Sir Alec Guinness

Peter Ackroyd's Hawksmoor

Ian McKellen, Diary of a Year

Theatre of Comedy workshop

Pete Townshend: After the Fire

Sir Stephen Spender

Marguerite Duras

Karole Armitage

Peter Shaffer

John Cleese

Vladimir Ashkenazy

Paul Schrader

Purcell's Dido and Aenaes

Patrick Heron

Blue Note Records

Michala Petri

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

Absolute Beginners (film)

Arthur Boyd

Hal Prince: Rethinking the Musical

British Soap Operas

Hull Truck Theatre Company

Velvet Underground

Al Jolson

Season 9

Tim Minchin

Documentary

The South Bank Show

ITV1

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

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Season 11

Season 12

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Season 16

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Season 18

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Season 21

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Season 25

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Season 27

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Season 31

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Season 34

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Season 37

Season 38

Season 39

Specials

The South Bank Show is a television arts magazine show that was 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.