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 24)
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Ben Elton (Episode 1)
Air date: 2000-10-01
Runtime: 60 min
Santana (Episode 2)
Air date: 2000-10-08
Runtime: 60 min
Joyce [Carol Oates] on Marilyn [Monroe] (Episode 3)
Air date: 2000-10-15
Runtime: 60 min
Mark Morris Dance Group (Episode 4)
Air date: 2000-10-29
Runtime: 60 min
George MacDonald Fraser (Episode 5)
Air date: 2000-11-12
Runtime: 60 min
Courtney Pine (Episode 6)
Air date: 2000-11-19
Runtime: 60 min
Ron Howard (Episode 7)
Air date: 2000-11-26
Runtime: 60 min
Dame Gillian Weir (Episode 8)
Air date: 2000-12-03
Runtime: 60 min
[Marlene] Dumas and [Jemima] Stehli (Episode 9)
Air date: 2000-12-10
Runtime: 60 min
Mark Quinn (Episode 10)
Air date: 2000-12-17
Runtime: 60 min
Tom Jones (Episode 11)
Air date: 2000-12-24
Runtime: 60 min
Ken Russell (Episode 12)
Air date: 2001-02-11
Runtime: 60 min
Shirin Neshat (Episode 13)
Air date: 2001-02-18
Runtime: 60 min
Russell Watson (Episode 14)
Air date: 2001-02-25
Runtime: 60 min
Amos Oz (Episode 15)
Air date: 2001-03-04
Runtime: 60 min
Greta Garbo (Episode 16)
Air date: 2001-03-11
Runtime: 60 min
Elvis Costello with Annie Sofie von Otter (Episode 17)
Air date: 2001-03-18
Runtime: 60 min
Bill Bryson (Episode 18)
Air date: 2001-03-25
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: In 2001, American author Bill Bryson headed home to Des Moines, Iowa, to reflect on his early life in the Midwest for The South Bank Show.
Ian Rankin (Episode 19)
Air date: 2001-07-01
Runtime: 60 min
Ian Bostridge (Episode 20)
Air date: 2001-07-08
Runtime: 60 min
Edmund White (Episode 21)
Air date: 2001-07-22
Runtime: 60 min
Steve Coogan (Episode 22)
Air date: 2001-08-05
Runtime: 60 min
Ravi Shankar (Episode 23)
Air date: 2001-08-12
Runtime: 60 min
Tracey Emin (Episode 24)
Air date: 2001-08-19
Runtime: 60 min

Seasons
Episodes 24
Episodes 24
Episodes 19
Episodes 26
Episodes 27
Episodes 26
Episodes 22
Episodes 24
Episodes 24
Episodes 23
Episodes 24
Episodes 24
Episodes 25
Episodes 23
Episodes 25
Episodes 25
Episodes 25
Episodes 22
Episodes 20
Episodes 20
Episodes 22
Episodes 16
Episodes 21
Episodes 24
Episodes 19
Episodes 25
Episodes 13
Episodes 23
Episodes 13
Episodes 11
Episodes 30
Episodes 8
Episodes 6
Episodes 6
Episodes 9
Episodes 10
Episodes 10
Episodes 6
Episodes 6
Episodes 6
Episodes 4
Episodes 4
Episodes 4
Episodes 4
Episodes 4
Episodes 4