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 110 awards (including 12 BAFTAs, 5 Prix Italia and 4 RTS Awards). Pat Gavin's animated title sequences have won two BAFTAs. The comedy series "Dead Ringers" often parodied "The South Bank Show". It does this in a series of sketches called "South Bank", a cross between "The South Bank Show" and the American cartoon "South Park", set in the South Bank of London. In these sketches, Melvyn Bragg is Stan Marsh, Alan Yentob is Kyle Broflovski, Mark Lawson is Eric Cartman and Kenneth Branagh is Kenny McCormick. A sketch in "The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer" featured Vic Reeves as