Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
Episodes to download
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Tom Sutcliffe talks to playwright and poet Inua Ellams
Mon 18 May 2020
Inua Ellams, writer of hit play Barber Shop Chronicles, on his life and work.
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White Lines, VÃkingur Ólafsson, How to write a play, Eliza Hittman
Fri 15 May 2020
Netflix drama White Lines, and pianist VÃkingur Ólafsson live from ReykjavÃk
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Jude Kelly, Emma Thompson, how to write a musical, online art games reviewed
Wed 13 May 2020
Jude Kelly on the first online WOW Festival, Emma Thompson reads poetry by Liz Lochhead.
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Alicia Keys, Vanessa Redgrave
Tue 12 May 2020
Alicia Keys on her early life and career, and Vanessa Redgrave performs poetry for VE Day.
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Will Pound, Future of Television, Royal Albert Hall
Mon 11 May 2020
Harmonica player Will Pound. Plus the future of television after the lockdown.
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Jeremy Deller
Fri 8 May 2020
Artist Jeremy Deller looks back at his career and reflects on making art under lockdown.
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George the Poet, VÃkingur Ólafsson, Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Pride and Prejudice
Thu 7 May 2020
George the Poet, and pianist VÃkingur Ólafsson.
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Miranda July, The Fall's Greatest Album? Gemma Bodinetz
Wed 6 May 2020
Film-maker, artist and writer Miranda July, The Fall's greatest album discussed.
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Film director Alice Wu, writer Frank Cottrell Boyce, the allure of Golden Brown and baritone Peter Brathwaite remakes paintings
Tue 5 May 2020
Alice Wu on her film, The Half of It, a queer love triangle based on Cyrano de Bergerac.
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Nicola Benedetti, Music Memories, The Tempest
Mon 4 May 2020
Nicola Benedetti on her new free online tuition sessions and her Elgar album.
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Crafts in lockdown, VÃkingur Ólafsson performs Glass, Netflix series Hollywood and Lionel Shriver novel reviewed
Fri 1 May 2020
The benefits of craft, VÃkingur Ólafsson performs live, Netflix series Hollywood reviewed
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Emma Thompson, Damien Chazelle, Film news
Thu 30 Apr 2020
Dame Emma Thompson, and Damien Chazelle on The Eddy.
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Singer James Bay, film director Pablo LarraÃn, tribute to actor Irrfan Khan and new drama by disabled writers
Wed 29 Apr 2020
James Bay plays his hit Hold Back the River live, and offers tips on playing the guitar.
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Nmon Ford, Eavan Boland, Kit de Waal, London Mozart Players
Tue 28 Apr 2020
Baritone Nmon Ford on new opera Orfeus, which fuses opera with house music.
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Randy Newman; song lyrics in Latin; Romeo and Juliet; the NHS on radio and TV
Mon 27 Apr 2020
Randy Newman's new song; Romeo and Juliet performed; the NHS on radio and TV.
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Normal People, VÃkingur Ólafsson, Seán Hewitt, Theresa Lola
Fri 24 Apr 2020
Sophie Raworth and Naomi Alderman on TV drama Normal People. And pianist VÃkingur Ólafsson
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Moffie director Oliver Hermanus, Sharon D Clarke, Lesbian visibility, Anna Meredith
Thu 23 Apr 2020
Director Oliver Hermanus and Sharon D. Clarke on World Book Night.
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Paapa Essiedu, Arts Minister Caroline Dinenage, Turning our tragedies into comedy
Wed 22 Apr 2020
Paapa Essiedu's Hamlet, Arts Minister Caroline Dinenage, Turning tragedy into comedy
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Organist Anna Lapwood, The Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist, Gangs of London
Tue 21 Apr 2020
Organist Anna Lapwood performs, and we announce The Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist.
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Jackie Kay, Roderick Williams, Killing Eve Season 3 and C Pam Zhang
Mon 20 Apr 2020
Roderick Williams, Jackie Kay, author C Pam Zhang and Killing Eve Season 3
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Adam Macqueen's thriller, pianist VÃkingur Ólafsson, a podcast masterclass and the amazing set of Treasure Island
Fri 17 Apr 2020
Adam Macqueen on imagining, in his first novel, that Jeremy Thorpe did murder his lover.
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Virus Art, Naomi Alderman, Angela Barnes
Thu 16 Apr 2020
Artist Luke Jerram on replicating Covid-19 in sculpture.
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Sir Patrick Stewart on Shakespeare's Sonnets, Shahnaz Ahsan, Devs
Wed 15 Apr 2020
Patrick Stewart on his daily performance of Shakespeare's Sonnets.
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Russell Howard, Siobhan Miller, International Prize for Arabic Fiction, John Mullan on Northanger Abbey
Tue 14 Apr 2020
Russell Howard on his new lockdown TV show made from his childhood bedroom.
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VÃkingur Ólafsson, Christabel Blackburn, Nitin Sawhney, Audiobooks
Thu 9 Apr 2020
Icelandic pianist VÃkingur Ólafsson, Front Row's first Artist-in-Residence.
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James Graham on Quiz, Braids, changes in the ways we listen to music, and John Prine
Wed 8 Apr 2020
James Graham on Quiz, his three-part television drama about the coughing major controversy
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AL Kennedy, Sam Sweeney performs live, lockdown listening habits
Tue 7 Apr 2020
AL Kennedy's new short stories and fiddle player Sam Sweeney performs live
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