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.
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24 episodes • 1978
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul McCartney/surrealist exhibition | Jan 14, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Paganini Superstar | Jan 21, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Roy Minton | Jan 28, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 4 | David Hockney | Feb 4, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Dennis Potter | Feb 11, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 6 | John Peel/Jane Glover | Feb 18, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Arabian Days (Edna O'Brien)/Quentin Crisp | Feb 25, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Jacques Loussier | Mar 4, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Ken Dodd | Mar 11, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Georges Simenon | Mar 18, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Horowitz at the White House | Mar 25, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Carl Perkins/Morgan horses | Apr 1, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Carry On with Paul Morissey (Carry On ... films) | Apr 8, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Search for Shaw | Apr 15, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Harold Pinter | Apr 22, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Satyajit Ray/John Williams/Ralph McTell | Apr 30, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Portrait of a Conductor: Herbert Von Karajan | May 6, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Freddie Young | May 13, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Frank Auerbach | May 20, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Mayerling Ballet | Jun 17, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 21 | John Osborne on Wardle's book on Devine/Pearl (radio play) | Jul 1, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Ingmar Bergman at 60 | Jul 8, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Hullabaloo over George and Bonnie's Pictures (1) | Jul 15, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Hullabaloo over George and Bonnie's Pictures (2) | Jul 22, 1978 | 0.0 |
24 episodes • 1978
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Stoppard | Nov 26, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Grace Under Pressure (Anthony Burgess on Hemingway) | Dec 3, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Woody Allen | Dec 10, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Anatomy of an Opera: Jonathan Miller's Figaro | Dec 17, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Rhythm of Resistance (South African music) | Jan 14, 1979 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Harmony of the Spheres (Neil Ardley) | Jan 21, 1979 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Circus Clowns/Schubert recital by Richter | Jan 28, 1979 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Royal Shakespeare Company on tour | Feb 4, 1979 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Brimstone & Treacle (Dennis Potter) / John McLaughlin, a Musical Journey | Feb 11, 1979 | 0.0 |
| 10 | The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith / Edward Gorey / Gunter Grass | Feb 18, 1979 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Michael Cimino / Alan Bennett, Stephen Frears | Feb 25, 1979 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Gordon Williams, Alan Sharp, Eddie Boyd | Mar 4, 1979 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Derek Boshier / Ingrid Bergman, Ingmar Bergman | Mar 11, 1979 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Neil Simon | Mar 18, 1979 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Beryl Cook / Cloud Nine rehearsals | Mar 25, 1979 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Graham Sutherland | Apr 1, 1979 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Darryl Way / Howard Brenton | Apr 22, 1979 | 0.0 |
| 18 | The Europeans (film) / Joseph Heller | Apr 29, 1979 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Asian Arts festival | May 6, 1979 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Billy Connolly | May 13, 1979 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Jessye Norman | May 20, 1979 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Rough Trade (record label) / Allen Jones | May 27, 1979 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Scum (film) / Keith Jarrett | Jun 17, 1979 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Michael Tippett (90 min.) | Jun 24, 1979 | 0.0 |
19 episodes • 1979
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Francis Ford Coppola | Dec 2, 1979 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Royal Shakespeare Company masterclass (1) | Dec 9, 1979 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Royal Shakespeare Company masterclass (2) | Dec 16, 1979 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Talking Heads | Dec 23, 1979 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Love and the Ice-Cream Vendor | Feb 17, 1980 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Fay Weldon / Richard Hogart on Northern Ireland in drama | Feb 24, 1980 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Merce Cunningham | Mar 2, 1980 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Elegies for the Deaths of Three Spanish Poets | Mar 9, 1980 | 0.0 |
| 9 | A Time There was ... (Benjamin Britten) | Apr 6, 1980 | 0.0 |
| 10 | The Greene Adaptations (Graham Greene films) | Apr 13, 1980 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Salsa (Puerto Rican music) | Apr 27, 1980 | 0.0 |
| 12 | The Worlds of Edward Bond | May 4, 1980 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Yehudi Menuhin and Stephane Grappelli / Kinglsey Amis | May 11, 1980 | 0.0 |
| 14 | new British rock films / The Tin Drum (film) | May 18, 1980 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Roman Polanski | May 25, 1980 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Tom Wolfe | Jun 1, 1980 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Andrew Wyeth | Jun 8, 1980 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Angus Wilson | Jun 29, 1980 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Jane Austen (film) | Jul 6, 1980 | 0.0 |
26 episodes • 1980
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arthur Miller | Nov 9, 1980 | 0.0 |
| 2 | William Golding | Nov 16, 1980 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Akira Kurosawa | Nov 23, 1980 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Stravinsky's The Firebird | Nov 30, 1980 | 0.0 |
| 5 | No Need to Lie | Dec 7, 1980 | 0.0 |
| 6 | The Passion (National Theatre's updating of medieval plays) | Dec 14, 1980 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Toni Morrison | Jan 18, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 8 | The Trespasser (film) | Jan 25, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Don Juan in Hell | Feb 8, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 10 | poetry workshop | Feb 15, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Martin Scorsese | Feb 22, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Elizabeth Taylor / John Hubbard | Mar 1, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Bob Fosse | Mar 8, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Robert Redford / Martin Amis | Mar 15, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Verity Bargate / Howard Hodgkin | Mar 29, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 16 | At the Haunted End of the Day: the Life of Sir William Walton | Apr 19, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Gore Vidal | Apr 26, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 18 | The Roots of the Tree (Ermanno Olmi) | May 3, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Colin Welland | May 10, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Christopher Logue / Phillip King | May 17, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Lulu's Last Act (Berg opera) | May 24, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Dame Ninette De Valois / David Hockney on Picasso | May 31, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Clive James / Craig Raine | Jun 7, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Soviet Art | Jun 14, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Rhythm and Blues (The Blues Band, Dr. Feelgood, Nine Below Zero, Paul Jones) | Jun 21, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Music for a City: Venice | Jun 28, 1981 | 0.0 |
