The Culture Show S11E15 · Episode 15

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Lauren Laverne meets Seattle band Fleet Foxes who saw off the likes of Elbow and Radiohead to win the inaugural Uncut Music Award and who perform exclusively for the show. Plus Andrew Graham Dixon at the Tate Modern's exhibition of Russian Constructivist art, and an interview with punk poet John Cooper Clarke, whose work has provided inspiration for bands including Arctic Monkeys and Reverend and the Makers.

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1. 1 1. Episode 12008-11-18Lauren Laverne meets style icon and musical innovator Grace Jones, Mark Kermode celebrates the 25th anniversary of cherished film Local Hero, and Andrew Graham -Dixon argues that £
2. 2 2. Episode 22008-11-25Actress Angelina Jolie discusses her career, Martin Freeman meets The Funk Brothers, and Tom Hunter gives Titian's Diana and Actaeon a modern spin.
3. 3 3. Episode 32008-12-02Five accomplished artists guest this week: actor Michael Sheen discusses his role in Ron Howard's Frost/Nixon while singer Tom Jones takes the show's busking challenge; plus Scotti
4. 4 4. Episode 4: Strictly Baz: A Culture Show Special2008-12-09The Culture Show takes a look at the cinematic visionary, Baz Luhrmann. The director of Strictly Ballroom, Romeo and Juliet, and Moulin Rouge, Luhrmann deals in colour, romance and
5. 5 5. Episode 52008-12-16Lauren Laverne, Mark Kermode and Andrew Graham-Dixon look back at some of the year's cultural highlights, including a powerful interview with the film director Anthony Minghella, w
6. 6 6. Episode 62009-01-06This special edition, marking the 50th anniversary of Motown Records, sees actor and Motown devotee Martin Freeman making the trip of a lifetime to Detroit, and then Los Angeles, t
7. 7 7. Episode 72009-01-12This week's show sees Danny Boyle's Mumbai set Slumdog Millionaire, which was released last Friday, shown to a specially invited all-Indian audience; DJ Nihal joins Glasgow band Fr
8. 8 8. Episode 82009-01-20Barack Obama's inauguration is marked with a trip to Harlem. Plus Ed Burns, co-writer of the new president's favourite TV show, The Wire, on his Iraq war account Generation Kill, R
9. 9 9. Episode 92009-01-27Lauren Laverne is in Glasgow to extol the virtues of the Celtic Connections festival, Robert Carlyle and Siobhan Redmond lead a celebration of the 250th anniversary of Robert Burns
10. 10 10. Episode 102009-02-03The great pianist Alfred Brendel, recently retired from public performance, gives a rare interview, revealing his passion for the films of Spanish surrealist director Luis Bunuel.
11. 11 11. Episode 112009-02-10Mark Kermode and Miranda Sawyer debate the merits of Heat magazine, which celebrates its tenth birthday, and celebrity culture in general, Greg Dyke continues his report on HBO, an
12. 12 12. Episode 122009-02-17With the Oscars fast approaching, tonight's Culture Show offers its very own alternative: the Kermode awards, for those overlooked by the Academy. And, 50 years after it first hit
13. 13 13. Episode 132009-02-24Lauren Laverne visits U2, ahead of the release of their first album in five years, No Line on the Horizon. Will it mark a new musical direction? And what of the lives of the band
14. 14 14. Episode 142009-03-03Lauren Laverne heads home to the North East, looking at what the cultural and artistic future holds for the region and to share a pint with Viz creators Chris and Simon Donald. Ali
15. 15 15. Episode 152009-03-10Lauren Laverne meets Seattle band Fleet Foxes who saw off the likes of Elbow and Radiohead to win the inaugural Uncut Music Award and who perform exclusively for the show. Plus And
16. 16 16. Episode 16: Picasso - A Culture Show Special2009-03-17Special edition all about the life and work of one of the greatest artists of the 20th century - Pablo Picasso. Andrew Graham-Dixon is in Paris - the art capital of 20th-century E
17. 17 17. Episode 172009-03-24The last in the current series comes from the Whitechapel Gallery in east London, which reopens next month following a £13 million restoration. Mark Kermode meets "Being John Malk