Episodes List
Ep.1 Alan Bennett
Air Date: 1984-10-07
Ep.2 McCartney's Broad Street
Air Date: 1984-10-14
Behind the scenes look at the making of Paul McCartney's 1984 movie Give My Regards To Broad Street.
Ep.3 The Forming of the Phoenix (Phoenix Dance Company)
Air Date: 1984-10-21
Ep.4 Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
Air Date: 1984-10-28
Ep.5 Norman Nicholson
Air Date: 1984-11-04
Ep.6 Joseph Heller
Air Date: 1984-11-11
Ep.7 Mstislav Rostropovich
Air Date: 1984-11-18
Ep.8 Max Wall
Air Date: 1984-11-25
Ep.10 Alan Bleasdale
Air Date: 1985-01-13
Ep.11 Anthony Burgess on D.H. Lawrence
Air Date: 1985-01-20
Ep.13 Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex
Air Date: 1985-02-03
Ep.14 Marc Chagall
Air Date: 1985-02-10
Ep.15 David Lean: a Life in Film
Air Date: 1985-02-17
Ep.16 Simon Rattle / finale of Messiaen's Turangalila Symphony
Air Date: 1985-02-24
Ep.17 Little Richard
Air Date: 1985-03-03
Ep.18 George Malcolm on Scarlatti
Air Date: 1985-03-10
Ep.19 Silent Partners: Second Stride Dance Company
Air Date: 1985-03-17
Ep.20 Michael Crawford/Billy Bragg
Air Date: 1985-03-31
Ep.21 David Mamet
Air Date: 1985-03-24
Ep.22 Olivier Messiaen: The Music of Faith
Air Date: 1985-04-05
Ep.23 The Cotton Club (night club)
Air Date: 1985-05-26
Ep.24 Prez (jazz opera about Lester Young)
Air Date: 1985-06-02
Ep.25 Francis Bacon
Air Date: 1985-06-09
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.
