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 (26)
1. Arthur Miller
Aired 9 November 1980 • 60 min
2. William Golding
Aired 16 November 1980 • 60 min
3. Akira Kurosawa
Aired 23 November 1980 • 60 min
4. Stravinsky's The Firebird
Aired 30 November 1980 • 60 min
5. No Need to Lie
Aired 7 December 1980 • 60 min
6. The Passion (National Theatre's updating of medieval plays)
Aired 14 December 1980 • 60 min
7. Toni Morrison
Aired 18 January 1981 • 60 min
8. The Trespasser (film)
Aired 25 January 1981 • 60 min
9. Don Juan in Hell
Aired 8 February 1981 • 60 min
10. poetry workshop
Aired 15 February 1981 • 60 min
11. Martin Scorsese
Aired 22 February 1981 • 60 min
12. Elizabeth Taylor / John Hubbard
Aired 1 March 1981 • 60 min
13. Bob Fosse
Aired 8 March 1981 • 60 min
14. Robert Redford / Martin Amis
Aired 15 March 1981 • 60 min
15. Verity Bargate / Howard Hodgkin
Aired 29 March 1981 • 60 min
16. At the Haunted End of the Day: the Life of Sir William Walton
Aired 19 April 1981 • 60 min
17. Gore Vidal
Aired 26 April 1981 • 60 min
18. The Roots of the Tree (Ermanno Olmi)
Aired 3 May 1981 • 60 min
19. Colin Welland
Aired 10 May 1981 • 60 min
20. Christopher Logue / Phillip King
Aired 17 May 1981 • 60 min
21. Lulu's Last Act (Berg opera)
Aired 24 May 1981 • 60 min
22. Dame Ninette De Valois / David Hockney on Picasso
Aired 31 May 1981 • 60 min
23. Clive James / Craig Raine
Aired 7 June 1981 • 60 min
24. Soviet Art
Aired 14 June 1981 • 60 min
25. Rhythm and Blues (The Blues Band, Dr. Feelgood, Nine Below Zero, Paul Jones)
Aired 21 June 1981 • 60 min
26. Music for a City: Venice
Aired 28 June 1981 • 60 min