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Alan Bennett
Episode number: 1
McCartney's Broad Street
Episode number: 2
Overview: Behind the scenes look at the making of Paul McCartney's 1984 movie Give My Regards To Broad Street.
The Forming of the Phoenix (Phoenix Dance Company)
Episode number: 3
Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
Episode number: 4
Norman Nicholson
Episode number: 5
Joseph Heller
Episode number: 6
Mstislav Rostropovich
Episode number: 7
Max Wall
Episode number: 8
Alan Bleasdale
Episode number: 10
Anthony Burgess on D.H. Lawrence
Episode number: 11
Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex
Episode number: 13
Marc Chagall
Episode number: 14
David Lean: a Life in Film
Episode number: 15
Simon Rattle / finale of Messiaen's Turangalila Symphony
Episode number: 16
Little Richard
Episode number: 17
George Malcolm on Scarlatti
Episode number: 18
Silent Partners: Second Stride Dance Company
Episode number: 19
Michael Crawford/Billy Bragg
Episode number: 20
David Mamet
Episode number: 21
Olivier Messiaen: The Music of Faith
Episode number: 22
The Cotton Club (night club)
Episode number: 23
Prez (jazz opera about Lester Young)
Episode number: 24
Francis Bacon
Episode number: 25
Overview: As part of The South Bank Show series, director David Hinton and interviewer Melvyn Bragg accompany Francis Bacon for a day during his second retrospective at the Tate Gallery, London, in 1985. The conversation reveals the artist’s influences, theories and obsessions.