
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

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.