The South Bank Show

Season 8

24 episodes · premiered Oct 7, 1984

Where to watch The South Bank Show

  1. E1 Alan Bennett

    Oct 7, 1984 · 1h

  2. E2 McCartney's Broad Street

    Oct 14, 1984 · 1h

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

  3. E3 The Forming of the Phoenix (Phoenix Dance Company)

    Oct 21, 1984 · 1h

  4. E4 Paolo and Vittorio Taviani

    Oct 28, 1984 · 1h

  5. E5 Norman Nicholson

    Nov 4, 1984 · 1h

  6. E6 Joseph Heller

    Nov 11, 1984 · 1h

  7. E7 Mstislav Rostropovich

    Nov 18, 1984 · 1h

  8. E8 Max Wall

    Nov 25, 1984 · 1h

  9. E10 Alan Bleasdale

    Jan 13, 1985 · 1h

  10. E11 Anthony Burgess on D.H. Lawrence

    Jan 20, 1985 · 1h

  11. E13 Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex

    Feb 3, 1985 · 1h

  12. E14 Marc Chagall

    Feb 10, 1985 · 1h

  13. E15 David Lean: a Life in Film

    Feb 17, 1985 · 1h

  14. E16 Simon Rattle / finale of Messiaen's Turangalila Symphony

    Feb 24, 1985 · 1h

  15. E17 Little Richard

    Mar 3, 1985 · 1h

  16. E18 George Malcolm on Scarlatti

    Mar 10, 1985 · 1h

  17. E19 Silent Partners: Second Stride Dance Company

    Mar 17, 1985 · 1h

  18. E20 Michael Crawford/Billy Bragg

    Mar 31, 1985 · 1h

  19. E21 David Mamet

    Mar 24, 1985 · 1h

  20. E22 Olivier Messiaen: The Music of Faith

    Apr 5, 1985 · 1h

  21. E23 The Cotton Club (night club)

    May 26, 1985 · 1h

  22. E24 Prez (jazz opera about Lester Young)

    Jun 2, 1985 · 1h

  23. E25 Francis Bacon

    Jun 9, 1985 · 1h

    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.

  24. E26 George Steiner on Vienna at the turn of the century

    Jun 16, 1985 · 1h