Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
Episodes to download
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The Lark Ascending at 100, Wonder Woman 1984 reviewed, reading outside your comfort zone
Tue 15 Dec 2020
Violinist Jennifer Pike tells us what makes The Lark Ascending the nation's favourite.
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John le Carré tribute; Comedy double act The Pin; Aliza Nisenbaum
Mon 14 Dec 2020
John le Carré remembered; The Pin - comedy duo; Aliza Nisenbaum at Tate Liverpool.
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Barbara Windsor remembered, Vaughan Williams, Cultural Recovery Fund loans, American Utopia reviewed, Zaina Arafat
Fri 11 Dec 2020
A look back at the career of Barbara Windsor.
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10/12/2020
Thu 10 Dec 2020
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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George Clooney's The Midnight Sky. Cyberpunk 2077. The debate on the National Trust
Wed 9 Dec 2020
George Clooney's The Midnight Sky. Cyberpunk 2077. The debate on the National Trust.
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Julia Hart on her film I'm Your Woman, Benjamin Britten's Owen Wingrave
Tue 8 Dec 2020
Julia Hart on writing and directing I'm Your Woman, Benjamin Britten's opera Owen Wingrave
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Ryan Murphy’s new film starring Meryl Streep, James Corden and Nicole Kidman, reviewed
Mon 7 Dec 2020
Ryan Murphy’s new film starring Meryl Streep, James Corden and Nicole Kidman reviewed.
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Viggo Mortensen, Alex Wheatle, William Hill Sports Book of the Year
Fri 4 Dec 2020
Viggo Mortensen's new film, Sports Book of the Year winner, Alex Wheatle's lockdown hobby
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New Tracey Emin exhibition, The Crown controversy, Walter Presents: The Announcer
Thu 3 Dec 2020
Tracey Emin and Edvard Much at the RA, The Crown controversy, The Announcer reviewed
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Katie Melua, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Crimes Against Christmas
Wed 2 Dec 2020
Singer Katie Melua, and Tate Britain re-opens with the work of Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
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Yazz Ahmed, Lucy Bailey, The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone
Tue 1 Dec 2020
Musician Yazz Ahmed. Plus Francis Ford Coppola's new recut of The Godfather Part III.
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Henry Blake on County Lines; museums and galleries post Covid; re-reading Jane Austen's Emma
Mon 30 Nov 2020
Henry Blake; museums and galleries and Covid; John Mullen on Jane Austen's Emma.
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Mandolin player Avi Avital, Marina Abramović, Possessor reviewed
Fri 27 Nov 2020
Avi Avital on the wonders of the mandolin and its repertoire.
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Hollywood star Amy Adams, Corrie at 60 and Musician Jake Blount
Thu 26 Nov 2020
Hollywood actress Amy Adams on her new movie, Hillbilly Elegy.
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Playwright Roy Williams, Poet Fred D'Aguiar, Defending Digga D documentary
Wed 25 Nov 2020
Roy Williams' new drama Death of England, poems from Fred D'Aguiar, Defending Digga D doc.
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Simon Russell Beale; Costa Book Awards shortlists; Guy Garvey
Tue 24 Nov 2020
Simon Russell Beale on Scrooge; Costa Book Awards shortlists announced; Guy Garvey.
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Booker Prize winner Douglas Stuart on Shuggie Bain
Mon 23 Nov 2020
Booker prize winner Douglas Stuart on his novel Shuggie Bain.
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Tim Minchin, Jan Morris remembered, new gaming consoles, Nicholas Pinnock
Fri 20 Nov 2020
Tim Minchin on his debut solo album Apart Together, and new gaming consoles.
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Gillian Anderson, South Georgia artist commission, the role of literary prizes
Wed 18 Nov 2020
Gillian Anderson on portraying Margaret Thatcher in the fourth season of The Crown.
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Patrick, Colm TóibÃn on James Joyce, Amy Macdonald, Christopher Reid
Tue 17 Nov 2020
Belgian film Patrick, Colm TóibÃn on James Joyce's The House Of The Dead.
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Fela Kuti documentary; writing and reading trauma; The Queen's Gambit review
Mon 16 Nov 2020
Fela Kuti documentary maker, Biyi Bandele; books dealing with trauma; The Queen's Gambit
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Steve McQueen, The Simpsons, Brutal North, Jenny Sturgeon
Fri 13 Nov 2020
Steve McQueen on his Small Axe films and the enduring popularity of The Simpsons.
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Booker Prize Book Group, Julian Lloyd Webber on Malcolm Arnold, Nick Park's lockdown discovery
Thu 12 Nov 2020
Booker Prize Book Group, Julian Lloyd Webber on Malcolm Arnold, Nick Park's lockdown life.
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Tana French, Mary Wollstonecraft statue, Industry, Ralph McTell's The Unknown Warrior
Wed 11 Nov 2020
Tana French on her new novel; Ralph McTell's musical tribute to The Unknown Soldier.
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Abel Selaocoe, Billie Holiday, Edoardo Ponti on Sophia Loren
Tue 10 Nov 2020
South African cellist and singer Abel Selaocoe's classical, African and contemporary music
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The Voices of the Women in Classical Myths in 15 Heroines; Front Row's Book Group with Booker Nominee Douglas Stuart
Mon 9 Nov 2020
Women in classical myths speak in 15 Heroines; Front Row's Book Club with Douglas Stuart
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Dame Judi Dench and Wendy Craig remember Geoffrey Palmer; Ruth Wilson; Graeae; Kylie and Little Mix albums; Ted Hughes's Crow
Fri 6 Nov 2020
Ruth Wilson in His Dark Materials; Dame Judie Dench remembers Geoffrey Palmer
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Could being visually impaired enhance an artist’s work?
Thu 5 Nov 2020
Documentary The Disordered Eye and Booker Book Club with Maaza Mengiste.
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Alice Oswald's Weather Anthology, What a Carve Up!, Memoir writing
Wed 4 Nov 2020
Poet Alice Oswald discusses Gigantic Cinema: A Weather Anthology, and writing memoirs.
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