Episodes List
Ep.1 Bill Bryson
Air Date: 2006-09-10
Bill Bryson revisits the haunts of his childhood
Ep.2 JG Ballard
Air Date: 2006-09-17
Ep.3 Robbie Coltrane
Air Date: 2006-09-24
Ep.4 Episode 4
Air Date: 2006-10-01
Ep.5 Spamalot
Air Date: 2006-10-15
Ep.6 Claire Tomalin on Thomas Hardy
Air Date: 2006-10-22
Ep.7 Sue Townsend
Air Date: 2006-10-29
Ep.8 Lorenzo Da Ponte
Air Date: 2006-11-05
Ep.9 Peter Blake
Air Date: 2006-11-19
Ep.10 Nick Park and Aardman Animations
Air Date: 2006-11-26
Ep.11 Steve Reich
Air Date: 2006-12-10
Ep.12 Grayson Perry
Air Date: 2006-12-17
Ep.13 Damien Hirst - Addicted To Art
Air Date: 2007-01-01
Ep.14 Damien Hirst
Air Date: 2007-01-06
This episode of The South Bank Show provides a unique insight into Damien Hirst not as the enfant terrible of an art world but as an art collector and businessman. Known for creating one of the most famous icons of modern art, a 14ft tiger shark suspended in formaldehyde, which shocked the public, he also produces decorative spot and spin paintings. His prolific output and entrepreneurialism have made him one of the world's most expensive living artists, with an estimated fortune of £100 million. One of Hirst's motivations for his growing art collection is Toddington, a dilapidated Gothic Manor house in Gloucestershire, which he purchased in 2005 for £3 million and will one day house his entire collection. Here, he shows Melvyn Bragg around Toddington, outlining his plans for its future. They discuss his art collection, his artistic heroes and the relationship between money and art.
Ep.15 Victoria Wood: A South Bank Show Special
Air Date: 2007-03-11
Ep.16 Isabel Allende
Air Date: 2007-04-22
Ep.17 Shane Meadows
Air Date: 2007-04-29
Ep.18 Jarvis Cocker: Running The World
Air Date: 2007-06-10
Ep.19 Martin Sheen On Playing It Real
Air Date: 2007-06-17
Ep.20 Marianne Faithfull: A Life In Song
Air Date: 2007-06-24
Ep.21 Zaha Hadid
Air Date: 2007-07-01
Ep.22 MacBeth
Air Date: 2007-07-08
Ep.23 Ian McMillan, Bard Of Barnsley
Air Date: 2007-07-15
Ep.24 Emma Kirkby, The Unsung Heroine
Air Date: 2007-07-22
Ep.25 June Whitfield
Air Date: 2007-07-29
Ep.26 Michael Sheen On Playing It Real
Air Date: 2007-09-02
Ep.27 Joan Dision
Air Date: 2007-09-23
Ep.28 Ken Follett
Air Date: 2007-09-30
Ep.29 The Mersey Sound
Air Date: 2007-10-07
