About this season
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.
Episodes (19)
1. Francis Ford Coppola
Aired 2 December 1979 • 60 min
2. Royal Shakespeare Company masterclass (1)
Aired 9 December 1979 • 60 min
3. Royal Shakespeare Company masterclass (2)
Aired 16 December 1979 • 60 min
4. Talking Heads
Aired 23 December 1979 • 60 min
5. Love and the Ice-Cream Vendor
Aired 17 February 1980 • 60 min
6. Fay Weldon / Richard Hogart on Northern Ireland in drama
Aired 24 February 1980 • 60 min
7. Merce Cunningham
Aired 2 March 1980 • 60 min
8. Elegies for the Deaths of Three Spanish Poets
Aired 9 March 1980 • 60 min
9. A Time There was ... (Benjamin Britten)
Aired 6 April 1980 • 60 min
10. The Greene Adaptations (Graham Greene films)
Aired 13 April 1980 • 60 min
11. Salsa (Puerto Rican music)
Aired 27 April 1980 • 60 min
12. The Worlds of Edward Bond
Aired 4 May 1980 • 60 min
13. Yehudi Menuhin and Stephane Grappelli / Kinglsey Amis
Aired 11 May 1980 • 60 min
14. new British rock films / The Tin Drum (film)
Aired 18 May 1980 • 60 min
15. Roman Polanski
Aired 25 May 1980 • 60 min
16. Tom Wolfe
Aired 1 June 1980 • 60 min
17. Andrew Wyeth
Aired 8 June 1980 • 60 min
18. Angus Wilson
Aired 29 June 1980 • 60 min
19. Jane Austen (film)
Aired 6 July 1980 • 60 min