Seasons and episodes
39
Season 39 April 18, 2013
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39 - 1Tim Minchin April 18, 2013
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Season 38 May 28, 2012
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38 - 1Nicholas Hytner May 28, 2012
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38 - 2Pat Barker June 04, 2012
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38 - 3Trevor Nelson and Dizzee Rascal June 11, 2012
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38 - 4Carlos Acosta, Edward Watson and Tamara Rojo June 18, 2012
37
Season 37 March 28, 2010
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37 - 1Andrew Lloyd Webber March 28, 2010
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37 - 2Billy Connolly Revisited April 04, 2010
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37 - 3Ian McEwan Revisited April 11, 2010
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37 - 4Ian McKellen April 18, 2010
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37 - 5Stephen Sondheim April 25, 2010
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37 - 6David Hockney May 02, 2010
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37 - 7Judi Dench May 09, 2010
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37 - 8Kiri Te Kanawa Revisited May 16, 2010
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37 - 9Victoria Wood May 23, 2010
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37 - 10The Final Cut May 30, 2010
36
Season 36 September 13, 2009
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36 - 1The Wagner Family September 13, 2009
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36 - 2Coldplay September 20, 2009
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36 - 3Andy Warhol October 04, 2009
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36 - 4Disney and Pixar October 11, 2009
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36 - 5Lee Hall October 18, 2009
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36 - 6Nick Hornby October 25, 2009
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36 - 7Elbow November 15, 2009
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36 - 8Carol Ann Duffy December 06, 2009
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36 - 10Royal Shakespeare Company December 28, 2009
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36 - 11South Bank Show Awards 2009 January 31, 2010
35
Season 35 January 28, 2009
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35 - 1The South Bank Show Awards January 28, 2009
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35 - 2Beyond the Footlights February 01, 2009
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35 - 3The Tempest February 08, 2009
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35 - 4Will Young March 17, 2009
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35 - 5Messiah April 12, 2009
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35 - 6William Goldman April 26, 2009
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35 - 7Out Of Nigeria May 10, 2009
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35 - 8Out Of Nigeria (2) May 17, 2009
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35 - 9Peter Kosminsky May 24, 2009
34
Season 34 September 21, 2008
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34 - 1The Streets September 21, 2008
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34 - 2The One Ronnie October 05, 2008
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34 - 3Bond October 22, 2008
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34 - 4Cildo Meireles October 26, 2008
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34 - 5Sam Taylor-Wood November 16, 2008
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34 - 6The Mariinsky Theatre December 07, 2008
33
Season 33 May 04, 2008
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33 - 1Liza Minnelli May 04, 2008
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33 - 2The Damned United May 11, 2008
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33 - 3Gore Vidal May 18, 2008
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33 - 4Sarah Waters June 08, 2008
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33 - 5Tasmin Little June 15, 2008
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33 - 6Billy Joel July 13, 2008
32
Season 32 November 25, 2007
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32 - 1Annie Lennox November 25, 2007
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32 - 2Eric Clapton December 02, 2007
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32 - 3The Making Of Viva La Diva December 09, 2007
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32 - 4The Nutcracker Story December 26, 2007
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32 - 5Kevin Spacey January 01, 1970
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32 - 6Tim Burton January 01, 1970
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32 - 7David McVicar March 09, 2008
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32 - 8Revolution 68 March 16, 2008
31
Season 31 September 10, 2006
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31 - 1Bill Bryson September 10, 2006
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31 - 2JG Ballard September 17, 2006
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31 - 3Robbie Coltrane September 24, 2006
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31 - 4Episode 4 October 01, 2006
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31 - 5Spamalot October 15, 2006
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31 - 6Claire Tomalin on Thomas Hardy October 22, 2006
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31 - 7Sue Townsend October 29, 2006
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31 - 8Lorenzo Da Ponte November 05, 2006
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31 - 9Peter Blake November 19, 2006
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31 - 10Nick Park and Aardman Animations November 26, 2006
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31 - 11Steve Reich December 10, 2006
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31 - 12Grayson Perry December 17, 2006
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31 - 13Damien Hirst - Addicted To Art January 01, 2007
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31 - 14Damien Hirst January 06, 2007
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31 - 15Victoria Wood: A South Bank Show Special March 11, 2007
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31 - 16Isabel Allende April 22, 2007
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31 - 17Shane Meadows April 29, 2007
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31 - 18Jarvis Cocker: Running The World June 10, 2007
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31 - 19Martin Sheen On Playing It Real June 17, 2007
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31 - 20Marianne Faithfull: A Life In Song June 24, 2007
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31 - 21Zaha Hadid July 01, 2007
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31 - 22MacBeth July 08, 2007
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31 - 23Ian McMillan, Bard Of Barnsley July 15, 2007
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31 - 24Emma Kirkby, The Unsung Heroine July 22, 2007
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31 - 25June Whitfield July 29, 2007
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31 - 26Michael Sheen On Playing It Real September 02, 2007
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31 - 27Joan Dision September 23, 2007
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31 - 28Ken Follett September 30, 2007
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31 - 29The Mersey Sound October 07, 2007
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31 - 30The Last Laugh: John Bird and John Fortune October 14, 2007
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Season 30 February 12, 2006
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30 - 1Armando Iannucci February 12, 2006
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30 - 2Manga Mania February 19, 2006
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30 - 3John Rutter March 12, 2006
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30 - 4PD James March 26, 2006
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30 - 5Dusty Springfield April 09, 2006
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30 - 6Seu Jorge June 04, 2006
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30 - 7Romeo and Juliet June 11, 2006
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30 - 12Steve Reich December 10, 2006
29
Season 29 August 07, 2005
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29 - 1Margot Fonteyn (1) August 07, 2005
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29 - 2Margot Fonteyn (2) August 14, 2005
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29 - 3Sophie Calle August 21, 2005
