The Culture Show Uncut - 2008/2009 - Episode 1

Lauren Laverne and co-presenter Mark Kermode are back with a summer run of the ever-packed Culture Show - in a new, prime-time slot. The Culture Show is on set in America with Ricky Gervais as he directs his first ever feature film - This Side of the Truth. Cult podcaster and thinker, Karl Pilkington, finds out what it's like to play an extra in such a metaphysically profound film. Plus, art critic Andrew Graham-Dixon goes to Vienna to attempt a Freudian analysis of the work of Gustav Klimt. The Kiss adorns millions of bedroom walls and in this edition, he looks at the biggest show of Klimt's works ever staged in the UK opens at Tate Liverpool on May 30th. Simon Armitage is one of our most acclaimed contemporary poets, but in his new book, Gig he's come out as a frustrated rock star. Mark Kermode accompanies Simon to the ordeal of his first ever gig as the lead singer of the Scaremongers, in super cool Shoreditch. Find out what happens when a 40-something poet tries to become a pop star. Music comes from Sparks. This longer uncut version includes busking from Camille and showcasing animation.