The South Bank Show is a television arts magazine show, presented by Melvyn Bragg, broadcast on ITV and seen in over 60 countries worldwide.

It first aired on 14 January 1978, with a show about Germaine Greer, Gerald Scarfe and Paul McCartney.

It is now the longest continuously running arts programme on UK television, and the third longest-running series of any kind on ITV (after Coronation Street and Emmerdale).