
Episodes List

Ep.1 The French Lieutenant's Woman
Air Date: 1981-11-01

Ep.2 Elvis Costello
Air Date: 1981-11-08

Ep.3 Old Glory: the Journey and the Book
Air Date: 1981-11-15

Ep.4 Ian McKellan / Ian McEwan
Air Date: 1981-11-22

Ep.5 Brian Moore / Patrick Caulfield
Air Date: 1981-11-29

Ep.6 A Talent to Vex: John Osborne
Air Date: 1981-12-06

Ep.7 Mama Lu Parks
Air Date: 1982-01-17

Ep.8 Bernard D'Ascoli / Theatre of the 8th Day
Air Date: 1982-01-24

Ep.9 Milos Forman
Air Date: 1982-01-31

Ep.10 Germaine Greer
Air Date: 1982-02-07

Ep.11 Pauline Kael / George Steiner's The Portage to San Cristobal of AH
Air Date: 1982-02-14

Ep.12 Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller
Air Date: 1982-02-21

Ep.13 Blacck Theatre Cooperative / Laurie Anderson
Air Date: 1982-02-28

Ep.14 Guys and Dolls (at the National Theatre)
Air Date: 1982-03-07

Ep.15 Richard Alston's Bellezza Flash
Air Date: 1982-03-14

Ep.16 Peter Maxwell-Davies
Air Date: 1982-03-21

Ep.17 Saul Bellow
Air Date: 1982-03-28

Ep.18 Indian wallpainting
Air Date: 1982-04-04

Ep.19 Stravinski (1)
Air Date: 1982-04-09

Ep.20 Stravinski (2)
Air Date: 1982-04-10

Ep.21 Julian Lloyd-Webber
Air Date: 1982-04-18

Ep.22 Miles Davis / Robert Nye
Air Date: 1982-04-25

Ep.23 Caught in the Act (Pillar to Post at Wormwood Scrubs)
Air Date: 1982-05-02

Ep.24 Joseph Papp / James Galway
Air Date: 1982-05-09

Ep.25 Werner Herzog
Air Date: 1982-05-16

Ep.26 Why Don't I Love Opera Anymore (by Stephen Oliver)
Air Date: 1982-05-23

Ep.27 Phillip Larkin
Air Date: 1982-05-30
In March 1981 Melvyn Bragg travelled to Hull to interview the poet, librarian and jazz critic Philip Larkin.