The South Bank Show - Season 38 / Year 2017
Season 38 / Year 2017
Episodes
Amma Asante
Melvyn Bragg meets award-winning writer and director Amma Asante on the set of her latest film, Where Hands Touch, to find out more about the inspirational filmmaker.
Karl Ove Knausgård
Melvyn Bragg meets award-winning Norwegian author Karl Ove Knausgård to discuss his life and work, including his six-volume Min Kamp series of autobiographical novels.
Sally Wainwright
Melvyn Bragg meets Sally Wainwright, one of the UK's most highly acclaimed TV writers who has won BAFTA awards for her dramas Last Tango in Halifax and Happy Valley.
Benjamin Clementine
Melvyn Bragg meets Benjamin Clementine to discuss his a rollercoaster ride from busking in Paris to becoming one of the greatest singer-songwriters of his generation.
Jude Law, Ivo van Hove
Melvyn Bragg talks to double Oscar nominee Jude Law and director Ivo van Hove as the highly anticipated production of Obsession comes to the Barbican.
Yinka Shonibare MBE
Melvyn Bragg meets British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare MBE, whose eye-catching works include Nelson's Ship in a Bottle that was displayed on Trafalgar Square's Fourth Plinth.
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