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 (26)
1. Laurence Olivier, a Life (1)
Aired 17 October 1982 • 60 min
2. Laurence Olivier, a Life (2)
Aired 24 October 1982 • 60 min
3. Peter Gabriel
Aired 31 October 1982 • 60 min
Cameras follow Peter Gabriel during the recording of his fourth solo album.
4. Bruce Chatwin
Aired 7 November 1982 • 60 min
5. Patricia Highsmith
Aired 14 November 1982 • 60 min
6. Steven Spielberg
Aired 21 November 1982 • 60 min
7. Gospel at Colonus
Aired 28 November 1982 • 60 min
8. Simone De Beauvoir
Aired 9 January 1983 • 60 min
9. Barry Flannigan / Seamus Heaney
Aired 23 January 1983 • 60 min
10. David Hare
Aired 30 January 1983 • 60 min
11. Agnes De Mille
Aired 6 February 1983 • 60 min
12. Handel's Semele (by the Royal Opera House)
Aired 13 February 1983 • 60 min
13. Sam Fuller
Aired 20 February 1983 • 60 min
14. Local Hero (film)
Aired 27 February 1983 • 60 min
15. R.K. Narayan
Aired 13 March 1983 • 60 min
16. Ivo Pogorelich
Aired 20 March 1983 • 60 min
17. John Le Carré
Aired 27 March 1983 • 60 min
18. Choirs and Places Where They Sing
Aired 3 April 1983 • 60 min
19. William Trevor
Aired 24 April 1983 • 60 min
20. Gene Hackman
Aired 1 May 1983 • 60 min
21. Keith Waterhouse
Aired 8 May 1983 • 60 min
22. Robert Lowell / Benjamin Britten's Quartettino
Aired 15 May 1983 • 60 min
23. Cowboy Art
Aired 22 May 1983 • 60 min
24. Jiri Kylian
Aired 29 May 1983 • 60 min
25. Producing Don Giovanni
Aired 5 June 1983 • 60 min
26. Ken Russell's View of The Planets
Aired 12 June 1983 • 60 min