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29 - 4Karl Jenkins September 11, 2005
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29 - 5Eric Sykes September 18, 2005
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29 - 6Maxim Vengerov October 02, 2005
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29 - 7Alan Bennett October 09, 2005
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29 - 8Pablo Trapero, Lucrecia Martel, Daniel Burman October 16, 2005
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29 - 9The Life and Times of Tristram Shandy (film) October 23, 2005
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29 - 10Peter Hall (1) October 30, 2005
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29 - 11Peter Hall (2) November 06, 2005
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29 - 12Little Britain: A South Bank Show Special December 25, 2005
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29 - 13Armando Iannucci January 01, 1970
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Season 28 August 22, 2004
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28 - 1Street Music Stories August 22, 2004
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28 - 2Ronnie Wood September 05, 2004
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28 - 3Willie Nelson September 19, 2004
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28 - 4Malcolm Arnold (1) September 26, 2004
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28 - 5Malcolm Arnold (2) October 03, 2004
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28 - 6Robert Frank October 17, 2004
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28 - 7Michael Frayn November 14, 2004
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28 - 8The Darkness November 21, 2004
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28 - 9Iggy Pop December 05, 2004
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28 - 10Ruth Rendell December 12, 2004
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28 - 11Howard Goodall December 19, 2004
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28 - 12Pete 'n' Dud, The Lost Shows January 01, 2005
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28 - 13Ian McEwan February 20, 2005
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28 - 14Going Sane March 06, 2005
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28 - 15Khaled and Rachid March 13, 2005
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28 - 16Alina Cojocaru, Johan Kobborg March 27, 2005
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28 - 17The Garden of Cosmic Speculation April 03, 2005
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28 - 18John Boorman April 10, 2005
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28 - 19Red Priest April 24, 2005
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28 - 20National Theatre's production of Henry IV May 01, 2005
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28 - 21The Secret Art of War May 08, 2005
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28 - 22Paul Abbott May 15, 2005
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28 - 23Eric Sykes September 18, 2005
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Season 27 October 19, 2003
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27 - 1Germaine Greer October 19, 2003
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27 - 2Daniel Barenboim and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra December 07, 2003
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27 - 3TV Stories (1) February 01, 2004
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27 - 4TV Stories (2) February 08, 2004
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27 - 5Jamie Cullum February 22, 2004
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27 - 6The Wilson Twins March 07, 2004
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27 - 7John Lennon's Jukebox March 14, 2004
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27 - 8Jack Vettriano March 21, 2004
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27 - 9The Dance Theatre of Harlem April 04, 2004
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27 - 10Jeanette Winterson May 02, 2004
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27 - 11Johnny Hallyday May 09, 2004
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27 - 12Othello May 16, 2004
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27 - 13Ian McKellen June 29, 2004
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Season 26 October 13, 2002
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26 - 1Mike Leigh October 13, 2002
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26 - 2Akram Khan October 20, 2002
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26 - 3Graham Vick: Beethoven in the Big Top October 27, 2002
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26 - 4Craig David November 10, 2002
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26 - 5Andrew Davies November 17, 2002
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26 - 6Joan Rivers November 24, 2002
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26 - 7Willie Nelson January 12, 2003
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26 - 8James MacMillan January 05, 2003
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26 - 9Irek Mukhamedov January 19, 2003
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26 - 10Gerhard Richter February 02, 2003
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26 - 11Hanif Kureishi February 09, 2003
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26 - 12How to Get Rich: Felix Dennis February 16, 2003
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26 - 13Philip Pullman March 09, 2003
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26 - 14Caryl Phillips April 13, 2003
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26 - 15Conor McPherson May 18, 2003
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26 - 16Herbie Hancock June 29, 2003
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26 - 17Caetano Veloso July 06, 2003
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26 - 18Ang Lee July 13, 2003
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26 - 19The Real George Orwell July 27, 2003
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26 - 20Juan Diego Florez August 03, 2003
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26 - 21Nick Cave August 10, 2003
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26 - 22Albert Camus August 31, 2003
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26 - 23Robert Harris Takes on Rome September 07, 2003
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26 - 24Andrew Lloyd Webber, the Full Picture September 19, 2003
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26 - 25Ewan McGregor September 21, 2003
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Season 25 October 07, 2001
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25 - 1High and Low Culture in the Age of Television October 07, 2001
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25 - 2(highlights) October 14, 2001
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25 - 3Rachel Whiteread October 28, 2001
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25 - 4Norman Foster November 11, 2001
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25 - 5Dr. John November 18, 2001
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25 - 6Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings December 16, 2001
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25 - 7Ladies and Gentlemen, Miss Renée Fleming January 01, 1970
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25 - 8The Sopranos February 10, 2002
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25 - 9Leif Ove Andsnes February 24, 2002
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25 - 10Why the Novel Matters March 17, 2002
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25 - 11Meera Syal March 24, 2002
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25 - 12Johnnie Ray March 31, 2002
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25 - 13Mario Vargas Llosa April 21, 2002
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25 - 14Fay Weldon May 05, 2002
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25 - 15R.E.M. May 09, 2002
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25 - 16Neil LaBute June 23, 2002
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25 - 17Cinema of Fire (Iranian cinema) June 30, 2002
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25 - 18Moby July 07, 2002
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25 - 19Bernie Taupin August 04, 2002
24
Season 24 October 01, 2000
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24 - 1Andrew Lloyd Webber, Ben Elton October 01, 2000
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24 - 2Santana October 08, 2000
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24 - 3Joyce [Carol Oates] on Marilyn [Monroe] October 15, 2000
