5x1 - The French Lieutenant's Woman

November 1, 1981

5x2 - Elvis Costello

November 8, 1981

5x3 - Old Glory: the Journey and the Book

November 15, 1981

5x4 - Ian McKellan / Ian McEwan

November 22, 1981

5x5 - Brian Moore / Patrick Caulfield

November 29, 1981

5x6 - A Talent to Vex: John Osborne

December 6, 1981

5x7 - Mama Lu Parks

January 17, 1982

5x8 - Bernard D'Ascoli / Theatre of the 8th Day

January 24, 1982

5x9 - Milos Forman

January 31, 1982

5x10 - Germaine Greer

February 7, 1982

5x11 - Pauline Kael / George Steiner's The Portage to San Cristobal of AH

February 14, 1982

5x12 - Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller

February 21, 1982

5x13 - Blacck Theatre Cooperative / Laurie Anderson

February 28, 1982

5x14 - Guys and Dolls (at the National Theatre)

March 7, 1982

5x15 - Richard Alston's Bellezza Flash

March 14, 1982

5x16 - Peter Maxwell-Davies

March 21, 1982

5x17 - Saul Bellow

March 28, 1982

5x18 - Indian wallpainting

April 4, 1982

5x19 - Stravinski (1)

April 9, 1982

5x20 - Stravinski (2)

April 10, 1982

5x21 - Julian Lloyd-Webber

April 18, 1982

5x22 - Miles Davis / Robert Nye

April 25, 1982

5x23 - Caught in the Act (Pillar to Post at Wormwood Scrubs)

May 2, 1982

5x24 - Joseph Papp / James Galway

May 9, 1982

5x25 - Werner Herzog

May 16, 1982

5x26 - Why Don't I Love Opera Anymore (by Stephen Oliver)

May 23, 1982

5x27 - Phillip Larkin

May 30, 1982

In March 1981 Melvyn Bragg travelled to Hull to interview the poet, librarian and jazz critic Philip Larkin.