Melvyn Bragg is an English broadcaster, author and parliamentarian.
Known For
Credits
Cast Credits
The South Bank Show Originals (2016)
Starring as Presenter
(94 episodes)
- Episode 7x10: Ravi Shankar (Dec 20, 2020)
- Episode 7x09: Nick Park & Aardman Animation (Dec 20, 2020)
- Episode 7x08: Chinua Achebe (Dec 13, 2020)
- Episode 7x07: Coldplay (Dec 13, 2020)
- Episode 7x06: Jack Vettriano (Dec 6, 2020)
- Episode 7x05: Willard White (Dec 6, 2020)
- Episode 7x04: Alan Bleasdale (Nov 29, 2020)
- Episode 7x03: Lesley Garrett (Nov 29, 2020)
- Episode 7x02: The Velvet Underground (Nov 22, 2020)
- Episode 7x01: Norman Mailer on Picasso (Nov 22, 2020)
- Episode 6x08: Fay Weldon (Oct 1, 2019)
- Episode 6x07: Jimmy McGovern (Sep 24, 2019)
- Episode 6x06: John Updike (Sep 17, 2019)
- Episode 6x05: Boogie Woogie (Sep 10, 2019)
- Episode 6x04: Arthur Miller (Sep 3, 2019)
- Episode 6x03: Beryl Cook (Aug 27, 2019)
- Episode 6x02: Jonathan Miller's Figaro: Anatomy of an Opera (Aug 20, 2019)
- Episode 6x01: Frank Auerbach (Aug 13, 2019)
- Episode 5x30: Sue Townsend (Oct 23, 2018)
- Episode 5x29: Craig David (Oct 23, 2018)
- Episode 5x28: Hip-Hop Music (Oct 16, 2018)
- Episode 5x27: Talking Heads (Oct 16, 2018)
- Episode 5x26: Annie Lennox (Oct 9, 2018)
- Episode 5x25: June Whitfield (Oct 9, 2018)
- Episode 5x24: Jacqueline Wilson (Oct 2, 2018)
- Episode 5x23: 'Dr John' Rebennack (Oct 2, 2018)
- Episode 5x22: Howard Jacobson (Sep 25, 2018)
- Episode 5x21: Vanessa Redgrave (Sep 25, 2018)
- Episode 5x20: The History of Rhythm and Blues (Sep 18, 2018)
- Episode 5x19: Andrew Lloyd Webber (Sep 18, 2018)
- Episode 5x18: Sarah Waters (Sep 11, 2018)
- Episode 5x17: John Bird and John Fortune (Sep 11, 2018)
- Episode 5x16: Bill Bryson (Sep 4, 2018)
- Episode 5x15: Nick Cave (Sep 4, 2018)
- Episode 5x14: Margaret Atwood (Aug 28, 2018)
- Episode 5x13: Sam Taylor-Johnson (Aug 28, 2018)
- Episode 5x12: Peter Blake (Aug 21, 2018)
- Episode 5x11: Marc Quinn (Aug 21, 2018)
- Episode 5x10: Vivienne Westwood (Aug 14, 2018)
- Episode 5x09: David Lean and Robert Bolt (Aug 14, 2018)
- Episode 5x08: Anthony Green (Aug 7, 2018)
- Episode 5x07: Local Hero (Aug 7, 2018)
- Episode 5x06: Werner Herzog (Jul 31, 2018)
- Episode 5x05: John Hurt (Jul 31, 2018)
- Episode 5x04: Ronnie Corbett (Jul 24, 2018)
- Episode 5x03: Sir Ian McKellen (Jul 24, 2018)
- Episode 5x02: Joan Rivers (Jul 17, 2018)
- Episode 5x01: Billy Connolly (Jul 17, 2018)
- Episode 4x28: Michael Powell (Apr 23, 2018)
- Episode 4x27: Miriam Makeba (Apr 23, 2018)
- Episode 4x26: Hanif Kureishi (Apr 16, 2018)
- Episode 4x25: Georges Simenon (Apr 16, 2018)
- Episode 4x24: Jack Lemmon. (Apr 9, 2018)
- Episode 4x23: Saul Bellow (Apr 9, 2018)
- Episode 4x22: Dance Theatre of Harlem. (Mar 26, 2018)
- Episode 4x21: Willie Nelson (Mar 26, 2018)
- Episode 4x20: Mark Morris (Mar 19, 2018)
- Episode 4x19: Turner's Exhibition (Mar 19, 2018)
- Episode 4x18: John le Carre (Mar 12, 2018)
- Episode 4x17: Gore Vidal (Mar 12, 2018)
- Episode 4x16: Doris Lessing (Mar 5, 2018)
- Episode 4x15: Vera Lynn (Mar 5, 2018)
- Episode 4x14: Michael Douglas (Feb 26, 2018)
- Episode 4x13: Tom Jones (Feb 26, 2018)
- Episode 4x12: Jeanette Winterson (Feb 19, 2018)
- Episode 4x11: Jamie Cullum (Feb 19, 2018)
- Episode 4x10: Akram Khan (Feb 12, 2018)
- Episode 4x09: Liza Minnelli (Feb 12, 2018)
- Episode 4x08: Germaine Greer (Feb 5, 2018)
- Episode 4x07: Bee Gees (Feb 5, 2018)
- Episode 4x06: Damien Hirst (Jan 29, 2018)
- Episode 4x05: Anish Kapoor (Jan 29, 2018)
- Episode 4x04: Gilbert and George (Jan 22, 2018)
- Episode 4x03: Cher (Jan 22, 2018)
- Episode 4x02: Zaha Hadid (Jan 15, 2018)
- Episode 4x01: Eric Clapton (Jan 15, 2018)
- Episode 3x30: Jodie Foster (Nov 9, 2016)
- Episode 3x29: Elizabeth Taylor (Nov 9, 2016)
- Episode 3x28: Blur (Nov 2, 2016)
- Episode 3x27: Pet Shop Boys (Nov 2, 2016)
- Episode 3x26: Terence Davies (Oct 26, 2016)
- Episode 3x25: Peter Kosminsky (Oct 26, 2016)
- Episode 3x24: Alice Walker (Oct 19, 2016)
- Episode 3x23: Andrew Wyeth (Oct 19, 2016)
- Episode 3x22: Patricia Highsmith (Oct 12, 2016)
- Episode 3x21: Ruth Rendell (Oct 12, 2016)
- Episode 3x20: Humphrey Lyttelton (Oct 5, 2016)
- Episode 3x19: Courtney Pine (Oct 5, 2016)
- Episode 3x18: Andrew Davies (Sep 28, 2016)
- Episode 3x17: Kay Mellor (Sep 28, 2016)
- Episode 3x16: Bjork (Sep 14, 2016)
- Episode 3x15: Afro-Cuban All Stars (Sep 14, 2016)
- Episode 3x14: Sophie Calle (Sep 7, 2016)
- Episode 3x13: David Bailey (Sep 7, 2016)
Weekend (2014)
Guest starring as Melvyn Bragg
- Episode 4x23: Melvyn Bragg, Jacqui Abbott, Paul Heaton (Jul 1, 2017)
Portrait Artist of the Year (2013)
Guest starring as Melvyn Bragg
- Episode 2x05: Jilly Cooper, Daniel Roche, Melvyn Bragg (Dec 2, 2014)
Living the Life (2011)
Guest starring as Melvyn Bragg
- Episode 1x02: Joanna Lumley and Melvyn Bragg (Nov 13, 2011)
Reel History of Britain (2011)
Starring as Presenter
(20 episodes)
- Episode 1x20: Beside the Seaside (Sep 30, 2011)
- Episode 1x19: Dawn of a New Era (Sep 29, 2011)
- Episode 1x18: The End of the Line (Sep 28, 2011)
- Episode 1x17: Streets in the Sky (Sep 27, 2011)
- Episode 1x16: Long to Reign Over Us (Sep 26, 2011)
- Episode 1x15: Britain's Secondary Modern Schools (Sep 23, 2011)
- Episode 1x14: Britain's Green and Pleasant Land (Sep 22, 2011)
- Episode 1x13: A Right Royal Knees Up (Sep 21, 2011)
- Episode 1x12: Steel Ships and Iron Men (Sep 20, 2011)
- Episode 1x11: The Birth of the NHS (Sep 19, 2011)
- Episode 1x10: Sun, Sea and Sangria (Sep 16, 2011)
- Episode 1x09: The Glory Days of Fishing (Sep 15, 2011)
- Episode 1x08: Britain on the Move (Sep 14, 2011)
- Episode 1x07: Britain's National Disgrace (Sep 13, 2011)
- Episode 1x06: Britain's Home Guard (Sep 12, 2011)
- Episode 1x05: The Roaring Twenties (Sep 9, 2011)
- Episode 1x04: Britain's Black Diamonds (Sep 8, 2011)
- Episode 1x03: Soldier, Soldier (Sep 7, 2011)
- Episode 1x02: Britain's First Teenagers (Sep 6, 2011)
- Episode 1x01: Britain's Wartime Evacuees (Sep 5, 2011)
Melvyn Bragg's Travels in Written Britain (2008)
Starring as Melvyn Bragg
(4 episodes)
- Episode 1x04: Scotland (Apr 27, 2008)
- Episode 1x03: The Midlands (Apr 20, 2008)
- Episode 1x02: London and the Thames (Apr 13, 2008)
