff
Oct 22, 1989
E7Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Oct 29, 1989
E8Fitzrovia
Nov 12, 1989
E9Dame Edna Everage
Nov 19, 1989
E10Evelyn Glennie
Nov 26, 1989
E11Peter Brook
Dec 3, 1989
E12Arts Review '89
Dec 29, 1989
E13Boris Pasternak
Jan 7, 1990
E14Sir David Lean, Robert Bolt
Jan 21, 1990
E15Christopher Hogwood
Jan 28, 1990
E16Chinua Achebe
Feb 4, 1990
E17Hans Werner Henze
Feb 11, 1990
E18Jock Tamson's Bairns (Gerry Mulgrew, Liz Lochhead)
Feb 18, 1990
E19Yuri Bashmet
Mar 4, 1990
E20DV8 Physical Theatre
Mar 11, 1990
E21Mark Morris: the Hidden Soul of Harmony
Mar 25, 1990
E22Carl Davis, Temba
Apr 1, 1990
E23Vivienne Westwood
Apr 8, 1990
E24Hindemith
Apr 15, 1990
E25Robert Altman
Apr 22, 1990
E1George Michael
Sep 2, 1990
E2Peter Ackroyd on Dickens
Sep 9, 1990
E3Spike Lee
Sep 23, 1990
E4Salman Rushdie
Sep 30, 1990
E5Roy Lichtenstein
Oct 7, 1990
E6Ken Russell on Anton Bruckner
Oct 14, 1990
E7Clear Cool Crystal Streams (Irish rock music)
Oct 21, 1990
E8John Updike
Oct 28, 1990
E9East German writers
Nov 4, 1990
E10Alan Parker
Nov 25, 1990
E11Cameron Mackintosh
Dec 2, 1990
E12Spitting Image
Dec 9, 1990
E13The Talis Scholars
Dec 30, 1990
E14Stan Laurel
Jan 6, 1991
E15August Wilson
Jan 13, 1991
E16Oscar Marzaroli
Jan 20, 1991
E17Anne-Sophie Mutter
Jan 27, 1991
E18Bonfire of the Vanities (1991 film)
Feb 3, 1991
E19Willard White
Feb 10, 1991
E20The Five Blind Boys of Alabama / R.S. Thomas
Feb 17, 1991
E21Steve Martin
Feb 24, 1991
E22Rudolph Nureyev
Mar 3, 1991
E23Kiri Te Kanawa
Mar 29, 1991
E1Private Eye
Sep 15, 1991
E2David Lodge
Sep 29, 1991
E3Terry Gilliam
Oct 6, 1991
E4Neil Simon
Oct 13, 1991
E5Heinrich Schiff
Oct 20, 1991
E6Seamus Heaney
Oct 27, 1991
E7John Osborne
Nov 3, 1991
E8Dame Britain (Vera Lynn)
Nov 10, 1991
E9Arthur Miller
Nov 17, 1991
E10Jose Carreras, a Life Story
Nov 24, 1991
E11Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
Dec 22, 1991
E12Arts Review '91
Dec 29, 1991
E13Douglas Adams
Jan 5, 1992
Interviews with Douglas Adams Some parts of Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency are filmed as link items, including the Electric Monk.
E14Lenny Henry Hunts the Funk
Jan 12, 1992
E15Hakan Hardenberger
Jan 19, 1992
E16Cecilia Bartoli
Nov 28, 1999
E17Les Murray
Feb 2, 1992
E18Colin Thubron
Feb 9, 1992
E19Pet Shop Boys
Feb 16, 1992
E20Paula Rego
Feb 23, 1992
E21Noel Coward
Mar 1, 1992
E22Anthony Hopkins
Mar 29, 1992
E23Terence Davis
Apr 5, 1992
E24Making Naked Lunch
Apr 12, 1992
E25The Making of Sgt. Pepper
E1Billy Connolly
Oct 4, 1992
E2Alice Walker
Oct 11, 1992
E3Peter O'Toole
Oct 18, 1992
E4Two Royal Ballet Dancers (Darcey Bussell, Viviana Durante)
Oct 25, 1992
E5Robert Zemeckis
Nov 1, 1992
E6George Formby
Nov 8, 1992
E7Sir Richard Attenborough
Nov 15, 1992
E8The Secret Life of Sir Arnold Bax
Dec 6, 1992
E9The World of Jeff Koons
Dec 13, 1992
E10Jimi Hendrix
Dec 20, 1992
E11Dracula
Jan 24, 1993
E12Monserrat Caballe
Jan 31, 1993
E13Annie Leibowitz
Feb 7, 1993
E14Guggenheim Museum
Feb 14, 1993
E15Dmitri and Sasha Sitkovetsky
Feb 21, 1993
E16Jean Genet
Feb 28, 1993
E17I, Berlioz
Mar 7, 1993
E18Richard Price
Mar 14, 1993
E19John Banville
Mar 21, 1993
E20Henryk Gorecki's 3rd symphony
Apr 4, 1993
E21Dudley Moore
Jun 13, 1993
Dudley talks candidly about his life and work alongside contributions from Peter Cook, Jonathan Miller, Blake Edwards, Bo Derek, Sir Georg Solti and others.
