The South Bank Show - Season 5
1 - The French Lieutenant's Woman
Air Date: November 1, 1981
2 - Elvis Costello
Air Date: November 8, 1981
3 - Old Glory: the Journey and the Book
Air Date: November 15, 1981
4 - Ian McKellan / Ian McEwan
Air Date: November 22, 1981
5 - Brian Moore / Patrick Caulfield
Air Date: November 29, 1981
6 - A Talent to Vex: John Osborne
Air Date: December 6, 1981
7 - Mama Lu Parks
Air Date: January 17, 1982
8 - Bernard D'Ascoli / Theatre of the 8th Day
Air Date: January 24, 1982
9 - Milos Forman
Air Date: January 31, 1982
10 - Germaine Greer
Air Date: February 7, 1982
11 - Pauline Kael / George Steiner's The Portage to San Cristobal of AH
Air Date: February 14, 1982
12 - Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller
Air Date: February 21, 1982
13 - Blacck Theatre Cooperative / Laurie Anderson
Air Date: February 28, 1982
14 - Guys and Dolls (at the National Theatre)
Air Date: March 7, 1982
15 - Richard Alston's Bellezza Flash
Air Date: March 14, 1982
16 - Peter Maxwell-Davies
Air Date: March 21, 1982
17 - Saul Bellow
Air Date: March 28, 1982
18 - Indian wallpainting
Air Date: April 4, 1982
19 - Stravinski (1)
Air Date: April 9, 1982
20 - Stravinski (2)
Air Date: April 10, 1982
21 - Julian Lloyd-Webber
Air Date: April 18, 1982
22 - Miles Davis / Robert Nye
Air Date: April 25, 1982
23 - Caught in the Act (Pillar to Post at Wormwood Scrubs)
Air Date: May 2, 1982
24 - Joseph Papp / James Galway
Air Date: May 9, 1982
25 - Werner Herzog
Air Date: May 16, 1982
26 - Why Don't I Love Opera Anymore (by Stephen Oliver)
Air Date: May 23, 1982
27 - Phillip Larkin
Air Date: May 30, 1982
In March 1981 Melvyn Bragg travelled to Hull to interview the poet, librarian and jazz critic Philip Larkin.