The South Bank Show
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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.
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Season 1Specials4 episodes
- S00E01David Hockney Joiner Photographs1983-11-13✓
- S00E02British Comedy Special1994-11-14✓
- S00E0340th Anniversary Special2018-01-14
- S00E04Vincent and Theo2019-09-30
Season 124 episodes
- S01E01Paul McCartney/surrealist exhibition1978-01-14
- S01E02Paganini Superstar1978-01-21
- S01E03Roy Minton1978-01-28
- S01E04David Hockney1978-02-04
- S01E05Dennis Potter1978-02-11
- S01E06John Peel/Jane Glover1978-02-18
- S01E07Arabian Days (Edna O'Brien)/Quentin Crisp1978-02-25
- S01E08Jacques Loussier1978-03-04
Season 224 episodes
- S02E01Tom Stoppard1978-11-26
- S02E02Grace Under Pressure (Anthony Burgess on Hemingway)1978-12-03
- S02E03Woody Allen1978-12-10
- S02E04Anatomy of an Opera: Jonathan Miller's Figaro1978-12-17
- S02E05Rhythm of Resistance (South African music)1979-01-14
- S02E06Harmony of the Spheres (Neil Ardley)1979-01-21
- S02E07Circus Clowns/Schubert recital by Richter1979-01-28
- S02E08Royal Shakespeare Company on tour1979-02-04
Season 319 episodes
- S03E01Francis Ford Coppola1979-12-02
- S03E02Royal Shakespeare Company masterclass (1)1979-12-09
- S03E03Royal Shakespeare Company masterclass (2)1979-12-16
- S03E04Talking Heads1979-12-23
- S03E05Love and the Ice-Cream Vendor1980-02-17
- S03E06Fay Weldon / Richard Hogart on Northern Ireland in drama1980-02-24
- S03E07Merce Cunningham1980-03-02
- S03E08Elegies for the Deaths of Three Spanish Poets1980-03-09
Season 426 episodes
- S04E01Arthur Miller1980-11-09
- S04E02William Golding1980-11-16
- S04E03Akira Kurosawa1980-11-23
- S04E04Stravinsky's The Firebird1980-11-30
- S04E05No Need to Lie1980-12-07
- S04E06The Passion (National Theatre's updating of medieval plays)1980-12-14
- S04E07Toni Morrison1981-01-18
- S04E08The Trespasser (film)1981-01-25
Season 527 episodes
- S05E01The French Lieutenant's Woman1981-11-01
- S05E02Elvis Costello1981-11-08
- S05E03Old Glory: the Journey and the Book1981-11-15
- S05E04Ian McKellan / Ian McEwan1981-11-22
- S05E05Brian Moore / Patrick Caulfield1981-11-29
- S05E06A Talent to Vex: John Osborne1981-12-06
- S05E07Mama Lu Parks1982-01-17
- S05E08Bernard D'Ascoli / Theatre of the 8th Day1982-01-24
Season 626 episodes
- S06E01Laurence Olivier, a Life (1)1982-10-17
- S06E02Laurence Olivier, a Life (2)1982-10-24
- S06E03Peter Gabriel1982-10-31
- S06E04Bruce Chatwin1982-11-07
- S06E05Patricia Highsmith1982-11-14
- S06E06Steven Spielberg1982-11-21
- S06E07Gospel at Colonus1982-11-28
- S06E08Simone De Beauvoir1983-01-09
Season 722 episodes
- S07E01Piper's Way1983-10-16
- S07E02Yuri Lyubimov1983-10-23
- S07E04Jack Lemmon1983-11-06
