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The South Bank Show Season 4 Episodes
Season 4 Episode Guide
25 Episodes 1980 - 1981
Episode 1
Arthur Miller
53 mins
Episode 2
William Golding
53 mins
Episode 3
Akira Kurosawa
53 mins
Episode 4
Stravinsky's The Firebird
53 mins
Episode 5
No Need to Lie
53 mins
Episode 6
The Passion (National Theatre's updating of medieval plays)
53 mins
Episode 7
Toni Morrison
53 mins
Episode 8
The Trespasser (film)
53 mins
Episode 9
Don Juan in Hell
53 mins
Episode 10
Poetry Workshop
53 mins
Episode 11
Martin Scorsese
53 mins
Episode 12
Elizabeth Taylor/John Hubbard
53 mins
Episode 13
Bob Fosse
27 mins
Bob Fosse talks about how he began his career dancing in vaudeville clubs as well as his stage and film work.
Episode 14
Robert Redford/Martin Amis
53 mins
Episode 15
Verity Bargate/Howard Hodgkin
53 mins
Episode 16
At the Haunted End of the Day
99 mins
A biographical production about William Walton, a prominent 20th century British composer, featuring segments from nearly two dozen of his most famous works, including "Belshazzar's Feast" and "Crown Imperial" (written for the coronation of King George VI). It also features selections from scores for Sir Laurence Olivier's productions of Shakespeare's Richard III, Hamlet, and Henry V.
Episode 17
Gore Vidal
53 mins
Episode 18
The Roots of the Tree (Ermanno Olmi)
53 mins
Episode 19
Colin Welland
53 mins
Episode 20
Christopher Logue/Phillip King
53 mins
Episode 21
Lulu's Last Act (Berg Opera)
53 mins
Episode 22
Dame Ninette De Valois/David Hockney on Picasso
53 mins
Episode 24
Soviet Art
53 mins
Episode 25
Rhythm and Blues (The Blues Band, Dr. Feelgood, Nine Below Zero, Paul Jones)
53 mins
Episode 26
Music for a City: Venice
53 mins