The South Bank Show Season 11
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.
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The South Bank Show Season 11 Full Episode Guide
Episode 25 - Sir Peter Hall's last National Theatre production
First Aired: April. 24,1988
Episode 24 - Doris Lessing
First Aired: April. 17,1988
Episode 22 - Ken Russell's ABC of British Music
First Aired: April. 02,1988
Episode 21 - Nicuragua: Poets as Politicans
First Aired: March. 27,1988
Episode 20 - A Day on The Grand Canal with the Emperor of China
First Aired: March. 20,1988
Episode 19 - Peter Dickinson
First Aired: March. 13,1988
Episode 18 - Lenny Henry
First Aired: March. 06,1988
Episode 17 - Jackson Pollack
First Aired: February. 28,1988
Episode 16 - George Barker
First Aired: February. 21,1988
Episode 15 - The Golden Age of Television
First Aired: February. 14,1988
A lecture about television given at the British Film Institute.
Episode 14 - Boogie Woogie Music
First Aired: January. 31,1988
Episode 13 - Australian Aboriginies
First Aired: January. 24,1988
Episode 12 - The Last Emperor (1988 film)
First Aired: January. 17,1988
Episode 11 - Arts Review '87
First Aired: December. 20,1987
Episode 10 - Eric Clapton
First Aired: December. 06,1987
Episode 9 - Sir George Solti
First Aired: November. 29,1987
Episode 8 - African music / Russian theatre
First Aired: November. 22,1987
Episode 7 - Gore Vidal
First Aired: November. 15,1987
Episode 6 - Sir Terence Conran
First Aired: November. 08,1987
Episode 5 - Frank Rich / Suzanne Vega
First Aired: November. 01,1987
Episode 4 - Andy Warhol
First Aired: October. 25,1987
Episode 3 - The Smiths
First Aired: October. 18,1987
This documentary on The Smiths was filmed just days before the band went their separate ways in 1987. Contains interviews of Morrissey, Marr, Joyce and Rourke, as well as Linder, Shaun Duggan, Jo O'Keefe, John Peel, Nick Kent, Sandie Shaw and Viv Nicholson.
Episode 2 - Toni Morrison
First Aired: October. 11,1987
Episode 1 - Maria Callas
First Aired: October. 04,1987