The Culture Show: Season 5
Season 5 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 4.
- 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 5 Progress Shield
Episode 1
Sep 30, 2006
Scissor Sisters discuss their inspirations, Oliver Stone discusses his new movie World Trade Center and Sting performs tracks from his new album. Plus buildings that make us laugh,
Episode 2
Oct 7, 2006
As Michael Palin publishes his diaries, he discusses his part in one of the most influential comedy troupes. The show investigates Palin the actor, and looks at his evolution into
Episode 3
Oct 14, 2006
Presenter Lauren Laverne launches the search for Britain's greatest living icon, with Russell Brand, Lily Allen , Max Clifford and David Bailey offering their suggestions. Plus Mar
Episode 4
Oct 21, 2006
As Britain's biggest exhibition of Velazquez's work opens at the National Gallery in London, host Lauren Laverne is taken on a guided tour by art critic Andrew Graham-Dixon to exam
Episode 5
Oct 28, 2006
Damon Albarn talks about his new band the Good, the Bad and the Queen, who are due to make an appearance at the BBC's Electric Proms season. Plus a sneak look inside star architec
Episode 6
Nov 4, 2006
Steven Spielberg, the world's most commercially successful director, talks to Mark Kermode about his career - from first sneaking into Universal Studios to the blockbusters he has
Episode 7
Nov 11, 2006
Sir Paul McCartney tells Verity Sharp how he feels about making music and taking knocks in the British press. Kate Winslet talks about her latest role in new thriller Little Childr
Episode 8
Nov 16, 2006
Jarvis Cocker performs songs from his new solo album and Jude Law discusses his latest film, Breaking and Entering. Matthew Herbert makes a composition from sounds in chef Heston B
Episode 9
Nov 25, 2006
He's painted a few, so he should know: David Hockney talks about what makes a great iconic image. Award-winning comedian and pianist Tim Minchin talks about his fascination with Mo
Episode 10
Dec 2, 2006
The quest to find Britain's greatest living icon is down to the final three. Ricky Gervais 's radio producer and comic foil, Karl Pilkington, talks about the new animations of the
Episode 11
Dec 9, 2006
Mark Kermode meets director Paul Verhoeven ahead of the release of his new film Zwartboek - a portrait of Nazi-occupied Holland. Verhoeven claims he lost his soul in Hollywood and
Episode 12
Dec 16, 2006
Who has the public voted as Britain's greatest living icon? The final result of the search for the person who's had the biggest impact on our cultural life is revealed. And there's