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.
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Episode 1 - Bill Bryson
Release Date: 2006-09-10Bill Bryson revisits the haunts of his childhood
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Episode 2 - JG Ballard
Release Date: 2006-09-17 -
Episode 3 - Robbie Coltrane
Release Date: 2006-09-24 -
Episode 4 - Episode 4
Release Date: 2006-10-01 -
Episode 5 - Spamalot
Release Date: 2006-10-15 -
Episode 6 - Claire Tomalin on Thomas Hardy
Release Date: 2006-10-22 -
Episode 7 - Sue Townsend
Release Date: 2006-10-29 -
Episode 8 - Lorenzo Da Ponte
Release Date: 2006-11-05 -
Episode 9 - Peter Blake
Release Date: 2006-11-19 -
Episode 10 - Nick Park and Aardman Animations
Release Date: 2006-11-26 -
Episode 11 - Steve Reich
Release Date: 2006-12-10 -
Episode 12 - Grayson Perry
Release Date: 2006-12-17 -
Episode 13 - Damien Hirst - Addicted To Art
Release Date: 2007-01-01 -
Episode 14 - Damien Hirst
Release Date: 2007-01-06This 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.
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Episode 15 - Victoria Wood: A South Bank Show Special
Release Date: 2007-03-11 -
Episode 16 - Isabel Allende
Release Date: 2007-04-22 -
Episode 17 - Shane Meadows
Release Date: 2007-04-29 -
Episode 18 - Jarvis Cocker: Running The World
Release Date: 2007-06-10 -
Episode 19 - Martin Sheen On Playing It Real
Release Date: 2007-06-17 -
Episode 20 - Marianne Faithfull: A Life In Song
Release Date: 2007-06-24 -
Episode 21 - Zaha Hadid
Release Date: 2007-07-01 -
Episode 22 - MacBeth
Release Date: 2007-07-08 -
Episode 23 - Ian McMillan, Bard Of Barnsley
Release Date: 2007-07-15 -
Episode 24 - Emma Kirkby, The Unsung Heroine
Release Date: 2007-07-22 -
Episode 25 - June Whitfield
Release Date: 2007-07-29 -
Episode 26 - Michael Sheen On Playing It Real
Release Date: 2007-09-02 -
Episode 27 - Joan Dision
Release Date: 2007-09-23 -
Episode 28 - Ken Follett
Release Date: 2007-09-30 -
Episode 29 - The Mersey Sound
Release Date: 2007-10-07 -
Episode 30 - The Last Laugh: John Bird and John Fortune
Release Date: 2007-10-14