E22Frink, 1930-1993 (Dame Elisabeth Frink)
Jun 20, 1993
E23Benny Goodman, the King of Swing
Jul 4, 1993
E24Paul Simon
Aug 15, 1993
E25Norman Wisdom
Aug 22, 1993
E1Sydney Pollack
Sep 12, 1993
E2Willy Russell
Sep 19, 1993
E3Ken Loach
Oct 3, 1993
British director Ken Loach first came to fame in the Sixties with plays such as UP THE JUNCTION and CATHY COME HOME and films including KES. To coincide with his latest film, RAINING STONES, Loach, unashamedly political in his outlook, talks to Melvyn Bragg.
E4Margaret Atwood
Oct 10, 1993
E5John Lee Hooker
Oct 17, 1993
E6Stevie Wonder
Oct 24, 1993
E7Sylvie Guillem
Oct 31, 1993
E8Tim Rice
Nov 7, 1993
E9Lynda La Plante
Nov 14, 1993
E10John Williams
Nov 21, 1993
E11John Lloyd's A-Z of Comedy (1)
Nov 28, 1993
E12John Lloyd's A-Z of Comedy (2)
Dec 5, 1993
E13Cliff Richard
Dec 24, 1993
E14Bheki Mseleku
Jan 23, 1994
E15Darker Than Me
Feb 6, 1994
E16Jean-Claude Carriere
Feb 13, 1994
E17Danny Kaye: Nobody's Fool
Feb 20, 1994
E18Looking for the Perfect Beat: Rap
Feb 27, 1994
E19Larry Adler Plays Gershwin
Mar 6, 1994
E20Kiri's 50th Birthday Concert
Mar 13, 1994
E21Clive Barker
Apr 10, 1994
E22Dawn French
Apr 17, 1994
E23Christian Boltanski
May 15, 1994
E24Eric Newby
May 22, 1994
E25John Steinbeck
May 29, 1994
E1Kenneth Williams
Sep 18, 1994
E2Marilyn Horne
Sep 25, 1994
E3New Generation Poets
Oct 2, 1994
E4Vanessa Redgrave
Oct 9, 1994
E5David Mamet
Oct 16, 1994
E6The Shearing Touch (George Shearing)
Oct 23, 1994
E7Alan Ayckbourn
Oct 30, 1994
E8Frankenstein
Nov 6, 1994
E9Thora Hird
Nov 13, 1994
E10The Glory of Gershwin
Nov 20, 1994
E11P.J. O'Rourke
Nov 27, 1994
E12Lionel Bart
Dec 11, 1994
E13Carl Orff
Jan 29, 1995
E14Classic Widows
Feb 5, 1995
E15Jonathan Miller
Feb 12, 1995
E16Flags of the Fante Coast
Feb 19, 1995
E17Catherine Bailey, the Lady is a Tramp / Roger Ballen
Feb 26, 1995
E18Edward Albee
Mar 5, 1995
E19Jodie Foster
Mar 12, 1995
E20Martin Amis
Mar 19, 1995
E21Country Music
Apr 2, 1995
E22Miriam Makeba
Apr 9, 1995
E1Clint Eastwwod
Sep 10, 1995
E2Ackroyd's Blake
Sep 17, 1995
E3Tom Sharpe
Sep 24, 1995
E4kd lang
Oct 1, 1995
E5Pavarotti at 60
Oct 8, 1995
E6Jimmy Nail
Oct 15, 1995
E7Dame Judi Dench
Oct 29, 1995
E8Coronation Street
Nov 5, 1995
Documentary about the origins, the history and the making of CORONATION STREET, including interviews with cast and crew and footage from behind the scenes of the production.