- S07E05Catherine Cookson1983-11-20
- S07E06Lillian Gish/Glen Baxter1983-11-27
- S07E07Alberto Moravia1983-12-04
- S07E08Ian Hamilton Finlay/Lord Gowrie1983-12-11
- S07E09Barry Tuckwell: Master of the Horn1984-02-19
Season 824 episodes
- S08E01Alan Bennett1984-10-07
- S08E02McCartney's Broad Street1984-10-14
- S08E03The Forming of the Phoenix (Phoenix Dance Company)1984-10-21
- S08E04Paolo and Vittorio Taviani1984-10-28
- S08E05Norman Nicholson1984-11-04
- S08E06Joseph Heller1984-11-11
- S08E07Mstislav Rostropovich1984-11-18
- S08E08Max Wall1984-11-25
Season 924 episodes
- S09E01Sir Alec Guinness1985-10-06
- S09E02Peter Ackroyd's Hawksmoor1985-10-13
- S09E03Ian McKellen, Diary of a Year1985-10-20
- S09E04Theatre of Comedy workshop1985-10-27
- S09E05Pete Townshend: After the Fire1985-11-03
- S09E06Sir Stephen Spender1985-11-10
- S09E07Marguerite Duras1985-11-17
- S09E08Karole Armitage1985-11-24
Season 1023 episodes
- S10E01John Mortimer1986-10-05
- S10E04Michael Powell1986-10-26
- S10E05Truman Capote1986-11-02
- S10E06Fay Godwin1986-11-09
- S10E07The Andrew Lloyd-Webber Story1986-11-15
- S10E08Agatha Christie, How Did She Do It?1986-11-23
- S10E09The Dream is Over (Christopher Bruce ballet on John Lennon)1986-11-30
- S10E10Arts Review '861986-12-14
Season 1124 episodes
- S11E01Maria Callas1987-10-04
- S11E02Toni Morrison1987-10-11
- S11E03The Smiths1987-10-18
- S11E04Andy Warhol1987-10-25
- S11E05Frank Rich / Suzanne Vega1987-11-01
- S11E06Sir Terence Conran1987-11-08
- S11E07Gore Vidal1987-11-15
- S11E08African music / Russian theatre1987-11-22
Season 1224 episodes
- S12E01The Art of Walt Disney1988-09-25
- S12E02Bernard Shaw1988-10-02
- S12E03Under Milk Wood1988-10-09
- S12E04Toulouse-Lautrec1988-10-16
- S12E05David Puttnam1988-10-23
- S12E06David Hockney1988-10-30
- S12E07Two Women in Three Dimensions (Wendy Taylor, Nicola Hicks)1988-11-13
- S12E08Bristol WWII bombing raids reenactment1988-11-20
Season 1325 episodes
- S13E01Martin Amis1989-09-17
- S13E02Dustin Hoffman, Sir Peter Hall1989-09-24
- S13E03Jimi Hendrix1989-10-01
- S13E04Tom Keneally in Eritrea1989-10-08
- S13E05Ken Russell1989-10-15
- S13E06Steven Berkoff1989-10-22
- S13E07Gabriel Garcia Marquez1989-10-29
- S13E08Fitzrovia1989-11-12
Season 1423 episodes
- S14E01George Michael1990-09-02
- S14E02Peter Ackroyd on Dickens1990-09-09
- S14E03Spike Lee1990-09-23
- S14E04Salman Rushdie1990-09-30
- S14E05Roy Lichtenstein1990-10-07
- S14E06Ken Russell on Anton Bruckner1990-10-14
- S14E07Clear Cool Crystal Streams (Irish rock music)1990-10-21
- S14E08John Updike1990-10-28
Season 1525 episodes
- S15E01Private Eye1991-09-15
- S15E02David Lodge1991-09-29
- S15E03Terry Gilliam1991-10-06
- S15E04Neil Simon1991-10-13
- S15E05Heinrich Schiff1991-10-20