- Episode 1x01: North Journey (Apr 6, 2008)
Parkinson (2004)
Guest starring as Melvyn Bragg
- Episode 4x07: Kathleen Turner, Martin Freeman, Melvyn Bragg (Apr 15, 2006)
The Adventure of English (2003)
Starring as Presenter
(8 episodes)
- Episode 1x08: Many Tongues Called English, One World Language (Nov 27, 2003)
- Episode 1x07: The Language of Empire (Nov 27, 2003)
- Episode 1x06: Speaking Proper (Nov 20, 2003)
- Episode 1x05: English in America (Nov 20, 2003)
- Episode 1x04: This Earth, This Realm, This England (Nov 13, 2003)
- Episode 1x03: The Battle for the Language of the Bible (Nov 13, 2003)
- Episode 1x02: English Goes Underground (Nov 6, 2003)
- Episode 1x01: Birth of a Language (Nov 6, 2003)
The Kumars at No. 42 (2001)
Guest starring as Melvyn Bragg
- Episode 2x02: Jerry Hall and Melvyn Bragg (Jun 3, 2002)
Fantasy Football League (1994)
Guest starring as Melvyn Bragg
(2 episodes)
- Episode 3x11: Melvyn Bragg, Alison Moyet (Apr 12, 1996)
- Episode 3x03: Melvyn Bragg, Alan Davies (Jan 12, 1996)
Have I Got News for You (1990)
Guest starring as Melvyn Bragg
- Episode 10x03: Melvyn Bragg, Mike Yarwood (Nov 10, 1995)
Comic Relief (1986)
Guest starring as Melvyn Bragg
- Episode 1991-03-15: The Stonker Starts Here (Mar 15, 1991)
The South Bank Show (1978)
Starring as Presenter
(796 episodes)
- Episode 2023-07-05: The South Bank Sky Arts Awards 2023 (Jul 5, 2023)
- Episode 2022-08-03: Carlos Acosta (Aug 3, 2022)
- Episode 2022-07-27: Helen Mirren (Jul 27, 2022)
- Episode 2022-07-20: Frank Skinner (Jul 20, 2022)
- Episode 2022-07-13: The South Bank Sky Arts Awards 2022 (Jul 13, 2022)
- Episode 2021-07-22: The South Bank Sky Arts Awards 2021 (Jul 22, 2021)
- Episode 2021-07-15: Arielle Smith & Alberta Whittle (Jul 15, 2021)
- Episode 2021-07-08: Noah Jupe, Mishka Rushdie Momen & Alex Woolf (Jul 8, 2021)
- Episode 2021-07-01: The Pin, Marina Kemp & Nick Rowland (Jul 1, 2021)
- Episode 2021-06-24: Arlo Parks & Samuel Bailey (Jun 24, 2021)
- Episode 2020-12-13: Simon Armitage (Dec 13, 2020)
- Episode 2020-12-06: Benjamin Zephaniah (Dec 6, 2020)
- Episode 2020-11-29: Bernardine Evaristo (Nov 29, 2020)
- Episode 2020-11-22: Gillian Anderson (Nov 22, 2020)
- Episode 2019-08-06: Heidi Thomas (Aug 6, 2019)
- Episode 2019-07-30: Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith (Jul 30, 2019)
- Episode 2019-07-23: Jack Thorne (Jul 23, 2019)
- Episode 2019-05-05: Jed Mercurio (May 5, 2019)
- Episode 2018-12-12: Andria Zafirakou (Dec 12, 2018)
- Episode 2018-12-05: Gail Rebuck (Dec 5, 2018)
- Episode 2018-11-28: Sonia Friedman (Nov 28, 2018)
- Episode 2018-11-21: Danielle de Niese (Nov 21, 2018)
- Episode 2018-11-14: Beverley Knight (Nov 14, 2018)
- Episode 2018-11-07: Tracey Ullman (Nov 7, 2018)
- Episode 2017-08-23: Yinka Shonibare MBE (Aug 23, 2017)
- Episode 2017-08-16: Jude Law, Ivo van Hove (Aug 16, 2017)
- Episode 2017-08-09: Benjamin Clementine (Aug 9, 2017)
- Episode 2017-08-02: Sally Wainwright (Aug 2, 2017)
- Episode 2017-07-23: Karl Ove Knausgård (Jul 23, 2017)
- Episode 2017-07-19: Amma Asante (Jul 19, 2017)
- Episode 2015-07-15: Mark Rylance (Jul 15, 2015)
- Episode 2015-07-08: Joseph Calleja (Jul 8, 2015)
- Episode 2015-07-01: Laura Mvula (Jul 1, 2015)
- Episode 2015-06-24: Margaret Drabble (Jun 24, 2015)
- Episode 2015-06-17: Paul Greengrass (Jun 17, 2015)
- Episode 2015-06-10: George RR Martin (Jun 10, 2015)
- Episode 36x06: Daniel Radcllffe (Jun 26, 2014)
- Episode 36x05: Angel Blue (Jun 19, 2014)
- Episode 36x04: An Anatomy of King Lear (Jun 12, 2014)
- Episode 36x03: Abi Morgan (Jun 5, 2014)
- Episode 36x02: Kate Atkinson (May 29, 2014)
- Episode 36x01: John Lloyd (May 22, 2014)
- Episode 35x06: Britart: Painting Is Back (May 23, 2013)
- Episode 35x05: Alfie Boe (May 16, 2013)
- Episode 35x04: Tamara Rojo (May 9, 2013)
- Episode 35x03: Alison Balsom (May 2, 2013)
- Episode 35x02: David Hare (Apr 25, 2013)
- Episode 35x01: Tim Minchin (Apr 18, 2013)
- Episode 34x04: Carlos Acosta, Edward Watson and Tamara Rojo (Jun 18, 2012)
- Episode 34x03: Trevor Nelson and Dizzee Rascal (Jun 11, 2012)
- Episode 34x02: Pat Barker (Jun 4, 2012)
- Episode 34x01: Nicholas Hytner (May 28, 2012)
- Episode 33x21: The Final Cut (May 30, 2010)
- Episode 33x20: Victoria Wood Revisited (May 23, 2010)
- Episode 33x19: Kiri Te Kanawa Revisited (May 16, 2010)
- Episode 33x18: Judi Dench Revisited (May 9, 2010)
- Episode 33x17: David Hockney Revisited (May 2, 2010)
- Episode 33x16: Stephen Sondheim Revisited (Apr 25, 2010)
- Episode 33x15: Ian McKellen Revisited (Apr 18, 2010)
- Episode 33x14: Ian McEwan Revisited (Apr 11, 2010)
- Episode 33x13: Billy Connolly Revisited (Apr 4, 2010)
- Episode 33x12: Andrew Lloyd Webber Revisited (Mar 28, 2010)
- Episode 33x11: South Bank Show Awards 2009 (Jan 31, 2010)
- Episode 33x10: The Royal Shakespeare Company (Dec 28, 2009)
- Episode 33x09: Wayne McGregor (Dec 13, 2009)
- Episode 33x08: Carol Ann Duffy (Dec 6, 2009)
- Episode 33x07: Elbow (Nov 15, 2009)
- Episode 33x06: Nick Hornby (Oct 25, 2009)
- Episode 33x05: Lee Hall (Oct 18, 2009)
- Episode 33x04: Disney.Pixar (Oct 11, 2009)
- Episode 33x03: Andy Warhol (Oct 4, 2009)
- Episode 33x02: Coldplay (Sep 20, 2009)
- Episode 33x01: The Wagner Family (Sep 13, 2009)
- Episode 32x15: Peter Kosminsky (May 24, 2009)
- Episode 32x14: Out of Nigeria (2) (May 17, 2009)
- Episode 32x13: Out of Nigeria (1) (May 10, 2009)
- Episode 32x12: William Goldman (Apr 26, 2009)
- Episode 32x11: Messiah (Apr 12, 2009)
- Episode 32x10: Will Young (Mar 15, 2009)
- Episode 32x09: The Tempest (Feb 8, 2009)
- Episode 32x08: Beyond the Footlights (Feb 1, 2009)
- Episode 32x07: The South Bank Show Awards (Jan 28, 2009)
- Episode 32x06: The Mariinsky Theatre (Dec 7, 2008)
- Episode 32x05: Sam Taylor-Wood (Nov 16, 2008)
- Episode 32x04: Cildo Meireles (Oct 26, 2008)
- Episode 32x03: Bond (Oct 19, 2008)
- Episode 32x02: The One Ronnie (Oct 5, 2008)
- Episode 32x01: The Streets (Sep 21, 2008)
- Episode 31x19: Billy Joel (Jul 13, 2008)
- Episode 31x18: Tasmin Little (Jun 15, 2008)
- Episode 31x17: Sarah Waters (Jun 8, 2008)
- Episode 31x16: Gore Vidal (May 18, 2008)
- Episode 31x15: The Damned United (May 11, 2008)
