Melvyn Bragg
Director
The South Bank Show (1978)
Season 8
The South Bank Show is a television arts magazine show 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.
Released Jan. 14, 1978
Episode 60 min
None+
Genres: Documentary, Talk, Talk Show
Keywords: imdb.informal, imdb.interview, imdb.discussion, imdb.four-word-title, imdb.cardinal-direction-in-title, tmdb.arts-and-culture, tmdb.talk-show, tmdb.popular-culture
Production Companies: LWT
Network: Sky Arts
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S8E1 - Alan Bennett
Oct. 7, 1984, midnight
S8E2 - McCartney's Broad Street
Behind the scenes look at the making of Paul McCartney's 1984 movie Give My Regards To Broad Street.
Oct. 14, 1984, midnight
S8E3 - The Forming of the Phoenix (Phoenix Dance Company)
Oct. 21, 1984, midnight
S8E4 - Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
Oct. 28, 1984, midnight
S8E5 - Norman Nicholson
Nov. 4, 1984, midnight
S8E6 - Joseph Heller
Nov. 11, 1984, midnight
S8E7 - Mstislav Rostropovich
Nov. 18, 1984, midnight
S8E8 - Max Wall
Nov. 25, 1984, midnight
S8E10 - Alan Bleasdale
Jan. 13, 1985, midnight
S8E11 - Anthony Burgess on D.H. Lawrence
Jan. 20, 1985, midnight
S8E13 - Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex
Feb. 3, 1985, midnight
S8E14 - Marc Chagall
Feb. 10, 1985, midnight
S8E15 - David Lean: a Life in Film
Feb. 17, 1985, midnight
S8E16 - Simon Rattle / finale of Messiaen's Turangalila Symphony
Feb. 24, 1985, midnight
S8E17 - Little Richard
March 3, 1985, midnight
S8E18 - George Malcolm on Scarlatti
March 10, 1985, midnight
S8E19 - Silent Partners: Second Stride Dance Company
March 17, 1985, midnight
S8E20 - Michael Crawford/Billy Bragg
March 31, 1985, midnight
S8E21 - David Mamet
March 24, 1985, midnight
S8E22 - Olivier Messiaen: The Music of Faith
April 5, 1985, midnight
S8E23 - The Cotton Club (night club)
May 26, 1985, midnight
S8E24 - Prez (jazz opera about Lester Young)
June 2, 1985, midnight
S8E25 - Francis Bacon
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.
June 9, 1985, midnight
S8E26 - George Steiner on Vienna at the turn of the century
June 16, 1985, midnight
Sky Arts
60 min/ep
60 min
Jan. 14, 1978
Aug. 29, 2023, midnight
Ended
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