The South Bank Show — Season 5
27 episodesFirst aired 1 November 1981
E1The French Lieutenant's Woman
Nov 19811h
- E2
Elvis Costello
Nov 19811h
- E3
Old Glory: the Journey and the Book
Nov 19811h
- E4
Ian McKellan / Ian McEwan
Nov 19811h
- E5
Brian Moore / Patrick Caulfield
Nov 19811h
- E6
A Talent to Vex: John Osborne
Dec 19811h
- E7
Mama Lu Parks
Jan 19821h
- E8
Bernard D'Ascoli / Theatre of the 8th Day
Jan 19821h
- E9
Milos Forman
Jan 19821h
- E10
Germaine Greer
Feb 19821h
- E11
Pauline Kael / George Steiner's The Portage to San Cristobal of AH
Feb 19821h
- E12
Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller
Feb 19821h
- E13
Blacck Theatre Cooperative / Laurie Anderson
Feb 19821h
E14Guys and Dolls (at the National Theatre)
Mar 19821h
- E15
Richard Alston's Bellezza Flash
Mar 19821h
- E16
Peter Maxwell-Davies
Mar 19821h
- E17
Saul Bellow
Mar 19821h
- E18
Indian wallpainting
Apr 19821h
- E19
Stravinski (1)
Apr 19821h
- E20
Stravinski (2)
Apr 19821h
- E21
Julian Lloyd-Webber
Apr 19821h
- E22
Miles Davis / Robert Nye
Apr 19821h
- E23
Caught in the Act (Pillar to Post at Wormwood Scrubs)
May 19821h
- E24
Joseph Papp / James Galway
May 19821h
- E25
Werner Herzog
May 19821h
- E26
Why Don't I Love Opera Anymore (by Stephen Oliver)
May 19821h
- E27
Phillip Larkin
May 19821h
In March 1981 Melvyn Bragg travelled to Hull to interview the poet, librarian and jazz critic Philip Larkin.