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24 - 5Mark Morris Dance Group October 29, 2000
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24 - 6George MacDonald Fraser November 12, 2000
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24 - 7Courtney Pine November 19, 2000
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24 - 8Ron Howard November 26, 2000
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24 - 9Dame Gillian Weir December 03, 2000
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24 - 10[Marlene] Dumas and [Jemima] Stehli December 10, 2000
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24 - 11Mark Quinn December 17, 2000
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24 - 12Tom Jones December 24, 2000
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24 - 13Ken Russell February 11, 2001
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24 - 14Shirin Neshat February 18, 2001
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24 - 15Russell Watson February 25, 2001
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24 - 16Amos Oz March 04, 2001
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24 - 17Greta Garbo March 11, 2001
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24 - 18Elvis Costello with Annie Sofie von Otter March 18, 2001
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24 - 19Bill Bryson March 25, 2001
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24 - 20Ian Rankin July 01, 2001
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24 - 21Ian Bostridge July 08, 2001
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24 - 22Edmund White July 22, 2001
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24 - 23Steve Coogan August 05, 2001
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24 - 24Ravi Shankar August 12, 2001
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24 - 25Tracey Emin August 19, 2001
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Season 23 September 26, 1999
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23 - 1Paul Merton September 26, 1999
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23 - 2Frank McCourt October 03, 1999
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23 - 3Howard Jacobson October 10, 1999
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23 - 4Jose Cura October 17, 1999
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23 - 5James Galway October 24, 1999
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23 - 6The Lion King (stage play based on the film) October 31, 1999
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23 - 7Joan Collins November 14, 1999
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23 - 8Blur November 21, 1999
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23 - 9Yoko Ono December 05, 1999
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23 - 10Cher December 11, 1999
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23 - 11Countertenors December 19, 1999
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23 - 12Bing Crosby December 26, 1999
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23 - 13Shakespeare January 23, 2000
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23 - 14Millennium Dome February 07, 2000
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23 - 15Sam Mendes February 14, 2000
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23 - 16Michael Douglas February 21, 2000
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23 - 17Chuck Close March 05, 2000
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23 - 18Emir Kusturica March 12, 2000
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23 - 19Amis on Amis June 18, 2000
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23 - 20(composing classical music) (1) June 25, 2000
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23 - 21Simon Holt's Sunrise, Yellow Noise (2) July 02, 2000
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Season 22 November 08, 1998
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22 - 1Ossie Clarke (1) November 08, 1998
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22 - 2Ossie Clarke (2) November 15, 1998
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22 - 3Lesley Garrett November 22, 1998
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22 - 4Harold Pinter November 29, 1998
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22 - 5Maxine Peake/Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo December 06, 1998
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22 - 6Walter Mosley December 13, 1998
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22 - 7Petula Clark December 20, 1998
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22 - 8Warren Beatty December 30, 1998
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22 - 9John Tomlinson January 10, 1999
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22 - 10Javier du Frutos January 31, 1999
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22 - 11UB40 February 07, 1999
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22 - 12Anish Kapoor February 21, 1999
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22 - 13New South African Artists February 28, 1999
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22 - 14Lucy Gannon March 14, 1999
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22 - 15Tony Harrison March 28, 1999
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22 - 16Dolly Parton April 09, 1999
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Season 21 October 05, 1997
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21 - 1Scarfe on Hercules October 05, 1997
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21 - 2Michael Flatley: Lord of the Dance October 26, 1997
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21 - 3Kay Mellor November 02, 1997
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21 - 4Björk November 09, 1997
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21 - 5Iain Banks November 16, 1997
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21 - 6Matthew Bourne's Adventures in Motion Pictures November 23, 1997
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21 - 7Steven Bochco November 30, 1997
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21 - 8Simon Raven December 14, 1997
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21 - 9Franco Zeffirelli December 21, 1997
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21 - 10Saul Zaentz January 11, 1998
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21 - 11Gillian Wearing / Gary Hume January 18, 1998
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21 - 12Marks and Gran February 01, 1998
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21 - 13Hail Bop: a Portrait of John Adams February 08, 1998
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21 - 14Nigel Kennedy February 15, 1998
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21 - 15Gary Oldman March 15, 1998
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21 - 16Body Art April 05, 1998
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21 - 17John Tavener April 12, 1998
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21 - 18The Bee Gees June 07, 1998
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21 - 19Will Self July 05, 1998
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21 - 20Afro-Cuban Allstars July 19, 1998
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21 - 21This is Not an Exit: the Fictional World of Bret Easton Ellis August 23, 1998
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21 - 22Wayne Sleep August 30, 1998
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Season 20 September 15, 1996
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20 - 1Victoria Wood September 15, 1996
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20 - 2Sir John Mills September 22, 1996
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20 - 3Michael Crawford September 29, 1996
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20 - 4Norman Mailer on Picasso October 06, 1996
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20 - 5Chanson October 13, 1996
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20 - 6Michael Collins October 27, 1996
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20 - 7Bryn Terfel November 03, 1996
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20 - 8Howard Hodgkin November 10, 1996
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20 - 9Jimmy McGovern November 17, 1996
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20 - 10Bogart: Here's Looking at You, Kid January 05, 1997
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20 - 11Maggi Hambling January 12, 1997
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20 - 13The US and Us (1) January 26, 1997
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20 - 14The US and Us (2) February 02, 1997
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20 - 15Gilbert and George (1) February 09, 1997
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20 - 16Gilbert and George (2) February 16, 1997
