The South Bank Show: Season 9

Episodes

1. 1. Sir Alec Guinness

   Oct 6, 1985 · 1h

2. 2. Peter Ackroyd's Hawksmoor

   Oct 13, 1985 · 1h

3. 3. Ian McKellen, Diary of a Year

   Oct 20, 1985 · 1h

4. 4. Theatre of Comedy workshop

   Oct 27, 1985 · 1h

5. 5. Pete Townshend: After the Fire

   Nov 3, 1985 · 1h

6. 6. Sir Stephen Spender

   Nov 10, 1985 · 1h

7. 7. Marguerite Duras

   Nov 17, 1985 · 1h

8. 8. Karole Armitage

   Nov 24, 1985 · 1h

9. 9. Peter Shaffer

   Dec 1, 1985 · 1h

10. 10. John Cleese

    Jan 12, 1986 · 1h

    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. 11. Vladimir Ashkenazy

    Jan 19, 1986 · 1h

12. 12. Paul Schrader

    Jan 26, 1986 · 1h

13. 13. Purcell's Dido and Aenaes

    Feb 2, 1986 · 1h

14. 14. Patrick Heron

    Feb 9, 1986 · 1h

15. 15. Blue Note Records

    Feb 16, 1986 · 1h

16. 16. Michala Petri

    Feb 23, 1986 · 1h

17. 17. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

    Mar 2, 1986 · 1h

18. 18. Absolute Beginners (film)

    Mar 9, 1986 · 1h

19. 19. Arthur Boyd

    Mar 23, 1986 · 1h

20. 20. Hal Prince: Rethinking the Musical

    Apr 6, 1986 · 1h

21. 21. British Soap Operas

    Apr 13, 1986 · 1h

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    22. Hull Truck Theatre Company

    Apr 20, 1986 · 1h

23. 23. Velvet Underground

    Apr 27, 1986 · 1h

    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. 24. Al Jolson

    May 4, 1986 · 1h

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