Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
Episodes to download
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Les Mis茅rables discussed by Andrew Davies, adapter of a new TV version
Christmas Eve 2018
Screenwriter Andrew Davies on Les Mis茅rables; Christmas literature; Yuletide poems
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Ben Elton on Shakespeare, Call to Action Art, Vanessa Kisuule
Fri 21 Dec 2018
Ben Elton on his fascination with Shakespeare. Plus is art becoming more political?
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Lin-Manuel Miranda in Mary Poppins Returns, Hip Hop Musicals, Richard Sherman
Thu 20 Dec 2018
Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda on his starring role in Mary Poppins Returns.
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Eileen Atkins, Penny Marshall remembered, The Shining, Sister Bliss
Wed 19 Dec 2018
Eileen Atkins looks back over her career, and director Penny Marshall remembered
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John Malkovich on playing Poirot, Why we cry at films, True crime podcasts
Tue 18 Dec 2018
John Malkovich plays Poirot, why we cry at films and the phenomenon of crime podcasts.
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The Archers' Canterbury Tales, Watership Down, Gremlins - alternative Christmas film, Putin and Rap
Mon 17 Dec 2018
Carole Boyd, Lynda Snell in The Archers, on The Canterbury Tales, with the Ambridge cast.
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Rita Ora, Writing About Sex, Die Hard at 30
Fri 14 Dec 2018
Rita Ora on her six-year journey to release her second album, Phoenix.
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Lee Mack, Magic Mike on stage, Prose poetry
Thu 13 Dec 2018
Not Going Out's Lee Mack, and Magic Mike on stage
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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Aquaman, Mike Bartlett
Wed 12 Dec 2018
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and Aquaman reviewed, and playwright Mike Bartlett
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Mortal Engines, Tenancy, Ren Hang, Martin Jenkinson
Tue 11 Dec 2018
Mortal Engines reviewed, photographers Ren Hang and Martin Jenkinson discussed.
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Tamara Lawrance, The 1975's Matty Healy, Meet Vermeer
Mon 10 Dec 2018
Actress Tamara Lawrance on 蜜芽传媒 One's adaption of Andrea Levy novel The Long Song
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Springsteen on Broadway, Disfigured Villains, Beautiful Books for Christmas
Fri 7 Dec 2018
Review of Bruce Springsteen's new film Springsteen on Broadway
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Jimmy McGovern, Tania Bruguera, Arts and insomnia
Thu 6 Dec 2018
Screenwriter Jimmy McGovern on his new 蜜芽传媒 One drama Care, Cuban artist Tania Bruguera
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Maggi Hambling, Ellie Kendrick, Beastie Boys
Wed 5 Dec 2018
Maggi Hambling on her portraits of artists, and Beastie Boys on 40 years in hip hop
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An Elephant Sitting Still, Chinese film industry, David Szalay, Unesco and Reggae
Tue 4 Dec 2018
David Szalay talks about his new book, Turbulence, an original Radio 4 commission.
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Robert Redford's Career, Fiction within Fiction, Poet Fred D'Aguiar
Mon 3 Dec 2018
Robert Redford's swansong, fictional characters reading fiction and poet Fred D'Aguiar
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Strictly's Shirley Ballas, Young Composer Sarah Jenkins, National Theatres of Scotland and Wales
Fri 30 Nov 2018
Head Judge Shirley Ballas on the appeal of Strictly and her own dancing career.
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Mowgli, American poet Dana Gioia, Art on prescription
Thu 29 Nov 2018
Review of the film Mowgli starring Andy Serkis, Cate Blanchett and Benedict Cumberbatch.
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Disobedience, Rachel Maclean, Juli谩n Fuks, Diversity Backstage
Wed 28 Nov 2018
Review of the film adaptation of Disobedience, starring Rachel Weisz and Rachel McAdams
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Sports Book of the Year, Jim Carrey in Kidding, Astral Weeks at 50
Tue 27 Nov 2018
30 years of William Hill Sports Book of the Year, and 50 of Van Morrison's Astral Weeks
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Jamie Dornan, Bernardo Bertolucci remembered, Joseph Hillier
Mon 26 Nov 2018
Actor Jamie Dornan, Bernardo Bertolucci remembered, the UK's largest sculpture
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Mrs Wilson, Vegan Art, Akwaeke Emezi
Fri 23 Nov 2018
We review Ruth Wilson in the 蜜芽传媒 drama Mrs Wilson, in which she plays her own grandmother.
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2018 Palme d鈥橭r winner Shoplifters, Costa Book Awards shortlist announced, Ben Uri Gallery and Museum
Thu 22 Nov 2018
We review Japanese film Shoplifters, winner of the 2018 Palme d鈥橭r at the Cannes festival.
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Kurt Russell on playing Santa, Poet Ruth Fainlight, Damien Hirst's Qatar sculptures
Tue 20 Nov 2018
Kurt Russell on The Christmas Chronicles, poet Ruth Fainlight
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Marianne Faithfull, I'm a Celebrity without Ant, Kirsty Latoya
Mon 19 Nov 2018
Marianne Faithfull on her new album, Negative Capability.
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Jane Fonda
Fri 16 Nov 2018
Jane Fonda, the two-time Academy Award-winning actress, looks back at her 60-year career.
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Golden Age of Irish Prose - North and South of the Border, Hepworth Sculpture Prize Winner
Thu 15 Nov 2018
Irish writing north and south of the border - a golden age of prose?
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Arts Education in schools - a Front Row debate from Leicester
Wed 14 Nov 2018
Stig Abell chairs a debate about the current state of arts education in schools.
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Fantastic Beasts 2, Viruses turned into art, Fernand L茅ger, Heart of Darkness
Tue 13 Nov 2018
Fantastic Beasts 2 review, viruses turned into art, Fernand L茅ger, Heart of Darkness.
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The Coen Brothers, stage fright, The Interrogation of Tony Martin
Mon 12 Nov 2018
Joel and Ethan Coen on their homage to the western The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
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