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20 - 17Valery Gergiev February 23, 1997
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20 - 18Paganini May 04, 1997
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20 - 19David Helfgott June 22, 1997
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20 - 20Paul Auster July 06, 1997
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Season 19 September 10, 1995
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19 - 1Clint Eastwwod September 10, 1995
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19 - 2Ackroyd's Blake September 17, 1995
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19 - 3Tom Sharpe September 24, 1995
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19 - 4kd lang October 01, 1995
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19 - 5Pavarotti at 60 October 08, 1995
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19 - 6Jimmy Nail October 15, 1995
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19 - 7Dame Judi Dench October 29, 1995
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19 - 8Coronation Street November 05, 1995
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19 - 9Dame Barbara Cartland November 12, 1995
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19 - 10Jonathan Raban: Badlands / Wynton Marsalis November 19, 1995
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19 - 11Elaine Page Special April 07, 1996
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19 - 12Sting April 14, 1996
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19 - 13Albert Finney April 28, 1996
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19 - 14Marlene Dietrich May 05, 1996
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19 - 15John Eliot Gardiner May 12, 1996
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19 - 16Vermeer: Light, Love and Silence May 19, 1996
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19 - 17Claes Oldenburg May 26, 1996
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19 - 18Baaba Maal June 02, 1996
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19 - 19Maxine Peake / Wynton Marsalis in New Orleans July 21, 1996
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19 - 20Alan Ayckbourn Workshop July 28, 1996
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Season 18 September 18, 1994
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18 - 1Kenneth Williams September 18, 1994
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18 - 2Marilyn Horne September 25, 1994
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18 - 3New Generation Poets October 02, 1994
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18 - 4Vanessa Redgrave October 09, 1994
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18 - 5David Mamet October 16, 1994
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18 - 6The Shearing Touch (George Shearing) October 23, 1994
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18 - 7Alan Ayckbourn October 30, 1994
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18 - 8Frankenstein November 06, 1994
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18 - 9Thora Hird November 13, 1994
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18 - 10The Glory of Gershwin November 20, 1994
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18 - 11P.J. O'Rourke November 27, 1994
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18 - 12Lionel Bart December 11, 1994
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18 - 13Carl Orff January 29, 1995
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18 - 14Classic Widows February 05, 1995
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18 - 15Jonathan Miller February 12, 1995
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18 - 16Flags of the Fante Coast February 19, 1995
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18 - 17Catherine Bailey, the Lady is a Tramp / Roger Ballen February 26, 1995
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18 - 18Edward Albee March 05, 1995
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18 - 19Jodie Foster March 12, 1995
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18 - 20Martin Amis March 19, 1995
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18 - 21Country Music April 02, 1995
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18 - 22Miriam Makeba April 09, 1995
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Season 17 September 12, 1993
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17 - 1Sydney Pollack September 12, 1993
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17 - 2Willy Russell September 19, 1993
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17 - 3Ken Loach October 03, 1993
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17 - 4Margaret Atwood October 10, 1993
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17 - 5John Lee Hooker October 17, 1993
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17 - 6Stevie Wonder October 24, 1993
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17 - 7Sylvie Guillem October 31, 1993
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17 - 8Tim Rice November 07, 1993
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17 - 9Lynda La Plante November 14, 1993
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17 - 10John Williams November 21, 1993
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17 - 11John Lloyd's A-Z of Comedy (1) November 28, 1993
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17 - 12John Lloyd's A-Z of Comedy (2) December 05, 1993
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17 - 13Cliff Richard December 24, 1993
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17 - 14Bheki Mseleku January 23, 1994
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17 - 15Darker Than Me February 06, 1994
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17 - 16Jean-Claude Carriere February 13, 1994
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17 - 17Danny Kaye: Nobody's Fool February 20, 1994
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17 - 18Looking for the Perfect Beat: Rap February 27, 1994
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17 - 19Larry Adler Plays Gershwin March 06, 1994
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17 - 20Kiri's 50th Birthday Concert March 13, 1994
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17 - 21Clive Barker April 10, 1994
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17 - 22Dawn French April 17, 1994
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17 - 23Christian Boltanski May 15, 1994
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17 - 24Eric Newby May 22, 1994
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17 - 25John Steinbeck May 29, 1994
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Season 16 October 04, 1992
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16 - 1Billy Connolly October 04, 1992
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16 - 2Alice Walker October 11, 1992
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16 - 3Peter O'Toole October 18, 1992
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16 - 4Two Royal Ballet Dancers (Darcey Bussell, Viviana Durante) October 25, 1992
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16 - 5Robert Zemeckis November 01, 1992
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16 - 6George Formby November 08, 1992
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16 - 7Sir Richard Attenborough November 15, 1992
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16 - 8The Secret Life of Sir Arnold Bax December 06, 1992
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16 - 9The World of Jeff Koons December 13, 1992
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16 - 10Jimi Hendrix December 20, 1992
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16 - 11Dracula January 24, 1993
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16 - 12Monserrat Caballe January 31, 1993
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16 - 13Annie Leibowitz February 07, 1993
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16 - 14Guggenheim Museum February 14, 1993
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16 - 15Dmitri and Sasha Sitkovetsky February 21, 1993
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16 - 16Jean Genet February 28, 1993
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16 - 17I, Berlioz March 07, 1993
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16 - 18Richard Price March 14, 1993
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16 - 19John Banville March 21, 1993
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16 - 20Henryk Gorecki's 3rd symphony April 04, 1993
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16 - 21Dudley Moore June 13, 1993
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16 - 22Frink, 1930-1993 (Dame Elisabeth Frink) June 20, 1993