E9Dame Barbara Cartland
Nov 12, 1995
E10Jonathan Raban: Badlands / Wynton Marsalis
Nov 19, 1995
E11Elaine Page Special
Apr 7, 1996
E12Sting
Apr 14, 1996
This report brings you back in 1996, when Sting records "Mercury falling". You will see Sting in his home of lake house, talking about the writting process, see him recording the varied tracks of the album and heard them as working versions... a superb moment...
E13Albert Finney
Apr 28, 1996
E14Marlene Dietrich
May 5, 1996
E15John Eliot Gardiner
May 12, 1996
E16Vermeer: Light, Love and Silence
May 19, 1996
E17Claes Oldenburg
May 26, 1996
E18Baaba Maal
Jun 2, 1996
E19Maxine Peake / Wynton Marsalis in New Orleans
Jul 21, 1996
E20Alan Ayckbourn Workshop
Jul 28, 1996
E1Victoria Wood
Sep 15, 1996
E2Sir John Mills
Sep 22, 1996
E3Michael Crawford
Sep 29, 1996
E4Norman Mailer on Picasso
Oct 6, 1996
E5Chanson
Oct 13, 1996
E6Michael Collins
Oct 27, 1996
E7Bryn Terfel
Nov 3, 1996
E8Howard Hodgkin
Nov 10, 1996
E9Jimmy McGovern
Nov 17, 1996
E10Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid
Jan 5, 1997
E11Maggi Hambling
Jan 12, 1997
E13The US and Us (1)
Jan 26, 1997
E14The US and Us (2)
Feb 2, 1997
E15Gilbert and George (1)
Feb 9, 1997
E16Gilbert and George (2)
Feb 16, 1997
E17Valery Gergiev
Feb 23, 1997
E18Paganini
May 4, 1997
E19David Helfgott
Jun 22, 1997
E20Paul Auster
Jul 6, 1997
E21Young Directors (Preya Lal, Alexander Kelly, Franca Cereghini, Chris Dooks)
Jul 20, 1997
E1Scarfe on Hercules
Oct 5, 1997
E2Michael Flatley: Lord of the Dance
Oct 26, 1997
E3Kay Mellor
Nov 2, 1997
E4Björk
Nov 9, 1997
E5Iain Banks
Nov 16, 1997
E6Matthew Bourne's Adventures in Motion Pictures
Nov 23, 1997
E7Steven Bochco
Nov 30, 1997
E8Simon Raven
Dec 14, 1997
E9Franco Zeffirelli
Dec 21, 1997
E10Saul Zaentz
Jan 11, 1998
E11Gillian Wearing / Gary Hume
Jan 18, 1998
E12Marks and Gran
Feb 1, 1998
E13Hail Bop: a Portrait of John Adams
Feb 8, 1998
E14Nigel Kennedy
Feb 15, 1998
E15Gary Oldman
Mar 15, 1998
E16Body Art
Apr 5, 1998
E17John Tavener
Apr 12, 1998
E18The Bee Gees
Jun 7, 1998
E19Will Self
Jul 5, 1998
E20Afro-Cuban Allstars
Jul 19, 1998
E21This is Not an Exit: the Fictional World of Bret Easton Ellis
Aug 23, 1998
E22Wayne Sleep
Aug 30, 1998
E1Ossie Clarke (1)
Nov 8, 1998
E2Ossie Clarke (2)
Nov 15, 1998
E3Lesley Garrett
Nov 22, 1998
E4Harold Pinter
Nov 29, 1998
E5Maxine Peake/Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo
Dec 6, 1998
E6Walter Mosley
Dec 13, 1998
E7Petula Clark
Dec 20, 1998
E8Warren Beatty
Dec 30, 1998
E9John Tomlinson
Jan 10, 1999
E10Javier du Frutos
Jan 31, 1999
E11UB40
Feb 7, 1999
E12Anish Kapoor
Feb 21, 1999
E13New South African Artists
Feb 28, 1999
E14Lucy Gannon
Mar 14, 1999
E15Tony Harrison
Mar 28, 1999
E16Dolly Parton
Apr 9, 1999
E1Paul Merton
Sep 26, 1999
E2Frank McCourt
Oct 3, 1999
E3Howard Jacobson
Oct 10, 1999
E4Jose Cura
Oct 17, 1999
E5James Galway
Oct 24, 1999
E6The Lion King (stage play based on the film)
Oct 31, 1999
E7Joan Collins
Nov 14, 1999
E8Blur
Nov 21, 1999
E9Yoko Ono
Dec 5, 1999
E10Cher
Dec 11, 1999
E11Countertenors
Dec 19, 1999
E12Bing Crosby
Dec 26, 1999
E13Shakespeare
Jan 23, 2000
E14Millennium Dome
Feb 7, 2000
E15Sam Mendes
Feb 14, 2000
E16Michael Douglas
