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First Aired: January 14th, 1978

Network: ITV

Summary: The South Bank Show is a television arts magazine show that was 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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Season 9

Episode 1: Sir Alec Guinness

Air Date: October 6th, 1985

Episode 2: Peter Ackroyd's Hawksmoor

Air Date: October 13rd, 1985

Episode 3: Ian McKellen, Diary of a Year

Air Date: October 20th, 1985

Episode 4: Theatre of Comedy workshop

Air Date: October 27th, 1985

Episode 5: Pete Townshend: After the Fire

Air Date: November 3rd, 1985

Episode 6: Sir Stephen Spender

Air Date: November 10th, 1985

Episode 7: Marguerite Duras

Air Date: November 17th, 1985

Episode 8: Karole Armitage

Air Date: November 24th, 1985

Episode 9: Peter Shaffer

Air Date: December 1st, 1985

Episode 10: John Cleese

Air Date: January 12nd, 1986

Summary: 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.

Episode 11: Vladimir Ashkenazy

Air Date: January 19th, 1986

Episode 12: Paul Schrader

Air Date: January 26th, 1986

Episode 13: Purcell's Dido and Aenaes

Air Date: February 2nd, 1986

Episode 14: Patrick Heron

Air Date: February 9th, 1986

Episode 15: Blue Note Records

Air Date: February 16th, 1986

Episode 16: Michala Petri

Air Date: February 23rd, 1986

Episode 17: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

Air Date: March 2nd, 1986

Episode 18: Absolute Beginners (film)

Air Date: March 9th, 1986

Episode 19: Arthur Boyd

Air Date: March 23rd, 1986

Episode 20: Hal Prince: Rethinking the Musical

Air Date: April 6th, 1986

Episode 21: British Soap Operas

Air Date: April 13rd, 1986

Episode 22: Hull Truck Theatre Company

Air Date: April 20th, 1986

Episode 23: Velvet Underground

Air Date: April 27th, 1986

Summary: 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.

Episode 24: Al Jolson

Air Date: May 4th, 1986

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