The South Bank Show
Season 5
198127 episodes
Episode 1
The French Lieutenant's Woman
Nov 1, 19811h
Episode 2
Elvis Costello
Nov 8, 19811h
Episode 3
Old Glory: the Journey and the Book
Nov 15, 19811h
Episode 4
Ian McKellan / Ian McEwan
Nov 22, 19811h
Episode 5
Brian Moore / Patrick Caulfield
Nov 29, 19811h
Episode 6
A Talent to Vex: John Osborne
Dec 6, 19811h
Episode 7
Mama Lu Parks
Jan 17, 19821h
Episode 8
Bernard D'Ascoli / Theatre of the 8th Day
Jan 24, 19821h
Episode 9
Milos Forman
Jan 31, 19821h
Episode 10
Germaine Greer
Feb 7, 19821h
Episode 11
Pauline Kael / George Steiner's The Portage to San Cristobal of AH
Feb 14, 19821h
Episode 12
Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller
Feb 21, 19821h
Episode 13
Blacck Theatre Cooperative / Laurie Anderson
Feb 28, 19821h
Episode 14
Guys and Dolls (at the National Theatre)
Mar 7, 19821h
Episode 15
Richard Alston's Bellezza Flash
Mar 14, 19821h
Episode 16
Peter Maxwell-Davies
Mar 21, 19821h
Episode 17
Saul Bellow
Mar 28, 19821h
Episode 18
Indian wallpainting
Apr 4, 19821h
Episode 19
Stravinski (1)
Apr 9, 19821h
Episode 20
Stravinski (2)
Apr 10, 19821h
Episode 21
Julian Lloyd-Webber
Apr 18, 19821h
Episode 22
Miles Davis / Robert Nye
Apr 25, 19821h
Episode 23
Caught in the Act (Pillar to Post at Wormwood Scrubs)
May 2, 19821h
Episode 24
Joseph Papp / James Galway
May 9, 19821h
Episode 25
Werner Herzog
May 16, 19821h
Episode 26
Why Don't I Love Opera Anymore (by Stephen Oliver)
May 23, 19821h
Episode 27
Phillip Larkin
May 30, 19821h
In March 1981 Melvyn Bragg travelled to Hull to interview the poet, librarian and jazz critic Philip Larkin.