The South Bank Show

Episode 1

The French Lieutenant's Woman

53 mins

Episode 2

Elvis Costello in Nashville

53 mins

Chronicles Elvis Costello as he in May 1981 cuts the record in Nashville's famed Columbia Studio B with American record producer, songwriter, and arranger Billy Sherrill.

Episode 3

Old Glory: the Journey and the Book

53 mins

Episode 4

Ian McEwan and Ian McKellan

60 mins

Episode 5

Brian Moore/Patrick Caulfield

53 mins

Episode 6

A Talent to Vex: John Osborne

53 mins

Episode 7

Mama Lu Parks

53 mins

Episode 8

Bernard D'Ascoli/Theatre of the 8th Day

53 mins

Episode 9

Milos Forman

53 mins

Episode 10

Germaine Greer

53 mins

Episode 11

Pauline Kael/George Steiner's the Portage to San Cristobal of AH

60 mins

Episode 12

Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller

53 mins

Episode 13

Black Theatre Cooperative/Laurie Anderson

53 mins

Episode 14

Guys and Dolls

53 mins

Ian Charleson, Bob Hoskins, Julie Covington, Julia McKenzie and their co-stars are shown rehearsing various songs, scenes, and dance numbers for the acclaimed, award-winning National Theatre production of 'Guys and Dolls' in London, which opened March 9, 1982. Director Richard Eyre provides commentary, insight, and history; and original 1950 playwright Abe Burrows is interviewed in New York. Rehearsal footage is shown of the following numbers: "Luck Be a Lady"; "Runyonland"; "The Oldest Established"; "I'll Know"; "A Bushel and a Peck"; "Adelaide's Lament"; "If I Were a Bell"; "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat"; "Marry the Man Today"; "I've Never Been in Love Before".

Episode 15

Richard Alston's Bellezza Flash

53 mins

Episode 16

Peter Maxwell-Davies

53 mins

Episode 17

Saul Bellow

53 mins

Episode 18

Indian Wallpainting

53 mins

Episode 19

Stravinski: Part 1

53 mins

Episode 20

Stravinski: Part 2

53 mins

Episode 21

Julian Lloyd Webber

53 mins

Episode 22

Miles Davis/Robert Nye

53 mins

Episode 23

Caught in the Act (Pillar to Post at Wormwood Scrubs)

53 mins

Episode 24

Joseph Papp/James Galway

53 mins

Episode 25

Werner Herzog

55 mins

German filmmaker Werner Herzog discusses his work and ideas.

Episode 26

Why Don't I Love Opera Anymore (by Stephen Oliver)

53 mins

Episode 27

Philip Larkin

54 mins