The South Bank Show
Season 8
198424 episodes
Episode 1
Alan Bennett
Oct 7, 19841h
Episode 2
McCartney's Broad Street
Oct 14, 19841h
Behind the scenes look at the making of Paul McCartney's 1984 movie Give My Regards To Broad Street.
Episode 3
The Forming of the Phoenix (Phoenix Dance Company)
Oct 21, 19841h
Episode 4
Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
Oct 28, 19841h
Episode 5
Norman Nicholson
Nov 4, 19841h
Episode 6
Joseph Heller
Nov 11, 19841h
Episode 7
Mstislav Rostropovich
Nov 18, 19841h
Episode 8
Max Wall
Nov 25, 19841h
Episode 10
Alan Bleasdale
Jan 13, 19851h
Episode 11
Anthony Burgess on D.H. Lawrence
Jan 20, 19851h
Episode 13
Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex
Feb 3, 19851h
Episode 14
Marc Chagall
Feb 10, 19851h
Episode 15
David Lean: a Life in Film
Feb 17, 19851h
Episode 16
Simon Rattle / finale of Messiaen's Turangalila Symphony
Feb 24, 19851h
Episode 17
Little Richard
Mar 3, 19851h
Episode 18
George Malcolm on Scarlatti
Mar 10, 19851h
Episode 19
Silent Partners: Second Stride Dance Company
Mar 17, 19851h
Episode 20
Michael Crawford/Billy Bragg
Mar 31, 19851h
Episode 21
David Mamet
Mar 24, 19851h
Episode 22
Olivier Messiaen: The Music of Faith
Apr 5, 19851h
Episode 23
The Cotton Club (night club)
May 26, 19851h
Episode 24
Prez (jazz opera about Lester Young)
Jun 2, 19851h
Episode 25
Francis Bacon
Jun 9, 19851h
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.
Episode 26
George Steiner on Vienna at the turn of the century
Jun 16, 19851h