Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
Episodes to download
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John Simm, Patrick Ness, Testament
Mon 3 Sep 2018
John Simm on his latest role in TV drama, Strangers.
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Proms at Alexandra Palace, Venice Film Festival, Inspire - myths and legends
Fri 31 Aug 2018
The theatre at Alexandra Palace re-opens after 80 years.
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Nick Leather on Mother's Day, Natasha Carthew, Drawing comic-book characters
Thu 30 Aug 2018
Nick Leather discusses his TV drama Mother's Day, about the Warrington bomb.
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Idris Elba, director; Listed buildings; Stig Abell, poet
Wed 29 Aug 2018
Idris Elba on directing his first film, Yardie. Plus, are there too many listed buildings?
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The muse in history, Andrew Miller, Vanity Fair, Neil Simon remembered
Tue 28 Aug 2018
Andrew Miller on his new novel, Muses in History (part of our Inspire season), Vanity Fair
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Ian McMillan, The internet as a source for horror, Patrick Gale, The end of The Big Bang Theory
Fri 24 Aug 2018
Ian McMillan on graveyard inspiration, and the internet as a setting for horror.
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BSO Resound at the Proms, Edinburgh Comedy Awards shortlist, Creativity and the brain, Melissa Harrison
Thu 23 Aug 2018
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra disabled-led ensemble, Resound, on their Proms debut.
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Bodyguard, Fanfiction, Bryony Lavery's stage adaptation of The Lovely Bones, Vaseem Khan
Wed 22 Aug 2018
We review Jed Mercurio's latest TV drama, Bodyguard, starring Richard Madden.
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BlacKkKlansman, Helen Lederer, Alison Brackenbury, Esi Edugyan
Tue 21 Aug 2018
Spike Lee's film BlacKkKlansman, Helen Lederer, Alison Brackenbury, Esi Edugyan.
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Sir Lenny Henry, Alan Cumming in Instinct, Divine inspiration in the arts
Mon 20 Aug 2018
Sir Lenny Henry looks back at his career on the occasion of his 60th birthday.
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Dwarfs in art, Barbara Rae, Christopher Robin
Fri 17 Aug 2018
How people with dwarfism have been represented in art and culture.
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Aretha Franklin remembered, David Suchet, Laura Mvula and Ben Okri
Thu 16 Aug 2018
Aretha Franklin, the 'Queen of Soul', has died - Front Row assesses her life and work.
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Brian May and Professor Roger Taylor, Doctors' shows at the Fringe, Rachel Parris
Wed 15 Aug 2018
Brian May on his passion for Victorian 3D photography, and three Fringe shows by doctors.
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Live from Edinburgh with drag act Denim, Maggie O'Farrell, Penelope Skinner and Terry O'Donovan
Tue 14 Aug 2018
Drag queen band Denim, Maggie O'Farrell, and dramatizing our online lives.
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Rosie Jones, Janeane Garofalo and Jenni Fagan on stage at the Edinburgh Festival
Mon 13 Aug 2018
Comedians Rosie Jones and Janeane Garofalo discuss their one woman shows.
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Denzel Washington, Imtiaz Dharker, Emilia Bassano and Shakespeare's dark lady
Fri 10 Aug 2018
Denzel Washington on his vigilante action thriller film, The Equalizer 2.
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Disenchantment, Alan Garner, tips to boost your creativity
Thu 9 Aug 2018
We review Disenchantment the new animated series from The Simpsons creator Matt Groening.
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Sharks in culture, Thea Musgrave, Derren Brown
Wed 8 Aug 2018
How sharks are represented in culture and Thea Musgrave marks her 90th birthday.
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The Proclaimers, Gulliver's Travels, Internet as inspiration
Tue 7 Aug 2018
The Proclaimers perform live, Gulliver's Travels, Artistic inspiration from the Internet.
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Hang Ups, The Artist's Way author Julia Cameron, Brandenburg Concertos Prom
Mon 6 Aug 2018
Stephen Mangan in Hang Ups and author of best-selling The Artist's Way, Julia Cameron.
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Mezzo-Soprano Sarah Connolly, Inspire Season Commissions, The Producers at 50
Fri 3 Aug 2018
Opera star Sarah Connolly sings English songs.
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What is Inspiration? Plus playing music from memory with the Aurora Orchestra
Thu 2 Aug 2018
Stella Duffy, Kei Miller, Julian Baggini and Aowen Jin attempt to define inspiration.
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Nature as artistic inspiration - live from Epping Forest, Loch Lomond and Helen's Bay
Wed 1 Aug 2018
Tracy Chevalier and Brian Irvine on why the British landscape inspires so many artists.
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Love Island, Melvin Burgess, Milos Karadaglic and Joby Talbot, Roy Foster on Brian Friel
Tue 31 Jul 2018
Love Island is over, but what is the cultural impact? Plus Melvin Burgess on his new book.
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Dad's Army at 50, Jazz on streaming services, Marvellous Mechanical Museum
Mon 30 Jul 2018
Fifty years of Dad's Army, jazz renaissance on streaming services, and automata on show.
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Iceman, Suicide in the performing arts, Samuel Barber opera Vanessa
Fri 27 Jul 2018
Iceman, the film inspired by the discovery of Otzi, the prehistoric man.
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Marlon James, Mercury Prize shortlist, Decolonising museum collections
Thu 26 Jul 2018
Marlon James champions cult novel Oreo and we assess this year's Mercury Prize shortlist.
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Andre Holland, Housing for artists, Feminist sci-fi
Wed 25 Jul 2018
Moonlight actor Andre Holland on playing Othello with Mark Rylance as Iago.
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Exit the King, Man Booker Longlist, Tony Walsh, Nick Drnaso
Tue 24 Jul 2018
Playwright Patrick Marber on Exit the King, starring Rhys Ifans and Indira Varma.
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John Hurt's paintings, The Fool in King Lear, Summer reads for the UK
Mon 23 Jul 2018
John Hurt as Artist, and the role of the Fool in King Lear.
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Inspire
A season discovering where artists find inspiration and helping listeners get creative.
