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8 episodes in this season

Episode 1: Lynn Barber's Celebrity Masterclass

Episode 2: Sir Kenneth Clark: Portrait of a Civilised Man - A Culture Show Special

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Episode 3: Edward St Aubyn - At Last?

Episode 4: Ryan Gander - The Art of Everything

Episode 5: Deller and Kane - Folk Devils

Episode 6: Tents - The Beginning of Architecture

Episode 7: Girls Will Be Girls

Episode 8: Hilary Mantel - Case Histories

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Episode 3: Edward St Aubyn - At Last?

Season 19 · Episode 3 · Jun 2, 2014

When Edward St Aubyn summoned the courage to write the fictionalized version of his unbearable childhood and describe the horrific abuse he suffered at the hands of cruel and neglectful aristocratic parents, he not only broke a taboo, but he also pulled off a rare act of literary alchemy. He turned the grim material of his life - rape, drug addiction and the ever-present pull of suicide - into a series of exquisitely crafted books (The Melrose novels) that critics rate amongst the finest achievements of contemporary British fiction. The surprise is that they are wickedly funny too. Through his alter ego Patrick Melrose he slays the monsters of his past with witty, elegant rage.

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The Culture Show

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Episode 3: Edward St Aubyn - At Last?

Season 19 · Episode 3 · Jun 2, 2014

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