Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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Robert Redford remembered, Mark Ronson and Picasso on stage
Today
Hollywood icon Robert Redford remembered and hit record producer Mark Ronson on his memoir
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Robert Plant and Alan Moore
Yesterday
Robert Plant on his new album, and comic book legend Alan Moore gives a rare interview.
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Review Show: David Bowie Centre and the 蜜芽传媒 National Short Story Award Shortlist
Thursday
Plus the film Spinal Tap II and Jung Chang鈥檚 sequel to her best-selling memoir Wild Swans.
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The Grand Finale of Downton Abbey
Last Wednesday
The Grand Finale of Downton Abbey. Plus bestselling writer Adam Kay on his debut novel.
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Marks and Gran on Freud and Hitler, Jeneba Kanneh-Mason performance, Medea on stage and screen
Last Tuesday
Birds of a Feather creators Marks and Gran on their new play about Freud and Hitler.
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Maxine Peake on Mary Whitehouse, West End star Marisha Wallace
Last Monday
Maxine Peake, Marisha Wallace, and a rediscovered book about the rise of the Nazis
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Review Show: CMAT's new album, The Office spin-off series The Paper, Jacob Elordi in On Swift Horses
Thu 4 Sep 2025
CMAT's new album Euro-Country, sitcom spin-off The Paper and gay romance On Swift Horses.
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Bryan Adams鈥� new album, plus writer Damian Barr
Wed 3 Sep 2025
The Canadian rock legend on his new music, and the Maggie & Me author鈥檚 latest novel.
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Aaron Sorkin on adapting Harper Lee's novel To Kill Aa Mockingbird for the stage
Tue 2 Sep 2025
Aaron Sorkin on To Kill a Mockingbird, Bradford Live, Toyah Willcox, Raymond Antrobus.
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Sebastian Faulks' memoir
Mon 1 Sep 2025
Sebastian Faulks' memoir, St Etienne play live, the return of sketch show TV.
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Review: Historical TV epic King and Conqueror, and Boudicca's Daughter by Elodie Harper
Thu 21 Aug 2025
Plus film Young Mothers, and the 5-year project celebrating dramatist Brian Friel.
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Indigenous Australian didgeridoo virtuoso William Barton performs live
Wed 20 Aug 2025
The Director of the Edinburgh Comedy Awards reveals this year's shortlist.
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Tom Hiddleston on becoming a dancing accountant in new Stephen King film, The Life of Chuck
Tue 19 Aug 2025
Tom Hiddleston, Sir Anish Kapoor, A Good Yarn in Bradford, Noises Off in Scarborough.
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Should Stephen Fry play Lady Bracknell? Author R.F. Kuang and Marlowe and Shakespeare
Mon 18 Aug 2025
Samira Ahmed talks to Rebecca Kuang and discusses genderblind casting.
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Review show: Brigadoon at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
Thu 14 Aug 2025
Brigadoon in Regent's Park, The Bitter Water of the Lake by Giulia Caminito.
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Our critics' guide to the best theatre at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Wed 13 Aug 2025
Mary Queen of Scots as a punk and a rock star. Plus our critics' picks of the Fringe.
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Norwich Castle reopening, plus director Adrian Noble
Tue 12 Aug 2025
Historian Alice Loxton on Norwich Castle's 拢27 million revamp. Plus director Adrian Noble.
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Peter Sellers at 100
Mon 11 Aug 2025
The BFI has launched a new season of Peter Sellers films to mark his centenary.
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Review: Alien Earth series plus Rom-Com Materialists
Thu 7 Aug 2025
Noah Hawley on bringing the sci fi-franchise Alien to the small screen as Alien: Earth.
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Special edition from the Edinburgh Festivals with guests including Emmy and Olivier Award-winning actor Brian Cox
Wed 6 Aug 2025
Kirsty Wark with conversation, comedy and music from the Edinburgh Festivals.
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Sean Hayes, from Will & Grace, on his Tony Award-winning stage show Good Night, Oscar
Tue 5 Aug 2025
Sean Hayes' play opens in London and how composer Shostakovich survived Stalin's purges.
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Review Show: The Naked Gun, Madonna, Paul Weller, The Assassin
Thu 31 Jul 2025
The Naked Gun, The Assassin, new albums from Paul Weller and Madonna.
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Artist Andy Goldsworthy on his five-decade retrospective exhibition.
Wed 30 Jul 2025
Artist Andy Goldsworthy on his new exhibition which spans a five-decade career.
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Motherland writer Helen Serafinowicz on making her debut as a playwright with a Liverpool legend
Tue 29 Jul 2025
Booker Prize longlist examined, and the redeveloped National Science and Media Museum.
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Tom Lehrer remembered, plus Nick Drake's unreleased songs
Mon 28 Jul 2025
Tribute to Tom Lehrer by fellow songwriter Richard Stilgoe.
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Review Show: Burlesque the Musical
Thu 24 Jul 2025
Burlesque the Musical, Washington Black on Disney Plus, German black comedy Dying.
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Prison-themed stage productions, Tribute to Ozzy Osbourne and the composer Bruckner's fascination with death masks
Wed 23 Jul 2025
Prison-themed stage productions and the composer Bruckner's fascination with death masks.
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Has Marvel cracked the superhero reboot?
Tue 22 Jul 2025
We discuss the new Fantastic Four, and Jimmy McGovern talks about 蜜芽传媒 drama Unforgivable.
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Mark Gatiss on Bookish
Mon 21 Jul 2025
Mark Gatiss on new detective series Bookish, cuts to NPR, Inter Alia play and 80s film.
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