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The South Bank Show•Season 8•Episode 25

Francis Bacon

Jun 9, 198560 min

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.

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Season 8 Episodes24

Alan Bennett

McCartney's Broad Street

The Forming of the Phoenix (Phoenix Dance Company)

Paolo and Vittorio Taviani

Norman Nicholson

Joseph Heller

Mstislav Rostropovich

Max Wall still

Max Wall

Alan Bleasdale

Anthony Burgess on D.H. Lawrence

Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex

Marc Chagall

David Lean: a Life in Film

Simon Rattle / finale of Messiaen's Turangalila Symphony

Little Richard

George Malcolm on Scarlatti

Silent Partners: Second Stride Dance Company

Michael Crawford/Billy Bragg

David Mamet

Olivier Messiaen: The Music of Faith

The Cotton Club (night club)

Prez (jazz opera about Lester Young)

Francis Bacon

George Steiner on Vienna at the turn of the century

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Melvyn Bragg

Melvyn Bragg

Self - Presenter

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Episode Summary

"Francis Bacon" is episode 25 of The South Bank Show season 8. It aired on June 9, 1985.

Next: E26 · George Steiner on Vienna at the turn of the century Best of Season 8