The South Bank Show
Season 31
200630 episodes
Episode 1
Bill Bryson
Sep 10, 20061h
Bill Bryson revisits the haunts of his childhood
Episode 2
JG Ballard
Sep 17, 20061h
Episode 3
Robbie Coltrane
Sep 24, 20061h
Episode 4
Episode 4
Oct 1, 20061h
Episode 5
Spamalot
Oct 15, 20061h
Episode 6
Claire Tomalin on Thomas Hardy
Oct 22, 20061h
Episode 7
Sue Townsend
Oct 29, 20061h
Episode 8
Lorenzo Da Ponte
Nov 5, 20061h
Episode 9
Peter Blake
Nov 19, 20061h
Episode 10
Nick Park and Aardman Animations
Nov 26, 20061h
Episode 11
Steve Reich
Dec 10, 20061h
Episode 12
Grayson Perry
Dec 17, 20061h
Episode 13
Damien Hirst - Addicted To Art
Jan 1, 20071h
Episode 14
Damien Hirst
Jan 6, 20071h
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.
Episode 15
Victoria Wood: A South Bank Show Special
Mar 11, 20071h
Episode 16
Isabel Allende
Apr 22, 20071h
Episode 17
Shane Meadows
Apr 29, 20071h
Episode 18
Jarvis Cocker: Running The World
Jun 10, 20071h
Episode 19
Martin Sheen On Playing It Real
Jun 17, 20071h
Episode 20
Marianne Faithfull: A Life In Song
Jun 24, 20071h
Episode 21
Zaha Hadid
Jul 1, 20071h
Episode 22
MacBeth
Jul 8, 20071h
Episode 23
Ian McMillan, Bard Of Barnsley
Jul 15, 20071h
Episode 24
Emma Kirkby, The Unsung Heroine
Jul 22, 20071h
Episode 25
June Whitfield
Jul 29, 20071h
Episode 26
Michael Sheen On Playing It Real
Sep 2, 20071h
Episode 27
Joan Dision
Sep 23, 20071h
Episode 28
Ken Follett
Sep 30, 20071h
Episode 29
The Mersey Sound
Oct 7, 20071h
Episode 30
The Last Laugh: John Bird and John Fortune
Oct 14, 20071h