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The South Bank Show Season 31

September. 10,2006
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The South Bank Show is a television arts magazine show that was produced by ITV between 1978 and 2010. A new series began on Sky Arts from 27 May 2012. Presented by Melvyn Bragg, the show aims to bring both high art and popular culture to a mass audience.

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The South Bank Show Season 31 Full Episode Guide

Episode 30 - The Last Laugh: John Bird and John Fortune
Episode 29 - The Mersey Sound
Episode 28 - Ken Follett
Episode 27 - Joan Dision
Episode 26 - Michael Sheen On Playing It Real
Episode 25 - June Whitfield
Episode 24 - Emma Kirkby, The Unsung Heroine
Episode 23 - Ian McMillan, Bard Of Barnsley
Episode 22 - MacBeth
Episode 21 - Zaha Hadid
Episode 20 - Marianne Faithfull: A Life In Song
Episode 19 - Martin Sheen On Playing It Real
Episode 18 - Jarvis Cocker: Running The World
Episode 17 - Shane Meadows
Episode 16 - Isabel Allende
Episode 15 - Victoria Wood: A South Bank Show Special
Episode 14 - Damien Hirst
First Aired: January. 06,2007

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.

Episode 13 - Damien Hirst - Addicted To Art
Episode 12 - Grayson Perry
Episode 11 - Steve Reich
Episode 10 - Nick Park and Aardman Animations
Episode 9 - Peter Blake
Episode 8 - Lorenzo Da Ponte
Episode 7 - Sue Townsend
Episode 6 - Claire Tomalin on Thomas Hardy
Episode 5 - Spamalot
Episode 4 - Episode 4
Episode 3 - Robbie Coltrane
Episode 2 - JG Ballard
Episode 1 - Bill Bryson
First Aired: September. 10,2006

Bill Bryson revisits the haunts of his childhood

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