- Episode 31x14: Liza Minnelli (May 4, 2008)
- Episode 31x13: Revolution 68 (Mar 16, 2008)
- Episode 31x12: David McVicar (Mar 9, 2008)
- Episode 31x11: Lang Lang (Feb 10, 2008)
- Episode 31x10: Kevin Spacey at The Old Vic (Jan 6, 2008)
- Episode 31x09: The Nutcracker Story (Dec 26, 2007)
- Episode 31x08: The Making of Viva La Diva (Dec 9, 2007)
- Episode 31x07: Eric Clapton (Dec 2, 2007)
- Episode 31x06: Annie Lennox (Nov 25, 2007)
- Episode 31x05: The Last Laugh: John Bird and John Fortune (Oct 14, 2007)
- Episode 31x04: The Mersey Sound (Oct 7, 2007)
- Episode 31x03: Ken Follett (Sep 30, 2007)
- Episode 31x02: Joan Dision (Sep 23, 2007)
- Episode 31x01: Michael Sheen on Playing It Real (Sep 2, 2007)
- Episode 30x25: June Whitfield (Jul 29, 2007)
- Episode 30x24: Emma Kirkby, The Unsung Heroine (Jul 22, 2007)
- Episode 30x23: Ian McMillan, Bard of Barnsley (Jul 15, 2007)
- Episode 30x22: MacBeth (Jul 8, 2007)
- Episode 30x21: Zaha Hadid (Jul 1, 2007)
- Episode 30x20: Marianne Faithfull: A Life in Song (Jun 24, 2007)
- Episode 30x19: Martin Sheen on Playing It Real (Jun 17, 2007)
- Episode 30x18: Jarvis Cocker: Running the World (Jun 10, 2007)
- Episode 30x17: Shane Meadows (Apr 29, 2007)
- Episode 30x16: Isabel Allende (Apr 22, 2007)
- Episode 30x15: Victoria Wood: A South Bank Show Special (Mar 11, 2007)
- Episode 30x14: Mark Wallinger (Mar 4, 2007)
- Episode 30x13: Damien Hirst - Addicted to Art (Jan 7, 2007)
- Episode 30x12: Grayson Perry (Dec 17, 2006)
- Episode 30x11: Steve Reich (Dec 10, 2006)
- Episode 30x10: Nick Park and Aardman Animations (Nov 26, 2006)
- Episode 30x09: Peter Blake (Nov 19, 2006)
- Episode 30x08: Lorenzo Da Ponte (Nov 5, 2006)
- Episode 30x07: Sue Townsend (Oct 29, 2006)
- Episode 30x06: Claire Tomalin on Thomas Hardy (Oct 22, 2006)
- Episode 30x05: Spamalot (Oct 15, 2006)
- Episode 30x04: Episode 4 (Oct 1, 2006)
- Episode 30x03: Robbie Coltrane (Sep 24, 2006)
- Episode 30x02: JG Ballard (Sep 17, 2006)
- Episode 30x01: Bill Bryson (Sep 10, 2006)
- Episode 29x19: Romeo and Juliet (Jun 11, 2006)
- Episode 29x18: Seu Jorge (Jun 4, 2006)
- Episode 29x17: Dusty Springfield (Apr 9, 2006)
- Episode 29x16: PD James (Mar 26, 2006)
- Episode 29x15: John Rutter (Mar 12, 2006)
- Episode 29x14: Manga Mania (Feb 19, 2006)
- Episode 29x13: Armando Iannucci (Feb 12, 2006)
- Episode 29x12: Little Britain: A South Bank Show Special (Dec 25, 2005)
- Episode 29x11: Peter Hall (2) (Nov 6, 2005)
- Episode 29x10: Peter Hall (1) (Oct 30, 2005)
- Episode 29x09: The Life and Times of Tristram Shandy (film) (Oct 23, 2005)
- Episode 29x08: Pablo Trapero, Lucrecia Martel, Daniel Burman (Oct 16, 2005)
- Episode 29x07: Alan Bennett (Oct 9, 2005)
- Episode 29x06: Maxim Vengerov (Oct 2, 2005)
- Episode 29x05: Eric Sykes (Sep 18, 2005)
- Episode 29x04: Karl Jenkins (Sep 11, 2005)
- Episode 29x03: Sophie Calle (Aug 21, 2005)
- Episode 29x02: Margot Fonteyn (2) (Aug 14, 2005)
- Episode 29x01: Margot Fonteyn (1) (Aug 7, 2005)
- Episode 28x22: Paul Abbott (May 15, 2005)
- Episode 28x21: The Secret Art of War (May 8, 2005)
- Episode 28x20: National Theatre's production of Henry IV (May 1, 2005)
- Episode 28x19: Red Priest (Apr 24, 2005)
- Episode 28x18: John Boorman (Apr 10, 2005)
- Episode 28x17: The Garden of Cosmic Speculation (Apr 3, 2005)
- Episode 28x16: Alina Cojocaru & Johan Kobborg (Mar 27, 2005)
- Episode 28x15: Khaled and Rachid (Mar 13, 2005)
- Episode 28x14: Going Sane (Mar 6, 2005)
- Episode 28x13: Ian McEwan (Feb 20, 2005)
- Episode 28x12: Pete 'n' Dud, The Lost Shows (Jan 2, 2005)
- Episode 28x11: Howard Goodall (Dec 19, 2004)
- Episode 28x10: Ruth Rendell (Dec 12, 2004)
- Episode 28x09: Iggy Pop (Dec 5, 2004)
- Episode 28x08: The Darkness (Nov 21, 2004)
- Episode 28x07: Michael Frayn (Nov 14, 2004)
- Episode 28x06: Robert Frank (Oct 17, 2004)
- Episode 28x05: Malcolm Arnold (2) (Oct 3, 2004)
- Episode 28x04: Malcolm Arnold (1) (Sep 26, 2004)
- Episode 28x03: Willie Nelson (Sep 19, 2004)
- Episode 28x02: Ronnie Wood (Sep 5, 2004)
- Episode 28x01: Street Music Stories (Aug 22, 2004)
- Episode 27x13: Ian McKellen (Jun 27, 2004)
- Episode 27x12: Othello (May 16, 2004)
- Episode 27x11: Johnny Hallyday (May 9, 2004)
- Episode 27x10: Jeanette Winterson (May 2, 2004)
- Episode 27x09: The Dance Theatre of Harlem (Apr 4, 2004)
- Episode 27x08: Jack Vettriano (Mar 21, 2004)
- Episode 27x07: John Lennon's Jukebox (Mar 14, 2004)
- Episode 27x06: The Wilson Twins (Mar 7, 2004)
- Episode 27x05: Jamie Cullum (Feb 22, 2004)
- Episode 27x04: TV Stories (2) (Feb 8, 2004)
- Episode 27x03: TV Stories (1) (Feb 1, 2004)
- Episode 27x02: Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra (Dec 7, 2003)
- Episode 27x01: Germaine Greer (Oct 19, 2003)
- Episode 26x25: Ewan McGregor (Sep 21, 2003)
- Episode 26x24: Andrew Lloyd Webber, the Full Picture (Sep 14, 2003)
- Episode 26x23: Robert Harris Takes on Rome (Sep 7, 2003)
- Episode 26x22: Albert Camus (Aug 31, 2003)
- Episode 26x21: Nick Cave (Aug 10, 2003)
- Episode 26x20: Juan Diego Florez (Aug 3, 2003)
- Episode 26x19: The Real George Orwell (Jul 27, 2003)
- Episode 26x18: Ang Lee (Jul 13, 2003)
- Episode 26x17: Caetano Veloso (Jul 6, 2003)
- Episode 26x16: Herbie Hancock (Jun 29, 2003)
- Episode 26x15: Conor McPherson (May 18, 2003)
- Episode 26x14: Caryl Phillips (Apr 13, 2003)
- Episode 26x13: Philip Pullman (Mar 9, 2003)
- Episode 26x12: How to Get Rich: Felix Dennis (Feb 16, 2003)
- Episode 26x11: Hanif Kureishi (Feb 9, 2003)
- Episode 26x10: Gerhard Richter (Feb 2, 2003)
- Episode 26x09: Irek Mukhamedov (Jan 19, 2003)
- Episode 26x08: Willie Nelson (Jan 12, 2003)
- Episode 26x07: James MacMillan (Jan 5, 2003)
- Episode 26x06: Joan Rivers (Nov 24, 2002)
- Episode 26x05: Andrew Davies (Nov 17, 2002)
- Episode 26x04: Craig David (Nov 10, 2002)
- Episode 26x03: Graham Vick: Beethoven in the Big Top (Oct 27, 2002)
- Episode 26x02: Akram Khan (Oct 20, 2002)
- Episode 26x01: Mike Leigh (Oct 13, 2002)
- Episode 25x19: Bernie Taupin (Aug 4, 2002)
- Episode 25x18: Moby (Jul 7, 2002)
- Episode 25x17: Cinema of Fire (Iranian cinema) (Jun 30, 2002)
- Episode 25x16: Neil LaBute (Jun 23, 2002)
- Episode 25x15: R.E.M. (May 12, 2002)
- Episode 25x14: Fay Weldon (May 5, 2002)
