
Episodes List

Ep.1 Alan Bennett
Air Date: 1984-10-07

Ep.2 McCartney's Broad Street
Air Date: 1984-10-14
Behind the scenes look at the making of Paul McCartney's 1984 movie Give My Regards To Broad Street.

Ep.3 The Forming of the Phoenix (Phoenix Dance Company)
Air Date: 1984-10-21

Ep.4 Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
Air Date: 1984-10-28

Ep.5 Norman Nicholson
Air Date: 1984-11-04

Ep.6 Joseph Heller
Air Date: 1984-11-11

Ep.7 Mstislav Rostropovich
Air Date: 1984-11-18

Ep.8 Max Wall
Air Date: 1984-11-25

Ep.10 Alan Bleasdale
Air Date: 1985-01-13

Ep.11 Anthony Burgess on D.H. Lawrence
Air Date: 1985-01-20

Ep.13 Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex
Air Date: 1985-02-03

Ep.14 Marc Chagall
Air Date: 1985-02-10

Ep.15 David Lean: a Life in Film
Air Date: 1985-02-17

Ep.16 Simon Rattle / finale of Messiaen's Turangalila Symphony
Air Date: 1985-02-24

Ep.17 Little Richard
Air Date: 1985-03-03

Ep.18 George Malcolm on Scarlatti
Air Date: 1985-03-10

Ep.19 Silent Partners: Second Stride Dance Company
Air Date: 1985-03-17

Ep.20 Michael Crawford/Billy Bragg
Air Date: 1985-03-31

Ep.21 David Mamet
Air Date: 1985-03-24

Ep.22 Olivier Messiaen: The Music of Faith
Air Date: 1985-04-05

Ep.23 The Cotton Club (night club)
Air Date: 1985-05-26

Ep.24 Prez (jazz opera about Lester Young)
Air Date: 1985-06-02

Ep.25 Francis Bacon
Air Date: 1985-06-09
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.