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16 - 23Benny Goodman, the King of Swing July 04, 1993
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16 - 24Paul Simon August 15, 1993
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16 - 25Norman Wisdom August 22, 1993
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Season 15 September 15, 1991
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15 - 1Private Eye September 15, 1991
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15 - 2David Lodge September 29, 1991
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15 - 3Terry Gilliam October 06, 1991
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15 - 4Neil Simon October 13, 1991
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15 - 5Heinrich Schiff October 20, 1991
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15 - 6Seamus Heaney October 27, 1991
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15 - 7John Osborne November 03, 1991
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15 - 8Dame Britain (Vera Lynn) November 10, 1991
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15 - 9Arthur Miller November 17, 1991
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15 - 10Jose Carreras, a Life Story November 24, 1991
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15 - 11Dame Kiri Te Kanawa December 22, 1991
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15 - 12Arts Review '91 December 29, 1991
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15 - 13Douglas Adams January 05, 1992
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15 - 14Lenny Henry Hunts the Funk January 12, 1992
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15 - 15Hakan Hardenberger January 19, 1992
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15 - 16Cecilia Bartoli November 28, 1999
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15 - 17Les Murray February 02, 1992
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15 - 18Colin Thubron February 09, 1992
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15 - 19Pet Shop Boys February 16, 1992
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15 - 20Paula Rego February 23, 1992
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15 - 21Noel Coward March 01, 1992
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15 - 22Anthony Hopkins March 29, 1992
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15 - 23Terence Davis April 05, 1992
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15 - 24Making Naked Lunch April 12, 1992
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15 - 25The Making of Sgt. Pepper January 01, 1970
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Season 14 September 02, 1990
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14 - 1George Michael September 02, 1990
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14 - 2Peter Ackroyd on Dickens September 09, 1990
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14 - 3Spike Lee September 23, 1990
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14 - 4Salman Rushdie September 30, 1990
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14 - 5Roy Lichtenstein October 07, 1990
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14 - 6Ken Russell on Anton Bruckner October 14, 1990
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14 - 7Clear Cool Crystal Streams (Irish rock music) October 21, 1990
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14 - 8John Updike October 28, 1990
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14 - 9East German writers November 04, 1990
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14 - 10Alan Parker November 25, 1990
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14 - 11Cameron Mackintosh December 02, 1990
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14 - 12Spitting Image December 09, 1990
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14 - 13The Talis Scholars December 30, 1990
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14 - 14Stan Laurel January 06, 1991
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14 - 15August Wilson January 13, 1991
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14 - 16Oscar Marzaroli January 20, 1991
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14 - 17Anne-Sophie Mutter January 27, 1991
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14 - 18Bonfire of the Vanities (1991 film) February 03, 1991
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14 - 19Willard White February 10, 1991
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14 - 20The Five Blind Boys of Alabama / R.S. Thomas February 17, 1991
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14 - 21Steve Martin February 24, 1991
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14 - 22Rudolph Nureyev March 03, 1991
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14 - 23Kiri Te Kanawa March 29, 1991
13
Season 13 September 17, 1989
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13 - 1Martin Amis September 17, 1989
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13 - 2Dustin Hoffman, Sir Peter Hall September 24, 1989
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13 - 3Jimi Hendrix October 01, 1989
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13 - 4Tom Keneally in Eritrea October 08, 1989
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13 - 5Ken Russell October 15, 1989
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13 - 6Steven Berkoff October 22, 1989
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13 - 7Gabriel Garcia Marquez October 29, 1989
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13 - 8Fitzrovia November 12, 1989
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13 - 9Dame Edna Everage November 19, 1989
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13 - 10Evelyn Glennie November 26, 1989
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13 - 11Peter Brook December 03, 1989
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13 - 12Arts Review '89 December 29, 1989
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13 - 13Boris Pasternak January 07, 1990
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13 - 14Sir David Lean, Robert Bolt January 21, 1990
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13 - 15Christopher Hogwood January 28, 1990
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13 - 16Chinua Achebe February 04, 1990
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13 - 17Hans Werner Henze February 11, 1990
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13 - 18Jock Tamson's Bairns (Gerry Mulgrew, Liz Lochhead) February 18, 1990
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13 - 19Yuri Bashmet March 04, 1990
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13 - 20DV8 Physical Theatre March 11, 1990
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13 - 21Mark Morris: the Hidden Soul of Harmony March 25, 1990
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13 - 22Carl Davis, Temba April 01, 1990
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13 - 23Vivienne Westwood April 08, 1990
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13 - 24Hindemith April 15, 1990
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13 - 25Robert Altman April 22, 1990
12
Season 12 September 25, 1988
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12 - 1The Art of Walt Disney September 25, 1988
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12 - 2Bernard Shaw October 02, 1988
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12 - 3Under Milk Wood October 09, 1988
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12 - 4Toulouse-Lautrec October 16, 1988
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12 - 5David Puttnam October 23, 1988
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12 - 6David Hockney October 30, 1988
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12 - 7Two Women in Three Dimensions (Wendy Taylor, Nicola Hicks) November 13, 1988
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12 - 8Bristol WWII bombing raids reenactment November 20, 1988
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12 - 9Raymond Chandler November 27, 1988
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12 - 10Neil Jordan December 04, 1988
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12 - 11John Houseman December 11, 1988
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12 - 12David Bailey December 18, 1988
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12 - 13Derek Walcott January 15, 1989
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12 - 14Patrick Leigh Fermor January 22, 1989
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12 - 15National Training Orchestra January 29, 1989
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12 - 16Christopher Hampton February 05, 1989
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12 - 17Istvan Szabo February 12, 1989
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12 - 18Robert Redford February 19, 1989