- Episode 25x13: Mario Vargas Llosa (Apr 21, 2002)
- Episode 25x12: Johnnie Ray (Mar 31, 2002)
- Episode 25x11: Meera Syal (Mar 24, 2002)
- Episode 25x10: Why the Novel Matters (Mar 17, 2002)
- Episode 25x09: Leif Ove Andsnes (Feb 24, 2002)
- Episode 25x08: The Sopranos (Feb 10, 2002)
- Episode 25x07: Ladies and Gentlemen, Miss Renée Fleming (Feb 3, 2002)
- Episode 25x06: Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings (Dec 16, 2001)
- Episode 25x05: Dr. John (Nov 18, 2001)
- Episode 25x04: Norman Foster (Nov 11, 2001)
- Episode 25x03: Rachel Whiteread (Oct 28, 2001)
- Episode 25x02: Highlights (Oct 14, 2001)
- Episode 25x01: High and Low Culture in the Age of Television (Oct 7, 2001)
- Episode 24x25: Tracey Emin (Aug 19, 2001)
- Episode 24x24: Ravi Shankar (Aug 12, 2001)
- Episode 24x23: Steve Coogan (Aug 5, 2001)
- Episode 24x22: Edmund White (Jul 22, 2001)
- Episode 24x21: Ian Bostridge (Jul 8, 2001)
- Episode 24x20: Ian Rankin (Jul 1, 2001)
- Episode 24x19: Bill Bryson (Mar 25, 2001)
- Episode 24x18: Elvis Costello with Annie Sofie von Otter (Mar 18, 2001)
- Episode 24x17: Greta Garbo (Mar 11, 2001)
- Episode 24x16: Amos Oz (Mar 4, 2001)
- Episode 24x15: Russell Watson (Feb 25, 2001)
- Episode 24x14: Shirin Neshat (Feb 18, 2001)
- Episode 24x13: Ken Russell (Feb 11, 2001)
- Episode 24x12: Tom Jones (Dec 24, 2000)
- Episode 24x11: Mark Quinn (Dec 17, 2000)
- Episode 24x10: Marlene Dumas and Jemima Stehli (Dec 10, 2000)
- Episode 24x09: Dame Gillian Weir (Dec 3, 2000)
- Episode 24x08: Ron Howard (Nov 26, 2000)
- Episode 24x07: Courtney Pine (Nov 19, 2000)
- Episode 24x06: George MacDonald Fraser (Nov 12, 2000)
- Episode 24x05: Mark Morris Dance Group (Oct 29, 2000)
- Episode 24x04: Carmen (Oct 22, 2000)
- Episode 24x03: Joyce (Carol Oates) on Marilyn Monroe (Oct 15, 2000)
- Episode 24x02: Santana (Oct 8, 2000)
- Episode 24x01: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Ben Elton (Oct 1, 2000)
- Episode 23x21: Simon Holt's Sunrise, Yellow Noise (2) (Jul 2, 2000)
- Episode 23x20: Composing Classical Music (1) (Jun 25, 2000)
- Episode 23x19: Amis on Amis (Jun 18, 2000)
- Episode 23x18: Emir Kusturica (Mar 12, 2000)
- Episode 23x17: Chuck Close (Mar 5, 2000)
- Episode 23x16: Michael Douglas (Feb 20, 2000)
- Episode 23x15: Sam Mendes (Feb 13, 2000)
- Episode 23x14: Millennium Dome (Feb 6, 2000)
- Episode 23x13: Shakespeare (Jan 23, 2000)
- Episode 23x12: Bing Crosby (Dec 26, 1999)
- Episode 23x11: Countertenors (Dec 19, 1999)
- Episode 23x10: Cher (Dec 12, 1999)
- Episode 23x09: Yoko Ono (Dec 5, 1999)
- Episode 23x08: Blur (Nov 21, 1999)
- Episode 23x07: Joan Collins (Nov 14, 1999)
- Episode 23x06: The Lion King (stage play based on the film) (Oct 31, 1999)
- Episode 23x05: James Galway (Oct 24, 1999)
- Episode 23x04: Jose Cura (Oct 17, 1999)
- Episode 23x03: Howard Jacobson (Oct 10, 1999)
- Episode 23x02: Frank McCourt (Oct 3, 1999)
- Episode 23x01: Paul Merton (Sep 26, 1999)
- Episode 22x16: Dolly Parton (Apr 4, 1999)
- Episode 22x15: Tony Harrison (Mar 28, 1999)
- Episode 22x14: Lucy Gannon (Mar 14, 1999)
- Episode 22x13: New South African Artists (Feb 28, 1999)
- Episode 22x12: Anish Kapoor (Feb 21, 1999)
- Episode 22x11: UB40 (Feb 7, 1999)
- Episode 22x10: Javier du Frutos (Jan 31, 1999)
- Episode 22x09: John Tomlinson (Jan 10, 1999)
- Episode 22x08: Warren Beatty (Dec 30, 1998)
- Episode 22x07: Petula Clark (Dec 20, 1998)
- Episode 22x06: Walter Mosley (Dec 13, 1998)
- Episode 22x05: Maxine Peake/Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo (Dec 6, 1998)
- Episode 22x04: Harold Pinter (Nov 29, 1998)
- Episode 22x03: Lesley Garrett (Nov 22, 1998)
- Episode 22x02: Ossie Clarke (2) (Nov 15, 1998)
- Episode 22x01: Ossie Clarke (1) (Nov 8, 1998)
- Episode 21x22: Wayne Sleep (Aug 30, 1998)
- Episode 21x21: This is Not an Exit: the Fictional World of Bret Easton Ellis (Aug 23, 1998)
- Episode 21x20: Afro-Cuban Allstars (Jul 19, 1998)
- Episode 21x19: Will Self (Jul 5, 1998)
- Episode 21x18: The Bee Gees (Jun 7, 1998)
- Episode 21x17: John Tavener (Apr 12, 1998)
- Episode 21x16: Body Art (Apr 5, 1998)
- Episode 21x15: Gary Oldman (Mar 15, 1998)
- Episode 21x14: Nigel Kennedy (Feb 15, 1998)
- Episode 21x13: Hail Bop: a Portrait of John Adams (Feb 8, 1998)
- Episode 21x12: Marks and Gran (Feb 1, 1998)
- Episode 21x11: Gillian Wearing / Gary Hume (Jan 18, 1998)
- Episode 21x10: Saul Zaentz (Jan 11, 1998)
- Episode 21x09: Franco Zeffirelli (Dec 21, 1997)
- Episode 21x08: Simon Raven (Dec 14, 1997)
- Episode 21x07: Steven Bochco (Nov 30, 1997)
- Episode 21x06: Matthew Bourne's Adventures in Motion Pictures (Nov 23, 1997)
- Episode 21x05: Iain Banks (Nov 16, 1997)
- Episode 21x04: Björk (Nov 9, 1997)
- Episode 21x03: Kay Mellor (Nov 2, 1997)
- Episode 21x02: Michael Flatley: Lord of the Dance (Oct 26, 1997)
- Episode 21x01: Scarfe on Hercules (Oct 5, 1997)
- Episode 20x21: Young Directors (Preya Lal, Alexander Kelly, Franca Cereghini, Chris Dooks) (Jul 20, 1997)
- Episode 20x20: Paul Auster (Jul 6, 1997)
- Episode 20x19: David Helfgott (Jun 22, 1997)
- Episode 20x18: Paganini (May 4, 1997)
- Episode 20x17: Valery Gergiev (Feb 23, 1997)
- Episode 20x16: Gilbert and George (2) (Feb 16, 1997)
- Episode 20x15: Gilbert and George (1) (Feb 9, 1997)
- Episode 20x14: The US and Us (2) (Feb 2, 1997)
- Episode 20x13: The US and Us (1) (Jan 26, 1997)
- Episode 20x12: John Galliano (Jan 19, 1997)
- Episode 20x11: Maggi Hambling (Jan 12, 1997)
- Episode 20x10: Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid (Jan 5, 1997)
- Episode 20x09: Jimmy McGovern (Nov 17, 1996)
- Episode 20x08: Howard Hodgkin (Nov 10, 1996)
- Episode 20x07: Bryn Terfel (Nov 3, 1996)
- Episode 20x06: Michael Collins (Oct 27, 1996)
- Episode 20x05: Chanson (Oct 13, 1996)
- Episode 20x04: Norman Mailer on Picasso (Oct 6, 1996)
- Episode 20x03: Michael Crawford (Sep 29, 1996)
- Episode 20x02: Sir John Mills (Sep 22, 1996)
- Episode 20x01: Victoria Wood (Sep 15, 1996)
- Episode 19x20: Alan Ayckbourn Workshop (Jul 28, 1996)
- Episode 19x19: Maxine Peake / Wynton Marsalis in New Orleans (Jul 21, 1996)
- Episode 19x18: Baaba Maal (Jun 2, 1996)
- Episode 19x17: Claes Oldenburg (May 26, 1996)
