Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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Wordsworth Anniversary, Kerry Shale radio play, Critic Gillian Reynolds, Composer Nainita Desai
Mon 6 Apr 2020
Wordsworth anniversary, Kerry Shale on working with Kubrick, composer Nainita Desa.
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Miles Davis's Bitches Brew, Gaming, Cressida Cowell in the Culture Clinic
Fri 3 Apr 2020
Soweto Kinch on Miles Davis's album Bitches Brew, and Children's Laureate Cressida Cowell.
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Dua Lipa, Sara Collins, Edinburgh festivals cancelled, Molly O鈥機athain
Thu 2 Apr 2020
Dua Lipa discusses her new album Future Nostalgia.
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The Dramatist James Graham
Wed 1 Apr 2020
Kirsty Lang interviews playwright James Graham, author of Quiz, This House and Ink.
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Soprano Chen Reiss, Theatre Online, National Poetry Competition
Tue 31 Mar 2020
Soprano Chen Reiss on her recording of Beethoven's Arias
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Icelandic pianist V铆kingur 脫lafsson plays live from Reykjavik
Mon 30 Mar 2020
Icelandic pianist V铆kingur 脫lafsson talks to Front Row and plays live from Reykjavik
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Gloria Gaynor, Offline Arts, film Vivarium and novel Hamnet reviewed, Culture Clinic
Fri 27 Mar 2020
Gloria Gaynor on Grammy-winning album Testimony and on going viral against the virus
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Owen Sheers, Nikita Lalwani, Writing in isolation
Thu 26 Mar 2020
Owen Sheers on adapting The Snow Spider for TV, Nikita Lalwani on her new novel You People
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Eliza Carthy, Art galleries and coronavirus, Terrence McNally obituary
Wed 25 Mar 2020
Folk musician Eliza Carthy, art galleries under coronavirus, Terrence McNally obituary.
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Simon Armitage, Stephen Hough, Chris Riddell on Asterix creator Albert Uderzo
Tue 24 Mar 2020
Poet Laureate Simon Armitage on his new collection inspired by Yorkshire.
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Rathbones Folio winner, Disney+, Malory Towers on TV, Live performance from National Theatre of Scotland
Mon 23 Mar 2020
Rathbones Folio winner; Disney+ launches in the UK; Malory Towers reviewed
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Gareth Malone, Contraltos, Louise Wallwein
Fri 20 Mar 2020
Gareth Malone, Contraltos, Creative Industries Federation, Louise Wallwein
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Lennie James, Rob Auton, Jess Gillam
Thu 19 Mar 2020
Actor and screenwriter Lennie James on the return of his award-winning Sky drama Save Me.
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Gary Sinyor, Arts Council aid, Theatre Uncut
Wed 18 Mar 2020
Gary Sinyor on his new sitcom The Jewish Enquirer and how everything is ripe for satire.
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David Baddiel, arts prize for social change, film news
Tue 17 Mar 2020
David Baddiel on reading Saul Bellow, a prize marking social change in the arts, film news
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How theatres will cope with PM's advice? Jennifer Offill, Roy Hudd, Kevin Guthrie
Mon 16 Mar 2020
Jennifer Offill, Roy Hudd tribute, Kevin Guthrie, How will theatres cope with PM's advice?
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Kodo Drummers, Marina Lewycka, Arts affected by coronavirus
Fri 13 Mar 2020
Kodo drummers perform in studio. Plus novelist Marina Lewycka.
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Dame Judi Dench
Thu 12 Mar 2020
Dame Judi Dench looks back at her six decade career in theatre and on screen.
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Cartoonist Steven Appleby, Sally Abbott, The Hunt and Bacurau
Wed 11 Mar 2020
Cartoonist Steven Appleby, and playwright Sally Abbott.
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Misbehaviour, Marian Keyes, Mental health app, McCoy Tyner obituary
Tue 10 Mar 2020
Misbehaviour, Marian Keyes, Mental health app, McCoy Tyner obituary
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Representation and diversity in the arts
Mon 9 Mar 2020
Do the arts in the UK accurately represent its people?
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Rachel Parris, Mark Gatiss on Aubrey Beardsley, Andy Burnham
Fri 6 Mar 2020
The Mash Report's Rachel Parris on how her personal life inspired her new stand-up show.
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Hassan Abdulrazzak, Onward, The art of the memoir
Thu 5 Mar 2020
Playwright Hassan Abdulrazzak on his latest work The Special Relationship.
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Hilary Mantel's Cromwell trilogy, Women in hip hop, Creativity in isolation
Wed 4 Mar 2020
The Mirror and the Light from Hilary Mantel's Cromwell trilogy, and women in hip hop
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Noughts + Crosses, Pretty Woman the Musical, the rise of Subtitles
Tue 3 Mar 2020
Koby Adom on directing Malorie Blackman's Noughts + Crosses
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Film director Francis Annan, Denise Mina, Amateur dramatics - its development and popularity
Mon 2 Mar 2020
Film director Francis Annan, Denise Mina, Amateur dramatics
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Elisabeth Moss, Aravind Adiga, 20th anniversary of The Sims computer game
Fri 28 Feb 2020
Elisabeth Moss on her new film The Invisible Man and Aravind Adiga on his novel Amnesty
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Director C茅line Sciamma, conductor Andr茅 J. Thomas, clash of the titles
Thu 27 Feb 2020
C茅line Sciamma on her film Portrait of a Lady on Fire, and composer Andr茅 J. Thomas.
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Viviana Durante, Jeet Thayil, filming amidst the coronavirus outbreak, new visa rules for touring artists
Wed 26 Feb 2020
Viviana Durante on Isadora Duncan, whose radical dancing enthralled audiences in the 1900s
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Zadie Smith on Authors as Readers, British Surrealism, Playwright Jingan Young, The Mirror and the Light publicity
Tue 25 Feb 2020
Zadie Smith on reading, British Surrealism, playwright Jingan Young
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