The Culture Show: Season 13
Season 13 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of The Culture Show Season 12.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 13 Progress Shield
Episode 1
Oct 22, 2009
Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo present a packed edition from the London film festival, featuring highlights and an interview with David Morrissey about his directorial debut. Michael
Episode 2
Oct 29, 2009
As the Glasgow School of Art celebrates its centenary, Lauren Laverne is on hand to tell its story. Art critic Matthew Collings looks at an exhibition of Van Gogh's letters, while
Episode 3
Nov 5, 2009
With the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford due to reopen after a multimillion-pound makeover, Andrew Graham-Dixon explores the 39 new galleries. Meanwhile, writer Michael Smith looks at t
Episode 4
Nov 12, 2009
Tom Dyckhoff takes a look around the new Nottingham Contemporary Art Centre, which opens with a show devoted to painter David Hockney, and examines how art galleries have become ic
Episode 5
Nov 19, 2009
Mark Kermode is at Aardman Studios in Bristol to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Wallace & Gromit's first outing, with contributions from creator Nick Park and celebrity fans inc
Episode 6
Nov 26, 2009
Is it last orders for the public house, once a cornerstone of British cultural life? Lauren Laverne looks at the past, present and future of the drinking establishment. Sting perfo
Episode 7
Dec 3, 2009
News presenter Mishal Husain is at the new medieval and Renaissance galleries at the Victoria & Albert Museum, where Andrew Graham-Dixon picks out his favourites from the collectio
Episode 8
Dec 10, 2009
Daniel Day-Lewis gives a rare interview as his latest film "Nine" - a musical inspired by Federico Fellini and also starring Penelope Cruz, Judi Dench and Sophia Loren - is release