Feb 21, 2000
E17Chuck Close
Mar 5, 2000
E18Emir Kusturica
Mar 12, 2000
E19Amis on Amis
Jun 18, 2000
E20(composing classical music) (1)
Jun 25, 2000
E21Simon Holt's Sunrise, Yellow Noise (2)
Jul 2, 2000
E1Andrew Lloyd Webber, Ben Elton
Oct 1, 2000
E2Santana
Oct 8, 2000
E3Joyce [Carol Oates] on Marilyn [Monroe]
Oct 15, 2000
E5Mark Morris Dance Group
Oct 29, 2000
E6George MacDonald Fraser
Nov 12, 2000
E7Courtney Pine
Nov 19, 2000
E8Ron Howard
Nov 26, 2000
E9Dame Gillian Weir
Dec 3, 2000
E10[Marlene] Dumas and [Jemima] Stehli
Dec 10, 2000
E11Mark Quinn
Dec 17, 2000
E12Tom Jones
Dec 24, 2000
E13Ken Russell
Feb 11, 2001
E14Shirin Neshat
Feb 18, 2001
E15Russell Watson
Feb 25, 2001
E16Amos Oz
Mar 4, 2001
E17Greta Garbo
Mar 11, 2001
E18Elvis Costello with Annie Sofie von Otter
Mar 18, 2001
E19Bill Bryson
Mar 25, 2001
In 2001, American author Bill Bryson headed home to Des Moines, Iowa, to reflect on his early life in the Midwest for The South Bank Show.
E20Ian Rankin
Jul 1, 2001
E21Ian Bostridge
Jul 8, 2001
E22Edmund White
Jul 22, 2001
E23Steve Coogan
Aug 5, 2001
E24Ravi Shankar
Aug 12, 2001
E25Tracey Emin
Aug 19, 2001
E1High and Low Culture in the Age of Television
Oct 7, 2001
E2(highlights)
Oct 14, 2001
E3Rachel Whiteread
Oct 28, 2001
E4Norman Foster
Nov 11, 2001
E5Dr. John
Nov 18, 2001
E6Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings
Dec 16, 2001
E7Ladies and Gentlemen, Miss Renée Fleming
E8The Sopranos
Feb 10, 2002
E9Leif Ove Andsnes
Feb 24, 2002
E10Why the Novel Matters
Mar 17, 2002
E11Meera Syal
Mar 24, 2002
E12Johnnie Ray
Mar 31, 2002
E13Mario Vargas Llosa
Apr 21, 2002
E14Fay Weldon
May 5, 2002
E15R.E.M.
May 9, 2002
E16Neil LaBute
Jun 23, 2002
E17Cinema of Fire (Iranian cinema)
Jun 30, 2002
E18Moby
Jul 7, 2002
E19Bernie Taupin
Aug 4, 2002
E1Mike Leigh
Oct 13, 2002
E2Akram Khan
Oct 20, 2002
E3Graham Vick: Beethoven in the Big Top
Oct 27, 2002
E4Craig David
Nov 10, 2002
E5Andrew Davies
Nov 17, 2002
E6Joan Rivers
Nov 24, 2002
E7Willie Nelson
Jan 12, 2003
E8James MacMillan
Jan 5, 2003
E9Irek Mukhamedov
Jan 19, 2003
E10Gerhard Richter
Feb 2, 2003
E11Hanif Kureishi
Feb 9, 2003
E12How to Get Rich: Felix Dennis
Feb 16, 2003
E13Philip Pullman
Mar 9, 2003
E14Caryl Phillips
Apr 13, 2003
E15Conor McPherson
May 18, 2003
E16Herbie Hancock
Jun 29, 2003
E17Caetano Veloso
Jul 6, 2003
E18Ang Lee
Jul 13, 2003
E19The Real George Orwell
Jul 27, 2003
E20Juan Diego Florez
Aug 3, 2003
E21Nick Cave
Aug 10, 2003
E22Albert Camus
Aug 31, 2003
E23Robert Harris Takes on Rome
Sep 7, 2003
E24Andrew Lloyd Webber, the Full Picture
Sep 19, 2003
E25Ewan McGregor
Sep 21, 2003
E1Germaine Greer
Oct 19, 2003
E2Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Dec 7, 2003
E3TV Stories (1)
Feb 1, 2004
E4TV Stories (2)
Feb 8, 2004
E5Jamie Cullum
Feb 22, 2004
E6The Wilson Twins
Mar 7, 2004
E7John Lennon's Jukebox
Mar 14, 2004
Original Air Date—14 March 2004 In the mid-1960s, John Lennon bought a portable jukebox and stocked it with 40 of his favorite 45-rpm records. This documentary showcases those songs and uses them to explore Lennon's musical tastes and influences. Featured are interviews with many of the artists whose songs were in Lennon's jukebox.
