Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
Episodes to download
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Grace Jones exhibition, Steve McQueen's film Mangrove, A newly rediscovered work by Henry Purcell
Mon 5 Oct 2020
Grace Before Jones: Camera, Disco, Studio - a new exhibition at Nottingham Contemporary.
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Radha Blank, Chuck D, Dramas The Trial of the Chicago 7 and The Comey Rule reviewed
Fri 2 Oct 2020
Radha Blank in The 40 Year Old Version, Public Enemy's Chuck D, Dana Gioia, Friday Reviews
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An extended interview with Graham Norton
Thu 1 Oct 2020
A special half hour Front Row with Graham Norton.
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Miss Virginia, Helen Reddy remembered, Sarah Nicolls, Gary Clarke
Wed 30 Sep 2020
Miss Virginia reviewed, and Sarah Nicolls who plays an inside-out vertical grand piano.
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Little Mix: The Search, Artemisia Gentileschi, No Masks
Tue 29 Sep 2020
The National Gallery's ground-breaking Artemisia Gentileschi exhibition
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Michael Kiwanuka, Boys in the Band film, the future for arts freelancers
Mon 28 Sep 2020
Mercury Prize winner Michael Kiwanuka, The Boys in the Band film; freelancers in the arts.
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Poetry and performance from Cumbria's Contains Strong Language festival
Fri 25 Sep 2020
Poets Kate Clanchy, Jacob Polley and Zosia Wand join Katie Popperwell at the festival.
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David McKee - BookTrust Lifetime Achievement Award, Royal Academy dilemma, Serlina Boyd on Cocoa Girl
Thu 24 Sep 2020
David McKee, creator of Elmer and Mr Benn, on his BookTrust Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Mike Bartlett, Miss Juneteenth film, theatres repurposed as courtrooms, Susanna Clarke
Wed 23 Sep 2020
Mike Bartlett's Doctor Foster spinoff, Miss Juneteenth, Susanna Clarke's new novel
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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, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ 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, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ 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 Misérables reviewed
Wed 2 Sep 2020
Bernardine Evaristo, Anoushka Shankar at the Proms, Film Les Misérables 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’s Prize For Fiction - Natalie Haynes; 2020 International Booker Prize winner; Agatha Christie’s 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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