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The South Bank Show

  • 1978-2023
  • 45 seasons
  • Bravo!
  • Documentary

ITV's long-running arts series presented by Melvyn Bragg.

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

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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.

The South Bank Show Season 4 At the Haunted End of the Day

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

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