diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 460f6d0..e993247 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1624,6 +1624,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "loggerv 0.7.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "mpris-player 0.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "open 1.3.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "pango 0.7.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "podcasts-data 0.1.0",
  "podcasts-downloader 0.1.0",
  "pretty_assertions 0.6.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
diff --git a/podcasts-gtk/Cargo.toml b/podcasts-gtk/Cargo.toml
index 866caeb..18cf4d1 100644
--- a/podcasts-gtk/Cargo.toml
+++ b/podcasts-gtk/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ serde_json = "1.0.41"
 # html2text = "0.1.8"
 html2text = { git = "https://github.com/jugglerchris/rust-html2text" }
 mpris-player = "0.4.0"
+pango = "0.7.0"
 
 [dependencies.gettext-rs]
 git = "https://github.com/danigm/gettext-rs"
diff --git a/podcasts-gtk/resources/gtk/show_widget.ui b/podcasts-gtk/resources/gtk/show_widget.ui
index e66edd4..3f86abf 100644
--- a/podcasts-gtk/resources/gtk/show_widget.ui
+++ b/podcasts-gtk/resources/gtk/show_widget.ui
@@ -58,38 +58,78 @@ Tobias Bernard
           </packing>
         </child>
         <child>
-          <object class="GtkScrolledWindow">
+          <object class="HdyColumn">
             <property name="visible">True</property>
-            <property name="can_focus">True</property>
-            <property name="hscrollbar_policy">never</property>
-            <property name="min_content_height">80</property>
+            <property name="maximum_width">600</property>
             <child>
-              <object class="GtkViewport">
+              <object class="GtkStack" id="description_stack">
                 <property name="visible">True</property>
-                <property name="can_focus">False</property>
-                <property name="shadow_type">none</property>
+                <property name="can_focus">True</property>
+                <property name="vhomogeneous">False</property>
+                <property name="transition_type">none</property>
+                <property name="interpolate_size">True</property>
+                <property name="margin">12</property>
+                <child>
+                  <object class="GtkBox">
+                    <property name="visible">True</property>
+                    <property name="can_focus">False</property>
+                    <property name="halign">fill</property>
+                    <property name="orientation">vertical</property>
+                    <child>
+                      <object class="GtkLabel" id="description_short">
+                        <property name="visible">True</property>
+                        <property name="can_focus">False</property>
+                        <property name="halign">center</property>
+                        <property name="valign">center</property>
+                        <property name="use_markup">True</property>
+                        <property name="justify">center</property>
+                        <property name="wrap">True</property>
+                        <property name="wrap_mode">word-char</property>
+                        <property name="ellipsize">end</property>
+                        <property name="lines">4</property>
+                      </object>
+                    </child>
+                    <child>
+                      <object class="GtkRevealer" id="description_button_revealer">
+                        <property name="visible">True</property>
+                        <property name="reveal_child">False</property>
+                        <property name="transition_duration">1</property>
+                        <child>
+                          <object class="GtkButton" id="description_button">
+                            <property name="label" translatable="yes">Read More</property>
+                            <property name="visible">True</property>
+                            <property name="can_focus">False</property>
+                            <property name="receives_default">False</property>
+                            <property name="halign">center</property>
+                            <property name="margin_top">12</property>
+                          </object>
+                        </child>
+                      </object>
+                    </child>
+                  </object>
+                  <packing>
+                    <property name="name">short</property>
+                  </packing>
+                </child>
                 <child>
                   <object class="GtkLabel" id="description">
                     <property name="visible">True</property>
                     <property name="can_focus">False</property>
                     <property name="halign">center</property>
                     <property name="valign">center</property>
-                    <property name="label">This is embarrasing!
-Sorry, we could not find a description for this Show.</property>
                     <property name="use_markup">True</property>
                     <property name="justify">center</property>
                     <property name="wrap">True</property>
                     <property name="wrap_mode">word-char</property>
                   </object>
+                  <packing>
+                    <property name="name">full</property>
+                    <property name="position">1</property>
+                  </packing>
                 </child>
               </object>
             </child>
           </object>
-          <packing>
-            <property name="expand">False</property>
-            <property name="fill">False</property>
-            <property name="position">1</property>
-          </packing>
         </child>
       </object>
       <packing>
diff --git a/podcasts-gtk/src/widgets/show.rs b/podcasts-gtk/src/widgets/show.rs
index 0c67bfc..95f1f72 100644
--- a/podcasts-gtk/src/widgets/show.rs
+++ b/podcasts-gtk/src/widgets/show.rs
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ pub(crate) struct ShowWidget {
     pub(crate) view: BaseView,
     cover: gtk::Image,
     description: gtk::Label,
+    description_short: gtk::Label,
+    description_stack: gtk::Stack,
+    description_button: gtk::Button,
+    description_button_revealer: gtk::Revealer,
     episodes: gtk::ListBox,
     show_id: Option<i32>,
 }
@@ -53,6 +57,11 @@ impl Default for ShowWidget {
         let sub_cont: gtk::Box = builder.get_object("sub_container").unwrap();
         let cover: gtk::Image = builder.get_object("cover").unwrap();
         let description: gtk::Label = builder.get_object("description").unwrap();
+        let description_short: gtk::Label = builder.get_object("description_short").unwrap();
+        let description_stack: gtk::Stack = builder.get_object("description_stack").unwrap();
+        let description_button: gtk::Button = builder.get_object("description_button").unwrap();
+        let description_button_revealer =
+            builder.get_object("description_button_revealer").unwrap();
         let episodes = builder.get_object("episodes").unwrap();
         let view = BaseView::default();
 
@@ -71,6 +80,10 @@ impl Default for ShowWidget {
             view,
             cover,
             description,
+            description_short,
+            description_stack,
+            description_button,
+            description_button_revealer,
             episodes,
             show_id: None,
         }
@@ -95,6 +108,18 @@ impl ShowWidget {
         let res = populate_listbox(&pdw, pd.clone(), sender, vadj);
         debug_assert!(res.is_ok());
 
+        let weak = Rc::downgrade(&pdw);
+        pdw.description_short
+            .connect_size_allocate(clone!(weak => move |_, _2| {
+                weak.upgrade().map(|w| w.update_read_more());
+            }));
+
+        pdw.description_button
+            .connect_clicked(clone!(weak => move |_| {
+                weak.upgrade()
+                    .map(|w| w.description_stack.set_visible_child_name("full"));
+            }));
+
         pdw
     }
 
@@ -111,10 +136,31 @@ impl ShowWidget {
         utils::set_image_from_path(&self.cover, pd.id(), 256)
     }
 
+    fn update_read_more(&self) {
+        if let Some(layout) = self.description_short.get_layout() {
+            let more = layout.is_ellipsized()
+                || self.description.get_label() != self.description_short.get_label();
+            self.description_button_revealer.set_reveal_child(more);
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Set the description text.
     fn set_description(&self, text: &str) {
-        self.description
-            .set_markup(html2text::from_read(text.as_bytes(), 80).trim());
+        let markup = html2text::from_read(text.as_bytes(), text.as_bytes().len());
+        let markup = markup.trim();
+        let lines: Vec<&str> = markup.lines().collect();
+
+        if markup.is_empty() {
+            self.description_stack.set_visible(false);
+        } else {
+            self.description_stack.set_visible(true);
+
+            self.description.set_markup(markup);
+            debug_assert!(lines.len() > 0);
+            if lines.len() > 0 {
+                self.description_short.set_markup(lines[0]);
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     pub(crate) fn show_id(&self) -> Option<i32> {