- Episode 19x16: Vermeer: Light, Love and Silence (May 19, 1996)
- Episode 19x15: John Eliot Gardiner (May 12, 1996)
- Episode 19x14: Marlene Dietrich (May 5, 1996)
- Episode 19x13: Albert Finney (Apr 28, 1996)
- Episode 19x12: Sting (Apr 14, 1996)
- Episode 19x11: Elaine Page Special (Apr 7, 1996)
- Episode 19x10: Jonathan Raban: Badlands / Wynton Marsalis (Nov 19, 1995)
- Episode 19x09: Dame Barbara Cartland (Nov 12, 1995)
- Episode 19x08: Coronation Street (Nov 5, 1995)
- Episode 19x07: Dame Judi Dench (Oct 29, 1995)
- Episode 19x06: Jimmy Nail (Oct 15, 1995)
- Episode 19x05: Pavarotti at 60 (Oct 8, 1995)
- Episode 19x04: K.D. Lang (Oct 1, 1995)
- Episode 19x03: Tom Sharpe (Sep 24, 1995)
- Episode 19x02: Ackroyd's Blake (Sep 17, 1995)
- Episode 19x01: Clint Eastwood (Sep 10, 1995)
- Episode 18x22: Nora Ephron (Jun 25, 1995)
- Episode 18x21: Miriam Makeba (Apr 9, 1995)
- Episode 18x20: Country Music (Apr 2, 1995)
- Episode 18x19: Martin Amis (Mar 19, 1995)
- Episode 18x18: Jodie Foster (Mar 12, 1995)
- Episode 18x17: Edward Albee (Mar 5, 1995)
- Episode 18x16: Catherine Bailey, the Lady is a Tramp / Roger Ballen (Feb 26, 1995)
- Episode 18x15: Flags of the Fante Coast (Feb 19, 1995)
- Episode 18x14: Jonathan Miller (Feb 12, 1995)
- Episode 18x13: Classic Widows (Feb 5, 1995)
- Episode 18x12: Carl Orff (Jan 29, 1995)
- Episode 18x11: P.J. O'Rourke (Nov 27, 1994)
- Episode 18x10: The Glory of Gershwin (Nov 20, 1994)
- Episode 18x09: Thora Hird (Nov 13, 1994)
- Episode 18x08: Frankenstein (Nov 6, 1994)
- Episode 18x07: Alan Ayckbourn (Oct 30, 1994)
- Episode 18x06: The Shearing Touch (George Shearing) (Oct 23, 1994)
- Episode 18x05: David Mamet (Oct 16, 1994)
- Episode 18x04: Vanessa Redgrave (Oct 9, 1994)
- Episode 18x03: New Generation Poets (Oct 2, 1994)
- Episode 18x02: Marilyn Horne (Sep 25, 1994)
- Episode 18x01: Kenneth Williams (Sep 18, 1994)
- Episode 17x26: John Steinbeck (May 29, 1994)
- Episode 17x25: Eric Newby (May 22, 1994)
- Episode 17x24: Christian Boltanski (May 15, 1994)
- Episode 17x23: Dawn French (Apr 17, 1994)
- Episode 17x22: Clive Barker (Apr 10, 1994)
- Episode 17x21: Kiri's 50th Birthday Concert (Mar 13, 1994)
- Episode 17x20: Larry Adler Plays Gershwin (Mar 6, 1994)
- Episode 17x19: Looking for the Perfect Beat: Rap (Feb 27, 1994)
- Episode 17x18: Danny Kaye: Nobody's Fool (Feb 20, 1994)
- Episode 17x17: Jean-Claude Carriere (Feb 13, 1994)
- Episode 17x16: Darker Than Me (Feb 6, 1994)
- Episode 17x15: Bheki Mseleku (Jan 23, 1994)
- Episode 17x14: Woody Allen (Jan 16, 1994)
- Episode 17x13: Cliff Richard (Dec 24, 1993)
- Episode 17x12: John Lloyd's A-Z of Comedy (2) (Dec 5, 1993)
- Episode 17x11: John Lloyd's A-Z of Comedy (1) (Nov 28, 1993)
- Episode 17x10: John Williams (Nov 21, 1993)
- Episode 17x09: Lynda La Plante (Nov 14, 1993)
- Episode 17x08: Tim Rice (Nov 7, 1993)
- Episode 17x07: Sylvie Guillem (Oct 31, 1993)
- Episode 17x06: Stevie Wonder (Oct 24, 1993)
- Episode 17x05: John Lee Hooker (Oct 17, 1993)
- Episode 17x04: Margaret Atwood (Oct 10, 1993)
- Episode 17x03: Ken Loach (Jan 24, 1993)
- Episode 17x02: Willy Russell (Sep 19, 1993)
- Episode 17x01: Sydney Pollack (Sep 12, 1993)
- Episode 16x25: Norman Wisdom (Aug 22, 1993)
- Episode 16x24: Paul Simon (Aug 15, 1993)
- Episode 16x23: Benny Goodman, the King of Swing (Jul 4, 1993)
- Episode 16x22: Frink, 1930-1993 (Dame Elisabeth Frink) (Jun 20, 1993)
- Episode 16x21: Dudley Moore (Jun 13, 1993)
- Episode 16x20: Henryk Gorecki's 3rd Symphony (Apr 4, 1993)
- Episode 16x19: John Banville (Mar 21, 1993)
- Episode 16x18: Richard Price (Mar 14, 1993)
- Episode 16x17: I, Berlioz (Mar 7, 1993)
- Episode 16x16: Jean Genet (Feb 28, 1993)
- Episode 16x15: Dmitri and Sasha Sitkovetsky (Feb 21, 1993)
- Episode 16x14: Guggenheim Museum (Feb 14, 1993)
- Episode 16x13: Annie Leibowitz (Feb 7, 1993)
- Episode 16x12: Monserrat Caballe (Jan 31, 1993)
- Episode 16x11: Dracula (Jan 24, 1993)
- Episode 16x10: Jimi Hendrix (Dec 20, 1992)
- Episode 16x09: The World of Jeff Koons (Dec 13, 1992)
- Episode 16x08: The Secret Life of Sir Arnold Bax (Dec 6, 1992)
- Episode 16x07: Sir Richard Attenborough (Nov 15, 1992)
- Episode 16x06: George Formby (Nov 8, 1992)
- Episode 16x05: Robert Zemeckis (Nov 1, 1992)
- Episode 16x04: Two Royal Ballet Dancers (Darcey Bussell, Viviana Durante) (Oct 25, 1992)
- Episode 16x03: Peter O'Toole (Oct 18, 1992)
- Episode 16x02: Alice Walker (Oct 11, 1992)
- Episode 16x01: Billy Connolly (Oct 4, 1992)
- Episode 15x25: The Making of Sgt. Pepper (Jun 14, 1992)
- Episode 15x24: Making Naked Lunch (Apr 12, 1992)
- Episode 15x23: Terence Davis (Apr 5, 1992)
- Episode 15x22: Anthony Hopkins (Mar 29, 1992)
- Episode 15x21: Noel Coward (Mar 1, 1992)
- Episode 15x20: Paula Rego (Feb 23, 1992)
- Episode 15x19: Pet Shop Boys (Feb 16, 1992)
- Episode 15x18: Colin Thubron (Feb 9, 1992)
- Episode 15x17: Les Murray (Feb 2, 1992)
- Episode 15x16: Cecilia Bartoli (Jan 26, 1992)
- Episode 15x15: Hakan Hardenberger (Jan 19, 1992)
- Episode 15x14: Lenny Henry Hunts the Funk (Jan 12, 1992)
- Episode 15x13: Douglas Adams (Jan 5, 1992)
- Episode 15x12: Arts Review '91 (Dec 29, 1991)
- Episode 15x11: Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Dec 22, 1991)
- Episode 15x10: Jose Carreras, a Life Story (Nov 24, 1991)
- Episode 15x09: Arthur Miller (Nov 17, 1991)
- Episode 15x08: Dame Britain (Vera Lynn) (Nov 10, 1991)
- Episode 15x07: John Osborne (Nov 3, 1991)
- Episode 15x06: Seamus Heaney (Oct 27, 1991)
- Episode 15x05: Heinrich Schiff (Oct 20, 1991)
- Episode 15x04: Neil Simon (Oct 13, 1991)
- Episode 15x03: Terry Gilliam (Oct 6, 1991)
- Episode 15x02: David Lodge (Sep 29, 1991)
- Episode 15x01: Private Eye (Sep 15, 1991)
- Episode 14x23: Kiri Te Kanawa (Mar 29, 1991)
- Episode 14x22: Rudolph Nureyev (Mar 3, 1991)
- Episode 14x21: Steve Martin (Feb 24, 1991)
- Episode 14x20: The Five Blind Boys of Alabama / R.S. Thomas (Feb 17, 1991)
- Episode 14x19: Willard White (Feb 10, 1991)
- Episode 14x18: Bonfire of the Vanities (1991 film) (Feb 3, 1991)
- Episode 14x17: Anne-Sophie Mutter (Jan 27, 1991)
- Episode 14x16: Oscar Marzaroli (Jan 20, 1991)
- Episode 14x15: August Wilson (Jan 13, 1991)
- Episode 14x14: Stan Laurel (Jan 6, 1991)
