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The South Bank Show

Season 8 1984 - 1985
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  • 1984-10-07T21:45:00Z on ITV
  • 1h
  • 1d 1h (25 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Documentary
The South Bank Show is a television arts magazine show, made by London Weekend Television. Presented by Melvyn Bragg, it was broadcast on ITV from 1978 until 2010 when it was cancelled and has since been revived by Sky Arts in 2012. Seen in over 60 countries worldwide including Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Sweden and the USA, its stated aim is to bring both high art and popular culture to a mass audience.
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26 episodes

Season Premiere

1984-10-07T21:45:00Z

8x01 Alan Bennett

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Season Premiere

8x01 Alan Bennett

  • 1984-10-07T21:45:00Z — 1h

1984-10-14T21:45:00Z

8x02 McCartney's Broad Street

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8x02 McCartney's Broad Street

  • 1984-10-14T21:45:00Z — 1h

Behind the scenes of Give My Regards to Broad Street.

1984-10-21T21:45:00Z

8x03 The Forming of the Phoenix (Phoenix Dance Company)

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8x03 The Forming of the Phoenix (Phoenix Dance Company)

  • 1984-10-21T21:45:00Z — 1h

1984-10-28T22:45:00Z

8x04 Paolo and Vittorio Taviani

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8x04 Paolo and Vittorio Taviani

  • 1984-10-28T22:45:00Z — 1h

1984-11-04T22:45:00Z

8x05 Norman Nicholson

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8x05 Norman Nicholson

  • 1984-11-04T22:45:00Z — 1h

1984-11-11T22:45:00Z

8x06 Joseph Heller

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8x06 Joseph Heller

  • 1984-11-11T22:45:00Z — 1h

1984-11-18T22:45:00Z

8x07 Mstislav Rostropovich

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8x07 Mstislav Rostropovich

  • 1984-11-18T22:45:00Z — 1h

1984-11-25T22:45:00Z

8x08 Max Wall

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8x08 Max Wall

  • 1984-11-25T22:45:00Z — 1h

8x09 Malcolm McLaren

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8x09 Malcolm McLaren

  • no air date — 1h

1985-01-13T22:45:00Z

8x10 Alan Bleasdale

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8x10 Alan Bleasdale

  • 1985-01-13T22:45:00Z — 1h

1985-01-20T22:45:00Z

8x11 Anthony Burgess on D.H. Lawrence

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8x11 Anthony Burgess on D.H. Lawrence

  • 1985-01-20T22:45:00Z — 1h

1985-01-27T22:45:00Z

8x12 Electronic Music

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8x12 Electronic Music

  • 1985-01-27T22:45:00Z — 1h

1985-02-03T22:45:00Z

8x13 Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex

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8x13 Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex

  • 1985-02-03T22:45:00Z — 1h

1985-02-10T22:45:00Z

8x14 Marc Chagall

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8x14 Marc Chagall

  • 1985-02-10T22:45:00Z — 1h

1985-02-17T22:45:00Z

8x15 David Lean: a Life in Film

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8x15 David Lean: a Life in Film

  • 1985-02-17T22:45:00Z — 1h

1985-02-24T22:45:00Z

8x16 Simon Rattle / finale of Messiaen's Turangalila Symphony

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8x16 Simon Rattle / finale of Messiaen's Turangalila Symphony

  • 1985-02-24T22:45:00Z — 1h

1985-03-03T22:45:00Z

8x17 Little Richard

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8x17 Little Richard

  • 1985-03-03T22:45:00Z — 1h

1985-03-10T22:45:00Z

8x18 George Malcolm on Scarlatti

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8x18 George Malcolm on Scarlatti

  • 1985-03-10T22:45:00Z — 1h

1985-03-17T22:45:00Z

8x19 Silent Partners: Second Stride Dance Company

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8x19 Silent Partners: Second Stride Dance Company

  • 1985-03-17T22:45:00Z — 1h

1985-03-31T21:45:00Z

8x20 Michael Crawford/Billy Bragg

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8x20 Michael Crawford/Billy Bragg

  • 1985-03-31T21:45:00Z — 1h

1985-03-24T22:45:00Z

8x21 David Mamet

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8x21 David Mamet

  • 1985-03-24T22:45:00Z — 1h

1985-04-05T21:45:00Z

8x22 Olivier Messiaen: The Music of Faith

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8x22 Olivier Messiaen: The Music of Faith

  • 1985-04-05T21:45:00Z — 1h

1985-05-26T21:45:00Z

8x23 The Cotton Club (night club)

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8x23 The Cotton Club (night club)

  • 1985-05-26T21:45:00Z — 1h

1985-06-02T21:45:00Z

8x24 Prez (jazz opera about Lester Young)

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8x24 Prez (jazz opera about Lester Young)

  • 1985-06-02T21:45:00Z — 1h

1985-06-09T21:45:00Z

8x25 Francis Bacon

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8x25 Francis Bacon

  • 1985-06-09T21:45:00Z — 1h

As part of The South Bank Show series, director David Hinton and interviewer Melvyn Bragg accompany Francis Bacon for a day during his second retrospective at the Tate Gallery, London, in 1985. The conversation reveals the artist’s influences, theories and obsessions.

Season Finale

1985-06-16T21:45:00Z

8x26 George Steiner on Vienna at the turn of the century

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Season Finale

8x26 George Steiner on Vienna at the turn of the century

  • 1985-06-16T21:45:00Z — 1h
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