- S15E06Seamus Heaney1991-10-27
- S15E07John Osborne1991-11-03
- S15E08Dame Britain (Vera Lynn)1991-11-10
- S15E09
Season 1625 episodes
- S16E01Billy Connolly1992-10-04
- S16E02Alice Walker1992-10-11
- S16E03Peter O'Toole1992-10-18
- S16E04Two Royal Ballet Dancers (Darcey Bussell, Viviana Durante)1992-10-25
- S16E05Robert Zemeckis1992-11-01
- S16E06George Formby1992-11-08
- S16E07Sir Richard Attenborough1992-11-15
- S16E08The Secret Life of Sir Arnold Bax1992-12-06
Season 1725 episodes
- S17E01Sydney Pollack1993-09-12
- S17E02Willy Russell1993-09-19
- S17E03Ken Loach1993-10-03
- S17E04Margaret Atwood1993-10-10
- S17E05John Lee Hooker1993-10-17
- S17E06Stevie Wonder1993-10-24
- S17E07Sylvie Guillem1993-10-31
- S17E08Tim Rice1993-11-07
- S17E09
Season 1822 episodes
- S18E01Kenneth Williams1994-09-18
- S18E02Marilyn Horne1994-09-25
- S18E03New Generation Poets1994-10-02
- S18E04Vanessa Redgrave1994-10-09
- S18E05David Mamet1994-10-16
- S18E06The Shearing Touch (George Shearing)1994-10-23
- S18E07Alan Ayckbourn1994-10-30
- S18E08Frankenstein1994-11-06
Season 1920 episodes
- S19E01Clint Eastwwod1995-09-10
- S19E02Ackroyd's Blake1995-09-17
- S19E03Tom Sharpe1995-09-24
- S19E04kd lang1995-10-01
- S19E05Pavarotti at 601995-10-08
- S19E06Jimmy Nail1995-10-15
- S19E07Dame Judi Dench1995-10-29
- S19E08Coronation Street1995-11-05
- S19E09
Season 2020 episodes
- S20E01Victoria Wood1996-09-15
- S20E02Sir John Mills1996-09-22
- S20E03Michael Crawford1996-09-29
- S20E04Norman Mailer on Picasso1996-10-06
- S20E05Chanson1996-10-13
- S20E06Michael Collins1996-10-27
- S20E07Bryn Terfel1996-11-03
- S20E08Howard Hodgkin1996-11-10
- S20E09
Season 2122 episodes
- S21E01Scarfe on Hercules1997-10-05
- S21E02Michael Flatley: Lord of the Dance1997-10-26
- S21E03Kay Mellor1997-11-02
- S21E04Björk1997-11-09
- S21E05Iain Banks1997-11-16
- S21E06Matthew Bourne's Adventures in Motion Pictures1997-11-23
- S21E07Steven Bochco1997-11-30
- S21E08Simon Raven1997-12-14
Season 2216 episodes
- S22E01Ossie Clarke (1)1998-11-08
- S22E02Ossie Clarke (2)1998-11-15
- S22E03Lesley Garrett1998-11-22
- S22E04Harold Pinter1998-11-29
- S22E05Maxine Peake/Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo1998-12-06
- S22E06Walter Mosley1998-12-13
- S22E07Petula Clark1998-12-20
- S22E08Warren Beatty1998-12-30
Season 2321 episodes
- S23E01Paul Merton1999-09-26
- S23E02Frank McCourt1999-10-03
- S23E03Howard Jacobson1999-10-10
- S23E04Jose Cura1999-10-17
- S23E05James Galway1999-10-24
- S23E06The Lion King (stage play based on the film)1999-10-31
- S23E07Joan Collins1999-11-14
- S23E08Blur1999-11-21
- S23E09
Season 2424 episodes
- S24E01Andrew Lloyd Webber, Ben Elton2000-10-01
- S24E02Santana2000-10-08
- S24E03Joyce [Carol Oates] on Marilyn [Monroe]2000-10-15