27 episodes • 1981
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The French Lieutenant's Woman | Nov 1, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Elvis Costello | Nov 8, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Old Glory: the Journey and the Book | Nov 15, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Ian McKellan / Ian McEwan | Nov 22, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Brian Moore / Patrick Caulfield | Nov 29, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 6 | A Talent to Vex: John Osborne | Dec 6, 1981 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Mama Lu Parks | Jan 17, 1982 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Bernard D'Ascoli / Theatre of the 8th Day | Jan 24, 1982 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Milos Forman | Jan 31, 1982 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Germaine Greer | Feb 7, 1982 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Pauline Kael / George Steiner's The Portage to San Cristobal of AH | Feb 14, 1982 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller | Feb 21, 1982 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Blacck Theatre Cooperative / Laurie Anderson | Feb 28, 1982 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Guys and Dolls (at the National Theatre) | Mar 7, 1982 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Richard Alston's Bellezza Flash | Mar 14, 1982 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Peter Maxwell-Davies | Mar 21, 1982 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Saul Bellow | Mar 28, 1982 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Indian wallpainting | Apr 4, 1982 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Stravinski (1) | Apr 9, 1982 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Stravinski (2) | Apr 10, 1982 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Julian Lloyd-Webber | Apr 18, 1982 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Miles Davis / Robert Nye | Apr 25, 1982 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Caught in the Act (Pillar to Post at Wormwood Scrubs) | May 2, 1982 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Joseph Papp / James Galway | May 9, 1982 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Werner Herzog | May 16, 1982 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Why Don't I Love Opera Anymore (by Stephen Oliver) | May 23, 1982 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Phillip Larkin | May 30, 1982 | 0.0 |
26 episodes • 1982
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laurence Olivier, a Life (1) | Oct 17, 1982 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Laurence Olivier, a Life (2) | Oct 24, 1982 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Peter Gabriel | Oct 31, 1982 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Bruce Chatwin | Nov 7, 1982 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Patricia Highsmith | Nov 14, 1982 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Steven Spielberg | Nov 21, 1982 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Gospel at Colonus | Nov 28, 1982 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Simone De Beauvoir | Jan 9, 1983 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Barry Flannigan / Seamus Heaney | Jan 23, 1983 | 0.0 |
| 10 | David Hare | Jan 30, 1983 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Agnes De Mille | Feb 6, 1983 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Handel's Semele (by the Royal Opera House) | Feb 13, 1983 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Sam Fuller | Feb 20, 1983 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Local Hero (film) | Feb 27, 1983 | 0.0 |
| 15 | R.K. Narayan | Mar 13, 1983 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Ivo Pogorelich | Mar 20, 1983 | 0.0 |
| 17 | John Le Carré | Mar 27, 1983 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Choirs and Places Where They Sing | Apr 3, 1983 | 0.0 |
| 19 | William Trevor | Apr 24, 1983 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Gene Hackman | May 1, 1983 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Keith Waterhouse | May 8, 1983 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Robert Lowell / Benjamin Britten's Quartettino | May 15, 1983 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Cowboy Art | May 22, 1983 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Jiri Kylian | May 29, 1983 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Producing Don Giovanni | Jun 5, 1983 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Ken Russell's View of The Planets | Jun 12, 1983 | 0.0 |
22 episodes • 1983
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Piper's Way | Oct 16, 1983 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Yuri Lyubimov | Oct 23, 1983 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Jack Lemmon | Nov 6, 1983 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Catherine Cookson | Nov 20, 1983 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Lillian Gish/Glen Baxter | Nov 27, 1983 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Alberto Moravia | Dec 4, 1983 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Ian Hamilton Finlay/Lord Gowrie | Dec 11, 1983 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Barry Tuckwell: Master of the Horn | Feb 19, 1984 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Trevor Griffiths | Feb 26, 1984 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Weather Report | Mar 11, 1984 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Claudio Arrau | Mar 18, 1984 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Kathy Acker | Apr 1, 1984 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Ralph Vaughan Williams | Apr 8, 1984 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Sir Ernst Gombrich | Apr 15, 1984 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Michael Frayn | Apr 29, 1984 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Ed McBain | May 6, 1984 | 0.0 |
| 18 | David Bintley: New Ballet at Sadler's Wells | May 13, 1984 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Stephen Sondheim | May 20, 1984 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Elisabeth Vellacott / DeCocoa, Hot Chocolate | May 27, 1984 | 0.0 |
| 21 | adaptation of Ivy Compton Burnett's Elders and Betters | Jun 3, 1984 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Kipling (one-man play with Alec McGowen) | Jun 10, 1984 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Anthony Caro | Jun 24, 1984 | 0.0 |
24 episodes • 1984
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alan Bennett | Oct 7, 1984 | 0.0 |
| 2 | McCartney's Broad Street | Oct 14, 1984 | 0.0 |
| 3 | The Forming of the Phoenix (Phoenix Dance Company) | Oct 21, 1984 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Paolo and Vittorio Taviani | Oct 28, 1984 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Norman Nicholson | Nov 4, 1984 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Joseph Heller | Nov 11, 1984 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Mstislav Rostropovich | Nov 18, 1984 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Max Wall | Nov 25, 1984 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Alan Bleasdale | Jan 13, 1985 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Anthony Burgess on D.H. Lawrence | Jan 20, 1985 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex | Feb 3, 1985 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Marc Chagall | Feb 10, 1985 | 0.0 |
