The South Bank Show (1978)

Genre

documentary film

Country

United Kingdom

Length

45 seasons, 776 episodes

Rated

NR

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This long-running British arts series profiles artists, writers, and performers from both high culture and popular culture. Melvyn Bragg presents and interviews the subjects, explaining their work and its context for a general audience.

informativeeducationalintellectualrelaxedreflectivewide-rangingthoughtful

What happens

The South Bank Show is a British television arts magazine series originally produced by London Weekend Television and broadcast on ITV between 1978 and 2010. A new version of the series began 27 May 2012 on Sky Arts. Conceived, written, and presented by former BBC arts broadcaster Melvyn Bragg, the show aims to bring both high art and popular culture to a mass audience. In 2023, the series came to an end when it was announced that Bragg would be leaving the series after 45 years. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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