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The Culture Show Season 14, Episode 2: Episode 2

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Andrew Graham Dixon presents from the Old Vic, where Toby Young talks to artistic director Kevin Spacey. Andrew visits the Chris Offili show at Tate Britain and then heads off to Michael Landy's controversial Art Bin. Mark Kermode talks to Peter Jackson about his new film The Lovely Bones, and Jacques Peretti looks into Wikileaks, the anonymous whistleblowing internet site. Paul Mason meets Slavoj Zizeck, described as the most dangerous philosopher in the West, and asks him about his book First as Tragedy, Then as Farce. Finally, Miranda Sawyer chats to hip-hop pioneer Roots Manuva. Watch The Culture Show Season 14, Episode 2 Episode 2 in HD free online. Enjoy high-quality streaming of The Culture Show Season 14, Episode 2 and share your thoughts in the comments below!

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Episodes

7 episodes
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Episode 1

The Culture Show returns with a programme presented by Verity Sharp from the Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow. In 2010, the festival pays tribute to Nick Drake, 35 years since his death at just 26. He's now recognized as one of the 20th century's most influential singer-songwriters.
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Episode 2

Andrew Graham Dixon presents from the Old Vic, where Toby Young talks to artistic director Kevin Spacey. Andrew visits the Chris Offili show at Tate Britain and then heads off to Michael Landy's controversial Art Bin. Mark Kermode talks to Peter Jackson about his new film The Lovely Bones, and Jacques Peretti looks into Wikileaks, the anonymous whistleblowing internet site. Paul Mason meets Slavoj Zizeck, described as the most dangerous philosopher in the West, and asks him about his book First as Tragedy, Then as Farce. Finally, Miranda Sawyer chats to hip-hop pioneer Roots Manuva.
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Episode 3

Andrew Graham Dixon presents an edition featuring the big guns of literature, theatre and classical music. Martin Amis talks about his latest novel, The Pregnant Widow; actor Kwame Kwei Armah goes behind the scenes with legendary theatre director Peter Brook; and superstar pianist Daniel Barenboim demonstrates his passion for Schoenberg.
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Episode 4

Andrew Graham-Dixon presents from the Dulwich Picture Gallery in London, where he explores the new exhibition of war artist and surrealist Paul Nash. Tom Dyckhoff talks to Ron Arad about his first major British exhibition about to open at the Barbican. Mark Kermode talks to fashion designer-turned-film-director Tom Ford about his debut film The Single Man. Writer Michael Smith discusses patriotism and Rule Britannia, and psychologist Oliver James chats to author Siri Hustvedt about her latest book The Shaking Woman. Artur Pizarro talks to Clemency Burton-Hill about Chopin, and we hear how Damien Hirst sent a little something to a woman he saw on telly.
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Episode 5

Andrew Graham-Dixon presents the latest edition of The Culture Show and meets two-time Man Booker prize winner Peter Carey to discuss his latest novel, Parrot and Olivier in America. Fashion photographer Rankin gives his opinion of the new Irving Penn retrospective at the National Portrait Gallery. Masters of the macabre - Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman set out to find out what really scares us in their new theatrical experience, Ghost Stories. Clemency Burton-Hill meets exciting new choreographer Jonathan Watkins as he rehearses his new work for The Royal Ballet. Peter York takes us through the ever changing culture of business books. Alan Yentob meets art collector Anthony d'Offay, and Hadley Freeman advises what not to wear on the eve of London Fashion Week.
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Episode 6

Miranda Sawyer chats to Stephen Vicinczey about his 1965 novel and cult classic, In Praise of Older Women. Tom Dyckhoff has an access-all-areas pass to the Design Awards, and Mark Kermode introduces the fifth Kermode Awards for those cruelly overlooked by Uncle Oscar. Clemency Burton-Hill talks to Tom Morris about his new production Romeo and Her Juliet, which casts the famous lovers as 80-year-olds, and Alan Yentob chairs a discussion with culture ministers from the Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democrat and Scottish Nationalist parties with questions from leading figures from the world of art and culture. Before the release of the first feature film by renowned graffiti artist Banksy, the Culture Show previews the film and looks at how the artist achieved a global reputation, building a career which has gone from the walls of back streets in London to the pinnacle of the contemporary art movement.
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Episode 7

Andrew Graham Dixon meets director Martin Scorsese to discuss his latest film Shutter Island and talks to artist Jenny Holzer as a major exhibition of her work opens at the Baltic in Gateshead. Sarfraz Manzoor gets a sneak preview of the refurbished Jewish Museum in London; Elmore Leonard delivers his '10 Rules of Writing' and Jacques Peretti applauds the art of video games.