| 15 | David Lean: a Life in Film | Feb 17, 1985 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Simon Rattle / finale of Messiaen's Turangalila Symphony | Feb 24, 1985 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Little Richard | Mar 3, 1985 | 0.0 |
| 18 | George Malcolm on Scarlatti | Mar 10, 1985 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Silent Partners: Second Stride Dance Company | Mar 17, 1985 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Michael Crawford/Billy Bragg | Mar 31, 1985 | 0.0 |
| 21 | David Mamet | Mar 24, 1985 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Olivier Messiaen: The Music of Faith | Apr 5, 1985 | 0.0 |
| 23 | The Cotton Club (night club) | May 26, 1985 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Prez (jazz opera about Lester Young) | Jun 2, 1985 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Francis Bacon | Jun 9, 1985 | 0.0 |
| 26 | George Steiner on Vienna at the turn of the century | Jun 16, 1985 | 0.0 |
24 episodes • 1985
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sir Alec Guinness | Oct 6, 1985 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Peter Ackroyd's Hawksmoor | Oct 13, 1985 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Ian McKellen, Diary of a Year | Oct 20, 1985 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Theatre of Comedy workshop | Oct 27, 1985 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Pete Townshend: After the Fire | Nov 3, 1985 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Sir Stephen Spender | Nov 10, 1985 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Marguerite Duras | Nov 17, 1985 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Karole Armitage | Nov 24, 1985 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Peter Shaffer | Dec 1, 1985 | 0.0 |
| 10 | John Cleese | Jan 12, 1986 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Vladimir Ashkenazy | Jan 19, 1986 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Paul Schrader | Jan 26, 1986 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Purcell's Dido and Aenaes | Feb 2, 1986 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Patrick Heron | Feb 9, 1986 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Blue Note Records | Feb 16, 1986 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Michala Petri | Feb 23, 1986 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Elisabeth Schwarzkopf | Mar 2, 1986 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Absolute Beginners (film) | Mar 9, 1986 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Arthur Boyd | Mar 23, 1986 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Hal Prince: Rethinking the Musical | Apr 6, 1986 | 0.0 |
| 21 | British Soap Operas | Apr 13, 1986 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Hull Truck Theatre Company | Apr 20, 1986 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Velvet Underground | Apr 27, 1986 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Al Jolson | May 4, 1986 | 0.0 |
23 episodes • 1986
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Mortimer | Oct 5, 1986 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Michael Powell | Oct 26, 1986 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Truman Capote | Nov 2, 1986 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Fay Godwin | Nov 9, 1986 | 0.0 |
| 7 | The Andrew Lloyd-Webber Story | Nov 15, 1986 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Agatha Christie, How Did She Do It? | Nov 23, 1986 | 0.0 |
| 9 | The Dream is Over (Christopher Bruce ballet on John Lennon) | Nov 30, 1986 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Arts Review '86 | Dec 14, 1986 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Anthony Hopkins / David Hare | Jan 11, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Philip Glass | Jan 18, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Alvin Ailey Dance Theater | Jan 25, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Anthony Green: RA, a Love Story | Feb 1, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 15 | birth of Frankenstein and Dracula | Feb 8, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Thomas Allen | Feb 15, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 17 | The Wooster Group | Feb 22, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 18 | The London Underground in art | Mar 1, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Barbara Dickson | Mar 15, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Penguin Cafe Orchestra | Mar 22, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Turner at the Tate | Mar 29, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 23 | George V. Higgins | Apr 5, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Peter York lecture | Apr 12, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 25 | The Aida File: The Making of the Opera (1) | Apr 18, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 26 | The Aida File: Aida Performance (2) | Apr 19, 1987 | 0.0 |
24 episodes • 1987
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maria Callas | Oct 4, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Toni Morrison | Oct 11, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 3 | The Smiths | Oct 18, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Andy Warhol | Oct 25, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Frank Rich / Suzanne Vega | Nov 1, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Sir Terence Conran | Nov 8, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Gore Vidal | Nov 15, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 8 | African music / Russian theatre | Nov 22, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Sir George Solti | Nov 29, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Eric Clapton | Dec 6, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Arts Review '87 | Dec 20, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 12 | The Last Emperor (1988 film) | Jan 17, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Australian Aboriginies | Jan 24, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Boogie Woogie Music | Jan 31, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 15 | The Golden Age of Television | Feb 14, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 16 | George Barker | Feb 21, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Jackson Pollack | Feb 28, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Lenny Henry | Mar 6, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Peter Dickinson | Mar 13, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 20 | A Day on The Grand Canal with the Emperor of China | Mar 20, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Nicuragua: Poets as Politicans | Mar 27, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Ken Russell's ABC of British Music | Apr 2, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Doris Lessing | Apr 17, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Sir Peter Hall's last National Theatre production | Apr 24, 1988 | 0.0 |
24 episodes • 1988