E8Jack Vettriano
Mar 21, 2004
E9The Dance Theatre of Harlem
Apr 4, 2004
E10Jeanette Winterson
May 2, 2004
E11Johnny Hallyday
May 9, 2004
E12Othello
May 16, 2004
E13Ian McKellen
Jun 29, 2004
E1Street Music Stories
Aug 22, 2004
E2Ronnie Wood
Sep 5, 2004
E3Willie Nelson
Sep 19, 2004
E4Malcolm Arnold (1)
Sep 26, 2004
E5Malcolm Arnold (2)
Oct 3, 2004
E6Robert Frank
Oct 17, 2004
E7Michael Frayn
Nov 14, 2004
E8The Darkness
Nov 21, 2004
E9Iggy Pop
Dec 5, 2004
E10Ruth Rendell
Dec 12, 2004
E11Howard Goodall
Dec 19, 2004
E12Pete 'n' Dud, The Lost Shows
Jan 1, 2005
E13Ian McEwan
Feb 20, 2005
E14Going Sane
Mar 6, 2005
E15Khaled and Rachid
Mar 13, 2005
E16Alina Cojocaru, Johan Kobborg
Mar 27, 2005
E17The Garden of Cosmic Speculation
Apr 3, 2005
E18John Boorman
Apr 10, 2005
E19Red Priest
Apr 24, 2005
E20National Theatre's production of Henry IV
May 1, 2005
E21The Secret Art of War
May 8, 2005
E22Paul Abbott
May 15, 2005
E23Eric Sykes
Sep 18, 2005
Melvyn Bragg talks to Eric Sykes about his remarkable career, which started in the 1940s when he began writing for Frankie Howerd in the hit radio show Variety Band Box, and how he evolved from being a top comedy writer to one of Britain's best loved performers who continues to appear on stage, TV and cinema.
E1Margot Fonteyn (1)
Aug 7, 2005
E2Margot Fonteyn (2)
Aug 14, 2005
E3Sophie Calle
Aug 21, 2005
E4Karl Jenkins
Sep 11, 2005
E5Eric Sykes
Sep 18, 2005
E6Maxim Vengerov
Oct 2, 2005
E7Alan Bennett
Oct 9, 2005
Alan Bennett rarely does television interviews. He claims that if you want to find out about him, “it’s all in the work”. But in this exclusive ‘South Bank Show’ one of Britain’s best loved playwrights and diarist agrees to talk candidly about his life, work and what inspires him. Filmed with specially shot monologues and pieces to camera.
E8Pablo Trapero, Lucrecia Martel, Daniel Burman
Oct 16, 2005
E9The Life and Times of Tristram Shandy (film)
Oct 23, 2005
E10Peter Hall (1)
Oct 30, 2005
E11Peter Hall (2)
Nov 6, 2005
E12Little Britain: A South Bank Show Special
Dec 25, 2005
E13Armando Iannucci
E1Armando Iannucci
Feb 12, 2006
E2Manga Mania
Feb 19, 2006
The iconic Dusty Springfield remains the 'white lady of soul' and in this compelling South Bank Show, her moving and dramatic story is told in its entirety for the first time. An array of intimate friends, lovers and show business talents go on record to describe the intense highs and lows of Dusty's swinging life, before her untimely death in 1999. Born Mary O'Brien in London as war began in 1939, in the 60's as Dusty Springfield, she came to represent renewed British optimism and modernity, epitomising swinging London. A plain convent educated girl, Dusty's transformation of herself into a blonde glamour icon was a remarkable act of will. A lesbian with a great deal to lose and a great deal to hide, Dusty hid for many years behind the mask of the Girl Singer. The unique qualities of her voice attracted the creme de la creme of songwriters and producers; she had close relationships with Burt Bacharach, Carole King, and Gamble and Huff, the men who created the sound of Philadelphia Soul. Dusty made herself an expert on black American soul music after she fell in love with Motown. Her career waned in the seventies and she fled to America, where she floundered in variety shows. She moved to Los Angeles where she struggled with drink, drugs and self harming. She later returned to Britain to critical acclaim when she re-invented herself in partnership with Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe better known as the Pet Shop Boys. Dusty's life is nothing if not dramatic, although this can never obscure her remarkable gifts as a musician and performer, which have continued to be rediscovered by new generations. A soul searching South Bank Show, on arguably Britain's greatest ever Pop Diva, Dusty Springfield.
