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.
The South Bank Show (Season 10)
John Mortimer (Episode 1)
Air date: 1986-10-05
Runtime: 60 min
Michael Powell (Episode 2)
Air date: 1986-10-26
Runtime: 60 min
Truman Capote (Episode 3)
Air date: 1986-11-02
Runtime: 60 min
Fay Godwin (Episode 4)
Air date: 1986-11-09
Runtime: 60 min
The Andrew Lloyd-Webber Story (Episode 5)
Air date: 1986-11-15
Runtime: 60 min

Agatha Christie, How Did She Do It? (Episode 6)
Air date: 1986-11-23
Runtime: 60 min
The Dream is Over (Christopher Bruce ballet on John Lennon) (Episode 7)
Air date: 1986-11-30
Runtime: 60 min
Arts Review '86 (Episode 8)
Air date: 1986-12-14
Runtime: 60 min
Anthony Hopkins / David Hare (Episode 9)
Air date: 1987-01-11
Runtime: 60 min
Philip Glass (Episode 10)
Air date: 1987-01-18
Runtime: 60 min
Alvin Ailey Dance Theater (Episode 11)
Air date: 1987-01-25
Runtime: 60 min
Anthony Green: RA, a Love Story (Episode 12)
Air date: 1987-02-01
Runtime: 60 min
birth of Frankenstein and Dracula (Episode 13)
Air date: 1987-02-08
Runtime: 60 min
Thomas Allen (Episode 14)
Air date: 1987-02-15
Runtime: 60 min
The Wooster Group (Episode 15)
Air date: 1987-02-22
Runtime: 60 min

The London Underground in art (Episode 16)
Air date: 1987-03-01
Runtime: 60 min
Barbara Dickson (Episode 17)
Air date: 1987-03-15
Runtime: 60 min
Penguin Cafe Orchestra (Episode 18)
Air date: 1987-03-22
Runtime: 60 min
Turner at the Tate (Episode 19)
Air date: 1987-03-29
Runtime: 60 min
George V. Higgins (Episode 20)
Air date: 1987-04-05
Runtime: 60 min
Peter York lecture (Episode 21)
Air date: 1987-04-12
Runtime: 60 min
The Aida File: The Making of the Opera (1) (Episode 22)
Air date: 1987-04-18
Runtime: 60 min
The Aida File: Aida Performance (2) (Episode 23)
Air date: 1987-04-19
Runtime: 60 min

Seasons
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Episodes 22
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Episodes 21
Episodes 24
Episodes 19
Episodes 25
Episodes 13
Episodes 23
Episodes 13
Episodes 11
Episodes 30
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Episodes 10
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