The South Bank Show
Season 8
Episodes
1. Alan Bennett
October 7, 1984
60 min
2. McCartney's Broad Street
October 14, 1984
60 min
Behind the scenes look at the making of Paul McCartney's 1984 movie Give My Regards To Broad Street.
3. The Forming of the Phoenix (Phoenix Dance Company)
October 21, 1984
60 min
4. Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
October 28, 1984
60 min
5. Norman Nicholson
November 4, 1984
60 min
6. Joseph Heller
November 11, 1984
60 min
7. Mstislav Rostropovich
November 18, 1984
60 min
8. Max Wall
November 25, 1984
60 min
10. Alan Bleasdale
January 13, 1985
60 min
11. Anthony Burgess on D.H. Lawrence
January 20, 1985
60 min
13. Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex
February 3, 1985
60 min
14. Marc Chagall
February 10, 1985
60 min
15. David Lean: a Life in Film
February 17, 1985
60 min
16. Simon Rattle / finale of Messiaen's Turangalila Symphony
February 24, 1985
60 min
17. Little Richard
March 3, 1985
60 min
18. George Malcolm on Scarlatti
March 10, 1985
60 min
19. Silent Partners: Second Stride Dance Company
March 17, 1985
60 min
20. Michael Crawford/Billy Bragg
March 31, 1985
60 min
21. David Mamet
March 24, 1985
60 min
22. Olivier Messiaen: The Music of Faith
April 5, 1985
60 min
23. The Cotton Club (night club)
May 26, 1985
60 min
24. Prez (jazz opera about Lester Young)
June 2, 1985
60 min
25. Francis Bacon
June 9, 1985
60 min
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.
26. George Steiner on Vienna at the turn of the century
June 16, 1985
60 min
