The South Bank Show - Season 8
1 - Alan Bennett
Air Date: October 7, 1984
2 - McCartney's Broad Street
Air Date: October 14, 1984
Behind the scenes look at the making of Paul McCartney's 1984 movie Give My Regards To Broad Street.
3 - The Forming of the Phoenix (Phoenix Dance Company)
Air Date: October 21, 1984
4 - Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
Air Date: October 28, 1984
5 - Norman Nicholson
Air Date: November 4, 1984
6 - Joseph Heller
Air Date: November 11, 1984
7 - Mstislav Rostropovich
Air Date: November 18, 1984
8 - Max Wall
Air Date: November 25, 1984
10 - Alan Bleasdale
Air Date: January 13, 1985
11 - Anthony Burgess on D.H. Lawrence
Air Date: January 20, 1985
13 - Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex
Air Date: February 3, 1985
14 - Marc Chagall
Air Date: February 10, 1985
15 - David Lean: a Life in Film
Air Date: February 17, 1985
16 - Simon Rattle / finale of Messiaen's Turangalila Symphony
Air Date: February 24, 1985
17 - Little Richard
Air Date: March 3, 1985
18 - George Malcolm on Scarlatti
Air Date: March 10, 1985
19 - Silent Partners: Second Stride Dance Company
Air Date: March 17, 1985
20 - Michael Crawford/Billy Bragg
Air Date: March 31, 1985
21 - David Mamet
Air Date: March 24, 1985
22 - Olivier Messiaen: The Music of Faith
Air Date: April 5, 1985
23 - The Cotton Club (night club)
Air Date: May 26, 1985
24 - Prez (jazz opera about Lester Young)
Air Date: June 2, 1985
25 - Francis Bacon
Air Date: June 9, 1985
As part of The South Bank Show series, director David Hinton and interviewer Melvyn Bragg accompany Francis Bacon for a day during his second retrospective at the Tate Gallery, London, in 1985. The conversation reveals the artist’s influences, theories and obsessions.
26 - George Steiner on Vienna at the turn of the century
Air Date: June 16, 1985