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Art of Walt Disney | Sep 25, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Bernard Shaw | Oct 2, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Under Milk Wood | Oct 9, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Toulouse-Lautrec | Oct 16, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 5 | David Puttnam | Oct 23, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 6 | David Hockney | Oct 30, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Two Women in Three Dimensions (Wendy Taylor, Nicola Hicks) | Nov 13, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Bristol WWII bombing raids reenactment | Nov 20, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Raymond Chandler | Nov 27, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Neil Jordan | Dec 4, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 11 | John Houseman | Dec 11, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 12 | David Bailey | Dec 18, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Derek Walcott | Jan 15, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Patrick Leigh Fermor | Jan 22, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 15 | National Training Orchestra | Jan 29, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Christopher Hampton | Feb 5, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Istvan Szabo | Feb 12, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Robert Redford | Feb 19, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Tony Palmer on the concerto | Feb 26, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Ben Elton | Mar 5, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 21 | John Burnett | Mar 10, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Put Blood in the Music (New York avant garde music) | Mar 12, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 23 | John Ogdon | Mar 19, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Sir William Golding | Mar 24, 1989 | 0.0 |
25 episodes • 1989
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martin Amis | Sep 17, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Dustin Hoffman, Sir Peter Hall | Sep 24, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Jimi Hendrix | Oct 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Tom Keneally in Eritrea | Oct 8, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Ken Russell | Oct 15, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Steven Berkoff | Oct 22, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Gabriel Garcia Marquez | Oct 29, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Fitzrovia | Nov 12, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Dame Edna Everage | Nov 19, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Evelyn Glennie | Nov 26, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Peter Brook | Dec 3, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Arts Review '89 | Dec 29, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Boris Pasternak | Jan 7, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Sir David Lean, Robert Bolt | Jan 21, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Christopher Hogwood | Jan 28, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Chinua Achebe | Feb 4, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Hans Werner Henze | Feb 11, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Jock Tamson's Bairns (Gerry Mulgrew, Liz Lochhead) | Feb 18, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Yuri Bashmet | Mar 4, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 20 | DV8 Physical Theatre | Mar 11, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Mark Morris: the Hidden Soul of Harmony | Mar 25, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Carl Davis, Temba | Apr 1, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Vivienne Westwood | Apr 8, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Hindemith | Apr 15, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Robert Altman | Apr 22, 1990 | 0.0 |
23 episodes • 1990
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Michael | Sep 2, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Peter Ackroyd on Dickens | Sep 9, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Spike Lee | Sep 23, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Salman Rushdie | Sep 30, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Roy Lichtenstein | Oct 7, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Ken Russell on Anton Bruckner | Oct 14, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Clear Cool Crystal Streams (Irish rock music) | Oct 21, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 8 | John Updike | Oct 28, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 9 | East German writers | Nov 4, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Alan Parker | Nov 25, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Cameron Mackintosh | Dec 2, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Spitting Image | Dec 9, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 13 | The Talis Scholars | Dec 30, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Stan Laurel | Jan 6, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 15 | August Wilson | Jan 13, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Oscar Marzaroli | Jan 20, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Anne-Sophie Mutter | Jan 27, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Bonfire of the Vanities (1991 film) | Feb 3, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Willard White | Feb 10, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 20 | The Five Blind Boys of Alabama / R.S. Thomas | Feb 17, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Steve Martin | Feb 24, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Rudolph Nureyev | Mar 3, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Kiri Te Kanawa | Mar 29, 1991 | 0.0 |
25 episodes • 1991
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Private Eye | Sep 15, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 2 | David Lodge | Sep 29, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Terry Gilliam | Oct 6, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Neil Simon | Oct 13, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Heinrich Schiff | Oct 20, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Seamus Heaney | Oct 27, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 7 | John Osborne | Nov 3, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Dame Britain (Vera Lynn) | Nov 10, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Arthur Miller | Nov 17, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Jose Carreras, a Life Story | Nov 24, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Dame Kiri Te Kanawa | Dec 22, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Arts Review '91 | Dec 29, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Douglas Adams | Jan 5, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Lenny Henry Hunts the Funk | Jan 12, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Hakan Hardenberger | Jan 19, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Cecilia Bartoli | Nov 28, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Les Murray | Feb 2, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Colin Thubron | Feb 9, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Pet Shop Boys | Feb 16, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Paula Rego | Feb 23, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Noel Coward | Mar 1, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Anthony Hopkins | Mar 29, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Terence Davis | Apr 5, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Making Naked Lunch | Apr 12, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 25 | The Making of Sgt. Pepper | TBA | 0.0 |
25 episodes • 1992
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Billy Connolly | Oct 4, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Alice Walker | Oct 11, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Peter O'Toole | Oct 18, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Two Royal Ballet Dancers (Darcey Bussell, Viviana Durante) | Oct 25, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Robert Zemeckis | Nov 1, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 6 | George Formby | Nov 8, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Sir Richard Attenborough | Nov 15, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 8 | The Secret Life of Sir Arnold Bax | Dec 6, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 9 | The World of Jeff Koons | Dec 13, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Jimi Hendrix | Dec 20, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Dracula | Jan 24, 1993 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Monserrat Caballe | Jan 31, 1993 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Annie Leibowitz | Feb 7, 1993 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Guggenheim Museum | Feb 14, 1993 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Dmitri and Sasha Sitkovetsky | Feb 21, 1993 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Jean Genet | Feb 28, 1993 | 0.0 |
