Episodes List
Ep.1 The French Lieutenant's Woman
Air Date: 1981-11-01
Ep.2 Elvis Costello
Air Date: 1981-11-08
Ep.3 Old Glory: the Journey and the Book
Air Date: 1981-11-15
Ep.4 Ian McKellan / Ian McEwan
Air Date: 1981-11-22
Ep.5 Brian Moore / Patrick Caulfield
Air Date: 1981-11-29
Ep.6 A Talent to Vex: John Osborne
Air Date: 1981-12-06
Ep.7 Mama Lu Parks
Air Date: 1982-01-17
Ep.8 Bernard D'Ascoli / Theatre of the 8th Day
Air Date: 1982-01-24
Ep.9 Milos Forman
Air Date: 1982-01-31
Ep.10 Germaine Greer
Air Date: 1982-02-07
Ep.11 Pauline Kael / George Steiner's The Portage to San Cristobal of AH
Air Date: 1982-02-14
Ep.12 Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller
Air Date: 1982-02-21
Ep.13 Blacck Theatre Cooperative / Laurie Anderson
Air Date: 1982-02-28
Ep.14 Guys and Dolls (at the National Theatre)
Air Date: 1982-03-07
Ep.15 Richard Alston's Bellezza Flash
Air Date: 1982-03-14
Ep.16 Peter Maxwell-Davies
Air Date: 1982-03-21
Ep.17 Saul Bellow
Air Date: 1982-03-28
Ep.18 Indian wallpainting
Air Date: 1982-04-04
Ep.19 Stravinski (1)
Air Date: 1982-04-09
Ep.20 Stravinski (2)
Air Date: 1982-04-10
Ep.21 Julian Lloyd-Webber
Air Date: 1982-04-18
Ep.22 Miles Davis / Robert Nye
Air Date: 1982-04-25
Ep.23 Caught in the Act (Pillar to Post at Wormwood Scrubs)
Air Date: 1982-05-02
Ep.24 Joseph Papp / James Galway
Air Date: 1982-05-09
Ep.25 Werner Herzog
Air Date: 1982-05-16
Ep.26 Why Don't I Love Opera Anymore (by Stephen Oliver)
Air Date: 1982-05-23
Ep.27 Phillip Larkin
Air Date: 1982-05-30
In March 1981 Melvyn Bragg travelled to Hull to interview the poet, librarian and jazz critic Philip Larkin.