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 - Sir Alec Guinness
Release Date: 1985-10-06 -
Episode 2 - Peter Ackroyd's Hawksmoor
Release Date: 1985-10-13 -
Episode 3 - Ian McKellen, Diary of a Year
Release Date: 1985-10-20 -
Episode 4 - Theatre of Comedy workshop
Release Date: 1985-10-27 -
Episode 5 - Pete Townshend: After the Fire
Release Date: 1985-11-03 -
Episode 6 - Sir Stephen Spender
Release Date: 1985-11-10 -
Episode 7 - Marguerite Duras
Release Date: 1985-11-17 -
Episode 8 - Karole Armitage
Release Date: 1985-11-24 -
Episode 9 - Peter Shaffer
Release Date: 1985-12-01 -
Episode 10 - John Cleese
Release Date: 1986-01-12Cleese was silently scripting A Fish Called Wanda at the time this interview was filmed. It is not mentioned in this program. What is mentioned is Cleese's spectrum of work from sketch comedy to industrial training films to therapeutical books. Video clips include sequences from Cleese's classics: At Last the 1948 Show, Monty Python's Flying Circus, and Fawlty Towers.
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Episode 11 - Vladimir Ashkenazy
Release Date: 1986-01-19 -
Episode 12 - Paul Schrader
Release Date: 1986-01-26 -
Episode 13 - Purcell's Dido and Aenaes
Release Date: 1986-02-02 -
Episode 14 - Patrick Heron
Release Date: 1986-02-09 -
Episode 15 - Blue Note Records
Release Date: 1986-02-16 -
Episode 16 - Michala Petri
Release Date: 1986-02-23 -
Episode 17 - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Release Date: 1986-03-02 -
Episode 18 - Absolute Beginners (film)
Release Date: 1986-03-09 -
Episode 19 - Arthur Boyd
Release Date: 1986-03-23 -
Episode 20 - Hal Prince: Rethinking the Musical
Release Date: 1986-04-06 -
Episode 21 - British Soap Operas
Release Date: 1986-04-13 -
Episode 22 - Hull Truck Theatre Company
Release Date: 1986-04-20 -
Episode 23 - Velvet Underground
Release Date: 1986-04-27The South Bank Show’s Velvet Underground documentary contains interviews with Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison, Moe Tucker, Nico, Andy Warhol and lots of early Velvet performance footage.
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Episode 24 - Al Jolson
Release Date: 1986-05-04