The South Bank Show the brand and had first right of access to "The South Bank Show" archives. Sky Arts broadcasts "South Bank Show" archive editions and hosted the South Bank Sky Arts Awards on 25 Jan 2011, presented by Melvyn Bragg, accompanied by a new arrangement of "The South Bank Show" theme. Sky Arts revived "The South Bank Show" with a new series starting 27 May 2012. The theme music is taken from Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Variations" composed in 1977 for his brother, the cellist Julian Lloyd Webber. This is based on the theme from Paganini's "24th Caprice". The brand image of the
The South Bank Show an end. Although it was originally reported that the show was ending due to Bragg's retirement, Bragg later made it clear that he decided to leave after they ended the show, and thought ending it was a mistake; according to him, "they've killed the show, so I thought, I'll go as well." On Monday 28 December 2009 the final edition of "The South Bank Show" was broadcast featuring The Royal Shakespeare Company as its subject. Melvyn Bragg announced on this programme, after the final South Bank Show Awards in January 2010, there would be a series of ten "South Bank