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Season 1
Season 1 episodes1978-01-14

Season 1

The South Bank Show is a television arts magazine show produced by ITV between 1978 and 2010. A new series began on Sky Arts from 27 May 2012. Presented by Melvyn Bragg, the show aims to bring both high art and popular culture to a mass audience.

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Episodes

Season 1

Episode 1

Paul McCartney/surrealist exhibition

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Episode 2

Paganini Superstar

1h 0m

Episode 3

Roy Minton

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Episode 4

David Hockney

1h 0m

Episode 5

Dennis Potter

1h 0m

Episode 6

John Peel/Jane Glover

1h 0m

Episode 7

Arabian Days (Edna O'Brien)/Quentin Crisp

1h 0m

Episode 8

Jacques Loussier

1h 0m

Episode 9

Ken Dodd

1h 0m

Episode 10

Georges Simenon

1h 0m

Episode 11

Horowitz at the White House

1h 0m

Episode 12

Carl Perkins/Morgan horses

1h 0m

Episode 13

Carry On with Paul Morissey (Carry On ... films)

1h 0m

Episode 14

Search for Shaw

1h 0m

Episode 15

Harold Pinter

1h 0m

Episode 16

Satyajit Ray/John Williams/Ralph McTell

1h 0m

Episode 17

Portrait of a Conductor: Herbert Von Karajan

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Episode 18

Freddie Young

1h 0m

Episode 19

Frank Auerbach

1h 0m

Episode 20

Mayerling Ballet

1h 0m

Episode 21

John Osborne on Wardle's book on Devine/Pearl (radio play)

1h 0m

Episode 22

Ingmar Bergman at 60

1h 0m

Episode 23

Hullabaloo over George and Bonnie's Pictures (1)

1h 0m

Episode 24

Hullabaloo over George and Bonnie's Pictures (2)

1h 0m