- Episode 14x13: The Talis Scholars (Dec 30, 1990)
- Episode 14x12: Spitting Image (Dec 9, 1990)
- Episode 14x11: Cameron Mackintosh (Dec 2, 1990)
- Episode 14x10: Alan Parker (Nov 25, 1990)
- Episode 14x09: East German Writers (Nov 4, 1990)
- Episode 14x08: John Updike (Oct 28, 1990)
- Episode 14x07: Clear Cool Crystal Streams (Irish rock music) (Oct 21, 1990)
- Episode 14x06: Ken Russell on Anton Bruckner (Oct 14, 1990)
- Episode 14x05: Roy Lichtenstein (Oct 7, 1990)
- Episode 14x04: Salman Rushdie (Sep 30, 1990)
- Episode 14x03: Spike Lee (Sep 23, 1990)
- Episode 14x02: Peter Ackroyd on Dickens (Sep 9, 1990)
- Episode 14x01: George Michael (Sep 2, 1990)
- Episode 13x25: Robert Altman (Apr 22, 1990)
- Episode 13x24: Hindemith (Apr 15, 1990)
- Episode 13x23: Vivienne Westwood (Apr 8, 1990)
- Episode 13x22: Carl Davis, Temba (Apr 1, 1990)
- Episode 13x21: Mark Morris: the Hidden Soul of Harmony (Mar 25, 1990)
- Episode 13x20: DV8 Physical Theatre (Mar 11, 1990)
- Episode 13x19: Yuri Bashmet (Mar 4, 1990)
- Episode 13x18: Jock Tamson's Bairns (Gerry Mulgrew, Liz Lochhead) (Feb 18, 1990)
- Episode 13x17: Hans Werner Henze (Feb 11, 1990)
- Episode 13x16: Chinua Achebe (Feb 4, 1990)
- Episode 13x15: Christopher Hogwood (Jan 28, 1990)
- Episode 13x14: Sir David Lean, Robert Bolt (Jan 21, 1990)
- Episode 13x13: Boris Pasternak (Jan 7, 1990)
- Episode 13x12: Arts Review '89 (Dec 29, 1989)
- Episode 13x11: Peter Brook (Dec 3, 1989)
- Episode 13x10: Evelyn Glennie (Nov 26, 1989)
- Episode 13x09: Dame Edna Everage (Nov 19, 1989)
- Episode 13x08: Fitzrovia (Nov 12, 1989)
- Episode 13x07: Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Oct 29, 1989)
- Episode 13x06: Steven Berkoff (Oct 22, 1989)
- Episode 13x05: Ken Russell (Oct 15, 1989)
- Episode 13x04: Tom Keneally in Eritrea (Oct 8, 1989)
- Episode 13x03: Jimi Hendrix (Oct 1, 1989)
- Episode 13x02: Dustin Hoffman, Sir Peter Hall (Sep 24, 1989)
- Episode 13x01: Martin Amis (Sep 17, 1989)
- Episode 12x24: Sir William Golding (Mar 24, 1989)
- Episode 12x23: John Ogdon (Mar 19, 1989)
- Episode 12x22: Put Blood in the Music (New York avant garde music) (Mar 12, 1989)
- Episode 12x21: John Burnett (Mar 10, 1989)
- Episode 12x20: Ben Elton (Mar 5, 1989)
- Episode 12x19: Tony Palmer on the Concerto (Feb 26, 1989)
- Episode 12x18: Robert Redford (Feb 19, 1989)
- Episode 12x17: Istvan Szabo (Feb 12, 1989)
- Episode 12x16: Christopher Hampton (Feb 5, 1989)
- Episode 12x15: National Training Orchestra (Jan 29, 1989)
- Episode 12x14: Patrick Leigh Fermor (Jan 22, 1989)
- Episode 12x13: Derek Walcott (Jan 15, 1989)
- Episode 12x12: David Bailey (Dec 18, 1988)
- Episode 12x11: John Houseman (Dec 11, 1988)
- Episode 12x10: Neil Jordan (Dec 4, 1988)
- Episode 12x09: Raymond Chandler (Nov 27, 1988)
- Episode 12x08: Bristol WWII Bombing Raids Reenactment (Nov 20, 1988)
- Episode 12x07: Two Women in Three Dimensions (Wendy Taylor, Nicola Hicks) (Nov 13, 1988)
- Episode 12x06: David Hockney (Oct 30, 1988)
- Episode 12x05: David Puttnam (Oct 23, 1988)
- Episode 12x04: Toulouse-Lautrec (Oct 16, 1988)
- Episode 12x03: Under Milk Wood (Oct 9, 1988)
- Episode 12x02: Bernard Shaw (Oct 2, 1988)
- Episode 12x01: The Art of Walt Disney (Sep 25, 1988)
- Episode 11x25: Sir Peter Hall's last National Theatre production (Apr 24, 1988)
- Episode 11x24: Doris Lessing (Apr 17, 1988)
- Episode 11x23: Paul Bowles (Apr 10, 1988)
- Episode 11x22: Ken Russell's ABC of British Music (Apr 2, 1988)
- Episode 11x21: Nicuragua: Poets as Politicans (Mar 27, 1988)
- Episode 11x20: A Day on The Grand Canal with the Emperor of China (Mar 20, 1988)
- Episode 11x19: Peter Dickinson (Mar 13, 1988)
- Episode 11x18: Lenny Henry (Mar 6, 1988)
- Episode 11x17: Jackson Pollack (Feb 28, 1988)
- Episode 11x16: George Barker (Feb 21, 1988)
- Episode 11x15: The Golden Age of Television (Feb 14, 1988)
- Episode 11x14: Boogie Woogie Music (Jan 31, 1988)
- Episode 11x13: Australian Aboriginies (Jan 24, 1988)
- Episode 11x12: The Last Emperor (1988 film) (Jan 17, 1988)
- Episode 11x11: Arts Review '87 (Dec 20, 1987)
- Episode 11x10: Eric Clapton (Dec 6, 1987)
- Episode 11x09: Sir George Solti (Nov 29, 1987)
- Episode 11x08: African music / Russian theatre (Nov 22, 1987)
- Episode 11x07: Gore Vidal (Nov 15, 1987)
- Episode 11x06: Sir Terence Conran (Nov 8, 1987)
- Episode 11x05: Frank Rich / Suzanne Vega (Nov 1, 1987)
- Episode 11x04: Andy Warhol (Oct 25, 1987)
- Episode 11x03: The Smiths (Oct 18, 1987)
- Episode 11x02: Toni Morrison (Oct 11, 1987)
- Episode 11x01: Maria Callas (Oct 4, 1987)
- Episode 10x26: The Aida File: Aida Performance (2) (Apr 19, 1987)
- Episode 10x25: The Aida File: The Making of the Opera (1) (Apr 18, 1987)
- Episode 10x24: Peter York lecture (Apr 12, 1987)
- Episode 10x23: George V. Higgins (Apr 5, 1987)
- Episode 10x22: Turner at the Tate (Mar 29, 1987)
- Episode 10x21: Penguin Cafe Orchestra (Mar 22, 1987)
- Episode 10x20: Barbara Dickson (Mar 15, 1987)
- Episode 10x19: V.S. Naipaul (Mar 8, 1987)
- Episode 10x18: The London Underground in art (Mar 1, 1987)
- Episode 10x17: The Wooster Group (Feb 22, 1987)
- Episode 10x16: Thomas Allen (Feb 15, 1987)
- Episode 10x15: Birth of Frankenstein and Dracula (Feb 8, 1987)
- Episode 10x14: Anthony Green: RA, a Love Story (Feb 1, 1987)
- Episode 10x13: Alvin Ailey Dance Theater (Jan 25, 1987)
- Episode 10x12: Philip Glass (Jan 18, 1987)
- Episode 10x11: Anthony Hopkins / David Hare (Jan 11, 1987)
- Episode 10x10: Arts Review '86 (Dec 14, 1986)
- Episode 10x09: The Dream is Over (Christopher Bruce ballet on John Lennon) (Nov 30, 1986)
- Episode 10x08: Agatha Christie, How Did She Do It? (Nov 23, 1986)
- Episode 10x07: The Andrew Lloyd-Webber Story (Nov 15, 1986)
- Episode 10x06: Fay Godwin (Nov 9, 1986)
- Episode 10x05: Truman Capote (Nov 2, 1986)
- Episode 10x04: Michael Powell (Oct 26, 1986)
- Episode 10x03: Roald Dahl: Fe-Fi-Fo-fum (Oct 19, 1986)
- Episode 10x02: Itzhak Perlman (Oct 12, 1986)
- Episode 10x01: John Mortimer (Oct 5, 1986)
- Episode 9x24: Al Jolson (May 4, 1986)
- Episode 9x23: Velvet Underground (Apr 27, 1986)
- Episode 9x22: Hull Truck Theatre Company (Apr 20, 1986)
- Episode 9x21: British Soap Operas (Apr 13, 1986)
