The South Bank Show - Season 25

Season 25
Episodes

High and Low Culture in the Age of Television

Highlights

Rachel Whiteread

Norman Foster

Dr. John

Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings

Ladies and Gentlemen, Miss Renée Fleming

The Sopranos

Leif Ove Andsnes

Why the Novel Matters

Meera Syal

Johnnie Ray

Mario Vargas Llosa

Fay Weldon

R.E.M.

Neil LaBute

Cinema of Fire (Iranian cinema)

Moby

Bernie Taupin
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