Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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ENO drive in opera, ITV drama Honour, Jesse Armstrong, 'Festival of Brexit'
Mon 21 Sep 2020
New ITV drama Honour, Jesse Armstrong, Drive in opera, 'Festival of Brexit'.
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Katherine Ryan, Nick Hornby, artist Mark Bradford, TV drama Us reviewed
Fri 18 Sep 2020
Katherine Ryan in The Duchess.
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Rocks, Phoebe Stuckes, Eley Williams
Thu 17 Sep 2020
New film Rocks, Poet Phoebe Stuckes, and the JK Rowling controversy.
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Tricky, Ratched reviewed, live theatre returns to The Playhouse Londonderry, NSSA nominee Jack Houston
Wed 16 Sep 2020
Tricky on his new album, Fall to Pieces. Plus live theatre returns to Northern Ireland
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2020 Booker shortlist, Nicholas Serota, author Sarah Hall
Tue 15 Sep 2020
2020 Booker shortlist, Nicholas Serota, 蜜芽传媒 National Short Story Award nominee Sarah Hall.
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Dennis Kelly on The Third Day, Nica Burns, Jan Carson, Sir Terence Conran
Mon 14 Sep 2020
Writer Dennis Kelly, and theatre producer Nica Burns.
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David Tennant on playing Dennis Nilsen, 蜜芽传媒 National Short Story Award shortlist announced, The Painted Bird reviewed
Fri 11 Sep 2020
David Tennant on playing infamous serial killer Dennis Nilsen.
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Lang Lang, Diana Rigg remembered, Cinema distribution under Covid-19
Thu 10 Sep 2020
Mark Gatiss on Diana Rigg and Lang Lang discusses Bach's Goldberg Variations at the piano.
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The future of Arts broadcasting, Winner of 2020 Women's Prize For Fiction, Film director Antonio Campos
Wed 9 Sep 2020
The future of Arts broadcasting, Women's Prize For Fiction winner, Antonio Campos.
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Andrew O'Hagan, The Singapore Grip, Theatre at the point of no return
Tue 8 Sep 2020
Andrew O'Hagan on his novel Mayflies. Plus ITV's new drama The Singapore Grip.
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Benjamin Grosvenor performs for Front Row
Mon 7 Sep 2020
Pianist Benjamin Grosvenor, Venice Film Festival, Understanding artworks.
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Mulan review, Lorna Sage's memoir 20 years on, and must art be political?
Fri 4 Sep 2020
Does Disney's live-action remake of Mulan work?
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The office in culture, Kate Clanchy, publishers' Super Thursday
Thu 3 Sep 2020
The history of the office in culture; Kate Clanchy on her book How to Grow Your Own Poem.
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Bernardine Evaristo shortlisted for Women's Prize, Anoushka Shankar at the Proms, Film Les Mis茅rables reviewed
Wed 2 Sep 2020
Bernardine Evaristo, Anoushka Shankar at the Proms, Film Les Mis茅rables reviewed.
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Ruth Jones, Roger Kneebone, Game Review, The Tempest
Tue 1 Sep 2020
Ruth Jones, Roger Kneebone on craft and skills, Game Review, The Tempest.
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Robert Macfarlane, bestselling author, walker, mountaineer and campaigner, talks to Kirsty Lang
Mon 31 Aug 2020
Robert Macfarlane on his books, collaborating with artists and musicians and campaigning.
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Luke Jerram, Elena Ferrante's new novel, Bolu Babalola, Britney Spears's conservatorship battle
Fri 28 Aug 2020
Luke Jerram on In Memoriam - his artwork to commemorate those lost to the pandemic.
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Eastenders returns, Composer Errollyn Wallen, Katy Perry profiled, I'm Thinking of Ending Things reviewed
Thu 27 Aug 2020
The return of Eastenders & composer Errollyn Wallen on rearranging Jerusalem for the Proms
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Women鈥檚 Prize For Fiction - Natalie Haynes; 2020 International Booker Prize winner; Agatha Christie鈥檚 lost play, The Lie
Wed 26 Aug 2020
Natalie Haynes on A Thousand Ships; International Booker Prize winner reviewed.
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An extended interview with dramatist Lucy Prebble
Tue 25 Aug 2020
An extended interview with dramatist Lucy Prebble.
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Algorithms in the arts, Composer Hannah Kendall, Daljit Nagra's Poetry Roundup, Cuties film controversy
Mon 24 Aug 2020
Algorithms in art, Composer Hannah Kendall, Daljit Nagra's Poetry Roundup, Cuties film.
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Christopher Nolan's Tenet reviewed, British Museum re-opens, Paula Peters on Wampum exhibition, Shedinburgh fringe festival
Fri 21 Aug 2020
The long-awaited Tenet on the big screen - Front Row reviews.
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The One and Only Ivan director Thea Sharrock, Educating Rita, writing about music, research on Covid-19 risk from singing
Thu 20 Aug 2020
Thea Sharrock on combining CGI and live action in her family movie about a gorilla.
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Stanley Spencer's wives, the damage to culture in Beirut, Angie Cruz
Wed 19 Aug 2020
The Wives of Stanley Spencer, the destruction of arts and culture in Beirut.
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Modern Productions in a Roman Theatre, the Art of the Prequel, the Pandemic and Redundancies in the Arts Industries
Tue 18 Aug 2020
Making modern work in a Roman theatre; how to create a prequel; yet more arts redundancies
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An interview with Jamaican dub poet Linton Kwesi Johnson
Mon 17 Aug 2020
An interview with Jamaican dub poet Linton Kwesi Johnson, 2020 PEN Pinter Prize winner.
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Gloria Estefan, Pinocchio, Shane McCrae
Fri 14 Aug 2020
Gloria Estefan on her album Brazil305, a new film version of Pinocchio, poet Shane McCrae.
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Lyricist Don Black
Thu 13 Aug 2020
Lyricist Don Black on writing songs like Diamonds are Forever and Born Free.
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Lovecraft Country, Prison Radio Drama, Women's Prize For Fiction Shortlisted Jenny Offill
Wed 12 Aug 2020
TV drama Lovecraft Country, set in 1950s Jim Crow America, reviewed.
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Glyndebourne Opera returns. My Rembrandt film. How dangerous is playing the trumpet?
Tue 11 Aug 2020
Glyndebourne Opera returns. My Rembrandt film. How dangerous is playing the trumpet?
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