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Bill Bryson
Episode number: 1
Overview: Bill Bryson revisits the haunts of his childhood
JG Ballard
Episode number: 2
Robbie Coltrane
Episode number: 3
Episode 4
Episode number: 4
Spamalot
Episode number: 5
Claire Tomalin on Thomas Hardy
Episode number: 6
Sue Townsend
Episode number: 7
Lorenzo Da Ponte
Episode number: 8
Peter Blake
Episode number: 9
Nick Park and Aardman Animations
Episode number: 10
Steve Reich
Episode number: 11
Grayson Perry
Episode number: 12
Damien Hirst - Addicted To Art
Episode number: 13
Damien Hirst
Episode number: 14
Overview: This episode of The South Bank Show provides a unique insight into Damien Hirst not as the enfant terrible of an art world but as an art collector and businessman. Known for creating one of the most famous icons of modern art, a 14ft tiger shark suspended in formaldehyde, which shocked the public, he also produces decorative spot and spin paintings. His prolific output and entrepreneurialism have made him one of the world's most expensive living artists, with an estimated fortune of £100 million. One of Hirst's motivations for his growing art collection is Toddington, a dilapidated Gothic Manor house in Gloucestershire, which he purchased in 2005 for £3 million and will one day house his entire collection. Here, he shows Melvyn Bragg around Toddington, outlining his plans for its future. They discuss his art collection, his artistic heroes and the relationship between money and art.
Victoria Wood: A South Bank Show Special
Episode number: 15
Isabel Allende
Episode number: 16
Shane Meadows
Episode number: 17
Jarvis Cocker: Running The World
Episode number: 18
Martin Sheen On Playing It Real
Episode number: 19
Marianne Faithfull: A Life In Song
Episode number: 20
Zaha Hadid
Episode number: 21
MacBeth
Episode number: 22
Ian McMillan, Bard Of Barnsley
Episode number: 23
Emma Kirkby, The Unsung Heroine
Episode number: 24
June Whitfield
Episode number: 25
Michael Sheen On Playing It Real
Episode number: 26
Joan Dision
Episode number: 27
Ken Follett
Episode number: 28
The Mersey Sound
Episode number: 29