E3John Rutter
Mar 12, 2006
E4PD James
Mar 26, 2006
E5Dusty Springfield
Apr 9, 2006
E6Seu Jorge
Jun 4, 2006
E7Romeo and Juliet
Jun 11, 2006
E9George Michael: I'm Your Man
Nov 17, 2006
Melvyn Bragg interviews George Michael regarding Michael's return to touring on the "25 Live" tour, as well as George Michael performs in the studio rehearsing songs for the tour.
E10Peter Blake
Nov 19, 2006
E11Nick Park & Aardman Animations
Nov 26, 2006
E12Steve Reich
Dec 10, 2006
E1Bill Bryson
Sep 10, 2006
Bill Bryson revisits the haunts of his childhood
E2JG Ballard
Sep 17, 2006
E3Robbie Coltrane
Sep 24, 2006
E4Episode 4
Oct 1, 2006
E5Spamalot
Oct 15, 2006
E6Claire Tomalin on Thomas Hardy
Oct 22, 2006
E7Sue Townsend
Oct 29, 2006
E8Lorenzo Da Ponte
Nov 5, 2006
E9Peter Blake
Nov 19, 2006
E10Nick Park and Aardman Animations
Nov 26, 2006
E11Steve Reich
Dec 10, 2006
E12Grayson Perry
Dec 17, 2006
E13Damien Hirst - Addicted To Art
Jan 1, 2007
E14Damien Hirst
Jan 6, 2007
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.
E15Victoria Wood: A South Bank Show Special
Mar 11, 2007
E16Isabel Allende
Apr 22, 2007
E17Shane Meadows
Apr 29, 2007
E18Jarvis Cocker: Running The World
Jun 10, 2007
E19Martin Sheen On Playing It Real
Jun 17, 2007
E20Marianne Faithfull: A Life In Song
Jun 24, 2007
E21Zaha Hadid
Jul 1, 2007
E22MacBeth
Jul 8, 2007
E23Ian McMillan, Bard Of Barnsley
Jul 15, 2007
E24Emma Kirkby, The Unsung Heroine
Jul 22, 2007
E25June Whitfield
Jul 29, 2007
E26Michael Sheen On Playing It Real
Sep 2, 2007
E27Joan Dision
Sep 23, 2007
E28Ken Follett
Sep 30, 2007
E29The Mersey Sound
Oct 7, 2007
E30The Last Laugh: John Bird and John Fortune
Oct 14, 2007
E1Annie Lennox
Nov 25, 2007
E2Eric Clapton
Dec 2, 2007
Eric Clapton last spoke to The South Bank Show exactly twenty years ago, near the end of a long spiral of addiction and alcoholism, just before going in to rehab. Now, 20 years later – and still one of the great guitarists of our time - we pick up the story again with the 62-year-old Clapton talking exclusively to Melvyn Bragg. They discuss conquering his demons, the drugs, the drink, the death of his son, his troubled family background, the intensity of his relationships with other great guitarists and with women, and his influences and his most moving songs. Clapton speaks openly about the music - the one constant in a life of emotional turmoil - and how he has finally found peace. It would be difficult to find a rock star that has experienced more ecstatic highs or despairing lows than Eric Clapton. As one of the greatest rock musicians this country has ever produced, his career has spanned over 40 years from being the fresh faced guitarist of the Yardbirds, to the spaced out solo artist of the 70s, to the reformed, prolific performer of today. Far more than a rock star Clapton is an icon and a living legend. His guitar playing has seen him hailed as ‘God’ and his tracks such as Layla, Sunshine Of Your Love, Wonderful Tonight and Tears In Heaven have become anthems for generations of music fans. The South Bank Show is illustrated with previously unseen performance footage and rare, revealing archive. This is Clapton at his most candid ever.
