Season 5 Episodes
1. The French Lieutenant's Woman
November 1st, 19811 hr
2. Elvis Costello
November 8th, 19811 hr
3. Old Glory: the Journey and the Book
November 15th, 19811 hr
4. Ian McKellan / Ian McEwan
November 22nd, 19811 hr
5. Brian Moore / Patrick Caulfield
November 29th, 19811 hr
6. A Talent to Vex: John Osborne
December 6th, 19811 hr
7. Mama Lu Parks
January 17th, 19821 hr
8. Bernard D'Ascoli / Theatre of the 8th Day
January 24th, 19821 hr
9. Milos Forman
January 31st, 19821 hr
10. Germaine Greer
February 7th, 19821 hr
11. Pauline Kael / George Steiner's The Portage to San Cristobal of AH
February 14th, 19821 hr
12. Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller
February 21st, 19821 hr
13. Blacck Theatre Cooperative / Laurie Anderson
February 28th, 19821 hr
14. Guys and Dolls (at the National Theatre)
March 7th, 19821 hr
15. Richard Alston's Bellezza Flash
March 14th, 19821 hr
16. Peter Maxwell-Davies
March 21st, 19821 hr
17. Saul Bellow
March 28th, 19821 hr
18. Indian wallpainting
April 4th, 19821 hr
19. Stravinski (1)
April 9th, 19821 hr
20. Stravinski (2)
April 10th, 19821 hr
21. Julian Lloyd-Webber
April 18th, 19821 hr
22. Miles Davis / Robert Nye
April 25th, 19821 hr
23. Caught in the Act (Pillar to Post at Wormwood Scrubs)
May 2nd, 19821 hr
24. Joseph Papp / James Galway
May 9th, 19821 hr
25. Werner Herzog
May 16th, 19821 hr
26. Why Don't I Love Opera Anymore (by Stephen Oliver)
May 23rd, 19821 hr
27. Phillip Larkin
May 30th, 19821 hr
In March 1981 Melvyn Bragg travelled to Hull to interview the poet, librarian and jazz critic Philip Larkin.
