Bill Bryson
E1
Bill Bryson revisits the haunts of his childhood
JG Ballard
E2
Robbie Coltrane
E3
Episode 4
E4
Spamalot
E5
Claire Tomalin on Thomas Hardy
E6
Sue Townsend
E7
Lorenzo Da Ponte
E8
Peter Blake
E9
Nick Park and Aardman Animations
E10
Steve Reich
E11
Grayson Perry
E12
Damien Hirst - Addicted To Art
E13
Damien Hirst
E14
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
E15
Isabel Allende
E16
Shane Meadows
E17
Jarvis Cocker: Running The World
E18
Martin Sheen On Playing It Real
E19
Marianne Faithfull: A Life In Song
E20
Zaha Hadid
E21
MacBeth
E22
Ian McMillan, Bard Of Barnsley
E23
Emma Kirkby, The Unsung Heroine
E24
June Whitfield
E25
Michael Sheen On Playing It Real
E26
Joan Dision
E27
Ken Follett
E28
The Mersey Sound
E29
The Last Laugh: John Bird and John Fortune
E30