The South Bank Show
Season 5
1981 · 27 episodes
1. The French Lieutenant's Woman
1981-11-01 · 60m
2. Elvis Costello
1981-11-08 · 60m
3. Old Glory: the Journey and the Book
1981-11-15 · 60m
4. Ian McKellan / Ian McEwan
1981-11-22 · 60m
5. Brian Moore / Patrick Caulfield
1981-11-29 · 60m
6. A Talent to Vex: John Osborne
1981-12-06 · 60m
7. Mama Lu Parks
1982-01-17 · 60m
8. Bernard D'Ascoli / Theatre of the 8th Day
1982-01-24 · 60m
9. Milos Forman
1982-01-31 · 60m
10. Germaine Greer
1982-02-07 · 60m
11. Pauline Kael / George Steiner's The Portage to San Cristobal of AH
1982-02-14 · 60m
12. Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller
1982-02-21 · 60m
13. Blacck Theatre Cooperative / Laurie Anderson
1982-02-28 · 60m

14. Guys and Dolls (at the National Theatre)
1982-03-07 · 60m
15. Richard Alston's Bellezza Flash
1982-03-14 · 60m
16. Peter Maxwell-Davies
1982-03-21 · 60m
17. Saul Bellow
1982-03-28 · 60m
18. Indian wallpainting
1982-04-04 · 60m
19. Stravinski (1)
1982-04-09 · 60m
20. Stravinski (2)
1982-04-10 · 60m
21. Julian Lloyd-Webber
1982-04-18 · 60m
22. Miles Davis / Robert Nye
1982-04-25 · 60m
23. Caught in the Act (Pillar to Post at Wormwood Scrubs)
1982-05-02 · 60m
24. Joseph Papp / James Galway
1982-05-09 · 60m
25. Werner Herzog
1982-05-16 · 60m
26. Why Don't I Love Opera Anymore (by Stephen Oliver)
1982-05-23 · 60m
27. Phillip Larkin
1982-05-30 · 60m
In March 1981 Melvyn Bragg travelled to Hull to interview the poet, librarian and jazz critic Philip Larkin.
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