The South Bank Show · SEASON 8
Francis Bacon
Episode 25 · 1985-06-09
- Documentary
- Talk
Episode overview
As part of The South Bank Show series, director David Hinton and interviewer Melvyn Bragg accompany Francis Bacon for a day during his second retrospective at the Tate Gallery, London, in 1985. The conversation reveals the artist’s influences, theories and obsessions.
60 minutes
Season 8 episodes
1. Alan Bennett1984-10-07
2. McCartney's Broad Street1984-10-14
3. The Forming of the Phoenix (Phoenix Dance Company)1984-10-21
4. Paolo and Vittorio Taviani1984-10-28
5. Norman Nicholson1984-11-04
6. Joseph Heller1984-11-11
7. Mstislav Rostropovich1984-11-18
8. Max Wall1984-11-25
10. Alan Bleasdale1985-01-13
11. Anthony Burgess on D.H. Lawrence1985-01-20
13. Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex1985-02-03
14. Marc Chagall1985-02-10
15. David Lean: a Life in Film1985-02-17
16. Simon Rattle / finale of Messiaen's Turangalila Symphony1985-02-24
17. Little Richard1985-03-03
18. George Malcolm on Scarlatti1985-03-10
19. Silent Partners: Second Stride Dance Company1985-03-17
20. Michael Crawford/Billy Bragg1985-03-31
21. David Mamet1985-03-24
22. Olivier Messiaen: The Music of Faith1985-04-05
23. The Cotton Club (night club)1985-05-26
24. Prez (jazz opera about Lester Young)1985-06-02
25. Francis Bacon1985-06-09
26. George Steiner on Vienna at the turn of the century1985-06-16
