The Culture Show S17E19 · Episode 19

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Andrew Graham-Dixon goes stateside to meet Tom Wolfe. After eight long years, the great chronicler of American society returns with a new novel Back to Blood, which promises to do for Miami what Bonfire of the Vanities did for New York. Thirty years since First Blood, Lindsay Johns makes an impassioned argument to rehabilitate Rambo, arguing that he is not a grunting bonehead but an existential everyman and the perfect hero for our troubled times.

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1. 1 1. Episode 12012-06-20The Culture Show is back and will be featuring many of the highlights from the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad. In this episode, Mark Kermode meets film director David Cronenberg and
2. 2 2. Episode 22012-06-27In this episode, comedian Alexei Sayle joins art critic Andrew Graham-Dixon at Tate Liverpool for an exhibition of later works from three of the greatest painters of the last 150 y
3. 3 3. Episode 32012-07-04This week The Culture Show comes from London's East End, where Andrew Graham-Dixon takes a photo tour of a changing landscape with Newham's famous son and legendary snapper David B
4. 4 4. Episode 42012-07-11Mark Kermode is in Bexhill-on-Sea, the setting for a new sculpture from artist Richard Wilson which recreates the final scene in cult movie The Italian Job. Miranda Sawyer meets P
5. 5 5. Episode 52012-07-18Mark Kermode takes part in a movie marathon of short film screenings, Hansel of Film, a relay race of short film screenings taking place around the UK. Alastair Sooke looks at the
6. 6 6. Episode 62012-07-25Mark Kermode meets Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan to talk about his take on the caped crusader. Blur are back and Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon talk about their new songs a
7. 7 7. Episode 7: The Culture Show at the Edinburgh Festival - Part 12012-08-15Sue Perkins presents the first of three Culture Show programmes from The Edinburgh Festival, featuring all the best in theatre, dance, literature, music and comedy from the Fringe,
8. 8 8. Episode 8: The Culture Show at the Edinburgh Festival - Part 22012-08-22Sue Perkins presents a second helping of The Culture Show from the Edinburgh Festival and meets author Kirsty Gunn and music legend Nile Rodgers. Also featured tonight, the 25th a
9. 9 9. Episode 9: The Culture Show at the Edinburgh Festival - Part 32012-08-29Sue Perkins presents a final helping of hits from this year's Edinburgh Festival including an interview with Howard Jacobson about his new novel Zoo Time and a look at the art of D
10. 10 10. Episode 102012-09-19Andrew Graham-Dixon explores the new Bronze exhibition at the Royal Academy. Clemency Burton-Hill reports on The People Speak, a dramatized book reading curated by Colin Firth and
11. 11 11. Episode 11: J K Rowling - Writing For Grown-Ups: A Culture Show Special2012-09-26Harry Potter is one of the most successful publishing phenomena of our time, selling 450 million copies. Its success has transformed author JK Rowling from an impoverished single m
12. 12 12. Episode 122012-10-03Mark Kermode reviews award-winning French comedy film Untouchable in the company of Goldie. Tim Samuels looks at the odds on this year's Man Booker Prize shortlist and Alastair Soo
13. 13 13. Episode 132012-10-10Tom Dyckhoff presents an architecture-themed show and looks at the six buildings shortlisted for 2012's Stirling Prize. At the other end of the spectrum, he also assesses the build
14. 14 14. Episode 142012-10-17Gus Casely-Hayford presents the programme, featuring a review of independent fantasy film Beasts of the Southern Wild, which was a hit at the Cannes and Sundance festivals. Plus, N
15. 15 15. Episode 15: Sam Mendes: Licence to Thrill - A Culture Show Special2012-10-24Mark Kermode talks to director Sam Mendes about his latest film, Skyfall - the 23rd outing of the James Bond series. Featuring contributions from Skyfall stars Daniel Craig, Javier
16. 16 16. Episode 16: Sam Mendes: Licence to Thrill... Even More - A Culture Show Special2012-11-01Mark Kermode talks to Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes about his latest film Skyfall - the 23rd outing of the James Bond series. Featuring contributions from Skyfall stars Daniel
17. 17 17. Episode 172012-10-31Andrew Graham-Dixon is at the National Gallery's first major exhibition of photography to explore the influence of painting and fine art traditions on the work of some our leading
18. 18 18. Episode 182012-11-07The Culture Show comes from the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, home to an exhibition of work from legendary American photographer Ansel Adams. Mark Kermode meets Academy Aw
19. 19 19. Episode 192012-11-14Andrew Graham-Dixon goes stateside to meet Tom Wolfe. After eight long years, the great chronicler of American society returns with a new novel Back to Blood, which promises to do
20. 20 20. Episode 202012-11-21The show comes from the Tate Modern on London's Bankside, home to A Bigger Splash, a new exhibition taking a new look at the relationship between performance and painting. Alastair
21. 21 21. Episode 212012-11-28Andrew Graham-Dixon travels to New York to meet best-selling novelist Lee Child as his hugely popular Jack Reacher thrillers start their Hollywood incarnation this December with To
22. 22 22. Episode 222012-12-05Andrew Graham-Dixon looks back over the best of the year in art. Highlights include a major show from Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, whose dazzling body of work creates a unique wor
23. 23 23. Episode 232012-12-12This week on The Culture Show Mark Kermode looks back over the best of the year in film. Just some of the highlights from our coverage of 2012's cinema releases include an intervie
24. 24 24. Episode 242013-01-23Presenter Andrew Graham-Dixon previews the art of French impressionist, Edouard Manet as the Royal Academy prepares for a major retrospective of his portraiture. Mark Kermode meet
25. 25 25. Episode 252013-01-30Tom Dyckhoff presents this design themed edition of the Culture Show, which examines the latest 'hacking' craze - where online design communities interact to reinvent and create ne
26. 26 26. Episode 262013-02-06Andrew Graham-Dixon explores the work of 17th century Spanish baroque painter Bartholome Esteban Murillo, as an exhibiton focusing on the profound influence of his close friend and
27. 27 27. Episode 272013-02-13Alastair Sooke looks back on the work of American pop artist Roy Lichtenstein as Tate Modern prepares for a major retrospective. Cerys Matthews visits National Theatre Wales as th
28. 28 28. Episode 282013-03-13Tom Dyckhoff presents this week's Culture Show, looking at architectural solutions to affordable housing in this time of crisis. As the weather gets wetter and the risk of floodin
29. 29 29. Episode 292013-03-20Andrew Graham-Dixon presents the Culture Show from Chatsworth House, Derbyshire. Chatsworth House has been chosen as the location for an exhibition of works by the Scottish artist
30. 30 30. Episode 30: Danny Boyle: Man of Wonder2013-03-27Oscar winning director Danny Boyle talks to Mark Kermode about his new film Trance, London 2012's afterglow and the highs and lows of an extraordinary film-making career. As an ex
31. 31 31. Episode 31: Danny Boyle: Man of Wonder - Extended2013-05-08An extended version of Danny Boyle's interview with Mark Kermode, featuring additional contributions from those who have worked with the Oscar winning director. Topics include the
32. 32 32. Episode 32: Sincerely, F Scott Fitzgerald2013-05-18Novelist Jay McInerney explores the life and writing of F Scott Fitzgerald, whose masterwork The Great Gatsby has just been filmed for the fifth time. Fitzgerald captured the reck