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The Culture Show

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A weekly BBC Two magazine programme focusing on the best of the week's arts and culture news, covering books, art, film, architecture and more.

Nov 11, 200419 seasons274 episodesReturning SeriesEN

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Seasons

Season 1

25 episodes

Premiered Nov 11, 2004

Season 2

10 episodes

Premiered Oct 6, 2005

Season 3

11 episodes

Premiered Jan 26, 2006

Season 4

6 episodes

Premiered May 20, 2006

Season 5

12 episodes

Premiered Sep 30, 2006

Season 6

11 episodes

Premiered Jan 20, 2007

Season 7

8 episodes

Premiered May 5, 2007

Season 8

10 episodes

Premiered Oct 13, 2007

Season 9

11 episodes

Premiered Jan 19, 2008

Season 10

13 episodes

Premiered Jun 3, 2008

Season 11

17 episodes

Premiered Nov 18, 2008

Season 12

8 episodes

Premiered Jul 8, 2009

Season 13

8 episodes

Premiered Oct 22, 2009

Season 14

7 episodes

Premiered Jan 21, 2010

Season 15

22 episodes

Premiered May 20, 2010

Season 16

28 episodes

Premiered May 19, 2011

Season 17

32 episodes

Premiered Jun 20, 2012

Season 18

27 episodes

Premiered Jul 17, 2013

Season 19

8 episodes

Premiered May 19, 2014

Episodes

1–6 of 25

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Ep 1

Episode 1

Nov 11, 2004

60m

Verity Sharp presents an accessible guide to the best exhibitions, books, films and music. As Disney's effects-laden The Incredibles opens in cinemas, The Culture Show considers the future of traditional hand-painted animation. And David Hockney talks to Andrew Marr about his new book Hockney's Pictures.

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Ep 2

Episode 2

Nov 18, 2004

60m

As the newly expanded Museum of Modern Art in New York reopens, world-renowned art critic Robert Hughes is offered a first look into the building designed by Japanese architect Yoshio Taniguchi. Kwame Kwei-Armah presents the arts round-up.

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Ep 3

Episode 3

Nov 25, 2004

60m

Ahead of its official opening by the Queen, Charles Hazlewood gets an advance look inside the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff, and examines whether this long-awaited performing arts centre can live up to expectations. Plus the other top arts and cultural stories of the week.

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Ep 4

Episode 4

Dec 2, 2004

60m

Dissected livestock, a cast of a house, a painting with elephant dung and an electrical time switch - all past winners of the Turner Prize. Tonight Mariella Frostrup takes a look at this year's shortlist ahead of next week's award ceremony. Plus the most prominent arts and culture stories of the week.

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Ep 5

Episode 5

Dec 9, 2004

60m

Germaine Greer meets artist Paula Rego and Andrew Graham-Dixon uncovers the secret of Velazquez's 'Lady with a Fan'. Plus reports on animated film 'Valiant' and the death of broadsheet newspapers.

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Ep 6