The South Bank Show

Episode 1

Tom Stoppard

53 mins

Episode 2

Grace Under Pressure (Anthony Burgess on Hemingway)

53 mins

Episode 3

Interview with Woody Allen

53 mins

Episode 4

Anatomy of an Opera: Jonathan Miller's Figaro

53 mins

Episode 5

Rhythm of Resistance (South African music)

53 mins

Discover Black South African music from the apartheid era in this documentary that explores a wide panorama of styles, from Zululand roots to Soweto street singing, and features artists such as Ladysmith Black Mambazo and the Mahotella Queens. Ignored by the global community and suppressed from within the country by the local government, Black South African music used themes of joy and anger to promote resistance.

Episode 6

Harmony of the Spheres

53 mins

Episode 7

Circus Clowns/Schubert recital by Richter

53 mins

Episode 8

Royal Shakespeare Company on Tour

53 mins

Episode 9

Brimstone & Treacle (Dennis Potter) / John McLaughlin: A Musical Journey

53 mins

Episode 10

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith/Edward Gorey/Gunter Grass

53 mins

Episode 11

Michael Cimino/Alan Bennett, Stephen Frears

53 mins

Episode 12

Gordon Williams, Alan Sharp, Eddie Boyd

53 mins

Episode 13

Derek Boshier/Ingrid Bergman, Ingmar Bergman

53 mins

Episode 14

Neil Simon

53 mins

Episode 15

Beryl Cook and Joint Stock Theatre Group

53 mins

Episode 16

Graham Sutherland

53 mins

Episode 17

Howard Brenton and Darryl Way

53 mins

Episode 18

Lee Remick and Joseph Heller: The Europeans

53 mins

Episode 19

Asian Arts Festival

53 mins

Episode 20

Billy Connolly

53 mins

Melvyn Bragg interviews comedian Billy Connolly.

Episode 21

Jessye Norman

53 mins

Episode 22

Rough Trade/The Allen Jones Woman

53 mins

Episode 23

Keith Jarrett/Scum

53 mins

Episode 24

Sir Michael Tippett

53 mins