The South Bank Show
Season 9
Episodes
1. Sir Alec Guinness
October 6, 1985
60 min
2. Peter Ackroyd's Hawksmoor
October 13, 1985
60 min
3. Ian McKellen, Diary of a Year
October 20, 1985
60 min
4. Theatre of Comedy workshop
October 27, 1985
60 min
5. Pete Townshend: After the Fire
November 3, 1985
60 min
6. Sir Stephen Spender
November 10, 1985
60 min
7. Marguerite Duras
November 17, 1985
60 min
8. Karole Armitage
November 24, 1985
60 min
9. Peter Shaffer
December 1, 1985
60 min
10. John Cleese
January 12, 1986
60 min
Cleese was silently scripting A Fish Called Wanda at the time this interview was filmed. It is not mentioned in this program. What is mentioned is Cleese's spectrum of work from sketch comedy to industrial training films to therapeutical books. Video clips include sequences from Cleese's classics: At Last the 1948 Show, Monty Python's Flying Circus, and Fawlty Towers.
11. Vladimir Ashkenazy
January 19, 1986
60 min
12. Paul Schrader
January 26, 1986
60 min
13. Purcell's Dido and Aenaes
February 2, 1986
60 min
14. Patrick Heron
February 9, 1986
60 min
15. Blue Note Records
February 16, 1986
60 min
16. Michala Petri
February 23, 1986
60 min
17. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
March 2, 1986
60 min
18. Absolute Beginners (film)
March 9, 1986
60 min
19. Arthur Boyd
March 23, 1986
60 min
20. Hal Prince: Rethinking the Musical
April 6, 1986
60 min
21. British Soap Operas
April 13, 1986
60 min
22. Hull Truck Theatre Company
April 20, 1986
60 min
23. Velvet Underground
April 27, 1986
60 min
The South Bank Show’s Velvet Underground documentary contains interviews with Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison, Moe Tucker, Nico, Andy Warhol and lots of early Velvet performance footage.
24. Al Jolson
May 4, 1986
60 min
