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The Culture Show

2007/2008

09/06/2007

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Scotland

Arts and culture magazine. A special edition presented by Lauren Laverne, focusing on the reopening of the Royal Festival Hall after a two-year refit. Tom Dyckhoff and Verity Sharp assess it's impact when first built and now. Jarvis Cocker reveals the reasons for his choices for the Meltdown festival, Billy Bragg talks about RFH's socialist roots, and Zina Saro Wiwa talks to composer John Barry. Plus, interviews with Ken Livingstone, Vanessa Mae, John Rankin, Peter Mandelson and Jamie Cullum. Show less

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