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Season 8
Season 8 episodes1984-10-07

Season 8

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 8

Episode 1

Alan Bennett

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Episode 2

McCartney's Broad Street

1h 0m

Episode 3

The Forming of the Phoenix (Phoenix Dance Company)

1h 0m

Episode 4

Paolo and Vittorio Taviani

1h 0m

Episode 5

Norman Nicholson

1h 0m

Episode 6

Joseph Heller

1h 0m

Episode 7

Mstislav Rostropovich

1h 0m

Episode 8

Max Wall

1h 0m

Episode 10

Alan Bleasdale

1h 0m

Episode 11

Anthony Burgess on D.H. Lawrence

1h 0m

Episode 13

Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex

1h 0m

Episode 14

Marc Chagall

1h 0m

Episode 15

David Lean: a Life in Film

1h 0m

Episode 16

Simon Rattle / finale of Messiaen's Turangalila Symphony

1h 0m

Episode 17

Little Richard

1h 0m

Episode 18

George Malcolm on Scarlatti

1h 0m

Episode 19

Silent Partners: Second Stride Dance Company

1h 0m

Episode 20

Michael Crawford/Billy Bragg

1h 0m

Episode 21

David Mamet

1h 0m

Episode 22

Olivier Messiaen: The Music of Faith

1h 0m

Episode 23

The Cotton Club (night club)

1h 0m

Episode 24

Prez (jazz opera about Lester Young)

1h 0m

Episode 25

Francis Bacon

1h 0m

Episode 26

George Steiner on Vienna at the turn of the century

1h 0m