36x1 - The Wagner Family

September 13, 2009

36x2 - Coldplay

September 20, 2009

36x3 - Andy Warhol

October 4, 2009

36x4 - Disney and Pixar

October 11, 2009

36x5 - Lee Hall

October 18, 2009

36x6 - Nick Hornby

October 25, 2009

36x7 - Elbow

November 15, 2009

A look at the 18 year career of a band who, until their latest album The Seldom Seen Kid, were considered a well-kept secret. Now with a host of prizes and awards, Elbow are the music story of 2009. Melvyn Bragg interviews lead singer Guy Garvey, while keyboardist Craig Potter talks about the band's evolution musically and his other role as producer. Including exclusive footage of Elbow at their MEN arena gig in Manchester, and archive footage of the band when they were teenagers in Bury.

36x8 - Carol Ann Duffy

December 6, 2009

36x10 - Royal Shakespeare Company

December 28, 2009

The final South Bank Show goes behind the scenes of The Royal Shakespeare Company, as it embarks on an ambitious and exciting new programme of work inspired by Russia and the ex-Soviet Union.

36x11 - South Bank Show Awards 2009

January 31, 2010

Melvyn Bragg presents the final South Bank Show Awards in front of a star-studded audience at The Dorchester in London. These unique awards celebrate the best of British talent across the arts including classical music, comedy, dance, literature, film, pop, TV drama and theatre. The event includes a world exclusive premiere, the first public performance of the title song from Andrew Lloyd Webber's long anticipated new show Love Never Dies, sung by its star Sierra Boggess.