The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ today confirmed the line-up of presenters and reporters for
its new topical arts and culture programme, The Culture Show,
starting 11 November on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ TWO.
Radio presenter and musician Verity Sharp; conductor
Charles Hazlewood; playwright and actor Kwame
Kwei-Armah; journalist and broadcaster Mariella Frostrup;
and art critic Andrew Graham-Dixon will be the main
anchors for the show.
Each episode will be fronted by one of the main presenters and brought
to viewers from a different city or venue around the country every week.
Verity Sharp, known to many as the presenter of Radio 3's Late Junction,
will host the first show.
Features and special reports will come from a regular team comprising
film critic Mark Kermode; art critic Robert
Hughes; investigative reporter Shelley Jofre;
broadcaster and writer Linda Kennedy; arts correspondent
Lawrence Pollard; and music specialist and broadcaster
Zina Saro-Wiwa.
But there'll also be plenty of room for films and features from guest
reporters and authors.
For example, the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's political editor Andrew Marr
interviews renowned artist David Hockney in the opening show.
"We are delighted to have put together such a lively and diverse team,
including some of the most passionate and authoritative voices from
the world of arts and culture.
"The range of voices will grow as the show develops, but to have
so much talent for the launch is very exciting", says George Entwistle,
executive editor, The Culture Show.
Lively, fast-moving and intelligent, The Culture Show offers a range
of views, interviews and breaking news from the worlds of high art,
popular culture and everything else in between.
Covering everything and anything - from architecture to art house cinema,
computer games to choreography, and shock resignations to startlingly
original works of art - the show gives viewers an hour long culture
fix every Thursday night.
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