| 17 | I, Berlioz | Mar 7, 1993 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Richard Price | Mar 14, 1993 | 0.0 |
| 19 | John Banville | Mar 21, 1993 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Henryk Gorecki's 3rd symphony | Apr 4, 1993 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Dudley Moore | Jun 13, 1993 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Frink, 1930-1993 (Dame Elisabeth Frink) | Jun 20, 1993 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Benny Goodman, the King of Swing | Jul 4, 1993 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Paul Simon | Aug 15, 1993 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Norman Wisdom | Aug 22, 1993 | 0.0 |
25 episodes • 1993
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sydney Pollack | Sep 12, 1993 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Willy Russell | Sep 19, 1993 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Ken Loach | Oct 3, 1993 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Margaret Atwood | Oct 10, 1993 | 0.0 |
| 5 | John Lee Hooker | Oct 17, 1993 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Stevie Wonder | Oct 24, 1993 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Sylvie Guillem | Oct 31, 1993 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Tim Rice | Nov 7, 1993 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Lynda La Plante | Nov 14, 1993 | 0.0 |
| 10 | John Williams | Nov 21, 1993 | 0.0 |
| 11 | John Lloyd's A-Z of Comedy (1) | Nov 28, 1993 | 0.0 |
| 12 | John Lloyd's A-Z of Comedy (2) | Dec 5, 1993 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Cliff Richard | Dec 24, 1993 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Bheki Mseleku | Jan 23, 1994 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Darker Than Me | Feb 6, 1994 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Jean-Claude Carriere | Feb 13, 1994 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Danny Kaye: Nobody's Fool | Feb 20, 1994 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Looking for the Perfect Beat: Rap | Feb 27, 1994 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Larry Adler Plays Gershwin | Mar 6, 1994 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Kiri's 50th Birthday Concert | Mar 13, 1994 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Clive Barker | Apr 10, 1994 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Dawn French | Apr 17, 1994 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Christian Boltanski | May 15, 1994 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Eric Newby | May 22, 1994 | 0.0 |
| 25 | John Steinbeck | May 29, 1994 | 0.0 |
22 episodes • 1994
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenneth Williams | Sep 18, 1994 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Marilyn Horne | Sep 25, 1994 | 0.0 |
| 3 | New Generation Poets | Oct 2, 1994 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Vanessa Redgrave | Oct 9, 1994 | 0.0 |
| 5 | David Mamet | Oct 16, 1994 | 0.0 |
| 6 | The Shearing Touch (George Shearing) | Oct 23, 1994 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Alan Ayckbourn | Oct 30, 1994 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Frankenstein | Nov 6, 1994 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Thora Hird | Nov 13, 1994 | 0.0 |
| 10 | The Glory of Gershwin | Nov 20, 1994 | 0.0 |
| 11 | P.J. O'Rourke | Nov 27, 1994 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Lionel Bart | Dec 11, 1994 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Carl Orff | Jan 29, 1995 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Classic Widows | Feb 5, 1995 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Jonathan Miller | Feb 12, 1995 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Flags of the Fante Coast | Feb 19, 1995 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Catherine Bailey, the Lady is a Tramp / Roger Ballen | Feb 26, 1995 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Edward Albee | Mar 5, 1995 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Jodie Foster | Mar 12, 1995 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Martin Amis | Mar 19, 1995 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Country Music | Apr 2, 1995 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Miriam Makeba | Apr 9, 1995 | 0.0 |
20 episodes • 1995
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clint Eastwwod | Sep 10, 1995 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Ackroyd's Blake | Sep 17, 1995 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Tom Sharpe | Sep 24, 1995 | 0.0 |
| 4 | kd lang | Oct 1, 1995 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Pavarotti at 60 | Oct 8, 1995 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Jimmy Nail | Oct 15, 1995 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Dame Judi Dench | Oct 29, 1995 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Coronation Street | Nov 5, 1995 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Dame Barbara Cartland | Nov 12, 1995 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Jonathan Raban: Badlands / Wynton Marsalis | Nov 19, 1995 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Elaine Page Special | Apr 7, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Sting | Apr 14, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Albert Finney | Apr 28, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Marlene Dietrich | May 5, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 15 | John Eliot Gardiner | May 12, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Vermeer: Light, Love and Silence | May 19, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Claes Oldenburg | May 26, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Baaba Maal | Jun 2, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Maxine Peake / Wynton Marsalis in New Orleans | Jul 21, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Alan Ayckbourn Workshop | Jul 28, 1996 | 0.0 |
20 episodes • 1996
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Victoria Wood | Sep 15, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Sir John Mills | Sep 22, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Michael Crawford | Sep 29, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Norman Mailer on Picasso | Oct 6, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Chanson | Oct 13, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Michael Collins | Oct 27, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Bryn Terfel | Nov 3, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Howard Hodgkin | Nov 10, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Jimmy McGovern | Nov 17, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid | Jan 5, 1997 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Maggi Hambling | Jan 12, 1997 | 0.0 |
| 13 | The US and Us (1) | Jan 26, 1997 | 0.0 |
| 14 | The US and Us (2) | Feb 2, 1997 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Gilbert and George (1) | Feb 9, 1997 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Gilbert and George (2) | Feb 16, 1997 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Valery Gergiev | Feb 23, 1997 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Paganini | May 4, 1997 | 0.0 |
| 19 | David Helfgott | Jun 22, 1997 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Paul Auster | Jul 6, 1997 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Young Directors (Preya Lal, Alexander Kelly, Franca Cereghini, Chris Dooks) | Jul 20, 1997 | 0.0 |
22 episodes • 1997
