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The Culture Show : Season 2010
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Air date: 20 May '10 - 14 episodesThe Culture Show is a weekly BBC Two Arts magazine programme. It is broadcast in the UK on Wednesday nights at 10:00pm, focusing on the best of the week's arts and culture news, covering books, art, film, architecture, music, visual fashion and the performing arts. The show is now in its ninth year, having weathered early criticism to establish itself as one of the longest-running Arts magazine shows in the history of BBC television.
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List of Episodes (14)
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The Culture Show (2004)
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1. Episode 1
20 May '101/10. Coming from the Brighton Festival, artistic director Brian Eno talks about his line-up.
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2. Tate Modern is 10! A Culture Show Special
25 May '102/10. Art critic Matthew Collings celebrates Tate Modern's birthday.
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3. Episode 3
27 May '103/10. Andrew Graham-Dixon discovers the history of gargoyles at Westminster Abbey.
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4. Episode 4
03 Jun '104/10. Andrew Graham-Dixon contemplates the past, present and future of British comic art.
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5. Episode 5
10 Jun '105/10. An edition dedicated to the relationship between science and art.
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6. The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2010: A Culture Show Special
17 Jun '10The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2010: A Culture Show Special
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7. BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction
01 Jul '107/10. A Culture Show special on 2010's BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction.
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8. Edinburgh Festival Special, Part 1
12 Aug '108/10. Featuring a major retrospective of Turner Prize-winning artist Martin Creed.
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9. Edinburgh Festival Special, Part 2
19 Aug '109/10. Featuring abstract painter Joan Mitchell and Opera de Lyon's production of Porgy and Bess.
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10. Edinburgh Festival Special, Part 3
26 Aug '1010/10. Featuring Bliss by Opera Australia, based on the blackly comic novel by Peter Carey.
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11. Episode 11
21 Oct '10Andrew Graham Dixon presents the latest edition of The Culture Show from Glasgow featuring writer and artist Alasdair Gray on the publication of his autopictography, A Life in Pictures. Andrew also visits Chichester Cathedral to see how the campaign to restore their magnificent collection of Tudor paintings is progressing. Miranda Sawyer meets the latest British rap sensation Tinie Tempah midway through his UK tour; and Mark Kermode checks out one of the year's most talked about movies, The Kid
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12. Episode 12
04 Nov '10Andrew Graham Dixon visits the Palazzo Strozzi in Florence to view a landmark exhibition of work by Bronzino, artist and poet to the Court of Medici. Mark Kermode meets Mike Leigh to discuss his latest film, Another Year, while Matt Berry celebrates the 40th anniversary of what he considers the seminal concept album - Jesus Christ Superstar. Legendary graphic novel author Alan Moore explores the biggest public art exhibition of Austin Osman Spare for over 50 years, and discovers why Spare, an
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13. Episode 13
11 Nov '10Tom Dyckhoff visits Horace Walpole's Strawberry Hill House, which was recently re-opened to the public after a two-year restoration project. Sarfraz Manzoor investigates the winning images of the 2010 World Press Photo competition, and Paul Auster talks about his latest book Sunset Park. Michael Smith explores the British Library's exhibition on accents and language, while Alain de Botton takes a look at the critically acclaimed video installation The Clock. Andrew Graham-Dixon remembers war art
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23. The Books We Really Read: A Culture Show Special
05 Mar '11In this Culture Show special, Sue Perkins investigates crime and experiences 'new romance' in an attempt to discover the essential ingredients of a bestselling novel. Her journey takes her to the home of Agatha Christie to find clues as to why she is the bestselling crime author of all time. She visits the racetrack with Dick Francis's son Felix to find out what makes the perfect backdrop for a thriller. And she meets author Lee Child to discover why men and women love his anti-hero Jack Reacher
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