The South Bank Show

The Best Episodes of The South Bank Show

Genre:Documentary
Network:ITV1

Every episode of The South Bank Show ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The South Bank Show!

The South Bank Show is a television arts magazine show that was produced by ITV between 1978 and 2010. A new series began on Sky...
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  1. 9.4/10(30 votes)

    #1 - Ian McKellen

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  2. 9.2/10(28 votes)

    #2 - David Lean: a Life in Film

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  3. 9.2/10(5 votes)

    #3 - Malcolm Arnold (1)

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  4. 8.5/10(21 votes)

    #4 - Cecilia Bartoli

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  5. 8.5/10(7 votes)

    #5 - George Formby

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  6. 8.4/10(11 votes)

    #6 - Peter Gabriel

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    Cameras follow Peter Gabriel during the recording of his fourth solo album.

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  7. 8.4/10(28 votes)

    #7 - Douglas Adams

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    Interviews with Douglas Adams Some parts of Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency are filmed as link items, including the Electric Monk.

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  8. 8.3/10(29 votes)

    #8 - Ralph Vaughan Williams

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  9. 8.3/10(7 votes)

    #9 - Iggy Pop

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  10. 8.2/10(29 votes)

    #10 - Ian McKellen, Diary of a Year

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  11. 8.2/10(12 votes)

    #11 - The Smiths

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    This documentary on The Smiths was filmed just days before the band went their separate ways in 1987. Contains interviews of Morrissey, Marr, Joyce and Rourke, as well as Linder, Shaun Duggan, Jo O'Keefe, John Peel, Nick Kent, Sandie Shaw and Viv Nicholson.

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  12. 8.2/10(5 votes)

    #12 - Andrew Lloyd Webber

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  13. 8.1/10(20 votes)

    #13 - Michael Powell

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  14. 8.0/10(6 votes)

    #14 - Vivienne Westwood

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  15. 7.8/10(110 votes)

    #15 - Ken Russell's View of The Planets

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  16. 7.8/10(25 votes)

    #16 - The Golden Age of Television

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    A lecture about television given at the British Film Institute.

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  17. 7.8/10(11 votes)

    #17 - John Lennon's Jukebox

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    Original Air Date—14 March 2004 In the mid-1960s, John Lennon bought a portable jukebox and stocked it with 40 of his favorite 45-rpm records. This documentary showcases those songs and uses them to explore Lennon's musical tastes and influences. Featured are interviews with many of the artists whose songs were in Lennon's jukebox.

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  18. 7.6/10(11 votes)

    #18 - Velvet Underground

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    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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  19. 7.6/10(6 votes)

    #19 - Sting

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    This report brings you back in 1996, when Sting records "Mercury falling". You will see Sting in his home of lake house, talking about the writting process, see him recording the varied tracks of the album and heard them as working versions... a superb moment...

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  20. 7.2/10(7 votes)

    #20 - Björk

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  21. 7.1/10(11 votes)

    #21 - Ingmar Bergman at 60

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  22. 7.1/10(7 votes)

    #22 - Paul Merton

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  23. 6.9/10(8 votes)

    #23 - Noel Coward

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  24. 6.8/10(5 votes)

    #24 - Jimi Hendrix

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  25. 6.6/10(9 votes)

    #25 - Sarah Waters

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Best Episodes Summary

"Ian McKellen" is the best rated episode of "The South Bank Show". It scored 9.4/10 based on 30 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 6/29/2004. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "David Lean: a Life in Film".