Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
Episodes to download
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Musician Carwyn Ellis performs; The Rules of Art? exhibition; filmmaker Rosemary Baker; Port Talbot postcard
Wed 8 Dec 2021
Welsh musician Carwyn Ellis performs live from Cardiff.
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Steven Spielberg, Working Class Heritage, Will Sharpe
Tue 7 Dec 2021
Steven Spielberg on his remake of West Side Story.
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Playwright James Graham on Best of Enemies; Lamb film review; The Belarus Free Theatre; remembering actor Antony Sher
Mon 6 Dec 2021
Political dramatist James Graham on writing his new play, Best of Enemies.
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The Hand of God and Dürer exhibition reviewed, Aaron Sorkin on Lucille Ball
Thu 2 Dec 2021
The Hand of God, Paolo Sorrentino's autobiographical film, reviewed. Plus Aaron Sorkin
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The Parthenon Marbles; Get Back documentary review; Turner Prize nominees Project Artworks; the literary canon
Tue 30 Nov 2021
We take a deep dive into the decades old dispute around the fate of the Parthenon Marbles.
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Kelly Lee Owens, Stephen Sondheim, Rowan Williams, Black Obsidian Sound System
Mon 29 Nov 2021
Musician Kelly Lee Owens, Stephen Sondheim's songwriting, poems by Rowan Williams, BOSS.
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Suzanne Lacy, Bishop Auckland, Silent Night
Wed 24 Nov 2021
Artist Suzanne Lacy on standing at the junction of aesthetics and activism, Silent Night.
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Andrew Lloyd Webber, Turner Prize nominees Gentle / Radical, Costa Book Awards
Tue 23 Nov 2021
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Turner Prize nominees Gentle / Radical, Costa Book Awards.
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The Power of the Dog film review; Turner Prize nominees Cooking Sections; South African literature today
Mon 22 Nov 2021
We review Jane Campion’s new film The Power of the Dog, starring Benedict Cumberbatch.
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King Richard, Wheel of Time and new Zadie Smith play reviewed, Playwright Moira Buffini
Thu 18 Nov 2021
We review King Richard, about the Williams sisters and their father, starring Will Smith.
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Ralph Fiennes on Four Quartets, Songlines exhibition, art postcard from Plymouth
Wed 17 Nov 2021
Ralph Fiennes on performing in his stage adaptation of TS Eliot’s Four Quartets.
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Céline Sciamma on her film Petite Maman, author Sarah Moss on The Fell, diversity in folk arts
Tue 16 Nov 2021
Writer and director Céline Sciamma on her new film Petite Maman.
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Lin-Manuel Miranda, Climate Fiction, Kayleigh Llewellyn
Mon 15 Nov 2021
Lin-Manuel Miranda on making his debut as a film director with tick, tick...BOOM!
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Tori Amos performs, The Courtauld Gallery reopening and Dopesick series reviewed, Heidi Stephens live blogs
Thu 11 Nov 2021
Singer-songwriter Tori Amos plays live from Cornwall.
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Art in Shetland, Timothy Ogene, Sharon Heal and Paul McCartney
Wed 10 Nov 2021
Jen Stout reports on the ancient and modern arts in Shetland.
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Venice and climate change, the story that inspired Dostoevsky, Dean Stockwell remembered
Tue 9 Nov 2021
Venice under threat, the story that inspired Dostoevsky, Dean Stockwell remembered.
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Jeymes Samuel on The Harder They Fall, author Sofi Oksanen, John Gilchrist of UK Theatre, Paul McCartney
Mon 8 Nov 2021
Film-maker and musician Jeymes Samuel AKA The Bullitts on his film The Harder They Fall.
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Spencer, Alan Cumming and Paul McCartney
Thu 4 Nov 2021
Alexandra Shulman and Leila Latif discuss Spencer, the controversial new film about Diana.
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The 2021 Booker Prize Ceremony
Wed 3 Nov 2021
The winner of the 2021 Booker Prize is announced live from the Radio Theatre at the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½.
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Little Amal, Anne Carson, Paul McCartney and The National Trust
Tue 2 Nov 2021
Little Amal, Anne Carson, Paul McCartney and the future of The National Trust.
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Armando Iannucci, Booker shortlisted author Maggie Shipstead, Paul McCartney on Penny Lane
Mon 1 Nov 2021
Armando Iannucci discusses his mock-heroic epic poem and Paul McCartney on Penny Lane.
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Passing film, Colin in Black and White, Booker Prize book group on Bewilderment, Paul McCartney
Thu 28 Oct 2021
Michael Donkor and Jan Asante review the film Passing and series Colin in Black and White.
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The reopening of the Hall for Cornwall, Paul McCartney on Eleanor Rigby and Booker Prize nominated author Nadifa Mohamed
Wed 27 Oct 2021
Front Row visits Truro to report on the re-opening of the Hall for Cornwall.
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Booker shortlisted novelist Patricia Lockwood, Science Museum director Ian Blatchford, Paul McCartney
Tue 26 Oct 2021
Science Museum greenwashing claims: museum director Ian Blatchford responds.
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Paul McCartney, Paul Muldoon, Booker Prize Book Group on The Promise
Mon 25 Oct 2021
Paul McCartney reveals how he wrote The Beatles’ classic, All My Loving.
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Booker Prize Book Group: Anuk Arudpragasam on A Passage North
Thu 21 Oct 2021
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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Bradford Postcard; Ron’s Gone Wrong; Re-directing a play
Wed 20 Oct 2021
Front Row goes to Bradford to check out what’s happening on the arts scene
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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Short Story Award and ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Young Writers' Award winners
Tue 19 Oct 2021
We announce the winners of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Short Story Award and ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Young Writers' Award.
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