Season 9

Episodes • 1985

Melvyn Bragg
Sir Alec Guinness

1. Sir Alec Guinness

60 min

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Peter Ackroyd's Hawksmoor

2. Peter Ackroyd's Hawksmoor

60 min

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Ian McKellen, Diary of a Year

3. Ian McKellen, Diary of a Year

60 min

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Theatre of Comedy workshop

4. Theatre of Comedy workshop

60 min

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Pete Townshend: After the Fire

5. Pete Townshend: After the Fire

60 min

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Sir Stephen Spender

6. Sir Stephen Spender

60 min

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Marguerite Duras

7. Marguerite Duras

60 min

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Karole Armitage

8. Karole Armitage

60 min

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Peter Shaffer

9. Peter Shaffer

60 min

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John Cleese

10. John Cleese

60 min

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.

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Vladimir Ashkenazy

11. Vladimir Ashkenazy

60 min

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Paul Schrader

12. Paul Schrader

60 min

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Purcell's Dido and Aenaes

13. Purcell's Dido and Aenaes

60 min

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Patrick Heron

14. Patrick Heron

60 min

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Blue Note Records

15. Blue Note Records

60 min

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Michala Petri

16. Michala Petri

60 min

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Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

17. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

60 min

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Absolute Beginners (film)

18. Absolute Beginners (film)

60 min

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Arthur Boyd

19. Arthur Boyd

60 min

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Hal Prince: Rethinking the Musical

20. Hal Prince: Rethinking the Musical

60 min

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British Soap Operas

21. British Soap Operas

60 min

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Hull Truck Theatre Company

22. Hull Truck Theatre Company

60 min

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Velvet Underground

23. Velvet Underground

60 min

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.

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Al Jolson

24. Al Jolson

60 min

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