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12 - 19Tony Palmer on the concerto February 26, 1989
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12 - 20Ben Elton March 05, 1989
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12 - 21John Burnett March 10, 1989
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12 - 22Put Blood in the Music (New York avant garde music) March 12, 1989
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12 - 23John Ogdon March 19, 1989
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12 - 24Sir William Golding March 24, 1989
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Season 11 October 04, 1987
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11 - 1Maria Callas October 04, 1987
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11 - 2Toni Morrison October 11, 1987
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11 - 3The Smiths October 18, 1987
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11 - 4Andy Warhol October 25, 1987
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11 - 5Frank Rich / Suzanne Vega November 01, 1987
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11 - 6Sir Terence Conran November 08, 1987
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11 - 7Gore Vidal November 15, 1987
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11 - 8African music / Russian theatre November 22, 1987
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11 - 9Sir George Solti November 29, 1987
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11 - 10Eric Clapton December 06, 1987
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11 - 11Arts Review '87 December 20, 1987
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11 - 12The Last Emperor (1988 film) January 17, 1988
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11 - 13Australian Aboriginies January 24, 1988
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11 - 14Boogie Woogie Music January 31, 1988
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11 - 15The Golden Age of Television February 14, 1988
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11 - 16George Barker February 21, 1988
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11 - 17Jackson Pollack February 28, 1988
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11 - 18Lenny Henry March 06, 1988
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11 - 19Peter Dickinson March 13, 1988
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11 - 20A Day on The Grand Canal with the Emperor of China March 20, 1988
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11 - 21Nicuragua: Poets as Politicans March 27, 1988
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11 - 22Ken Russell's ABC of British Music April 02, 1988
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11 - 24Doris Lessing April 17, 1988
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11 - 25Sir Peter Hall's last National Theatre production April 24, 1988
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Season 10 October 05, 1986
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10 - 1John Mortimer October 05, 1986
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10 - 4Michael Powell October 26, 1986
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10 - 5Truman Capote November 02, 1986
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10 - 6Fay Godwin November 09, 1986
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10 - 7The Andrew Lloyd-Webber Story November 15, 1986
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10 - 8Agatha Christie, How Did She Do It? November 23, 1986
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10 - 9The Dream is Over (Christopher Bruce ballet on John Lennon) November 30, 1986
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10 - 10Arts Review '86 December 14, 1986
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10 - 11Anthony Hopkins / David Hare January 11, 1987
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10 - 12Philip Glass January 18, 1987
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10 - 13Alvin Ailey Dance Theater January 25, 1987
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10 - 14Anthony Green: RA, a Love Story February 01, 1987
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10 - 15birth of Frankenstein and Dracula February 08, 1987
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10 - 16Thomas Allen February 15, 1987
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10 - 17The Wooster Group February 22, 1987
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10 - 18The London Underground in art March 01, 1987
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10 - 20Barbara Dickson March 15, 1987
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10 - 21Penguin Cafe Orchestra March 22, 1987
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10 - 22Turner at the Tate March 29, 1987
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10 - 23George V. Higgins April 05, 1987
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10 - 24Peter York lecture April 12, 1987
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10 - 25The Aida File: The Making of the Opera (1) April 18, 1987
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10 - 26The Aida File: Aida Performance (2) April 19, 1987
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Season 9 October 06, 1985
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9 - 1Sir Alec Guinness October 06, 1985
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9 - 2Peter Ackroyd's Hawksmoor October 13, 1985
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9 - 3Ian McKellen, Diary of a Year October 20, 1985
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9 - 4Theatre of Comedy workshop October 27, 1985
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9 - 5Pete Townshend: After the Fire November 03, 1985
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9 - 6Sir Stephen Spender November 10, 1985
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9 - 7Marguerite Duras November 17, 1985
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9 - 8Karole Armitage November 24, 1985
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9 - 9Peter Shaffer December 01, 1985
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9 - 10John Cleese January 12, 1986
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9 - 11Vladimir Ashkenazy January 19, 1986
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9 - 12Paul Schrader January 26, 1986
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9 - 13Purcell's Dido and Aenaes February 02, 1986
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9 - 14Patrick Heron February 09, 1986
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9 - 15Blue Note Records February 16, 1986
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9 - 16Michala Petri February 23, 1986
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9 - 17Elisabeth Schwarzkopf March 02, 1986
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9 - 18Absolute Beginners (film) March 09, 1986
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9 - 19Arthur Boyd March 23, 1986
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9 - 20Hal Prince: Rethinking the Musical April 06, 1986
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9 - 21British Soap Operas April 13, 1986
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9 - 22Hull Truck Theatre Company April 20, 1986
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9 - 23Velvet Underground April 27, 1986
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9 - 24Al Jolson May 04, 1986
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Season 8 October 07, 1984
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8 - 1Alan Bennett October 07, 1984
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8 - 2McCartney's Broad Street October 14, 1984
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8 - 3The Forming of the Phoenix (Phoenix Dance Company) October 21, 1984
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8 - 4Paolo and Vittorio Taviani October 28, 1984
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8 - 5Norman Nicholson November 04, 1984
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8 - 6Joseph Heller November 11, 1984
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8 - 7Mstislav Rostropovich November 18, 1984
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8 - 8Max Wall November 25, 1984
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8 - 10Alan Bleasdale January 13, 1985
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8 - 11Anthony Burgess on D.H. Lawrence January 20, 1985
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8 - 13Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex February 03, 1985
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8 - 14Marc Chagall February 10, 1985
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8 - 15David Lean: a Life in Film February 17, 1985
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8 - 16Simon Rattle / finale of Messiaen's Turangalila Symphony February 24, 1985
