Season 9 Episodes
1. Sir Alec Guinness
October 6th, 19851 hr
2. Peter Ackroyd's Hawksmoor
October 13th, 19851 hr
3. Ian McKellen, Diary of a Year
October 20th, 19851 hr
4. Theatre of Comedy workshop
October 27th, 19851 hr
5. Pete Townshend: After the Fire
November 3rd, 19851 hr
6. Sir Stephen Spender
November 10th, 19851 hr
7. Marguerite Duras
November 17th, 19851 hr
8. Karole Armitage
November 24th, 19851 hr
9. Peter Shaffer
December 1st, 19851 hr
10. John Cleese
January 12th, 19861 hr
Cleese was silently scripting A Fish Called Wanda at the time this interview was filmed. It is not mentioned in this program. What is mentioned is Cleese's spectrum of work from sketch comedy to industrial training films to therapeutical books. Video clips include sequences from Cleese's classics: At Last the 1948 Show, Monty Python's Flying Circus, and Fawlty Towers.
11. Vladimir Ashkenazy
January 19th, 19861 hr
12. Paul Schrader
January 26th, 19861 hr
13. Purcell's Dido and Aenaes
February 2nd, 19861 hr
14. Patrick Heron
February 9th, 19861 hr
15. Blue Note Records
February 16th, 19861 hr
16. Michala Petri
February 23rd, 19861 hr
17. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
March 2nd, 19861 hr
18. Absolute Beginners (film)
March 9th, 19861 hr
19. Arthur Boyd
March 23rd, 19861 hr
20. Hal Prince: Rethinking the Musical
April 6th, 19861 hr
21. British Soap Operas
April 13th, 19861 hr
22. Hull Truck Theatre Company
April 20th, 19861 hr
23. Velvet Underground
April 27th, 19861 hr
The South Bank Show’s Velvet Underground documentary contains interviews with Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison, Moe Tucker, Nico, Andy Warhol and lots of early Velvet performance footage.
24. Al Jolson
May 4th, 19861 hr
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