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 4)
Arthur Miller (Episode 1)
Air date: 1980-11-09
Runtime: 60 min
William Golding (Episode 2)
Air date: 1980-11-16
Runtime: 60 min
Akira Kurosawa (Episode 3)
Air date: 1980-11-23
Runtime: 60 min
Stravinsky's The Firebird (Episode 4)
Air date: 1980-11-30
Runtime: 60 min
No Need to Lie (Episode 5)
Air date: 1980-12-07
Runtime: 60 min
The Passion (National Theatre's updating of medieval plays) (Episode 6)
Air date: 1980-12-14
Runtime: 60 min
Toni Morrison (Episode 7)
Air date: 1981-01-18
Runtime: 60 min
The Trespasser (film) (Episode 8)
Air date: 1981-01-25
Runtime: 60 min
Don Juan in Hell (Episode 9)
Air date: 1981-02-08
Runtime: 60 min
poetry workshop (Episode 10)
Air date: 1981-02-15
Runtime: 60 min
Martin Scorsese (Episode 11)
Air date: 1981-02-22
Runtime: 60 min
Elizabeth Taylor / John Hubbard (Episode 12)
Air date: 1981-03-01
Runtime: 60 min
Bob Fosse (Episode 13)
Air date: 1981-03-08
Runtime: 60 min
Robert Redford / Martin Amis (Episode 14)
Air date: 1981-03-15
Runtime: 60 min
Verity Bargate / Howard Hodgkin (Episode 15)
Air date: 1981-03-29
Runtime: 60 min
At the Haunted End of the Day: the Life of Sir William Walton (Episode 16)
Air date: 1981-04-19
Runtime: 60 min
Gore Vidal (Episode 17)
Air date: 1981-04-26
Runtime: 60 min
The Roots of the Tree (Ermanno Olmi) (Episode 18)
Air date: 1981-05-03
Runtime: 60 min
Colin Welland (Episode 19)
Air date: 1981-05-10
Runtime: 60 min
Christopher Logue / Phillip King (Episode 20)
Air date: 1981-05-17
Runtime: 60 min
Lulu's Last Act (Berg opera) (Episode 21)
Air date: 1981-05-24
Runtime: 60 min
Dame Ninette De Valois / David Hockney on Picasso (Episode 22)
Air date: 1981-05-31
Runtime: 60 min
Clive James / Craig Raine (Episode 23)
Air date: 1981-06-07
Runtime: 60 min
Soviet Art (Episode 24)
Air date: 1981-06-14
Runtime: 60 min
Rhythm and Blues (The Blues Band, Dr. Feelgood, Nine Below Zero, Paul Jones) (Episode 25)
Air date: 1981-06-21
Runtime: 60 min
Music for a City: Venice (Episode 26)
Air date: 1981-06-28
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