Paul McCartney with Melvyn Bragg on the first ever South Bank Show in January 1978.Photograph: ITV / Rex Features/Rex FeaturesIngrid Bergman on the first season in 1978.Photograph: ITV / Rex Features/Rex FeaturesWoody Allen was on the first episode of season two in December 1978.Photograph: ITV / Rex Features/Rex Features
William Golding in 1980.Photograph: ITV / Rex Features/Rex FeaturesArthur Miller on season four in 1980.Photograph: ITV / Rex Features/Rex FeaturesElizabeth Taylor closed season four in 1981.Photograph: ITV / Rex Features/Rex FeaturesSteven Spielberg was a guest in November 1982, following the success of ET.Photograph: ITV / Rex Features/Rex FeaturesKeith Waterhouse in 1984.Photograph: ITV / Rex Features/Rex FeaturesIan McKellen was on in 1985.Photograph: ITV / Rex Features/Rex FeaturesLenny Henry in 1988.Photograph: ITV / Rex Features/Rex FeaturesLynda La Plante in 1993.Photograph: ITV / Rex Features/Rex FeaturesTom Jones in 2000.Photograph: ITV / Rex Features/Rex FeaturesTracey Emin in the Colony Room Club in 2001.Photograph: ITV / Rex Features/Rex FeaturesMeera Syal in 2002.Photograph: ITV / Rex Features/Rex FeaturesOn the set of Little Britain with David Walliams and Matt Lucas in 2005.Photograph: ITV / Rex Features/Rex FeaturesNick Park at Aardman Animations' studio in 2006.Photograph: ITV / Rex Features/Rex FeaturesJarvis Cocker in 2007.Photograph: ITV / Rex Features/Rex FeaturesKevin Spacey in season 31, January 2008.Photograph: ITV / Rex Features/ITV / Rex Features
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