31x1 - Bill Bryson

September 10, 2006

Bill Bryson revisits the haunts of his childhood

31x2 - JG Ballard

September 17, 2006

31x3 - Robbie Coltrane

September 24, 2006

31x4 - Episode 4

October 1, 2006

31x5 - Spamalot

October 15, 2006

31x6 - Claire Tomalin on Thomas Hardy

October 22, 2006

31x7 - Sue Townsend

October 29, 2006

31x8 - Lorenzo Da Ponte

November 5, 2006

31x9 - Peter Blake

November 19, 2006

31x10 - Nick Park and Aardman Animations

November 26, 2006

31x11 - Steve Reich

December 10, 2006

31x12 - Grayson Perry

December 17, 2006

31x13 - Damien Hirst - Addicted To Art

January 1, 2007

31x14 - Damien Hirst

January 6, 2007

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.

31x15 - Victoria Wood: A South Bank Show Special

March 11, 2007

31x16 - Isabel Allende

April 22, 2007

31x17 - Shane Meadows

April 29, 2007

31x18 - Jarvis Cocker: Running The World

June 10, 2007

31x19 - Martin Sheen On Playing It Real

June 17, 2007

31x20 - Marianne Faithfull: A Life In Song

June 24, 2007

31x21 - Zaha Hadid

July 1, 2007

31x22 - MacBeth

July 8, 2007

31x23 - Ian McMillan, Bard Of Barnsley

July 15, 2007

31x24 - Emma Kirkby, The Unsung Heroine

July 22, 2007

31x25 - June Whitfield

July 29, 2007

31x26 - Michael Sheen On Playing It Real

September 2, 2007

31x27 - Joan Dision

September 23, 2007

31x28 - Ken Follett

September 30, 2007

31x29 - The Mersey Sound

October 7, 2007

31x30 - The Last Laugh: John Bird and John Fortune

October 14, 2007