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scarfe on Hercules | Oct 5, 1997 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Michael Flatley: Lord of the Dance | Oct 26, 1997 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Kay Mellor | Nov 2, 1997 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Björk | Nov 9, 1997 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Iain Banks | Nov 16, 1997 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Matthew Bourne's Adventures in Motion Pictures | Nov 23, 1997 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Steven Bochco | Nov 30, 1997 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Simon Raven | Dec 14, 1997 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Franco Zeffirelli | Dec 21, 1997 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Saul Zaentz | Jan 11, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Gillian Wearing / Gary Hume | Jan 18, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Marks and Gran | Feb 1, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Hail Bop: a Portrait of John Adams | Feb 8, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Nigel Kennedy | Feb 15, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Gary Oldman | Mar 15, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Body Art | Apr 5, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 17 | John Tavener | Apr 12, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 18 | The Bee Gees | Jun 7, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Will Self | Jul 5, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Afro-Cuban Allstars | Jul 19, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 21 | This is Not an Exit: the Fictional World of Bret Easton Ellis | Aug 23, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Wayne Sleep | Aug 30, 1998 | 0.0 |
16 episodes • 1998
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ossie Clarke (1) | Nov 8, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Ossie Clarke (2) | Nov 15, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Lesley Garrett | Nov 22, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Harold Pinter | Nov 29, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Maxine Peake/Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo | Dec 6, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Walter Mosley | Dec 13, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Petula Clark | Dec 20, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Warren Beatty | Dec 30, 1998 | 0.0 |
| 9 | John Tomlinson | Jan 10, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Javier du Frutos | Jan 31, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 11 | UB40 | Feb 7, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Anish Kapoor | Feb 21, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 13 | New South African Artists | Feb 28, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Lucy Gannon | Mar 14, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Tony Harrison | Mar 28, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Dolly Parton | Apr 9, 1999 | 0.0 |
21 episodes • 1999
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Merton | Sep 26, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Frank McCourt | Oct 3, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Howard Jacobson | Oct 10, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Jose Cura | Oct 17, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 5 | James Galway | Oct 24, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 6 | The Lion King (stage play based on the film) | Oct 31, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Joan Collins | Nov 14, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Blur | Nov 21, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Yoko Ono | Dec 5, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Cher | Dec 11, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Countertenors | Dec 19, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Bing Crosby | Dec 26, 1999 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Shakespeare | Jan 23, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Millennium Dome | Feb 7, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Sam Mendes | Feb 14, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Michael Douglas | Feb 21, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Chuck Close | Mar 5, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Emir Kusturica | Mar 12, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Amis on Amis | Jun 18, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 20 | (composing classical music) (1) | Jun 25, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Simon Holt's Sunrise, Yellow Noise (2) | Jul 2, 2000 | 0.0 |
24 episodes • 2000
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrew Lloyd Webber, Ben Elton | Oct 1, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Santana | Oct 8, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Joyce [Carol Oates] on Marilyn [Monroe] | Oct 15, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Mark Morris Dance Group | Oct 29, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 6 | George MacDonald Fraser | Nov 12, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Courtney Pine | Nov 19, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Ron Howard | Nov 26, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Dame Gillian Weir | Dec 3, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 10 | [Marlene] Dumas and [Jemima] Stehli | Dec 10, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Mark Quinn | Dec 17, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Tom Jones | Dec 24, 2000 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Ken Russell | Feb 11, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Shirin Neshat | Feb 18, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Russell Watson | Feb 25, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Amos Oz | Mar 4, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Greta Garbo | Mar 11, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Elvis Costello with Annie Sofie von Otter | Mar 18, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Bill Bryson | Mar 25, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Ian Rankin | Jul 1, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Ian Bostridge | Jul 8, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Edmund White | Jul 22, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Steve Coogan | Aug 5, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Ravi Shankar | Aug 12, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Tracey Emin | Aug 19, 2001 | 0.0 |
19 episodes • 2001
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | High and Low Culture in the Age of Television | Oct 7, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 2 | (highlights) | Oct 14, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Rachel Whiteread | Oct 28, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Norman Foster | Nov 11, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Dr. John | Nov 18, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings | Dec 16, 2001 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Ladies and Gentlemen, Miss Renée Fleming | TBA | 0.0 |
| 8 | The Sopranos | Feb 10, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Leif Ove Andsnes | Feb 24, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Why the Novel Matters | Mar 17, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Meera Syal | Mar 24, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Johnnie Ray | Mar 31, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Mario Vargas Llosa | Apr 21, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Fay Weldon | May 5, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 15 | R.E.M. | May 9, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Neil LaBute | Jun 23, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Cinema of Fire (Iranian cinema) | Jun 30, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Moby | Jul 7, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Bernie Taupin | Aug 4, 2002 | 0.0 |
