Melvyn Bragg looks back on his eye-opening meeting with writer Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid's Tale, for The South Bank Show in 1993.

A look back at Nick Cave's appearance on The South Bank Show in 2003 in which the singer-songwriter revealed his deep interest in dark love songs.

In 2001, American author Bill Bryson headed home to Des Moines, Iowa, to reflect on his early life in the Midwest for The South Bank Show.