Episodes
Bill Bryson
September 10, 2006
Bill Bryson revisits the haunts of his childhood
JG Ballard
September 17, 2006
Robbie Coltrane
September 24, 2006
Episode 4
October 1, 2006
Spamalot
October 15, 2006
Claire Tomalin on Thomas Hardy
October 22, 2006
Sue Townsend
October 29, 2006
Lorenzo Da Ponte
November 5, 2006
Peter Blake
November 19, 2006
Nick Park and Aardman Animations
November 26, 2006
Steve Reich
December 10, 2006
Grayson Perry
December 17, 2006
Damien Hirst - Addicted To Art
January 1, 2007
Damien Hirst
January 6, 2007
This episode of The South Bank Show provides a unique insight into Damien Hirst not as the enfant terrible of an art world but as an art collector and businessman. Known for creating one of the most famous icons of modern art, a 14ft tiger shark suspended in formaldehyde, which shocked the public, he also produces decorative spot and spin paintings. His prolific output and entrepreneurialism have made him one of the world's most expensive living artists, with an estimated fortune of £100 million. One of Hirst's motivations for his growing art collection is Toddington, a dilapidated Gothic Manor house in Gloucestershire, which he purchased in 2005 for £3 million and will one day house his entire collection. Here, he shows Melvyn Bragg around Toddington, outlining his plans for its future. They discuss his art collection, his artistic heroes and the relationship between money and art.
Victoria Wood: A South Bank Show Special
March 11, 2007
Isabel Allende
April 22, 2007
Shane Meadows
April 29, 2007
Jarvis Cocker: Running The World
June 10, 2007
Martin Sheen On Playing It Real
June 17, 2007
Marianne Faithfull: A Life In Song
June 24, 2007
Zaha Hadid
July 1, 2007
MacBeth
July 8, 2007
Ian McMillan, Bard Of Barnsley
July 15, 2007
Emma Kirkby, The Unsung Heroine
July 22, 2007
June Whitfield
July 29, 2007
Michael Sheen On Playing It Real
September 2, 2007
Joan Dision
September 23, 2007
Ken Follett
September 30, 2007
The Mersey Sound
October 7, 2007
The Last Laugh: John Bird and John Fortune
October 14, 2007
