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The Best Episodes of The South Bank Show Season 9

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Every episode of The South Bank Show Season 9 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The South Bank Show Season 9!

The Best Episodes of The South Bank Show Season 9

The South Bank Show is a television arts magazine show produced by ITV between 1978 and 2010. A new series began on Sky Arts from...
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    #1 - Sir Alec Guinness

    S9:E1

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    Director:Unknown
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    #2 - Peter Ackroyd's Hawksmoor

    S9:E2

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    Director:Unknown
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    #3 - Ian McKellen, Diary of a Year

    S9:E3

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    Director:Unknown
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    #4 - Theatre of Comedy workshop

    S9:E4

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    #5 - Pete Townshend: After the Fire

    S9:E5

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    #6 - Sir Stephen Spender

    S9:E6

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    Director:Unknown
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    #7 - Marguerite Duras

    S9:E7

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    Director:Unknown
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    #8 - Karole Armitage

    S9:E8

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    Director:Unknown
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    #9 - Peter Shaffer

    S9:E9

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    Director:Unknown
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    #10 - John Cleese

    S9:E10

    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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    #11 - Vladimir Ashkenazy

    S9:E11

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    Director:Unknown
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    #12 - Paul Schrader

    S9:E12

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    Director:Unknown
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    #13 - Purcell's Dido and Aenaes

    S9:E13

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    Director:Unknown
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    #14 - Patrick Heron

    S9:E14

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    Director:Unknown
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    #15 - Blue Note Records

    S9:E15

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    #16 - Michala Petri

    S9:E16

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    #17 - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

    S9:E17

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    #18 - Absolute Beginners (film)

    S9:E18

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    #19 - Arthur Boyd

    S9:E19

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    #20 - Hal Prince: Rethinking the Musical

    S9:E20

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    #21 - British Soap Operas

    S9:E21

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    #22 - Hull Truck Theatre Company

    S9:E22

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    #23 - Velvet Underground

    S9:E23

    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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    #24 - Al Jolson

    S9:E24

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Season 9 Ratings Summary

"Sir Alec Guinness" is the best rated episode of "The South Bank Show" season 9. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/6/1985. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Peter Ackroyd's Hawksmoor".