The South Bank Show

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.

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S31 • E1
Bill Bryson
Bill Bryson revisits the haunts of his childhood
2006-09-10
S31 • E2
JG Ballard
2006-09-17
S31 • E3
Robbie Coltrane
2006-09-24
S31 • E4
Episode 4
2006-10-01
S31 • E5
Spamalot
2006-10-15
S31 • E6
Claire Tomalin on Thomas Hardy
2006-10-22
S31 • E7
Sue Townsend
2006-10-29
S31 • E8
Lorenzo Da Ponte
2006-11-05
S31 • E9
Peter Blake
2006-11-19
S31 • E10
Nick Park and Aardman Animations
2006-11-26
S31 • E11
Steve Reich
2006-12-10
S31 • E12
Grayson Perry
2006-12-17
S31 • E13
Damien Hirst - Addicted To Art
2007-01-01
S31 • E14
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
S31 • E15
Victoria Wood: A South Bank Show Special
2007-03-11
S31 • E16
Isabel Allende
2007-04-22
S31 • E17
Shane Meadows
2007-04-29
S31 • E18
Jarvis Cocker: Running The World
2007-06-10
S31 • E19
Martin Sheen On Playing It Real
2007-06-17
S31 • E20
Marianne Faithfull: A Life In Song
2007-06-24
S31 • E21
Zaha Hadid
2007-07-01
S31 • E22
MacBeth
2007-07-08
S31 • E23
Ian McMillan, Bard Of Barnsley
2007-07-15
S31 • E24
Emma Kirkby, The Unsung Heroine
2007-07-22
S31 • E25
June Whitfield
2007-07-29
S31 • E26
Michael Sheen On Playing It Real
2007-09-02
S31 • E27
Joan Dision
2007-09-23
S31 • E28
Ken Follett
2007-09-30
S31 • E29
The Mersey Sound
2007-10-07
S31 • E30
The Last Laugh: John Bird and John Fortune
2007-10-14