The Culture Show: Season 6
Season 6 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 5.
- 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 6 Progress Shield
Episode 1
Jan 20, 2007
Lauren Laverne presents the magazine show which casts a critical eye over the arts. Comedians Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson reveal why phone-ins are ripe for ridicule and prev
Episode 2
Jan 27, 2007
Leonardo DiCaprio talks about his controversial new film, Blood Diamond, while presenter Lauren Laverne visits the small seaside town of Anstruther in Fife, home to the Fence Coll
Series 5, Episode 3
Feb 3, 2007
This week's smorgasbord of the arts includes a look at what happened when Bill Bailey joined forces with the BBC Concert Orchestra for his cosmic shindig. Comedians Stewart Lee, P
Episode 4
Feb 10, 2007
The stars of Shaun of the Dead and new movie Hot Fuzz, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost talk about gun-slinging action movies, and the show goes on the road with new rave pioneers, the Kl
Episode 5
Feb 17, 2007
Art critic Ben Lewis expresses grave doubts about the work of artist duo Gilbert and George as their retrospective opens at Tate Modern, while musician Brett Anderson and Janet Str
Episode 6
Feb 24, 2007
Everything Is Average Nowadays: at least according to Kaiser Chiefs' eagerly anticipated second album - they explain why. Ahead of tomorrow's Oscars ceremony, Mark Kermode offers h
Episode 7
Mar 3, 2007
Bryan Ferry chats with Lauren Laverne about his new album of Bob Dylan covers, the return of Roxy Music, and also performs live in the studio. Verity Sharp talks to composer Thomas
Episode 8
Mar 24, 2007
The smorgasbord of the arts returns with a typically diverse menu, which includes Rowan Atkinson discussing his new film Mr Bean 's Holiday, Canadian rock band Arcade Fire playing
Episode 9
Mar 31, 2007
This week art critic Andrew Graham-Dixon meets up with land artist Andy Goldsworthy in a Yorkshire field as he prepares for a major new exhibition. Mark Kermode is on the road with
Episode 10
Apr 7, 2007
In the last of the current run, mavericks take centre stage. Comedian Frank Skinner takes his life in his hands when he celebrates the 50th birthday of the Fall's irrepressible hel
Arcade Fire - the Culture Show Session
Apr 20, 2007
The Canadian art-rockers are notoriously reluctant to give interviews, but Lauren Laverne meets front man Win Butler and his brother Will. Plus there's an exclusive acoustic perfor