
Episodes
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1. Sir Alec Guinness
6 Oct 1985 · 60 min
- 2
2. Peter Ackroyd's Hawksmoor
13 Oct 1985 · 60 min
- 3
3. Ian McKellen, Diary of a Year
20 Oct 1985 · 60 min
- 4
4. Theatre of Comedy workshop
27 Oct 1985 · 60 min
- 5
5. Pete Townshend: After the Fire
3 Nov 1985 · 60 min
- 6
6. Sir Stephen Spender
10 Nov 1985 · 60 min
- 7
7. Marguerite Duras
17 Nov 1985 · 60 min
- 8
8. Karole Armitage
24 Nov 1985 · 60 min
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9. Peter Shaffer
1 Dec 1985 · 60 min
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10. John Cleese
12 Jan 1986 · 60 min
Cleese was silently scripting A Fish Called Wanda at the time this interview was filmed. It is not mentioned in this program. What is mentioned is Cleese's spectrum of work from sketch comedy to industrial training films to therapeutical books. Video clips include sequences from Cleese's classics: At Last the 1948 Show, Monty Python's Flying Circus, and Fawlty Towers.
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11. Vladimir Ashkenazy
19 Jan 1986 · 60 min
- 12
12. Paul Schrader
26 Jan 1986 · 60 min
- 13
13. Purcell's Dido and Aenaes
2 Feb 1986 · 60 min
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14. Patrick Heron
9 Feb 1986 · 60 min
- 15
15. Blue Note Records
16 Feb 1986 · 60 min
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16. Michala Petri
23 Feb 1986 · 60 min
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17. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
2 Mar 1986 · 60 min
- 18
18. Absolute Beginners (film)
9 Mar 1986 · 60 min
- 19
19. Arthur Boyd
23 Mar 1986 · 60 min
- 20
20. Hal Prince: Rethinking the Musical
6 Apr 1986 · 60 min
- 21
21. British Soap Operas
13 Apr 1986 · 60 min

22. Hull Truck Theatre Company
20 Apr 1986 · 60 min
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23. Velvet Underground
27 Apr 1986 · 60 min
The South Bank Show’s Velvet Underground documentary contains interviews with Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison, Moe Tucker, Nico, Andy Warhol and lots of early Velvet performance footage.
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24. Al Jolson
4 May 1986 · 60 min
The South Bank Show Season 9: quick answers
How many episodes are in The South Bank Show Season 9?
Season 9 of The South Bank Show has 24 episodes, about 24 hours in total.
When did The South Bank Show Season 9 come out?
Season 9 premiered on 6 Oct 1985.