E3The Making Of Viva La Diva
Dec 9, 2007
E4The Nutcracker Story
Dec 26, 2007
E5Kevin Spacey
E6Tim Burton
E7David McVicar
Mar 9, 2008
E8Revolution 68
Mar 16, 2008
E1Liza Minnelli
May 4, 2008
E2The Damned United
May 11, 2008
E3Gore Vidal
May 18, 2008
E4Sarah Waters
Jun 8, 2008
E5Tasmin Little
Jun 15, 2008
E6Billy Joel
Jul 13, 2008
E1The Streets
Sep 21, 2008
This show follows Mike Skinner, the man behind The Streets, as he records his fourth album in Prague, Everything is Borrowed. Skinner's one man band has successfully portrayed a picture of urban life for today's youth in the UK. He came to prominence in 2001 with his influential debut album Original Pirate Material, which was recorded in his bedroom. He still records this way, but in Prague he's filmed with a symphony orchestra, displaying a relaxed attitude to working with classical musicians. With contributions from Pete Doherty, and critics Chris Salmon and Alexis Petridis.
E2The One Ronnie
Oct 5, 2008
E3Bond
Oct 22, 2008
E4Cildo Meireles
Oct 26, 2008
E5Sam Taylor-Wood
Nov 16, 2008
E6The Mariinsky Theatre
Dec 7, 2008
E1The South Bank Show Awards
Jan 28, 2009
Arts documentary series presented by Melvyn Bragg. A look through the register of those students of the comedic arts who learnt their trade among the Footlights at Cambridge University. Stephen Fry, Griff Rhys Jones, John Fortune, Clive James and David Mitchell top the bill as pontificators on the influence of Fotlights on mainstream and alternative comedy. Plus a plethora of comic clips featuring alumini of the ultimate school of comedy.
E2Beyond the Footlights
Feb 1, 2009
E3The Tempest
Feb 8, 2009
E4Will Young
Mar 17, 2009
E5Messiah
Apr 12, 2009
E6William Goldman
Apr 26, 2009
William Goldman's career began as a novelist, but he soon turned to screenplays, including those for iconic films such as `Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' and `All the President's Men'. But in the 1980s he fell out of favour and turned to writing his memoirs, which feature sometimes affectionate, sometimes damning looks at the film industry.
E7Out Of Nigeria
May 10, 2009
E8Out Of Nigeria (2)
May 17, 2009
E9Peter Kosminsky
May 24, 2009
E1John Lloyd
May 22, 2014
E2Kate Atkinson
May 29, 2014
E3Abi Morgan
Jun 5, 2014
E4King Lear
Jun 12, 2014
E5Angel Blue
Jun 19, 2014
E6Daniel Radcliffe
Jun 26, 2014
E7Episode 7
E8Episode 8
E10Episode 10
E11Episode 11
E1George R.R. Martin
Jun 10, 2015
E2Paul Greengrass
Jun 17, 2015
E3Margaret Drabble
Jun 24, 2015
E4Laura Mvula
Jul 1, 2015
E5Joseph Calleja
Jul 8, 2015
E6Mark Rylance
Jul 15, 2015
E7Episode 7
E8Episode 8
E9Episode 9
E10Episode 10
E1Sly & Robbie
Jun 15, 2016
E2Joyce DiDonato
Jun 22, 2016
E3Russell T Davies
Jun 29, 2016
E4Ballet Black
Jul 6, 2016
E5Benedict Cumberbach's 'Hamlet'
Jul 13, 2016
E6Jackie Kay
Jul 20, 2016
E1Amma Asante
Jul 19, 2017
Bragg meets award-winning writer and director Amma Asante on the set of her latest film, Where Hands Touch, to find out more about the inspirational filmmaker.
E2Karl Ove Knausgaard
Jul 26, 2017
Bragg meets Norwegian author Karl Ove Knausgaard to discuss his life and work, including his six-volume Min Kamp series of autobiographical novels.
E3Sally Wainwright
Aug 2, 2017
Bragg meets Sally Wainwright, one of the UK's most revered TV writers who has won BAFTA awards for her dramas Last Tango in Halifax and Happy Valley.
