Season 31

Bill Bryson

Bill Bryson revisits the haunts of his childhood

JG Ballard

Robbie Coltrane

Episode 4

Spamalot

Claire Tomalin on Thomas Hardy

Sue Townsend

Lorenzo Da Ponte

Peter Blake

Nick Park and Aardman Animations

Steve Reich

Grayson Perry

Damien Hirst - Addicted To Art

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.

Victoria Wood: A South Bank Show Special

Isabel Allende

Shane Meadows

Jarvis Cocker: Running The World

Martin Sheen On Playing It Real

Marianne Faithfull: A Life In Song

Zaha Hadid

MacBeth

Ian McMillan, Bard Of Barnsley

Emma Kirkby, The Unsung Heroine

June Whitfield

Michael Sheen On Playing It Real

Joan Dision

Ken Follett

The Mersey Sound

The Last Laugh: John Bird and John Fortune