Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
Episodes to download
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Review Show: Wet Leg's new album and Johnny Depp's artist biopic Modigliani
Thu 10 Jul 2025
More than Human at the Design Museum, which explores how design can help the planet.
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Kat Sadler, creator of BAFTA-winning sitcom Such Brave Girls
Wed 9 Jul 2025
Kat Sadler, creator of BAFTA-winning sitcom Such Brave Girls. And the new opera Taj Mahal.
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Superman is back on the big screen
Tue 8 Jul 2025
Superman director James Gunn. Pioneering black film star Dorothy Dandridge, Gerald Scarfe.
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Review: RSC's The Constant Wife
Thu 3 Jul 2025
Review show: RSC's The Constant Wife, Wendy Erskine's The Benefactors, Hot Milk film
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Reaction to the Sean 'Diddy' Combs court case verdicts, and Back to the Future at 40
Wed 2 Jul 2025
Back to the Future at 40 and reaction to the verdicts in the Sean 'Diddy' Combs trial.
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Tim Key on his sleeper hit The Ballad of Wallis Island
Tue 1 Jul 2025
Comedian and poet Tim Key on his sleeper hit The Ballad of Wallis Island.
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Jurassic World Rebirth director Gareth Edwards
Mon 30 Jun 2025
Jurassic World, Lena Dunham, and are militant groups exploiting the art market?
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Review Programme: Van Gogh and Anselm Kiefer
Thu 26 Jun 2025
We review the RA's Kiefer/Van Gogh exhibition, and new film From Hilde, with Love.
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UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy
Wed 25 Jun 2025
UK culture secretary LIsa Nandy on the government's Creative Industries Sector Plan.
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Billy Porter on activism and artists
Tue 24 Jun 2025
Billy Porter discusses his new play the Bitter Earth, and a look ahead to Glastonbury.
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Hollywood producer Jerry Bruckheimer on F1 starring Brad Pitt
Mon 23 Jun 2025
Brad Pitt's F1, Erik Satie at 100, and a museum bringing history to life
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Review Show: Pixar's new film Elio
Thu 19 Jun 2025
Artist Jenny Saville at the National Portrait Gallery, Catherine Lacey's The Möbius Book
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Mercury Prize-shortlisted pianist Fergus McCreadie plays live, plus poet and Edinburgh Makar Michael Pedersen on his new novel
Wed 18 Jun 2025
Mercury Award-shortlisted pianist Fergus McCreadie performs live in the Front Row studio.
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The producers of RuPaul's Drag Race, plus pianist Alfred Brendel remembered
Tue 17 Jun 2025
A review of the Bedrock themed Liverpool Biennial which is back for its 13th edition.
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Danny Boyle and Alex Garland on 28 Years Later
Mon 16 Jun 2025
Danny Boyle and Alex Garland on their new film 28 Years Later
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Review Show: Pulp's new album More
Thu 12 Jun 2025
Plus reviews of Edward Burra and Ithell Colquhoun at Tate Britain.
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Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys remembered.
Wed 11 Jun 2025
Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys remembered.
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Was 1975 the best year for music?
Tue 10 Jun 2025
Sarah Moss, the latest on the Elgin Marbles, was 1975 the best year for music?
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Twin Peaks creator plus Ian Rankin on Frederick Forsyth
Mon 9 Jun 2025
Discussing the legacy of David Lynch's ground-breaking cult television series
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Review show: Paris Lees drama What It Feels Like for a Girl
Thu 5 Jun 2025
Plus reviews of Lollipop movie and Atmosphere, the new novel from Taylor Jenkins Reid.
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Daisy Goodwin on her play about the late Queen and her dresser
Wed 4 Jun 2025
Daisy Goodwin on her play about the late Queen and her dresser, By Royal Appointment.
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Nick Mohammed on comedy and improvisation
Tue 3 Jun 2025
Nick Mohammed talks about his comedy stand-up show and new film Deep Cover.
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Fiddler on the Roof returns to the stage
Mon 2 Jun 2025
Samira discusses the Olivier award-winning production of Fiddler on the Roof.
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Imelda Staunton in Mrs Warren's Profession
Thu 29 May 2025
Samira Ahmed and guests review Imelda Staunton in Mrs Warren's Profession
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Paul Hartnoll of Orbital on the band's Brown album, and a new biography of Muriel Spark.
Wed 28 May 2025
Paul Hartnoll of Orbital on the band's Brown album, and a new biography of Muriel Spark.
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Will Butler formerly of Arcade Fire on his play set in a recording studio
Tue 27 May 2025
Stereophonic play, Skin from Skunk Anansie on their new album, Joseph Wright exhibition.
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Alison Steadman live from Hay Festival
Mon 26 May 2025
Live from the Hay Festival, Alison Steadman talks to Samira about her career
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Mission Impossible & Benicio Del Toro
Thu 22 May 2025
Benicio Del Toro on his role in Wes Anderson's film The Phoenician Scheme.
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Shirley Manson of Garbage
Wed 21 May 2025
Shirley Manson of Garbage, Winner of the International Booker Prize, Artist Jeremy Deller.
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