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The South Bank Show
The South Bank Show: Season 5

Air Date

November 1, 1981

Episodes

27 episodes

The South Bank Show

Season 5

Episodes

1. The French Lieutenant's Woman

November 1, 1981
60 min

2. Elvis Costello

November 8, 1981
60 min

3. Old Glory: the Journey and the Book

November 15, 1981
60 min

4. Ian McKellan / Ian McEwan

November 22, 1981
60 min

5. Brian Moore / Patrick Caulfield

November 29, 1981
60 min

6. A Talent to Vex: John Osborne

December 6, 1981
60 min

7. Mama Lu Parks

January 17, 1982
60 min

8. Bernard D'Ascoli / Theatre of the 8th Day

January 24, 1982
60 min

9. Milos Forman

January 31, 1982
60 min

10. Germaine Greer

February 7, 1982
60 min

11. Pauline Kael / George Steiner's The Portage to San Cristobal of AH

February 14, 1982
60 min

12. Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller

February 21, 1982
60 min

13. Blacck Theatre Cooperative / Laurie Anderson

February 28, 1982
60 min
Guys and Dolls (at the National Theatre)

14. Guys and Dolls (at the National Theatre)

March 7, 1982
60 min

15. Richard Alston's Bellezza Flash

March 14, 1982
60 min

16. Peter Maxwell-Davies

March 21, 1982
60 min

17. Saul Bellow

March 28, 1982
60 min

18. Indian wallpainting

April 4, 1982
60 min

19. Stravinski (1)

April 9, 1982
60 min

20. Stravinski (2)

April 10, 1982
60 min

21. Julian Lloyd-Webber

April 18, 1982
60 min

22. Miles Davis / Robert Nye

April 25, 1982
60 min

23. Caught in the Act (Pillar to Post at Wormwood Scrubs)

May 2, 1982
60 min

24. Joseph Papp / James Galway

May 9, 1982
60 min

25. Werner Herzog

May 16, 1982
60 min

26. Why Don't I Love Opera Anymore (by Stephen Oliver)

May 23, 1982
60 min

27. Phillip Larkin

May 30, 1982
60 min

In March 1981 Melvyn Bragg travelled to Hull to interview the poet, librarian and jazz critic Philip Larkin.