Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
Episodes to download
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April De Angelis, Tokyo Olympics, Jordan Tannahill, Neil Mendoza
Fri 23 Jul 2021
Playwright April De Angelis joins Tom to talk about her new musical, Gin Craze!
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McKellen's Hamlet reviewed, Mercury Prize nominees, Alex Von Tunzelmann on statues
Thu 22 Jul 2021
Susannah Clapp reviews the new production of Hamlet, starring Ian McKellen.
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Jon Batiste, Museum of the Year shortlist, The Humboldt
Wed 21 Jul 2021
Musician Jon Batiste, Art Fund Museum of the Year shortlist, The Humboldt Forum in Berlin
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Ivorian director Philippe Lacôte on his film Night of the Kings, Best Pick podcast, Tirtzah Bassel Canon in Drag
Tue 20 Jul 2021
Ivorian director Philippe Lacôte on his film Night of the Kings, set in a notorious jail
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Debbie Harry on a new Blondie album, 'Reclaiming Amy', Reassessing Amy Winehouse's musical legacy
Mon 19 Jul 2021
Debbie Harry on a new Blondie album.
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Quentin Tarantino, YA Fiction, Report from Cannes, The Vegetable Seller
Fri 16 Jul 2021
Tarantino in his only UK broadcast interview for the novel 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'
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Anna Meredith on Bumps Per Minute, British Podcast Awards, Generational Differences in Publishing
Thu 15 Jul 2021
Composer Anna Meredith on her piece inspired by the random movement of dodgems.
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Documentary Witches of the Orient, Antonia Fraser's verse and who should be writing book reviews?
Wed 14 Jul 2021
Julien Faraut on his documentary on a TV hit, the 1964 Japanese women's volleyball team.
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Nowhere Special, Art and ecology with George Monbiot and Ruth Maclennan, "Mid-list" novelist Chris Paling
Tue 13 Jul 2021
Full Monty producer Uberto Pasolini on directing new movie Nowhere Special.
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Marcus Rashford mural, Ian McMillan, gender split in publishing
Mon 12 Jul 2021
The Marcus Rashford mural which was defaced is part of a community street art project.
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Llangollen bridge wrapped in patchwork for its Eisteddfod, Cannes Film Festival, Zaida Bergroth on film Tove
Fri 9 Jul 2021
Llangollen bridge is wrapped in patchwork.
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Laura Mvula, Michael Spicer, Anthony Bolton
Thu 8 Jul 2021
Laura Mvula's on her new album, Pink Noise
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Ola Ince on Romeo & Juliet, harassment and bullying in the acting profession, BFI's Ben Roberts
Wed 7 Jul 2021
Romeo & Juliet director Ola Ince, and harassment and bullying in the acting profession
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Manchester International Festival
Tue 6 Jul 2021
A look at this year’s Manchester International Festival.
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Paula Rego at Tate Britain, Black Widow, Cultural Recovery Fund a year on
Mon 5 Jul 2021
A retrospective of the Portuguese-born artist Paula Rego opens at Tate Britain this week.
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Giles Terera, Chi-chi Nwanoku, The 2021 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Reviewing Another Round
Fri 2 Jul 2021
Danish Oscar-winning film Another Round reviewed.
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Bobby Gillespie, Karla Black, Audience Anxiety
Thu 1 Jul 2021
Bobby Gillespie on his new album of duets with Jehnny Beth.
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Mark-Anthony Turnage, V&A East, Patricia Lockwood
Wed 30 Jun 2021
Mark-Anthony Turnage on setting Arsenal's 1989 title-winning match to music.
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Dickens readings, Smart Fund, Randall Goosby
Tue 29 Jun 2021
Dickens reading his own works, Smart Fund, Randall Goosby's album Roots.
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Simon Russell Beale, French Exit, Lisa Taddeo
Mon 28 Jun 2021
Simon Russell Beale on playing JS Bach on stage.
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Siân Owen on Under Milk Wood, Nick Broomfield, Essex stereotypes in culture
Fri 25 Jun 2021
Siân Owen on adapting Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood for the National Theatre
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Marianela Núñez, Charlotte Perriand exhibition review, Latitude Festival
Thu 24 Jun 2021
Royal Ballet Principal Ballerina Marianela Núñez on Sleeping Beauty at the ROH.
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The Overseas Student, Cherie Jones, India's Parliamentary District row
Wed 23 Jun 2021
Tanika Gupta on her play about an 19 year old Gandhi studying law in the UK.
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Joan Armatrading, Erland Cooper, EU cultural quotas
Tue 22 Jun 2021
Singer Joan Armatrading on her new album, and composer Erland Cooper.
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Lauryn Redding, Claire Barnett-Jones, Supernova film, Venice Biennale
Mon 21 Jun 2021
Lauryn Redding on Bloody Elle, her musical reopening Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre.
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Ian McKellen on playing Hamlet
Fri 18 Jun 2021
50 years after last playing Hamlet, Sir Ian McKellen returns to the role.
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Lisa Dwan on Beckett's Happy Days, the winner of the Walter Scott Prize
Thu 17 Jun 2021
We announce the winner of the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction.
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Colin Macleod, Jason Reynolds, Hanna Flint reviews 'Together'
Wed 16 Jun 2021
Colin Macleod performs, Jason Reynolds, Hanna Flint reviews 'Together'
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Timothy Spall, Shaan Sahota, Universal Basic Income for artists
Tue 15 Jun 2021
Actor Timothy Spall on his new painting exhibition, Out of the Storm.
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Lin-Manuel Miranda, Gerda Stevenson, Implications of the Covid restrictions extension
Mon 14 Jun 2021
Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda on his new musical film, In the Heights
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