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 (23)
1. Street Music Stories
Aired 22 August 2004 • 60 min
2. Ronnie Wood
Aired 5 September 2004 • 60 min
3. Willie Nelson
Aired 19 September 2004 • 60 min
4. Malcolm Arnold (1)
Aired 26 September 2004 • 60 min
5. Malcolm Arnold (2)
Aired 3 October 2004 • 60 min
6. Robert Frank
Aired 17 October 2004 • 60 min
7. Michael Frayn
Aired 14 November 2004 • 60 min
8. The Darkness
Aired 21 November 2004 • 60 min
9. Iggy Pop
Aired 5 December 2004 • 60 min
10. Ruth Rendell
Aired 12 December 2004 • 60 min
11. Howard Goodall
Aired 19 December 2004 • 60 min
12. Pete 'n' Dud, The Lost Shows
Aired 1 January 2005 • 60 min
13. Ian McEwan
Aired 20 February 2005 • 60 min
14. Going Sane
Aired 6 March 2005 • 60 min
15. Khaled and Rachid
Aired 13 March 2005 • 60 min
16. Alina Cojocaru, Johan Kobborg
Aired 27 March 2005 • 60 min
17. The Garden of Cosmic Speculation
Aired 3 April 2005 • 60 min
18. John Boorman
Aired 10 April 2005 • 60 min
19. Red Priest
Aired 24 April 2005 • 60 min
20. National Theatre's production of Henry IV
Aired 1 May 2005 • 60 min
21. The Secret Art of War
Aired 8 May 2005 • 60 min
22. Paul Abbott
Aired 15 May 2005 • 60 min
23. Eric Sykes
Aired 18 September 2005 • 60 min
Melvyn Bragg talks to Eric Sykes about his remarkable career, which started in the 1940s when he began writing for Frankie Howerd in the hit radio show Variety Band Box, and how he evolved from being a top comedy writer to one of Britain's best loved performers who continues to appear on stage, TV and cinema.