Northwich's finest, The Charlatans, brave the drizzle in Manchester City Centre for the Culture Show Busking Challenge.

The Brooklyn band bring their beautiful string arrangements and jazz-noir infused vocals to the Culture Show studio, performing Everybody Wants to Rule the World.

Lauren Laverne takes David Simon, the uncompromising creator of HBO's The Wire, in for questioning. In an exclusive interview, she discovers the secret to the labyrinthine US cop series' success and asks Simon why he...

In true counter-culture style, Clare Muldaur Manchon and her band the Reasons perform a track not featured on their album The Movie: Better Without You.