The Best Episodes of The South Bank Show

9.2/10(5 votes)
#1 - Malcolm Arnold (1)
Loading...
S28:E49/26/2004
No description available
0 Comments
View all
Director:N/A
Writer:N/A
8.8/10(11 votes)
#2 - Dusty Springfield
Loading...
S30:E54/9/2006
No description available
0 Comments
View all
Director:N/A
Writer:N/A
8.5/10(21 votes)
#3 - Cecilia Bartoli
Loading...
S15:E1611/28/1999
No description available
0 Comments
View all
Director:N/A
Writer:N/A
8.5/10(7 votes)
#4 - George Formby
Loading...
S16:E611/8/1992
No description available
0 Comments
View all
Director:N/A
Writer:N/A
8.4/10(11 votes)
#5 - Peter Gabriel
Loading...
S6:E310/31/1982
Cameras follow Peter Gabriel during the recording of his fourth solo album.
0 Comments
View all
Director:N/A
Writer:N/A
8.4/10(28 votes)
#6 - Douglas Adams
Loading...
S15:E131/5/1992
Interviews with Douglas Adams Some parts of Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency are filmed as link items, including the Electric Monk.
0 Comments
View all
Director:N/A
Writer:N/A

TRENDING NOW

The 20 WORST Episodes of The South Bank Show

READ

8.3/10(29 votes)
#7 - Ralph Vaughan Williams
Loading...
S7:E144/8/1984
No description available
0 Comments
View all
Director:N/A
Writer:N/A
8.3/10(7 votes)
#8 - Iggy Pop
Loading...
S28:E912/5/2004
No description available
0 Comments
View all
Director:N/A
Writer:N/A
8.2/10(29 votes)
#9 - Ian McKellen, Diary of a Year
Loading...
S9:E310/20/1985
No description available
0 Comments
View all
Director:N/A
Writer:N/A
8.2/10(12 votes)
#10 - The Smiths
Loading...
S11:E310/18/1987
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.
0 Comments
View all
Director:N/A
Writer:N/A
8.2/10(5 votes)
#11 - Andrew Lloyd Webber
Loading...
S37:E13/28/2010
No description available
0 Comments
View all
Director:N/A
Writer:N/A
7.8/10(111 votes)
#12 - Ken Russell's View of The Planets
Loading...
S6:E266/12/1983
No description available
0 Comments
View all
Director:N/A
Writer:N/A
7.8/10(25 votes)
#13 - The Golden Age of Television
Loading...
S11:E152/14/1988
A lecture about television given at the British Film Institute.
0 Comments
View all
Director:N/A
Writer:N/A
7.8/10(5 votes)
#14 - George Michael: I'm Your Man
Loading...
S30:E911/17/2006
Melvyn Bragg interviews George Michael regarding Michael's return to touring on the "25 Live" tour, as well as George Michael performs in the studio rehearsing songs for the tour.
0 Comments
View all
Director:N/A
Writer:N/A
7.6/10(8 votes)
#15 - Talking Heads
Loading...
S3:E412/23/1979
No description available
0 Comments
View all
Director:N/A
Writer:N/A
7.6/10(11 votes)
#16 - Velvet Underground
Loading...
S9:E234/27/1986
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.
0 Comments
View all
Director:N/A
Writer:N/A
7.6/10(6 votes)
#17 - Sting
Loading...
S19:E124/14/1996
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...
0 Comments
View all
Director:N/A
Writer:N/A
7.4/10(33 votes)
#18 - A Time There was ... (Benjamin Britten)
Loading...
S3:E94/6/1980
No description available
0 Comments
View all
Director:N/A
Writer:N/A
7.1/10(11 votes)
#19 - Ingmar Bergman at 60
Loading...
S1:E227/8/1978
No description available
0 Comments
View all
Director:N/A
Writer:N/A
7.1/10(7 votes)
#20 - Paul Merton
Loading...
S23:E19/26/1999
No description available
0 Comments
View all
Director:N/A
Writer:N/A
6.9/10(8 votes)
#21 - Noel Coward
Loading...
S15:E213/1/1992
No description available
0 Comments
View all
Director:N/A
Writer:N/A
6.6/10(9 votes)
#22 - Sarah Waters
Loading...
S33:E46/8/2008
No description available
0 Comments
View all
Director:N/A
Writer:N/A
6.3/10(9 votes)
#23 - Local Hero (film)
Loading...
S6:E142/27/1983
No description available
0 Comments
View all
Director:N/A
Writer:N/A
6.2/10(6 votes)
#24 - The Last Emperor (1988 film)
Loading...
S11:E121/17/1988
No description available
0 Comments
View all
Director:N/A
Writer:N/A
6.0/10(6 votes)
#25 - Vermeer: Light, Love and Silence
Loading...
S19:E165/19/1996
No description available
0 Comments
View all
Director:N/A
Writer:N/A

The Best Episodes of The South Bank Show

The Best Episodes of The South Bank Show

Filter By Season39

Season 1

Season 2

#1 - Malcolm Arnold (1)

#2 - Dusty Springfield

#3 - Cecilia Bartoli

#4 - George Formby

#5 - Peter Gabriel

#6 - Douglas Adams

The 20 WORST Episodes of The South Bank Show

#7 - Ralph Vaughan Williams

#8 - Iggy Pop

#9 - Ian McKellen, Diary of a Year

#10 - The Smiths

#11 - Andrew Lloyd Webber

#12 - Ken Russell's View of The Planets

#13 - The Golden Age of Television

#14 - George Michael: I'm Your Man

#15 - Talking Heads

#16 - Velvet Underground

#17 - Sting

#18 - A Time There was ... (Benjamin Britten)

#19 - Ingmar Bergman at 60

#20 - Paul Merton

#21 - Noel Coward

#22 - Sarah Waters

#23 - Local Hero (film)

#24 - The Last Emperor (1988 film)

#25 - Vermeer: Light, Love and Silence

Best Episodes Summary