As we celebrate the 70th birthday of John Cale, here's a piece of video from the BBC archive.

Miranda Sawyer interviewed Cale for The Culture Show in 2009. The in-depth discussion took in his life in America, his relationship with his Velvet Underground bandmates and his ambitions.

Watch the clip here:

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