Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
Episodes to download
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Immy Humes and Aindrea Emelife, Charlotte Higgins and David Greig, Stefan Golaszewski
Wed 10 Aug 2022
Views of Roman Britain today, Raymond Briggs, women in photography, ѿý drama Marriage.
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Live from the Edinburgh Festival: Matt Forde, Anne Sofie von Otter, Exodus
Tue 9 Aug 2022
Political play Exodus, comedian Matt Forde and singer Anne Sofie von Otter.
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Jordan Peele on Nope, trombonist Peter Moore, Where Is Anne Frank film review, Edinburgh Art Festival
Mon 8 Aug 2022
The Oscar-winning writer-director Jordan Peele on his sci-fi-western-UFO movie, Nope.
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Bullet Train & Mohsin Hamid's The Last White Man reviewed, conductor Semyon Bychkov
Thu 4 Aug 2022
David Leitch's Bullet Train starring Brad Pitt reviewed
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The National Eisteddfod of Wales, Ted Gioia on Duke Ellington, musician Carolina Eyck performs
Wed 3 Aug 2022
Huw Stephens reports from the National Eisteddfod of Wales in Tregaron, Ceredigion.
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Disabled-access ticket booking, Writer Will Ashon, Artists Jane Darke and Andrew Tebbs
Tue 2 Aug 2022
Accessible ticket problems, Will Ashon's everyday voices book, Habitats As Heritage art.
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Beyoncé's album Renaissance, poet Don Paterson, the New Diorama Theatre, Free-for-All exhibition, Nichelle Nichols remembered
Mon 1 Aug 2022
A review of Beyoncé's album Renaissance, her first in six years.
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Hit the Road & Mercury Pictures Presents reviewed, Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra, Bernard Cribbins remembered
Thu 28 Jul 2022
Panah Panahi's Iranian road movie Hit the Road reviewed
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Sister Act, Dramatising the Ugandan Asian exodus, David Olusoga
Wed 27 Jul 2022
Beverley Knight and Jennifer Saunders on Sister Act, Ugandan Asian stories, David Olusoga
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Mercury Music and Booker Prize longlists; museums’ funding; new LGBTQ+ museum
Tue 26 Jul 2022
This year's book and music prize lists; museum funding; Queer Britain - new LGBTQ+ museum.
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Singer Bella Hardy, Poet Thomas Lynch, Birmingham 2022 Festival
Mon 25 Jul 2022
Folk singer Bella Hardy performs; poet Thomas Lynch reads, art at the Commonwealth Games
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Notre-Dame On Fire and novel Milk Teeth reviewed; Jennifer Walshe performs live; writer Alan Grant remembered
Thu 21 Jul 2022
A review of the film Notre-Dame On Fire, directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud.
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Where The Crawdads Sing; On Sonorous Seas; Maison Margiela's Cinema Inferno
Wed 20 Jul 2022
Crawdads director Olivia Newman; theatre on the runway; Hebridean artist Mhairi Killin.
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Jean Paul Gaultier, Much Ado About Nothing, Music Tours
Tue 19 Jul 2022
Jean Paul Gaultier's new show, Shakespeare's productions, and a report on music touring.
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Kraftwerk's Karl Bartos, the Spooky Men’s Chorale, playwright Lucy Kirkwood
Mon 18 Jul 2022
Life in Kraftwerk, the Spooky Men's Chorale perform, Lucy Kirkwood on Maryland for TV.
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Persuasion & Patriots reviewed, Durham Brass Festival, Museum of the Year winner
Thu 14 Jul 2022
Luke Harding and Hanna Flint review Carrie Cracknell's adaptation of Persuasion.
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Shakespeare North Playhouse, Tŷ Pawb in Wrexham, The Railway Children Return
Wed 13 Jul 2022
Shakespeare North Playhouse opens in Prescot.
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Hildur Guðnadóttir, National Plan for Music Education, Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
Tue 12 Jul 2022
Oscar-winning Joker composer Hildur Guðnadóttir on her upcoming ѿý Proms concerts.
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Jack Absolute Flies Again, Joe Stilgoe, Cattelan / Druet
Mon 11 Jul 2022
Jack Absolute Flies Again, Joe Stilgoe, Cattelan/Druet
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The Story Museum, The Waste Land and Brian and Charles reviewed, Grand Theft Hamlet
Thu 7 Jul 2022
The Waste Land, Brian and Charles reviewed, The Story Museum Oxford, Grand Theft Hamlet.
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New national poet of Wales, Lucian Freud show, The Royal Cornwall Museum, The Blue Woman opera
Wed 6 Jul 2022
New national poet of Wales announced, Lucian Freud show, The Blue Woman opera premiere.
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Claudia Rankine, Derby's Museum of Making, Streamer Fatigue
Tue 5 Jul 2022
Claudia Rankine on her play The White Card and Derby's Museum of Making
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Peter Brook; Gone With The Wind; new children’s laureate Joseph Coelho
Mon 4 Jul 2022
Peter Brook remembered, the new children's laureate, Gone With The Wind and the US today.
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All Our Yesterdays, Sun & Sea, Laura Veirs
Thu 30 Jun 2022
Natalia Ginzburg's All Our Yesterdays, opera Sun & Sea, singer-songwriter Laura Veirs
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In the Black Fantastic exhibition; Maya Youssef performs live; visual artist Colin Davidson's exhibition
Wed 29 Jun 2022
Ekow Eshun on curating the exhibition In The Black Fantastic at the Hayward Gallery.
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Arthur Hughes as Richard III, Literary Prizes, Dadaist Interventions
Tue 28 Jun 2022
Arthur Hughes, the future of literary prizes, Dadaist interventions.
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Stephen Beresford, A harp concerto about bees, James Graham, Peter Kosminsky
Mon 27 Jun 2022
Playwright and BAFTA winning screenwriter Stephen Beresford on The Southbury Child.
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Reviews of the plays Rock, Paper, Scissors and documentary Studio Electrophonique, The People's History Museum, Michael Rosen
Thu 23 Jun 2022
We review Rock, Paper, Scissors - three new plays marking 50 years of Sheffield Theatres.
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Rowan Atkinson, Windrush Sculptures, Susanne Bier
Wed 22 Jun 2022
Rowan Atkinson, Thomas J Price on his Windrush sculptures, director Susanne Bier.
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Live music festivals; Roy Williams' play The Fellowship; The Horniman Museum
Tue 21 Jun 2022
The post-pandemic challenges facing the festival sector as Glastonbury returns.
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