The South Bank Show

Episode 1

Alan Bennett

Oct 7, 1984

Episode 2

McCartney's Broad Street

Oct 14, 1984

Behind the scenes look at the making of Paul McCartney's 1984 movie Give My Regards To Broad Street.

Episode 3

The Forming of the Phoenix (Phoenix Dance Company)

Oct 21, 1984

Episode 4

Paolo and Vittorio Taviani

Oct 28, 1984

Episode 5

Norman Nicholson

Nov 4, 1984

Episode 6

Joseph Heller

Nov 11, 1984

Episode 7

Mstislav Rostropovich

Nov 18, 1984

Episode 8

Max Wall

Nov 25, 1984

Episode 10

Alan Bleasdale

Jan 13, 1985

Episode 11

Anthony Burgess on D.H. Lawrence

Jan 20, 1985

Episode 13

Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex

Feb 3, 1985

Episode 14

Marc Chagall

Feb 10, 1985

Episode 15

David Lean: a Life in Film

Feb 17, 1985

Episode 16

Simon Rattle / finale of Messiaen's Turangalila Symphony

Feb 24, 1985

Episode 17

Little Richard

Mar 3, 1985

Episode 18

George Malcolm on Scarlatti

Mar 10, 1985

Episode 19

Silent Partners: Second Stride Dance Company

Mar 17, 1985

Episode 20

Michael Crawford/Billy Bragg

Mar 31, 1985

Episode 21

David Mamet

Mar 24, 1985

Episode 22

Olivier Messiaen: The Music of Faith

Apr 5, 1985

Episode 23

The Cotton Club (night club)

May 26, 1985

Episode 24

Prez (jazz opera about Lester Young)

Jun 2, 1985

Episode 25

Francis Bacon

Jun 9, 1985

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.

Episode 26

George Steiner on Vienna at the turn of the century

Jun 16, 1985