Season 31

1. Bill Bryson

Bill Bryson revisits the haunts of his childhood

2006-09-10 • 60 min

2. JG Ballard

2006-09-17 • 60 min

3. Robbie Coltrane

2006-09-24 • 60 min

4. Episode 4

2006-10-01 • 60 min

5. Spamalot

2006-10-15 • 60 min

6. Claire Tomalin on Thomas Hardy

2006-10-22 • 60 min

7. Sue Townsend

2006-10-29 • 60 min

8. Lorenzo Da Ponte

2006-11-05 • 60 min

9. Peter Blake

2006-11-19 • 60 min

10. Nick Park and Aardman Animations

2006-11-26 • 60 min

11. Steve Reich

2006-12-10 • 60 min

12. Grayson Perry

2006-12-17 • 60 min

13. Damien Hirst - Addicted To Art

2007-01-01 • 60 min

14. Damien Hirst

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.

2007-01-06 • 60 min

15. Victoria Wood: A South Bank Show Special

2007-03-11 • 60 min

16. Isabel Allende

2007-04-22 • 60 min

17. Shane Meadows

2007-04-29 • 60 min

18. Jarvis Cocker: Running The World

2007-06-10 • 60 min

19. Martin Sheen On Playing It Real

2007-06-17 • 60 min

20. Marianne Faithfull: A Life In Song

2007-06-24 • 60 min

21. Zaha Hadid

2007-07-01 • 60 min

22. MacBeth

2007-07-08 • 60 min

23. Ian McMillan, Bard Of Barnsley

2007-07-15 • 60 min

24. Emma Kirkby, The Unsung Heroine

2007-07-22 • 60 min

25. June Whitfield

2007-07-29 • 60 min

26. Michael Sheen On Playing It Real

2007-09-02 • 60 min

27. Joan Dision

2007-09-23 • 60 min

28. Ken Follett

2007-09-30 • 60 min

29. The Mersey Sound

2007-10-07 • 60 min

30. The Last Laugh: John Bird and John Fortune

2007-10-14 • 60 min