- Episode 9x20: Hal Prince: Rethinking the Musical (Apr 6, 1986)
- Episode 9x19: Arthur Boyd (Mar 23, 1986)
- Episode 9x18: Absolute Beginners (film) (Mar 9, 1986)
- Episode 9x17: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Mar 2, 1986)
- Episode 9x16: Michala Petri (Feb 23, 1986)
- Episode 9x15: Blue Note Records (Feb 16, 1986)
- Episode 9x14: Patrick Heron (Feb 9, 1986)
- Episode 9x13: Purcell's Dido and Aenaes (Feb 2, 1986)
- Episode 9x12: Paul Schrader (Jan 26, 1986)
- Episode 9x11: Vladimir Ashkenazy (Jan 19, 1986)
- Episode 9x10: John Cleese (Jan 12, 1986)
- Episode 9x09: Peter Shaffer (Dec 1, 1985)
- Episode 9x08: Karole Armitage (Nov 24, 1985)
- Episode 9x07: Marguerite Duras (Nov 17, 1985)
- Episode 9x06: Sir Stephen Spender (Nov 10, 1985)
- Episode 9x05: Pete Townshend: After the Fire (Nov 3, 1985)
- Episode 9x04: Theatre of Comedy workshop (Oct 27, 1985)
- Episode 9x03: Ian McKellen, Diary of a Year (Oct 20, 1985)
- Episode 9x02: Peter Ackroyd's Hawksmoor (Oct 13, 1985)
- Episode 9x01: Sir Alec Guinness (Oct 6, 1985)
- Episode 8x26: George Steiner on Vienna at the turn of the century (Jun 16, 1985)
- Episode 8x25: Francis Bacon (Jun 9, 1985)
- Episode 8x24: Prez (jazz opera about Lester Young) (Jun 2, 1985)
- Episode 8x23: The Cotton Club (night club) (May 26, 1985)
- Episode 8x22: Olivier Messiaen: The Music of Faith (Apr 5, 1985)
- Episode 8x21: Michael Crawford/Billy Bragg (Mar 31, 1985)
- Episode 8x20: David Mamet (Mar 24, 1985)
- Episode 8x19: Silent Partners: Second Stride Dance Company (Mar 17, 1985)
- Episode 8x18: George Malcolm on Scarlatti (Mar 10, 1985)
- Episode 8x17: Little Richard (Mar 3, 1985)
- Episode 8x16: Simon Rattle / finale of Messiaen's Turangalila Symphony (Feb 24, 1985)
- Episode 8x15: David Lean: a Life in Film (Feb 17, 1985)
- Episode 8x14: Marc Chagall (Feb 10, 1985)
- Episode 8x13: Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex (Feb 3, 1985)
- Episode 8x12: Electronic Music (Jan 27, 1985)
- Episode 8x11: Anthony Burgess on D.H. Lawrence (Jan 20, 1985)
- Episode 8x10: Alan Bleasdale (Jan 13, 1985)
- Episode 8x09: Malcolm McLaren (Dec 2, 1984)
- Episode 8x08: Max Wall (Nov 25, 1984)
- Episode 8x07: Mstislav Rostropovich (Nov 18, 1984)
- Episode 8x06: Joseph Heller (Nov 11, 1984)
- Episode 8x05: Norman Nicholson (Nov 4, 1984)
- Episode 8x04: Paolo and Vittorio Taviani (Oct 28, 1984)
- Episode 8x03: The Forming of the Phoenix (Phoenix Dance Company) (Oct 21, 1984)
- Episode 8x02: McCartney's Broad Street (Oct 14, 1984)
- Episode 8x01: Alan Bennett (Oct 7, 1984)
- Episode 7x23: Anthony Caro (Jun 24, 1984)
- Episode 7x22: Kipling (One-man play with Alec McGowen) (Jun 10, 1984)
- Episode 7x21: Adaptation of Ivy Compton Burnett's Elders and Betters (Jun 3, 1984)
- Episode 7x20: Elisabeth Vellacott / DeCocoa, Hot Chocolate (May 27, 1984)
- Episode 7x19: Stephen Sondheim (May 20, 1984)
- Episode 7x18: David Bintley: New Ballet at Sadler's Wells (May 13, 1984)
- Episode 7x17: Ed McBain (May 6, 1984)
- Episode 7x16: Michael Frayn (Apr 29, 1984)
- Episode 7x15: Sir Ernst Gombrich (Apr 15, 1984)
- Episode 7x14: Ralph Vaughan Williams (Apr 8, 1984)
- Episode 7x13: Kathy Acker (Apr 1, 1984)
- Episode 7x12: Claudio Arrau (Mar 18, 1984)
- Episode 7x11: Weather Report (Mar 11, 1984)
- Episode 7x10: Trevor Griffiths (Feb 26, 1984)
- Episode 7x09: Barry Tuckwell: Master of the Horn (Feb 19, 1984)
- Episode 7x08: Ian Hamilton Finlay/Lord Gowrie (Dec 11, 1983)
- Episode 7x07: Alberto Moravia (Dec 4, 1983)
- Episode 7x06: Lillian Gish/Glen Baxter (Nov 27, 1983)
- Episode 7x05: Catherine Cookson (Nov 20, 1983)
- Episode 7x04: Jack Lemmon (Nov 6, 1983)
- Episode 7x03: Peter Brook (Oct 30, 1983)
- Episode 7x02: Yuri Lyubimov (Oct 23, 1983)
- Episode 7x01: Piper's Way (Oct 16, 1983)
- Episode 6x26: Ken Russell's View of The Planets (Jun 12, 1983)
- Episode 6x25: Producing Don Giovanni (Jun 5, 1983)
- Episode 6x24: Jiri Kylian (May 29, 1983)
- Episode 6x23: Cowboy Art (May 22, 1983)
- Episode 6x22: Robert Lowell / Benjamin Britten's Quartettino (May 15, 1983)
- Episode 6x21: Keith Waterhouse (May 8, 1983)
- Episode 6x20: Gene Hackman (May 1, 1983)
- Episode 6x19: William Trevor (Apr 24, 1983)
- Episode 6x18: Choirs and Places Where They Sing (Apr 3, 1983)
- Episode 6x17: John Le Carré (Mar 27, 1983)
- Episode 6x16: Ivo Pogorelich (Mar 20, 1983)
- Episode 6x15: R.K. Narayan (Mar 13, 1983)
- Episode 6x14: Local Hero (film) (Feb 27, 1983)
- Episode 6x13: Sam Fuller (Feb 20, 1983)
- Episode 6x12: Handel's Semele (by the Royal Opera House) (Feb 13, 1983)
- Episode 6x11: Agnes De Mille (Feb 6, 1983)
- Episode 6x10: David Hare (Jan 30, 1983)
- Episode 6x09: Barry Flannigan / Seamus Heaney (Jan 23, 1983)
- Episode 6x08: Simone De Beauvoir (Jan 9, 1983)
- Episode 6x07: Gospel at Colonus (Nov 28, 1982)
- Episode 6x06: Steven Spielberg (Nov 21, 1982)
- Episode 6x05: Patricia Highsmith (Nov 14, 1982)
- Episode 6x04: Bruce Chatwin (Nov 7, 1982)
- Episode 6x03: Peter Gabriel (Oct 31, 1982)
- Episode 6x02: Laurence Olivier, a Life (2) (Oct 24, 1982)
- Episode 6x01: Laurence Olivier, a Life (1) (Oct 17, 1982)
- Episode 5x27: Phillip Larkin (May 30, 1982)
- Episode 5x26: Why Don't I Love Opera Anymore (by Stephen Oliver) (May 23, 1982)
- Episode 5x25: Werner Herzog (May 16, 1982)
- Episode 5x24: Joseph Papp / James Galway (May 9, 1982)
- Episode 5x23: Caught in the Act (Pillar to Post at Wormwood Scrubs) (May 2, 1982)
- Episode 5x22: Miles Davis / Robert Nye (Apr 25, 1982)
- Episode 5x21: Julian Lloyd-Webber (Apr 18, 1982)
- Episode 5x20: Stravinski (2) (Apr 10, 1982)
- Episode 5x19: Stravinski (1) (Apr 9, 1982)
- Episode 5x18: Indian wallpainting (Apr 4, 1982)
- Episode 5x17: Saul Bellow (Mar 28, 1982)
- Episode 5x16: Peter Maxwell-Davies (Mar 21, 1982)
- Episode 5x15: Richard Alston's Bellezza Flash (Mar 14, 1982)
- Episode 5x14: Guys and Dolls (at the National Theatre) (Mar 7, 1982)
- Episode 5x13: Blacck Theatre Cooperative / Laurie Anderson (Feb 28, 1982)
- Episode 5x12: Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller (Feb 21, 1982)
- Episode 5x11: Pauline Kael / George Steiner's The Portage to San Cristobal of AH (Feb 14, 1982)
- Episode 5x10: Germaine Greer (Feb 7, 1982)
