TV series / 1978-2023

The South Bank Show

The South Bank Show is a TV series from 1978-2023. This page summarizes IMDb episode ratings across 26 seasons and 43 rated episodes.

26 seasons 43 rated episodes 7.7 average 754 episode votes

Ratings by Season

Rows are episode numbers. Columns are seasons.

Episode 13456789101113141516192021232627282930333742
1 7.9 7.1 8.2 9.5
2 8.2
3 8.4 8.2 8.2 7.0
4 7.8 8.0 7.3 9.2 6.6
5 8.8
6 8.5 7.8
7 8.1
8
9 7.6 8.2 7.8
10
11 6.0 7.2
12 5.7 7.6 7.2
13 8.4 9.4
14 6.3 8.2
15 9.1 7.6 7.4
16 8.5 6.0
17
18
19
20
21 7.2 6.3
22 7.3
23 7.6 8.0
24
25 7.0 8.1
26 7.8

Series summary

About The South Bank Show

The rated episodes of The South Bank Show have an average IMDb rating of 7.7 based on 754 episode votes. Season 42 has the highest average rating at 9.5 across 1 rated episodes. Season 4 has the lowest average rating at 6.0.

Genre
Documentary
Runtime
53 minute episodes
Principal cast
Melvyn Bragg, Ian McKellen, David Hockney, and Lenny Henry
Writers
Derek Bailey, Christopher Bond, and Jack Bond
Directors
Susan Shaw, Tony Knox, and Nigel Wattis

Highest rated

Best Episodes

  1. S42E1: Gillian Anderson The best episode of The South Bank Show is S42E1: Gillian Anderson with a 9.5 rating / 26 votes
  2. S27E13: Sir Ian McKellen 9.4 rating / 30 votes
  3. S28E4: Malcolm Arnold: Toward the Unknown Region: Part 1 9.2 rating / 5 votes
  4. S8E15: David Lean: A Life in Film 9.1 rating / 31 votes
  5. S30E5: Monty Python's Spamalot 8.8 rating / 11 votes

Lowest rated

Worst Episodes

  1. S11E12: The Last Emperor The worse episode of The South Bank Show is S11E12: The Last Emperor with a 5.7 rating / 7 votes
  2. S4E11: Martin Scorsese 6.0 rating / 6 votes
  3. S19E16: Vermeer: Light, Love and Silence 6.0 rating / 6 votes
  4. S6E14: Local Hero 6.3 rating / 9 votes
  5. S26E21: The Songwriting World of Nick Cave 6.3 rating / 8 votes