- S24E05Mark Morris Dance Group2000-10-29
- S24E06George MacDonald Fraser2000-11-12
- S24E07Courtney Pine2000-11-19
- S24E08Ron Howard2000-11-26
- S24E09Dame Gillian Weir2000-12-03
Season 2519 episodes
- S25E01High and Low Culture in the Age of Television2001-10-07
- S25E02(highlights)2001-10-14
- S25E03Rachel Whiteread2001-10-28
- S25E04Norman Foster2001-11-11
- S25E05Dr. John2001-11-18
- S25E06Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings2001-12-16
- S25E07Ladies and Gentlemen, Miss Renée FlemingTBA
- S25E08The Sopranos2002-02-10
Season 2625 episodes
- S26E01Mike Leigh2002-10-13
- S26E02Akram Khan2002-10-20
- S26E03Graham Vick: Beethoven in the Big Top2002-10-27
- S26E04Craig David2002-11-10
- S26E05Andrew Davies2002-11-17
- S26E06Joan Rivers2002-11-24
- S26E07Willie Nelson2003-01-12
- S26E08James MacMillan2003-01-05
- S26E09
Season 2713 episodes
- S27E01Germaine Greer2003-10-19
- S27E02Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra2003-12-07
- S27E03TV Stories (1)2004-02-01
- S27E04TV Stories (2)2004-02-08
- S27E05Jamie Cullum2004-02-22
- S27E06The Wilson Twins2004-03-07
- S27E07John Lennon's Jukebox2004-03-14
- S27E08Jack Vettriano2004-03-21
Season 2823 episodes
- S28E01Street Music Stories2004-08-22
- S28E02Ronnie Wood2004-09-05
- S28E03Willie Nelson2004-09-19
- S28E04Malcolm Arnold (1)2004-09-26
- S28E05Malcolm Arnold (2)2004-10-03
- S28E06Robert Frank2004-10-17
- S28E07Michael Frayn2004-11-14
- S28E08The Darkness2004-11-21
- S28E09
Season 2913 episodes
- S29E01Margot Fonteyn (1)2005-08-07
- S29E02Margot Fonteyn (2)2005-08-14
- S29E03Sophie Calle2005-08-21
- S29E04Karl Jenkins2005-09-11
- S29E05Eric Sykes2005-09-18
- S29E06Maxim Vengerov2005-10-02
- S29E07Alan Bennett2005-10-09
- S29E08Pablo Trapero, Lucrecia Martel, Daniel Burman2005-10-16
Season 3011 episodes
- S30E01Armando Iannucci2006-02-12
- S30E02Manga Mania2006-02-19
- S30E03John Rutter2006-03-12
- S30E04PD James2006-03-26
- S30E05Dusty Springfield2006-04-09
- S30E06Seu Jorge2006-06-04
- S30E07Romeo and Juliet2006-06-11
- S30E09George Michael: I'm Your Man2006-11-17
- S30E10
Season 3130 episodes
- S31E01Bill Bryson2006-09-10
- S31E02JG Ballard2006-09-17
- S31E03Robbie Coltrane2006-09-24
- S31E04Episode 42006-10-01
- S31E05Spamalot2006-10-15
- S31E06Claire Tomalin on Thomas Hardy2006-10-22
- S31E07Sue Townsend2006-10-29
- S31E08Lorenzo Da Ponte2006-11-05
- S31E09
Season 328 episodes
- S32E01Annie Lennox2007-11-25
- S32E02Eric Clapton2007-12-02
- S32E03The Making Of Viva La Diva2007-12-09
- S32E04The Nutcracker Story2007-12-26
- S32E05Kevin SpaceyTBA
- S32E06Tim BurtonTBA
- S32E07David McVicar2008-03-09
- S32E08Revolution 682008-03-16
Season 336 episodes
- S33E01Liza Minnelli2008-05-04
- S33E02The Damned United2008-05-11
- S33E03Gore Vidal2008-05-18