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8 - 17Little Richard March 03, 1985
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8 - 18George Malcolm on Scarlatti March 10, 1985
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8 - 19Silent Partners: Second Stride Dance Company March 17, 1985
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8 - 20Michael Crawford/Billy Bragg March 31, 1985
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8 - 21David Mamet March 24, 1985
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8 - 22Olivier Messiaen: The Music of Faith April 05, 1985
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8 - 23The Cotton Club (night club) May 26, 1985
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8 - 24Prez (jazz opera about Lester Young) June 02, 1985
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8 - 25Francis Bacon June 09, 1985
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8 - 26George Steiner on Vienna at the turn of the century June 16, 1985
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Season 7 October 16, 1983
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7 - 1Piper's Way October 16, 1983
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7 - 2Yuri Lyubimov October 23, 1983
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7 - 4Jack Lemmon November 06, 1983
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7 - 5Catherine Cookson November 20, 1983
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7 - 6Lillian Gish/Glen Baxter November 27, 1983
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7 - 7Alberto Moravia December 04, 1983
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7 - 8Ian Hamilton Finlay/Lord Gowrie December 11, 1983
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7 - 9Barry Tuckwell: Master of the Horn February 19, 1984
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7 - 10Trevor Griffiths February 26, 1984
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7 - 11Weather Report March 11, 1984
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7 - 12Claudio Arrau March 18, 1984
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7 - 13Kathy Acker April 01, 1984
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7 - 14Ralph Vaughan Williams April 08, 1984
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7 - 15Sir Ernst Gombrich April 15, 1984
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7 - 16Michael Frayn April 29, 1984
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7 - 17Ed McBain May 06, 1984
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7 - 18David Bintley: New Ballet at Sadler's Wells May 13, 1984
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7 - 19Stephen Sondheim May 20, 1984
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7 - 20Elisabeth Vellacott / DeCocoa, Hot Chocolate May 27, 1984
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7 - 21adaptation of Ivy Compton Burnett's Elders and Betters June 03, 1984
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7 - 22Kipling (one-man play with Alec McGowen) June 10, 1984
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7 - 23Anthony Caro June 24, 1984
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Season 6 October 17, 1982
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6 - 1Laurence Olivier, a Life (1) October 17, 1982
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6 - 2Laurence Olivier, a Life (2) October 24, 1982
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6 - 3Peter Gabriel October 31, 1982
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6 - 4Bruce Chatwin November 07, 1982
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6 - 5Patricia Highsmith November 14, 1982
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6 - 6Steven Spielberg November 21, 1982
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6 - 7Gospel at Colonus November 28, 1982
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6 - 8Simone De Beauvoir January 09, 1983
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6 - 9Barry Flannigan / Seamus Heaney January 23, 1983
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6 - 10David Hare January 30, 1983
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6 - 11Agnes De Mille February 06, 1983
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6 - 12Handel's Semele (by the Royal Opera House) February 13, 1983
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6 - 13Sam Fuller February 20, 1983
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6 - 14Local Hero (film) February 27, 1983
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6 - 15R.K. Narayan March 13, 1983
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6 - 16Ivo Pogorelich March 20, 1983
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6 - 17John Le Carré March 27, 1983
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6 - 18Choirs and Places Where They Sing April 03, 1983
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6 - 19William Trevor April 24, 1983
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6 - 20Gene Hackman May 01, 1983
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6 - 21Keith Waterhouse May 08, 1983
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6 - 22Robert Lowell / Benjamin Britten's Quartettino May 15, 1983
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6 - 23Cowboy Art May 22, 1983
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6 - 24Jiri Kylian May 29, 1983
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6 - 25Producing Don Giovanni June 05, 1983
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6 - 26Ken Russell's View of The Planets June 12, 1983
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Season 5 November 01, 1981
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5 - 1The French Lieutenant's Woman November 01, 1981
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5 - 2Elvis Costello November 08, 1981
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5 - 3Old Glory: the Journey and the Book November 15, 1981
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5 - 4Ian McKellan / Ian McEwan November 22, 1981
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5 - 5Brian Moore / Patrick Caulfield November 29, 1981
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5 - 6A Talent to Vex: John Osborne December 06, 1981
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5 - 7Mama Lu Parks January 17, 1982
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5 - 8Bernard D'Ascoli / Theatre of the 8th Day January 24, 1982
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5 - 9Milos Forman January 31, 1982
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5 - 10Germaine Greer February 07, 1982
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5 - 11Pauline Kael / George Steiner's The Portage to San Cristobal of AH February 14, 1982
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5 - 12Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller February 21, 1982
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5 - 13Blacck Theatre Cooperative / Laurie Anderson February 28, 1982
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5 - 14Guys and Dolls (at the National Theatre) March 07, 1982
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5 - 15Richard Alston's Bellezza Flash March 14, 1982
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5 - 16Peter Maxwell-Davies March 21, 1982
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5 - 17Saul Bellow March 28, 1982
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5 - 18Indian wallpainting April 04, 1982
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5 - 19Stravinski (1) April 09, 1982
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5 - 20Stravinski (2) April 10, 1982
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5 - 21Julian Lloyd-Webber April 18, 1982
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5 - 22Miles Davis / Robert Nye April 25, 1982
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5 - 23
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5 - 24Joseph Papp / James Galway May 09, 1982
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5 - 25Werner Herzog May 16, 1982
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5 - 26Why Don't I Love Opera Anymore (by Stephen Oliver) May 23, 1982
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5 - 27Phillip Larkin May 30, 1982
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Season 4 November 09, 1980
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4 - 1Arthur Miller November 09, 1980
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4 - 2William Golding November 16, 1980
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4 - 3Akira Kurosawa November 23, 1980
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4 - 4Stravinsky's The Firebird November 30, 1980
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4 - 5No Need to Lie December 07, 1980