E4Benjamin Clementine
Aug 9, 2017
Bragg meets Benjamin Clementine to discuss his roller-coaster ride from busking in Paris to becoming a world-renowned singer-songwriter.
E5Obsession: Jude Law & Ivo Van Hove
Aug 16, 2017
Bragg talks to double Oscar nominee Jude Law and director Ivo van Hove about their production of Obsession at London's Barbican.
E6Yinka Shonibare
Aug 23, 2017
E1Tracey Ullman
Nov 7, 2018
In a new series of his arts show, Bragg features five inspiring women, starting with comedienne Tracey Ullman. The documentary looks at Ullman's role as one of the most important women in the history of British comedy.
E2Beverley Knight
Nov 14, 2018
Beverley Knight has sold over a million albums in the UK in a career spanning two decades and is widely considered to be one of the UK's most successful singers. Since her initial success in the 90s, Beverley has recently branched into musical theatre, with roles in productions such as Cats. and The Bodyguard, she has scored major hits with singles Made It Back, Greatest Day and Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda. Melvyn joins her working on new material with Guy Chambers and the upcoming hip-hop musical Sylvia at The Old Vic. This South Bank Show explores her experiences of racism growing up in Wolverhampton as the child of Windrush parents and her first steps in the music industry, inspired partly by a chance childhood meeting with 80s soul star Jaki Graham.
E3Danielle de Niese
Nov 21, 2018
E4Sonia Friedman
Nov 28, 2018
Sonia Friedman is a multi-award winning theatre producer who, in the past 20 years, has been unrivaled in her success of bringing new work to the West End with productions such as Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, The Ferryman, and Jerusalem to name but a few. Born in London into an extraordinarily creative family, Sonia began working in the theatre in her teens. By her early 20s, she was already producing national tours and by the middle of the 90s she had broken into the West End. Melvyn follows Sonia from her sell-out production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in London to Broadway. They examine the shows that worked - and ones that didn't - as well as the risks of bringing new work to the West End.
E5Gail Rebuck
Dec 5, 2018
Gail Rebuck has been the most powerful woman in British publishing for three decades, holding the posts of Chief Executive and Chair of Random House UK for 22 years. A trailblazer for women in British publishing, she was not yet 30 when she was invited to become a founding director of Century Publishing. Noted not just for her commercial flair, she has also nurtured the careers of many authors as well as helping Random House UK (now Penguin Random House UK) to prosper in the new digital economy. Melvyn charts Gail's life and achievements while also considering the various revolutions which have taken place in the publishing world during her career, not least for women in the industry. The show also includes contributions from Nigella Lawson and Robert Harris.
E6Why the Arts Matter
Dec 12, 2018
E1Jed Mercurio
May 5, 2019
E2Jack Thorne
Jul 23, 2019
E3Steve Pemberton & Reece Shearsmith
Jul 30, 2019
E4Heidi Thomas
Aug 6, 2019
E1Gillian Anderson
Nov 22, 2020
E2Bernardine Evaristo
Nov 29, 2020
E3Benjamin Zephaniah
Dec 6, 2020
E4Simon Armitage
Dec 13, 2020
E1Arlo Parks & Samuel Bailey
Jun 24, 2021
E2The Pin, Marina Kemp & Nick Rowland
Jul 1, 2021
E3Noah Jupe, Mishka Rushdie Momen & Alex Woolf
Jul 8, 2021
E4Arielle Smith & Alberta Whittle
Jul 15, 2021
E1The South Bank Sky Arts Awards 2022
Jul 13, 2022
E2Frank Skinner
Jul 20, 2022
E3Helen Mirren
Jul 27, 2022
E4Carlos Acosta
Aug 3, 2022
E1David Hockney: A Celebration
Aug 28, 2023
An intimate portrait of David Hockney, featuring interviews with the artist — one of Britain's most beloved painters — in London and Normandy, and exclusive new footage of a master at work.
E2David Hockney: In Normandy
Aug 28, 2023
The celebrated British artist discusses his life and work in his Normandy studio, revealing his influences, inspirations and plans to keep on painting.
E3David Hockney: 50 Years on Film
Aug 29, 2023
Using over 50 years of archive footage, Hockney's life and career is explored.
E4David Hockney: In London
Aug 29, 2023
Filmed in his London studio, Hockney sits down to discuss his remarkable life and career, illustrated by a wide range of his vibrant and joyous artworks.
Storyline
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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