The South Bank Show

Season 9

24 episodes · premiered Oct 6, 1985

Where to watch The South Bank Show

  1. E1 Sir Alec Guinness

    Oct 6, 1985 · 1h

  2. E2 Peter Ackroyd's Hawksmoor

    Oct 13, 1985 · 1h

  3. E3 Ian McKellen, Diary of a Year

    Oct 20, 1985 · 1h

  4. E4 Theatre of Comedy workshop

    Oct 27, 1985 · 1h

  5. E5 Pete Townshend: After the Fire

    Nov 3, 1985 · 1h

  6. E6 Sir Stephen Spender

    Nov 10, 1985 · 1h

  7. E7 Marguerite Duras

    Nov 17, 1985 · 1h

  8. E8 Karole Armitage

    Nov 24, 1985 · 1h

  9. E9 Peter Shaffer

    Dec 1, 1985 · 1h

  10. E10 John Cleese

    Jan 12, 1986 · 1h

    Cleese was silently scripting A Fish Called Wanda at the time this interview was filmed. It is not mentioned in this program. What is mentioned is Cleese's spectrum of work from sketch comedy to industrial training films to therapeutical books. Video clips include sequences from Cleese's classics: At Last the 1948 Show, Monty Python's Flying Circus, and Fawlty Towers.

  11. E11 Vladimir Ashkenazy

    Jan 19, 1986 · 1h

  12. E12 Paul Schrader

    Jan 26, 1986 · 1h

  13. E13 Purcell's Dido and Aenaes

    Feb 2, 1986 · 1h

  14. E14 Patrick Heron

    Feb 9, 1986 · 1h

  15. E15 Blue Note Records

    Feb 16, 1986 · 1h

  16. E16 Michala Petri

    Feb 23, 1986 · 1h

  17. E17 Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

    Mar 2, 1986 · 1h

  18. E18 Absolute Beginners (film)

    Mar 9, 1986 · 1h

  19. E19 Arthur Boyd

    Mar 23, 1986 · 1h

  20. E20 Hal Prince: Rethinking the Musical

    Apr 6, 1986 · 1h

  21. E21 British Soap Operas

    Apr 13, 1986 · 1h

  22. E22 Hull Truck Theatre Company

    Apr 20, 1986 · 1h

  23. E23 Velvet Underground

    Apr 27, 1986 · 1h

    The South Bank Show’s Velvet Underground documentary contains interviews with Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison, Moe Tucker, Nico, Andy Warhol and lots of early Velvet performance footage.

  24. E24 Al Jolson

    May 4, 1986 · 1h