25 episodes • 2002
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Leigh | Oct 13, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Akram Khan | Oct 20, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Graham Vick: Beethoven in the Big Top | Oct 27, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Craig David | Nov 10, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Andrew Davies | Nov 17, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Joan Rivers | Nov 24, 2002 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Willie Nelson | Jan 12, 2003 | 0.0 |
| 8 | James MacMillan | Jan 5, 2003 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Irek Mukhamedov | Jan 19, 2003 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Gerhard Richter | Feb 2, 2003 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Hanif Kureishi | Feb 9, 2003 | 0.0 |
| 12 | How to Get Rich: Felix Dennis | Feb 16, 2003 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Philip Pullman | Mar 9, 2003 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Caryl Phillips | Apr 13, 2003 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Conor McPherson | May 18, 2003 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Herbie Hancock | Jun 29, 2003 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Caetano Veloso | Jul 6, 2003 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Ang Lee | Jul 13, 2003 | 0.0 |
| 19 | The Real George Orwell | Jul 27, 2003 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Juan Diego Florez | Aug 3, 2003 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Nick Cave | Aug 10, 2003 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Albert Camus | Aug 31, 2003 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Robert Harris Takes on Rome | Sep 7, 2003 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Andrew Lloyd Webber, the Full Picture | Sep 19, 2003 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Ewan McGregor | Sep 21, 2003 | 0.0 |
13 episodes • 2003
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germaine Greer | Oct 19, 2003 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra | Dec 7, 2003 | 0.0 |
| 3 | TV Stories (1) | Feb 1, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 4 | TV Stories (2) | Feb 8, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Jamie Cullum | Feb 22, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 6 | The Wilson Twins | Mar 7, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 7 | John Lennon's Jukebox | Mar 14, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Jack Vettriano | Mar 21, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 9 | The Dance Theatre of Harlem | Apr 4, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Jeanette Winterson | May 2, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Johnny Hallyday | May 9, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Othello | May 16, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Ian McKellen | Jun 29, 2004 | 0.0 |
23 episodes • 2004
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Street Music Stories | Aug 22, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Ronnie Wood | Sep 5, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Willie Nelson | Sep 19, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Malcolm Arnold (1) | Sep 26, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Malcolm Arnold (2) | Oct 3, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Robert Frank | Oct 17, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Michael Frayn | Nov 14, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 8 | The Darkness | Nov 21, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Iggy Pop | Dec 5, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Ruth Rendell | Dec 12, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Howard Goodall | Dec 19, 2004 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Pete 'n' Dud, The Lost Shows | Jan 1, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Ian McEwan | Feb 20, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Going Sane | Mar 6, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Khaled and Rachid | Mar 13, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Alina Cojocaru, Johan Kobborg | Mar 27, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 17 | The Garden of Cosmic Speculation | Apr 3, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 18 | John Boorman | Apr 10, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Red Priest | Apr 24, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 20 | National Theatre's production of Henry IV | May 1, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 21 | The Secret Art of War | May 8, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Paul Abbott | May 15, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Eric Sykes | Sep 18, 2005 | 0.0 |
13 episodes • 2005
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Margot Fonteyn (1) | Aug 7, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Margot Fonteyn (2) | Aug 14, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Sophie Calle | Aug 21, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Karl Jenkins | Sep 11, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Eric Sykes | Sep 18, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Maxim Vengerov | Oct 2, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Alan Bennett | Oct 9, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Pablo Trapero, Lucrecia Martel, Daniel Burman | Oct 16, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 9 | The Life and Times of Tristram Shandy (film) | Oct 23, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Peter Hall (1) | Oct 30, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Peter Hall (2) | Nov 6, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Little Britain: A South Bank Show Special | Dec 25, 2005 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Armando Iannucci | TBA | 0.0 |
11 episodes • 2006
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armando Iannucci | Feb 12, 2006 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Manga Mania | Feb 19, 2006 | 0.0 |
| 3 | John Rutter | Mar 12, 2006 | 0.0 |
| 4 | PD James | Mar 26, 2006 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Dusty Springfield | Apr 9, 2006 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Seu Jorge | Jun 4, 2006 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Romeo and Juliet | Jun 11, 2006 | 0.0 |
| 9 | George Michael: I'm Your Man | Nov 17, 2006 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Peter Blake | Nov 19, 2006 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Nick Park & Aardman Animations | Nov 26, 2006 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Steve Reich | Dec 10, 2006 | 0.0 |
30 episodes • 2006
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bill Bryson | Sep 10, 2006 | 0.0 |
| 2 | JG Ballard | Sep 17, 2006 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Robbie Coltrane | Sep 24, 2006 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Episode 4 | Oct 1, 2006 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Spamalot | Oct 15, 2006 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Claire Tomalin on Thomas Hardy | Oct 22, 2006 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Sue Townsend | Oct 29, 2006 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Lorenzo Da Ponte | Nov 5, 2006 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Peter Blake | Nov 19, 2006 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Nick Park and Aardman Animations | Nov 26, 2006 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Steve Reich | Dec 10, 2006 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Grayson Perry | Dec 17, 2006 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Damien Hirst - Addicted To Art | Jan 1, 2007 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Damien Hirst | Jan 6, 2007 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Victoria Wood: A South Bank Show Special | Mar 11, 2007 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Isabel Allende | Apr 22, 2007 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Shane Meadows | Apr 29, 2007 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Jarvis Cocker: Running The World | Jun 10, 2007 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Martin Sheen On Playing It Real | Jun 17, 2007 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Marianne Faithfull: A Life In Song | Jun 24, 2007 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Zaha Hadid | Jul 1, 2007 | 0.0 |
