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 (25)
1. Martin Amis
Aired 17 September 1989 • 60 min
2. Dustin Hoffman, Sir Peter Hall
Aired 24 September 1989 • 60 min
3. Jimi Hendrix
Aired 1 October 1989 • 60 min
4. Tom Keneally in Eritrea
Aired 8 October 1989 • 60 min
5. Ken Russell
Aired 15 October 1989 • 60 min
6. Steven Berkoff
Aired 22 October 1989 • 60 min
7. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Aired 29 October 1989 • 60 min
8. Fitzrovia
Aired 12 November 1989 • 60 min
9. Dame Edna Everage
Aired 19 November 1989 • 60 min
10. Evelyn Glennie
Aired 26 November 1989 • 60 min
11. Peter Brook
Aired 3 December 1989 • 60 min
12. Arts Review '89
Aired 29 December 1989 • 60 min
13. Boris Pasternak
Aired 7 January 1990 • 60 min
14. Sir David Lean, Robert Bolt
Aired 21 January 1990 • 60 min
15. Christopher Hogwood
Aired 28 January 1990 • 60 min
16. Chinua Achebe
Aired 4 February 1990 • 60 min
17. Hans Werner Henze
Aired 11 February 1990 • 60 min
18. Jock Tamson's Bairns (Gerry Mulgrew, Liz Lochhead)
Aired 18 February 1990 • 60 min
19. Yuri Bashmet
Aired 4 March 1990 • 60 min
20. DV8 Physical Theatre
Aired 11 March 1990 • 60 min
21. Mark Morris: the Hidden Soul of Harmony
Aired 25 March 1990 • 60 min
22. Carl Davis, Temba
Aired 1 April 1990 • 60 min
23. Vivienne Westwood
Aired 8 April 1990 • 60 min
24. Hindemith
Aired 15 April 1990 • 60 min
25. Robert Altman
Aired 22 April 1990 • 60 min