The South Bank Show (1978)
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.
Season 11 Episode List
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Episode 1 - Maria Callas
Release Date: 1987-10-04 -
Episode 2 - Toni Morrison
Release Date: 1987-10-11 -
Episode 3 - The Smiths
Release Date: 1987-10-18This 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.
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Episode 4 - Andy Warhol
Release Date: 1987-10-25 -
Episode 5 - Frank Rich / Suzanne Vega
Release Date: 1987-11-01 -
Episode 6 - Sir Terence Conran
Release Date: 1987-11-08 -
Episode 7 - Gore Vidal
Release Date: 1987-11-15 -
Episode 8 - African music / Russian theatre
Release Date: 1987-11-22 -
Episode 9 - Sir George Solti
Release Date: 1987-11-29 -
Episode 10 - Eric Clapton
Release Date: 1987-12-06 -
Episode 11 - Arts Review '87
Release Date: 1987-12-20 -
Episode 12 - The Last Emperor (1988 film)
Release Date: 1988-01-17 -
Episode 13 - Australian Aboriginies
Release Date: 1988-01-24 -
Episode 14 - Boogie Woogie Music
Release Date: 1988-01-31 -
Episode 15 - The Golden Age of Television
Release Date: 1988-02-14A lecture about television given at the British Film Institute.
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Episode 16 - George Barker
Release Date: 1988-02-21 -
Episode 17 - Jackson Pollack
Release Date: 1988-02-28 -
Episode 18 - Lenny Henry
Release Date: 1988-03-06 -
Episode 19 - Peter Dickinson
Release Date: 1988-03-13 -
Episode 20 - A Day on The Grand Canal with the Emperor of China
Release Date: 1988-03-20 -
Episode 21 - Nicuragua: Poets as Politicans
Release Date: 1988-03-27 -
Episode 22 - Ken Russell's ABC of British Music
Release Date: 1988-04-02 -
Episode 24 - Doris Lessing
Release Date: 1988-04-17 -
Episode 25 - Sir Peter Hall's last National Theatre production
Release Date: 1988-04-24