| 22 | MacBeth | Jul 8, 2007 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Ian McMillan, Bard Of Barnsley | Jul 15, 2007 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Emma Kirkby, The Unsung Heroine | Jul 22, 2007 | 0.0 |
| 25 | June Whitfield | Jul 29, 2007 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Michael Sheen On Playing It Real | Sep 2, 2007 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Joan Dision | Sep 23, 2007 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Ken Follett | Sep 30, 2007 | 0.0 |
| 29 | The Mersey Sound | Oct 7, 2007 | 0.0 |
| 30 | The Last Laugh: John Bird and John Fortune | Oct 14, 2007 | 0.0 |
8 episodes • 2007
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Annie Lennox | Nov 25, 2007 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Eric Clapton | Dec 2, 2007 | 0.0 |
| 3 | The Making Of Viva La Diva | Dec 9, 2007 | 0.0 |
| 4 | The Nutcracker Story | Dec 26, 2007 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Kevin Spacey | TBA | 0.0 |
| 6 | Tim Burton | TBA | 0.0 |
| 7 | David McVicar | Mar 9, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Revolution 68 | Mar 16, 2008 | 0.0 |
6 episodes • 2008
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liza Minnelli | May 4, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 2 | The Damned United | May 11, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Gore Vidal | May 18, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Sarah Waters | Jun 8, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Tasmin Little | Jun 15, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Billy Joel | Jul 13, 2008 | 0.0 |
6 episodes • 2008
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Streets | Sep 21, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 2 | The One Ronnie | Oct 5, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Bond | Oct 22, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Cildo Meireles | Oct 26, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Sam Taylor-Wood | Nov 16, 2008 | 0.0 |
| 6 | The Mariinsky Theatre | Dec 7, 2008 | 0.0 |
9 episodes • 2009
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The South Bank Show Awards | Jan 28, 2009 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Beyond the Footlights | Feb 1, 2009 | 0.0 |
| 3 | The Tempest | Feb 8, 2009 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Will Young | Mar 17, 2009 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Messiah | Apr 12, 2009 | 0.0 |
| 6 | William Goldman | Apr 26, 2009 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Out Of Nigeria | May 10, 2009 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Out Of Nigeria (2) | May 17, 2009 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Peter Kosminsky | May 24, 2009 | 0.0 |
10 episodes • 2014
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Lloyd | May 22, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Kate Atkinson | May 29, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Abi Morgan | Jun 5, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 4 | King Lear | Jun 12, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Angel Blue | Jun 19, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Daniel Radcliffe | Jun 26, 2014 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Episode 7 | TBA | 0.0 |
| 8 | Episode 8 | TBA | 0.0 |
| 10 | Episode 10 | TBA | 0.0 |
| 11 | Episode 11 | TBA | 0.0 |
10 episodes • 2015
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | George R.R. Martin | Jun 10, 2015 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Paul Greengrass | Jun 17, 2015 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Margaret Drabble | Jun 24, 2015 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Laura Mvula | Jul 1, 2015 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Joseph Calleja | Jul 8, 2015 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Mark Rylance | Jul 15, 2015 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Episode 7 | TBA | 0.0 |
| 8 | Episode 8 | TBA | 0.0 |
| 9 | Episode 9 | TBA | 0.0 |
| 10 | Episode 10 | TBA | 0.0 |
6 episodes • 2016
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sly & Robbie | Jun 15, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Joyce DiDonato | Jun 22, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Russell T Davies | Jun 29, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Ballet Black | Jul 6, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Benedict Cumberbach's 'Hamlet' | Jul 13, 2016 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Jackie Kay | Jul 20, 2016 | 0.0 |
6 episodes • 2017
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amma Asante | Jul 19, 2017 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Karl Ove Knausgaard | Jul 26, 2017 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Sally Wainwright | Aug 2, 2017 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Benjamin Clementine | Aug 9, 2017 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Obsession: Jude Law & Ivo Van Hove | Aug 16, 2017 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Yinka Shonibare | Aug 23, 2017 | 0.0 |
6 episodes • 2018
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tracey Ullman | Nov 7, 2018 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Beverley Knight | Nov 14, 2018 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Danielle de Niese | Nov 21, 2018 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Sonia Friedman | Nov 28, 2018 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Gail Rebuck | Dec 5, 2018 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Why the Arts Matter | Dec 12, 2018 | 0.0 |
4 episodes • 2019
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jed Mercurio | May 5, 2019 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Jack Thorne | Jul 23, 2019 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Steve Pemberton & Reece Shearsmith | Jul 30, 2019 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Heidi Thomas | Aug 6, 2019 | 0.0 |
4 episodes • 2020
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gillian Anderson | Nov 22, 2020 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Bernardine Evaristo | Nov 29, 2020 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Benjamin Zephaniah | Dec 6, 2020 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Simon Armitage | Dec 13, 2020 | 0.0 |
4 episodes • 2021
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arlo Parks & Samuel Bailey | Jun 24, 2021 | 0.0 |
| 2 | The Pin, Marina Kemp & Nick Rowland | Jul 1, 2021 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Noah Jupe, Mishka Rushdie Momen & Alex Woolf | Jul 8, 2021 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Arielle Smith & Alberta Whittle | Jul 15, 2021 | 0.0 |
4 episodes • 2022
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The South Bank Sky Arts Awards 2022 | Jul 13, 2022 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Frank Skinner | Jul 20, 2022 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Helen Mirren | Jul 27, 2022 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Carlos Acosta | Aug 3, 2022 | 0.0 |
4 episodes • 2023
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Hockney: A Celebration | Aug 28, 2023 | 0.0 |
| 2 | David Hockney: In Normandy | Aug 28, 2023 | 0.0 |
| 3 | David Hockney: 50 Years on Film | Aug 29, 2023 | 0.0 |
| 4 | David Hockney: In London | Aug 29, 2023 | 0.0 |
