The South Bank Show

Episode 1

Bill Bryson 2

53 mins

In 2001, American author Bill Bryson headed home to Des Moines, Iowa, to reflect on his early life in the Midwest for The South Bank Show.

Episode 2

JG Ballard

53 mins

Episode 3

Robbie Coltrane

53 mins

Episode 4

Irvine Welsh

53 mins

A look at Irvine Welsh's latest novel "Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs". Includes dramatic reenactments of parts of the novel and an interview with Irvine Welsh.

Episode 5

Monty Python's Spamalot

53 mins

Episode 6

Clare Tomalin on Thomas Hardy

53 mins

Episode 7

Sue Townsend

53 mins

Episode 8

Lorenzo Da Ponte

53 mins

Episode 9

George Michael: I'm Your Man

48 mins

Melvyn Bragg interviews George Michael regarding Michael's return to touring on the "25 Live" tour, as well as George Michael performs in the studio rehearsing songs for the tour.

Episode 10

Peter Blake

53 mins

Episode 11

Nick Park & Aardman Animations

53 mins

Episode 12

Steve Reich

53 mins

Episode 13

Grayson Perry

53 mins

Episode 14

W.H. Auden

53 mins

Episode 15

Victoria Wood

53 mins

Episode 16

Humphrey Lyttelton

53 mins

Episode 17

Isabel Allende

53 mins

Episode 18

The Scorsese of the North, Shane Meadows

53 mins

Episode 19

Jarvis Cocker: Running the World

53 mins

Episode 20

Damien Hirst - Addicted to Art

53 mins

Episode 21

Mark Wallinger

53 mins

Episode 23

Macbeth

53 mins

Episode 24

Ian McMillan: The Bard of Barnsley

53 mins

Episode 25

Emma Kirkby: The Unsung Heroine

53 mins

Episode 26

June Whitfield

53 mins