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4 - 6The Passion (National Theatre's updating of medieval plays) December 14, 1980
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4 - 7Toni Morrison January 18, 1981
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4 - 8The Trespasser (film) January 25, 1981
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4 - 9Don Juan in Hell February 08, 1981
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4 - 10poetry workshop February 15, 1981
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4 - 11Martin Scorsese February 22, 1981
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4 - 12Elizabeth Taylor / John Hubbard March 01, 1981
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4 - 13Bob Fosse March 08, 1981
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4 - 14Robert Redford / Martin Amis March 15, 1981
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4 - 15Verity Bargate / Howard Hodgkin March 29, 1981
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4 - 16
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4 - 17Gore Vidal April 26, 1981
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4 - 18The Roots of the Tree (Ermanno Olmi) May 03, 1981
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4 - 19Colin Welland May 10, 1981
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4 - 20Christopher Logue / Phillip King May 17, 1981
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4 - 21Lulu's Last Act (Berg opera) May 24, 1981
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4 - 22Dame Ninette De Valois / David Hockney on Picasso May 31, 1981
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4 - 23Clive James / Craig Raine June 07, 1981
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4 - 24Soviet Art June 14, 1981
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4 - 25
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4 - 26Music for a City: Venice June 28, 1981
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Season 3 December 02, 1979
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3 - 1Francis Ford Coppola December 02, 1979
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3 - 2Royal Shakespeare Company masterclass (1) December 09, 1979
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3 - 3Royal Shakespeare Company masterclass (2) December 16, 1979
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3 - 4Talking Heads December 23, 1979
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3 - 5Love and the Ice-Cream Vendor February 17, 1980
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3 - 6Fay Weldon / Richard Hogart on Northern Ireland in drama February 24, 1980
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3 - 7Merce Cunningham March 02, 1980
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3 - 8Elegies for the Deaths of Three Spanish Poets March 09, 1980
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3 - 9A Time There was ... (Benjamin Britten) April 06, 1980
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3 - 10The Greene Adaptations (Graham Greene films) April 13, 1980
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3 - 11Salsa (Puerto Rican music) April 27, 1980
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3 - 12The Worlds of Edward Bond May 04, 1980
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3 - 13
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3 - 14new British rock films / The Tin Drum (film) May 18, 1980
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3 - 15Roman Polanski May 25, 1980
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3 - 16Tom Wolfe June 01, 1980
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3 - 17Andrew Wyeth June 08, 1980
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3 - 18Angus Wilson June 29, 1980
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3 - 19Jane Austen (film) July 06, 1980
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Season 2 November 26, 1978
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2 - 1Tom Stoppard November 26, 1978
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2 - 2Grace Under Pressure (Anthony Burgess on Hemingway) December 03, 1978
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2 - 3Woody Allen December 10, 1978
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2 - 4Anatomy of an Opera: Jonathan Miller's Figaro December 17, 1978
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2 - 5Rhythm of Resistance (South African music) January 14, 1979
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2 - 6Harmony of the Spheres (Neil Ardley) January 21, 1979
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2 - 7Circus Clowns/Schubert recital by Richter January 28, 1979
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2 - 8Royal Shakespeare Company on tour February 04, 1979
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2 - 9Brimstone & Treacle (Dennis Potter) / John McLaughlin, a Musical Journey February 11, 1979
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2 - 10The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith / Edward Gorey / Gunter Grass February 18, 1979
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2 - 11Michael Cimino / Alan Bennett, Stephen Frears February 25, 1979
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2 - 12Gordon Williams, Alan Sharp, Eddie Boyd March 04, 1979
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2 - 13Derek Boshier / Ingrid Bergman, Ingmar Bergman March 11, 1979
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2 - 14Neil Simon March 18, 1979
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2 - 15Beryl Cook / Cloud Nine rehearsals March 25, 1979
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2 - 16Graham Sutherland April 01, 1979
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2 - 17Darryl Way / Howard Brenton April 22, 1979
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2 - 18The Europeans (film) / Joseph Heller April 29, 1979
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2 - 19Asian Arts festival May 06, 1979
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2 - 20Billy Connolly May 13, 1979
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2 - 21Jessye Norman May 20, 1979
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2 - 22Rough Trade (record label) / Allen Jones May 27, 1979
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2 - 23Scum (film) / Keith Jarrett June 17, 1979
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2 - 24Michael Tippett (90 min.) June 24, 1979
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Season 1 January 14, 1978
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1 - 1Paul McCartney/surrealist exhibition January 14, 1978
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1 - 2Paganini Superstar January 21, 1978
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1 - 3Roy Minton January 28, 1978
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1 - 4David Hockney February 04, 1978
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1 - 5Dennis Potter February 11, 1978
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1 - 6John Peel/Jane Glover February 18, 1978
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1 - 7Arabian Days (Edna O'Brien)/Quentin Crisp February 25, 1978
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1 - 8Jacques Loussier March 04, 1978
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1 - 9Ken Dodd March 11, 1978
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1 - 10Georges Simenon March 18, 1978
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1 - 11Horowitz at the White House March 25, 1978
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1 - 12Carl Perkins/Morgan horses April 01, 1978
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1 - 13Carry On with Paul Morissey (Carry On ... films) April 08, 1978
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1 - 14Search for Shaw April 15, 1978
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1 - 15Harold Pinter April 22, 1978
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1 - 16Satyajit Ray/John Williams/Ralph McTell April 30, 1978
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1 - 17Portrait of a Conductor: Herbert Von Karajan May 06, 1978
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1 - 18Freddie Young May 13, 1978
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1 - 19Frank Auerbach May 20, 1978
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1 - 20Mayerling Ballet June 17, 1978
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1 - 21
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1 - 22Ingmar Bergman at 60 July 08, 1978
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1 - 23Hullabaloo over George and Bonnie's Pictures (1) July 15, 1978
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1 - 24Hullabaloo over George and Bonnie's Pictures (2) July 22, 1978
Overview
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.
Cast
Self - Presenter