The Culture Show: Season 8
Season 8 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 7.
- 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 8 Progress Shield
Episode 1
Oct 13, 2007
Lauren Laverne kicks off a new series with Mark Kermode gaining a rare interview with Canadian country music star Neil Young. The acclaimed songwriter talks about his forthcoming a
Episode 2
Oct 20, 2007
Lauren Laverne meets fashion designer Matthew Williamson ahead of his upcoming exhibition at the Design Museum, and Andrew Graham-Dixon visits the Tuscan city of Siena to assess it
Episode 3
Oct 27, 2007
BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner reviews the latest films which deal with the war on terror, including Lions for Lambs and Rendition. Verity Sharp talks to Cate Blanchett
Episode 4
Nov 3, 2007
Tom Dyckhoff gets a sneak preview of the newly refurbished St Pancras International station in London, before embarking on a tour of Europe's most striking train stations. Elsewher
Stephen Poliakoff: A Culture Show Special
Nov 10, 2007
[Episode 5] In a wide-ranging and frank interview, Stephen Poliakoff talks to Mark Kermode about the themes he explores in his works and how he has maintained his status as an aute
Episode 6
Nov 17, 2007
Tim Samuels examines the enduring power of Beowulf, an epic eighth-century Anglo-Saxon poem that has recently been dramatised into a film starring Ray Winstone. Elsewhere, actor an
Episode 7
Nov 24, 2007
Actor and director Kenneth Branagh talks to Mark Kermode about his latest films Sleuth and The Magic Flute. Elsewhere, PJ Harvey talks to Verity Sharp about her new album White Cha
Episode 8
Dec 1, 2007
Andrew Graham-Dixon marks the 250th anniversary of William Blake 's birth with a profile of the poet. painter and printer, while Sheffield band Reverend and the Makers perform thei
Episode 9
Dec 8, 2007
Screen legend Dustin Hoffman talks to host Lauren Laverne about his enduring career and new film, Mr Magorium 's Wonder Emporium, while Oscar-winning director Ang Lee chats to Mar
Episode 10
Dec 15, 2007
Host Lauren Laverne casts her eye over the best bits of the series, which has seen her interview and jam with Sir Paul McCartney, point guns at Quentin Tarantino and flirt with Lou