- Episode 5x09: Milos Forman (Jan 31, 1982)
- Episode 5x08: Bernard D'Ascoli / Theatre of the 8th Day (Jan 24, 1982)
- Episode 5x07: Mama Lu Parks (Jan 17, 1982)
- Episode 5x06: A Talent to Vex: John Osborne (Dec 6, 1981)
- Episode 5x05: Brian Moore / Patrick Caulfield (Nov 29, 1981)
- Episode 5x04: Ian McKellan / Ian McEwan (Nov 22, 1981)
- Episode 5x03: Old Glory: the Journey and the Book (Nov 15, 1981)
- Episode 5x02: Elvis Costello (Nov 8, 1981)
- Episode 5x01: The French Lieutenant's Woman (Nov 1, 1981)
- Episode 4x26: Music for a City: Venice (Jun 28, 1981)
- Episode 4x25: Rhythm and Blues (The Blues Band, Dr. Feelgood, Nine Below Zero, Paul Jones) (Jun 21, 1981)
- Episode 4x24: Soviet Art (Jun 14, 1981)
- Episode 4x23: Clive James / Craig Raine (Jun 7, 1981)
- Episode 4x22: Dame Ninette De Valois / David Hockney on Picasso (May 31, 1981)
- Episode 4x21: Lulu's Last Act (Berg Opera) (May 24, 1981)
- Episode 4x20: Christopher Logue / Phillip King (May 17, 1981)
- Episode 4x19: Colin Welland (May 10, 1981)
- Episode 4x18: The Roots of the Tree (Ermanno Olmi) (May 3, 1981)
- Episode 4x17: Gore Vidal (Apr 26, 1981)
- Episode 4x16: At the Haunted End of the Day: the Life of Sir William Walton (Apr 19, 1981)
- Episode 4x15: Verity Bargate / Howard Hodgkin (Mar 29, 1981)
- Episode 4x14: Robert Redford / Martin Amis (Mar 15, 1981)
- Episode 4x13: Bob Fosse (Mar 8, 1981)
- Episode 4x12: Elizabeth Taylor / John Hubbard (Mar 1, 1981)
- Episode 4x11: Martin Scorsese (Feb 22, 1981)
- Episode 4x10: poetry workshop (Feb 15, 1981)
- Episode 4x09: Don Juan in Hell (Feb 8, 1981)
- Episode 4x08: The Trespasser (film) (Jan 25, 1981)
- Episode 4x07: Toni Morrison (Jan 18, 1981)
- Episode 4x06: The Passion (National Theatre's updating of medieval plays) (Dec 14, 1980)
- Episode 4x05: No Need to Lie (Dec 7, 1980)
- Episode 4x04: Stravinsky's The Firebird (Nov 30, 1980)
- Episode 4x03: Akira Kurosawa (Nov 23, 1980)
- Episode 4x02: William Golding (Nov 16, 1980)
- Episode 4x01: Arthur Miller (Nov 9, 1980)
- Episode 3x19: Jane Austen (film) (Jul 6, 1980)
- Episode 3x18: Angus Wilson (Jun 29, 1980)
- Episode 3x17: Andrew Wyeth (Jun 8, 1980)
- Episode 3x16: Tom Wolfe (Jun 1, 1980)
- Episode 3x15: Roman Polanski (May 25, 1980)
- Episode 3x14: new British rock films / The Tin Drum (film) (May 18, 1980)
- Episode 3x13: Yehudi Menuhin and Stephane Grappelli / Kinglsey Amis (May 11, 1980)
- Episode 3x12: The Worlds of Edward Bond (May 4, 1980)
- Episode 3x11: Salsa (Puerto Rican music) (Apr 27, 1980)
- Episode 3x10: The Greene Adaptations (Graham Greene films) (Apr 13, 1980)
- Episode 3x09: A Time There was ... (Benjamin Britten) (Apr 6, 1980)
- Episode 3x08: Elegies for the Deaths of Three Spanish Poets (Mar 9, 1980)
- Episode 3x07: Merce Cunningham (Mar 2, 1980)
- Episode 3x06: Fay Weldon / Richard Hogart on Northern Ireland in drama (Feb 24, 1980)
- Episode 3x05: Love and the Ice-Cream Vendor (Feb 17, 1980)
- Episode 3x04: Talking Heads (Dec 23, 1979)
- Episode 3x03: Royal Shakespeare Company masterclass (2) (Dec 16, 1979)
- Episode 3x02: Royal Shakespeare Company masterclass (1) (Dec 9, 1979)
- Episode 3x01: Francis Ford Coppola (Dec 2, 1979)
- Episode 2x24: Michael Tippett (90 min.) (Jun 24, 1979)
- Episode 2x23: Scum (film) / Keith Jarrett (Jun 17, 1979)
- Episode 2x22: Rough Trade (record label) / Allen Jones (May 27, 1979)
- Episode 2x21: Jessye Norman (May 20, 1979)
- Episode 2x20: Billy Connolly (May 13, 1979)
- Episode 2x19: Asian Arts festival (May 6, 1979)
- Episode 2x18: The Europeans (film) / Joseph Heller (Apr 29, 1979)
- Episode 2x17: Darryl Way / Howard Brenton (Apr 22, 1979)
- Episode 2x16: Graham Sutherland (Apr 1, 1979)
- Episode 2x15: Beryl Cook / Cloud Nine rehearsals (Mar 25, 1979)
- Episode 2x14: Neil Simon (Mar 18, 1979)
- Episode 2x13: Derek Boshier / Ingrid Bergman, Ingmar Bergman (Mar 11, 1979)
- Episode 2x12: Gordon Williams, Alan Sharp, Eddie Boyd (Mar 4, 1979)
- Episode 2x11: Michael Cimino / Alan Bennett, Stephen Frears (Feb 25, 1979)
- Episode 2x10: The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith / Edward Gorey / Gunter Grass (Feb 18, 1979)
- Episode 2x09: Brimstone & Treacle (Dennis Potter) / John McLaughlin, a Musical Journey (Feb 11, 1979)
- Episode 2x08: Royal Shakespeare Company on tour (Feb 4, 1979)
- Episode 2x07: Circus Clowns/Schubert recital by Richter (Jan 28, 1979)
- Episode 2x06: Harmony of the Spheres (Neil Ardley) (Jan 21, 1979)
- Episode 2x05: Rhythm of Resistance (South African music) (Jan 14, 1979)
- Episode 2x04: Anatomy of an Opera: Jonathan Miller's Figaro (Dec 17, 1978)
- Episode 2x03: Woody Allen (Dec 10, 1978)
- Episode 2x02: Grace Under Pressure (Anthony Burgess on Hemingway) (Dec 3, 1978)
- Episode 2x01: Tom Stoppard (Nov 26, 1978)
- Episode 1x24: Hullabaloo over George and Bonnie's Pictures (2) (Jul 22, 1978)
- Episode 1x23: Hullabaloo over George and Bonnie's Pictures (1) (Jul 15, 1978)
- Episode 1x22: Ingmar Bergman at 60 (Jul 8, 1978)
- Episode 1x21: John Osborne on Wardle's book on Devine/Pearl (radio play) (Jul 1, 1978)
- Episode 1x20: Mayerling Ballet (Jun 17, 1978)
- Episode 1x19: Frank Auerbach (May 20, 1978)
- Episode 1x18: Freddie Young (May 13, 1978)
- Episode 1x17: Portrait of a Conductor: Herbert Von Karajan (May 6, 1978)
- Episode 1x16: Satyajit Ray/John Williams/Ralph McTell (Apr 30, 1978)
- Episode 1x15: Harold Pinter (Apr 22, 1978)
- Episode 1x14: Search for Shaw (Apr 15, 1978)
- Episode 1x13: Carry On with Paul Morissey (Carry On ... films) (Apr 8, 1978)
- Episode 1x12: Carl Perkins/Morgan horses (Apr 1, 1978)
- Episode 1x11: Horowitz at the White House (Mar 25, 1978)
- Episode 1x10: Georges Simenon (Mar 18, 1978)
- Episode 1x09: Ken Dodd (Mar 11, 1978)
- Episode 1x08: Jacques Loussier (Mar 4, 1978)
- Episode 1x07: Arabian Days (Edna O'Brien)/Quentin Crisp (Feb 25, 1978)
- Episode 1x06: John Peel/Jane Glover (Feb 18, 1978)
- Episode 1x05: Dennis Potter (Feb 11, 1978)
- Episode 1x04: David Hockney (Feb 4, 1978)
- Episode 1x03: Roy Minton (Jan 28, 1978)
- Episode 1x02: Paganini Superstar (Jan 21, 1978)
- Episode 1x01: Paul McCartney/surrealist exhibition (Jan 14, 1978)
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