- S33E04Sarah Waters2008-06-08
- S33E05Tasmin Little2008-06-15
- S33E06Billy Joel2008-07-13
Season 346 episodes
- S34E01The Streets2008-09-21
- S34E02The One Ronnie2008-10-05
- S34E03Bond2008-10-22
- S34E04Cildo Meireles2008-10-26
- S34E05Sam Taylor-Wood2008-11-16
- S34E06The Mariinsky Theatre2008-12-07
Season 359 episodes
- S35E01The South Bank Show Awards2009-01-28
- S35E02Beyond the Footlights2009-02-01
- S35E03The Tempest2009-02-08
- S35E04Will Young2009-03-17
- S35E05Messiah2009-04-12
- S35E06William Goldman2009-04-26
- S35E07Out Of Nigeria2009-05-10
- S35E08Out Of Nigeria (2)2009-05-17
- S35E09
Season 3610 episodes
- S36E01John Lloyd2014-05-22
- S36E02Kate Atkinson2014-05-29
- S36E03Abi Morgan2014-06-05
- S36E04King Lear2014-06-12
- S36E05Angel Blue2014-06-19
- S36E06Daniel Radcliffe2014-06-26
- S36E07Episode 7TBA
- S36E08Episode 8TBA
- S36E10
Season 3710 episodes
- S37E01George R.R. Martin2015-06-10
- S37E02Paul Greengrass2015-06-17
- S37E03Margaret Drabble2015-06-24
- S37E04Laura Mvula2015-07-01
- S37E05Joseph Calleja2015-07-08
- S37E06Mark Rylance2015-07-15
- S37E07Episode 7TBA
- S37E08Episode 8TBA
- S37E09
Season 386 episodes
- S38E01Sly & Robbie2016-06-15
- S38E02Joyce DiDonato2016-06-22
- S38E03Russell T Davies2016-06-29
- S38E04Ballet Black2016-07-06
- S38E05Benedict Cumberbach's 'Hamlet'2016-07-13
- S38E06Jackie Kay2016-07-20
Season 396 episodes
- S39E01Amma Asante2017-07-19
- S39E02Karl Ove Knausgaard2017-07-26
- S39E03Sally Wainwright2017-08-02
- S39E04Benjamin Clementine2017-08-09
- S39E05Obsession: Jude Law & Ivo Van Hove2017-08-16
- S39E06Yinka Shonibare2017-08-23
Season 406 episodes
- S40E01Tracey Ullman2018-11-07
- S40E02Beverley Knight2018-11-14
- S40E03Danielle de Niese2018-11-21
- S40E04Sonia Friedman2018-11-28
- S40E05Gail Rebuck2018-12-05
- S40E06Why the Arts Matter2018-12-12
Season 414 episodes
- S41E01Jed Mercurio2019-05-05
- S41E02Jack Thorne2019-07-23
- S41E03Steve Pemberton & Reece Shearsmith2019-07-30
- S41E04Heidi Thomas2019-08-06
Season 424 episodes
- S42E01Gillian Anderson2020-11-22
- S42E02Bernardine Evaristo2020-11-29
- S42E03Benjamin Zephaniah2020-12-06
- S42E04Simon Armitage2020-12-13
Season 434 episodes
- S43E01Arlo Parks & Samuel Bailey2021-06-24
- S43E02The Pin, Marina Kemp & Nick Rowland2021-07-01
- S43E03Noah Jupe, Mishka Rushdie Momen & Alex Woolf2021-07-08
- S43E04Arielle Smith & Alberta Whittle2021-07-15
Season 444 episodes
- S44E01The South Bank Sky Arts Awards 20222022-07-13
- S44E02Frank Skinner2022-07-20
- S44E03Helen Mirren2022-07-27
- S44E04Carlos Acosta2022-08-03
Season 454 episodes
- S45E01David Hockney: A Celebration2023-08-28
- S45E02David Hockney: In Normandy2023-08-28
- S45E03David Hockney: 50 Years on Film2023-08-29
- S45E04David Hockney: In London2023-08-29