Melvyn Bragg
Director
The South Bank Show (1978)
Season 31
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
S31E1 - Bill Bryson
Bill Bryson revisits the haunts of his childhood
Sept. 10, 2006, midnight
S31E2 - JG Ballard
Sept. 17, 2006, midnight
S31E3 - Robbie Coltrane
Sept. 24, 2006, midnight
S31E4 - Episode 4
Oct. 1, 2006, midnight
S31E5 - Spamalot
Oct. 15, 2006, midnight
S31E6 - Claire Tomalin on Thomas Hardy
Oct. 22, 2006, midnight
S31E7 - Sue Townsend
Oct. 29, 2006, midnight
S31E8 - Lorenzo Da Ponte
Nov. 5, 2006, midnight
S31E9 - Peter Blake
Nov. 19, 2006, midnight
S31E10 - Nick Park and Aardman Animations
Nov. 26, 2006, midnight
S31E11 - Steve Reich
Dec. 10, 2006, midnight
S31E12 - Grayson Perry
Dec. 17, 2006, midnight
S31E13 - Damien Hirst - Addicted To Art
Jan. 1, 2007, midnight
S31E14 - Damien Hirst
This 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.
Jan. 6, 2007, midnight
S31E15 - Victoria Wood: A South Bank Show Special
March 11, 2007, midnight
S31E16 - Isabel Allende
April 22, 2007, midnight
S31E17 - Shane Meadows
April 29, 2007, midnight
S31E18 - Jarvis Cocker: Running The World
June 10, 2007, midnight
S31E19 - Martin Sheen On Playing It Real
June 17, 2007, midnight
S31E20 - Marianne Faithfull: A Life In Song
June 24, 2007, midnight
S31E21 - Zaha Hadid
July 1, 2007, midnight
S31E22 - MacBeth
July 8, 2007, midnight
S31E23 - Ian McMillan, Bard Of Barnsley
July 15, 2007, midnight
S31E24 - Emma Kirkby, The Unsung Heroine
July 22, 2007, midnight
S31E25 - June Whitfield
July 29, 2007, midnight
S31E26 - Michael Sheen On Playing It Real
Sept. 2, 2007, midnight
S31E27 - Joan Dision
Sept. 23, 2007, midnight
S31E28 - Ken Follett
Sept. 30, 2007, midnight
S31E29 - The Mersey Sound
Oct. 7, 2007, midnight
S31E30 - The Last Laugh: John Bird and John Fortune
Oct. 14, 2007, midnight
Network: Sky Arts
Episode Runtime: 60 min.
Season Runtime: 60 min.
Released: Jan. 14, 1978
Last Air Date: Aug. 29, 2023, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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