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The South Bank Show

TV series / 1978

The South Bank Show

Episode directors Ken RussellGeorge Martin

DocumentaryTalk show

★ 5.6/10Audience rating

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 story

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 seasons

Season 1 Season 1 1978 · 24 episodes Season details

Jan. 14, 1978

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Season 2 Season 2 1978 · 24 episodes Season details

Nov. 26, 1978

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Season 3 Season 3 1979 · 19 episodes Season details

Dec. 2, 1979

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Season 4 Season 4 1980 · 26 episodes Season details

Nov. 9, 1980

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Season 5 Season 5 1981 · 27 episodes Season details

Nov. 1, 1981

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Season 6 Season 6 1982 · 26 episodes Season details

Oct. 17, 1982

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Season 7 Season 7 1983 · 22 episodes Season details

Oct. 16, 1983

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Season 8 Season 8 1984 · 24 episodes Season details

Oct. 7, 1984

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Season 9 Season 9 1985 · 24 episodes Season details

Oct. 6, 1985

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Season 10 Season 10 1986 · 23 episodes Season details

Oct. 5, 1986

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Season 11 Season 11 1987 · 24 episodes Season details

Oct. 4, 1987

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Season 12 Season 12 1988 · 24 episodes Season details

Sept. 25, 1988

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Season 13 Season 13 1989 · 25 episodes Season details

Sept. 17, 1989

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Season 14 Season 14 1990 · 23 episodes Season details

Sept. 2, 1990

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Season 15 Season 15 1991 · 25 episodes Season details

Sept. 15, 1991

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Season 16 Season 16 1992 · 25 episodes Season details

Oct. 4, 1992

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Season 17 Season 17 1993 · 25 episodes Season details

Sept. 12, 1993

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Season 18 Season 18 1994 · 22 episodes Season details

Sept. 18, 1994

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Season 19 Season 19 1995 · 20 episodes Season details

Sept. 10, 1995

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Season 20 Season 20 1996 · 20 episodes Season details

Sept. 15, 1996

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Season 21 Season 21 1997 · 22 episodes Season details

Oct. 5, 1997

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Season 22 Season 22 1998 · 16 episodes Season details

Nov. 8, 1998

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Season 23 Season 23 1999 · 21 episodes Season details

Sept. 26, 1999

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Season 24 Season 24 2000 · 24 episodes Season details

Oct. 1, 2000

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Season 25 Season 25 2001 · 19 episodes Season details

Oct. 7, 2001

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Season 26 Season 26 2002 · 25 episodes Season details

Oct. 13, 2002

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Season 27 Season 27 2003 · 13 episodes Season details

Oct. 19, 2003

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Season 28 Season 28 2004 · 23 episodes Season details

Aug. 22, 2004

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Season 29 Season 29 2005 · 13 episodes Season details

Aug. 7, 2005

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Season 30 Season 30 2006 · 11 episodes Season details

Feb. 12, 2006

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Season 31 Season 31 2006 · 30 episodes Season details

Sept. 10, 2006

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Season 32 Season 32 2007 · 8 episodes Season details

Nov. 25, 2007

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Season 33 Season 33 2008 · 6 episodes Season details

May 4, 2008

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Season 34 Season 34 2008 · 6 episodes Season details

Sept. 21, 2008

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Season 35 Season 35 2009 · 9 episodes Season details

Jan. 28, 2009

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Season 36 Season 36 2014 · 10 episodes Season details

May 22, 2014

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Season 37 Season 37 2015 · 10 episodes Season details

June 10, 2015

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Season 38 Season 38 2016 · 6 episodes Season details

June 15, 2016

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Season 39 Season 39 2017 · 6 episodes Season details

July 19, 2017

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Season 40 Season 40 2018 · 6 episodes Season details

Nov. 7, 2018

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Season 41 Season 41 2019 · 4 episodes Season details

May 5, 2019

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Season 42 Season 42 2020 · 4 episodes Season details

Nov. 22, 2020

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Season 43 Season 43 2021 · 4 episodes Season details

June 24, 2021

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Season 44 Season 44 2022 · 4 episodes Season details

July 13, 2022

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Season 45 Season 45 2023 · 4 episodes Season details

Aug. 28, 2023

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Special episodes

Specials 1983 · 4 episodes Season details

Nov. 13, 1983

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Cast

Melvyn BraggSelf - Presenter Ken RussellSelf Peter HallSelf Alan BennettSelf David Hockney Germaine GreerSelf Martin Amis Ian McKellen Andrew Lloyd Webber Alec GuinnessSelf Nick ParkSelf Dennis Potter

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John Williams Ingmar Bergman Anthony Burgess Neil Simon Joseph Heller Billy Connolly Fay Weldon Arthur Miller William Golding Toni Morrison Robert Redford Howard Hodgkin Gore Vidal Elvis Costello Ian McEwan John Osborne David LeanSelf Barry HumphriesSelf James Galway Laurence Olivier Ian HislopSelf Seamus Heaney David Hare Michael Frayn Michael Crawford David Mamet Harold PinterSelf Peter Ackroyd Wayne SleepSelf Anthony Hopkins Lenny Henry Ben Elton Jimi Hendrix Eric SykesSelf Armando IannucciSelf George Michael Kiri Te Kanawa Dudley Moore Alan Ayckbourn Wynton Marsalis Maxine Peake Victoria Wood Bill Bryson Willie Nelson Malcolm Arnold Margot Fonteyn Damien Hirst Paul McCartneySelf Fernando MeirellesSelf Robert AltmanSelf Gene HackmanSelf Annie LennoxSelf Helen WorthSelf Robbie ColtraneSelf Steven SpielbergSelf Ian La FrenaisSelf Stephen ManganSelf Emma KirkbySelf P. D. JamesSelf Billie Jean KingSelf Terry GilliamSelf Trevor NunnSelf Patrick MarberSelf Camille PagliaSelf Richard IngramsSelf Bob MortimerSelf Matt LucasSelf Rebecca FrontSelf

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