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24 results found for '"South Bank Show, The"' in Series.

  • Peter Brook (1989 Television)

    Series
    South Bank Show, The
    Director
    David Thomas
    Producer
    David Thomas

    Television arts documentary. Melvyn Bragg interviews Peter Brook, covering the whole of his career, with specific reference to the production of The Mahabharata, but also including rare extracts from the...

  • Hamlet (1989 Television)

    Series
    South Bank Show, The
    Director
    Chris Hunt
    Producer
    Chris Hunt; Melvyn Bragg

    Anthology television documentary arts series presented by Melvyn Bragg. Documentary on Hamlet and its many performances and interpretations. The focus is on three 1989 productions directed by Richard Eyre...

  • Sir Peter Hall Directs Shakespeare’s Last Plays (1988 Television)

    Series
    South Bank Show, The
    Director
    Chris Hunt
    Producer
    Chris Hunt

    Television arts documentary. Absorbing account of Peter Hall’s final productions as director of the National Theatre, Cymbeline, The Winter’s Tale and The Tempest, using the same group of actors and...

  • King Lear (1987 Television)

    Series
    South Bank Show, The
    Director
    Chris Hunt
    Producer
    Chris Hunt

    Television anthology arts series presented by Melvyn Bragg. Programme on the staging of King Lear around a rehearsal in the National Theatre of David Hare’s production with Anthony Hopkins in the title...

  • Ian McKellen - Diary of a Year (1985 Television)

    Series
    South Bank Show, The
    Director
    Kim Evans
    Producer
    Kim Evans

    Television arts documentary. When Ian McKellen joined the National Theatre in 1984, he was asked by The South Bank Show to keep an audiotape diary of his experiences as an actor over the next twelve months....

  • Isle is Full of Noises, The (1985 Television)

    Series
    South Bank Show, The
    Producer
    Jill Freeman

    Anthology arts series presented by Melvyn Bragg. A documentary on electronic music. The programme also promotes a specially commissioned piece by Tim Souster based on Caliban’s speech.

  • Preparing to Perform Shakespeare (1984 Television, Video)

    aka: Word of Mouth

    Series
    South Bank Show, The
    Director
    Peter Walker
    Producer
    Andrew Snell

    A masterclass on speaking and performing Shakespeare introduced by Trevor Nunn and led by John Barton who works with Royal Shakespeare Company actors Alan Howard, Michael Pennington, David Suchet, Ian...

  • South Bank Show [09/05/1982] (1982 Television)

    Series
    South Bank Show, The

    Anthology arts series presented by Melvyn Bragg. The first half of the programme features Joseph Papp. The segment, filmed in New York City, shows Papp being interviewed at various locations relevant to his...

  • South Bank Show, The [06/01/1980] (1980 Television)

    aka: Hamlet Wolfe Stalks American Culture

    Series
    South Bank Show, The
    Director
    Bob Bee; Geoff Dunlop

    Anthology arts series presented by Melvyn Bragg. In the second part of the programme (c25mins) Jonathan Pryce and director Richard Eyre talk about the staging of Hamlet at London’s Royal Court Theatre,...

  • Roman Polanski (1980 Television)

    Series
    South Bank Show, The
    Director
    Andrew Snell

    Television anthology arts series. Melvyn Bragg interviews director Roman Polanski about his film-making. Polanski says that he believes Laurence Olivier to be a director of genius and admits to having seen...