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 (27)
1. The French Lieutenant's Woman
Aired 1 November 1981 • 60 min
2. Elvis Costello
Aired 8 November 1981 • 60 min
3. Old Glory: the Journey and the Book
Aired 15 November 1981 • 60 min
4. Ian McKellan / Ian McEwan
Aired 22 November 1981 • 60 min
5. Brian Moore / Patrick Caulfield
Aired 29 November 1981 • 60 min
6. A Talent to Vex: John Osborne
Aired 6 December 1981 • 60 min
7. Mama Lu Parks
Aired 17 January 1982 • 60 min
8. Bernard D'Ascoli / Theatre of the 8th Day
Aired 24 January 1982 • 60 min
9. Milos Forman
Aired 31 January 1982 • 60 min
10. Germaine Greer
Aired 7 February 1982 • 60 min
11. Pauline Kael / George Steiner's The Portage to San Cristobal of AH
Aired 14 February 1982 • 60 min
12. Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller
Aired 21 February 1982 • 60 min
13. Blacck Theatre Cooperative / Laurie Anderson
Aired 28 February 1982 • 60 min
14. Guys and Dolls (at the National Theatre)
Aired 7 March 1982 • 60 min
15. Richard Alston's Bellezza Flash
Aired 14 March 1982 • 60 min
16. Peter Maxwell-Davies
Aired 21 March 1982 • 60 min
17. Saul Bellow
Aired 28 March 1982 • 60 min
18. Indian wallpainting
Aired 4 April 1982 • 60 min
19. Stravinski (1)
Aired 9 April 1982 • 60 min
20. Stravinski (2)
Aired 10 April 1982 • 60 min
21. Julian Lloyd-Webber
Aired 18 April 1982 • 60 min
22. Miles Davis / Robert Nye
Aired 25 April 1982 • 60 min
23. Caught in the Act (Pillar to Post at Wormwood Scrubs)
Aired 2 May 1982 • 60 min
24. Joseph Papp / James Galway
Aired 9 May 1982 • 60 min
25. Werner Herzog
Aired 16 May 1982 • 60 min
26. Why Don't I Love Opera Anymore (by Stephen Oliver)
Aired 23 May 1982 • 60 min
27. Phillip Larkin
Aired 30 May 1982 • 60 min
In March 1981 Melvyn Bragg travelled to Hull to interview the poet, librarian and jazz critic Philip Larkin.