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 (24)
1. Alan Bennett
Aired 7 October 1984 • 60 min
2. McCartney's Broad Street
Aired 14 October 1984 • 60 min
Behind the scenes look at the making of Paul McCartney's 1984 movie Give My Regards To Broad Street.
3. The Forming of the Phoenix (Phoenix Dance Company)
Aired 21 October 1984 • 60 min
4. Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
Aired 28 October 1984 • 60 min
5. Norman Nicholson
Aired 4 November 1984 • 60 min
6. Joseph Heller
Aired 11 November 1984 • 60 min
7. Mstislav Rostropovich
Aired 18 November 1984 • 60 min
8. Max Wall
Aired 25 November 1984 • 60 min
10. Alan Bleasdale
Aired 13 January 1985 • 60 min
11. Anthony Burgess on D.H. Lawrence
Aired 20 January 1985 • 60 min
13. Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex
Aired 3 February 1985 • 60 min
14. Marc Chagall
Aired 10 February 1985 • 60 min
15. David Lean: a Life in Film
Aired 17 February 1985 • 60 min
16. Simon Rattle / finale of Messiaen's Turangalila Symphony
Aired 24 February 1985 • 60 min
17. Little Richard
Aired 3 March 1985 • 60 min
18. George Malcolm on Scarlatti
Aired 10 March 1985 • 60 min
19. Silent Partners: Second Stride Dance Company
Aired 17 March 1985 • 60 min
20. Michael Crawford/Billy Bragg
Aired 31 March 1985 • 60 min
21. David Mamet
Aired 24 March 1985 • 60 min
22. Olivier Messiaen: The Music of Faith
Aired 5 April 1985 • 60 min
23. The Cotton Club (night club)
Aired 26 May 1985 • 60 min
24. Prez (jazz opera about Lester Young)
Aired 2 June 1985 • 60 min
25. Francis Bacon
Aired 9 June 1985 • 60 min
As part of The South Bank Show series, director David Hinton and interviewer Melvyn Bragg accompany Francis Bacon for a day during his second retrospective at the Tate Gallery, London, in 1985. The conversation reveals the artist’s influences, theories and obsessions.
26. George Steiner on Vienna at the turn of the century
Aired 16 June 1985 • 60 min