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 (13)
1. Margot Fonteyn (1)
Aired 7 August 2005 • 60 min
2. Margot Fonteyn (2)
Aired 14 August 2005 • 60 min
3. Sophie Calle
Aired 21 August 2005 • 60 min
4. Karl Jenkins
Aired 11 September 2005 • 60 min
5. Eric Sykes
Aired 18 September 2005 • 60 min
6. Maxim Vengerov
Aired 2 October 2005 • 60 min
7. Alan Bennett
Aired 9 October 2005 • 60 min
Alan Bennett rarely does television interviews. He claims that if you want to find out about him, “it’s all in the work”. But in this exclusive ‘South Bank Show’ one of Britain’s best loved playwrights and diarist agrees to talk candidly about his life, work and what inspires him. Filmed with specially shot monologues and pieces to camera.
8. Pablo Trapero, Lucrecia Martel, Daniel Burman
Aired 16 October 2005 • 60 min
9. The Life and Times of Tristram Shandy (film)
Aired 23 October 2005 • 60 min
10. Peter Hall (1)
Aired 30 October 2005 • 60 min
11. Peter Hall (2)
Aired 6 November 2005 • 60 min
12. Little Britain: A South Bank Show Special
Aired 25 December 2005 • 60 min