Season 31

Air date:2006-09-10
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Number of episodes:30

List of Episodes

S31E1

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Air date: 2006-09-10

Runtime: 60 min

Bill Bryson revisits the haunts of his childhood

S31E2

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Air date: 2006-09-17

Runtime: 60 min

S31E3

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Air date: 2006-09-24

Runtime: 60 min

S31E4

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Air date: 2006-10-01

Runtime: 60 min

S31E5

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Air date: 2006-10-15

Runtime: 60 min

S31E6

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Air date: 2006-10-22

Runtime: 60 min

S31E7

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Air date: 2006-10-29

Runtime: 60 min

S31E8

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Air date: 2006-11-05

Runtime: 60 min

S31E9

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Air date: 2006-11-19

Runtime: 60 min

S31E10

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Air date: 2006-11-26

Runtime: 60 min

S31E11

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Air date: 2006-12-10

Runtime: 60 min

S31E12

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Air date: 2006-12-17

Runtime: 60 min

S31E13

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Air date: 2007-01-01

Runtime: 60 min

S31E14

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Air date: 2007-01-06

Runtime: 60 min

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.