The RIBA Stirling Prize 2010: A Culture Show Special
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| 09:22 UK time, Tuesday, 5 October 2010
ÌýAfter a three week stint of coverage in August The Culture Show took some time off but is back for a packed autumn of events. Britain loves prizes - maybe we all hark back to those cherished memories of victory in the egg-and-spoon race . For adults, whatever your day-job, there is probably a prize for you. The Culture Show is covering the best of them.
This weekend the Roundhouse in Camden was the venue for this year's , and The Culture Show's Tom Dyckhoff was joined by Kevin McCloud to host proceedings. It is the Oscars of architecture. It may lack the film-stars and frocks - but my hopes on reading the invitation (the dress-code was 'Smart and Stylish' ) were fulfilled by a fine display of modern spectacles and deconstructed suits. Tom went through the keyhole of all the shortlisted buildings and gave us the lowdown and Kevin was on hand as the winner was announced live on Saturday night on Ö÷²¥´óÐã Two.
This year's coverage was special: not only was the Culture Show broadcasting live from the Prize for the first time; two schools made it onto the shortlist as never before, but Zaha Hadid won for her design of Rome's MAXXI gallery. She was clad in an architectural yellow tube to collect the award and gave a generous and heartfelt acceptance speech. It was a good year for public buildings and Hadid's first award in Britain.
Hot on the heels of the accolade for the best new building by a British architect comes the . Tim Samuels has gone back to Comrie in Perthshire (and why not) to get the residents to read the shortlist and choose who in their opinion should get this year's gong. Next Friday the Review Show will see what their regular critics make of the shortlist, and the winner will be announced live on the 10 o'clock news on the 12th October - can Peter Carey make it a hattrick with Parrot and Olivier in America - which seemed to win over Andrew Graham Dixon when he interviewed the author in February.
It seems like no time at all since first started - but it has quickly become a draw for the bigwigs of the international art scene and a hot date in the contemporary art calendar. In that week the Culture Show will present a contemporary art special, fronted by Grayson Perry, we will be looking at the work of controversial Chinese artist Ai Wei Wei and trying work out what Simon Fujiwara is saying about art and commerce with the archeological remains he has smuggled in to the art fair.
Ö÷²¥´óÐã Four celebrates world cinema by broadcasting some of the best new titles, all of which deserve wider recognition. It also hosts the World Cinema Awards. This year promises to be a vintage WCA with two of my favourite movies - Let The Right One In - a remarkable tender and atmospheric Scandinavian vampire movie (the Hollywood version is about to come out) and A Prophet - an extraordinarily tough contemporary French prison drama. Both of them have stand-out central performances. And Lifetime Achievement Award at the ceremony is going to the legendary Bernardo Bertolucci whose work spans half a century and an amazing range of styles from Last Tango in Paris to The Last Emperor and The Sheltering Sky.
And look out for a big season celebrating books and reading in the New Year, centred around Sebastian Faulks' new series on Ö÷²¥´óÐã Two. In using major programme seasons from Poetry and Opera to Proms and the Novel, alongside our regular programmes, we reach millions of people every week. Culture is at the heart of the Ö÷²¥´óÐã's output, and our aim to take the arts seriously across all our channels and appeal to the widest possible audience.
Mark Bell is the Ö÷²¥´óÐã's Commissioning Editor for Arts
Radio 2 announces new arts initiatives in October.
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