Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
Episodes to download
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Front Row 20th Anniversary
Fri 6 Apr 2018
Bob Geldof, Lionel Shriver, Liz Carr, Rae Morris and Testament join the celebrations.
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The City and The City, Monet and Architecture, Rapid Response Unit Liverpool
Thu 5 Apr 2018
Actor David Morrissey on starring in ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ 2's new drama The City and The City.
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Cuba Gooding Jr, Sean Penn - novelist, Love, Simon - a teen rom-com with a twist
Wed 4 Apr 2018
Oscar winner Cuba Gooding Jr on starring onstage in the musical Chicago and his career.
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Aminatta Forna, romantic fiction post #MeToo, the Hollywood sign
Tue 3 Apr 2018
Aminatta Forna on her new novel Happiness a multi-layered story set in modern London.
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Nottingham: Rebel City
Mon 2 Apr 2018
Sandeep Mahal explores the art and culture of Nottingham, the 'rebel city'.
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Leonard Bernstein: A Centenary Celebration
Fri 30 Mar 2018
100 years after Bernstein's birth, his son, biographer and pupil discuss his life and work
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David Mamet, Meghan Markle in Suits, Poetry Jukebox
Thu 29 Mar 2018
American playwright, director and novelist David Mamet on his book Chicago.
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Wes Anderson's Isle of Dogs, Sporting theme tunes, National poetry competition winner, AJ Pearce
Wed 28 Mar 2018
Wes Anderson on his film, Isle of Dogs, set on a trash island in Japan.
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Ready Player One, Church Ministers for the Arts, Mental Institutions in Film, The York Realist
Tue 27 Mar 2018
Ready Player One, Steven Spielberg's return to the sci-fi genre, is reviewed.
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Anna Chancellor, Harshdeep Kaur, Hilton Als
Mon 26 Mar 2018
Anna Chancellor on her new TV drama, Ordeal by Innocence, and singer Harshdeep Kaur.
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Sonia Boyce, Debussy, Black Men Walking
Fri 23 Mar 2018
Sonia Boyce discusses her career blazing a trail for black female artists.
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Macbeth, The British Council, Performing couples who tour
Thu 22 Mar 2018
Rufus Norris and Kit Monkman on Macbeth's relevance to modern times.
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Steven Soderbergh's Unsane, America's Cool Modernism, Life after the Double Act, Stage Blood
Wed 21 Mar 2018
Steven Soderbergh on his film Unsane starring Claire Foy, shot entirely on three iphones.
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Jimmy Iovine, Donal Ryan, Glyndebourne Opera Cup, Spring equinox poems
Tue 20 Mar 2018
Jimmy Iovine, the man behind hits from Springsteen to Dr Dre, talks about his long career.
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Andrew Lloyd Webber
Mon 19 Mar 2018
A special extended interview with composer Andrew Lloyd Webber as he turns 70.
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Tom Jones and Jennifer Hudson on The Voice, Art galleries on screen
Fri 16 Mar 2018
Tom Jones and Jennifer Hudson discuss their role as judges on the TV talent show The Voice
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Tomb Raider, Lisa Halliday, Immersive theatre
Thu 15 Mar 2018
The verdict on the return of video game heroine Lara Croft to the big screen.
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Mary Magdalene, Icelandic fiction, Joseph Morpurgo, Stephen Hawking in culture
Wed 14 Mar 2018
A review of film Mary Magdalene, and the rich world of Icelandic fiction.
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Paddy Considine, Gemma Bodinetz, Integrated Casting
Tue 13 Mar 2018
Paddy Considine on Journeyman, Gemma Bodinetz on the Everyman Rep, and integrated casting.
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Eleanor Bron, The Great Wave, Ken Dodd
Mon 12 Mar 2018
Eleanor Bron at 80, The Great Wave at the National Theatre and the comic art of Ken Dodd.
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Ian McKellen, A Wrinkle in Time, Disability Champion Andrew Miller, Aida Muluneh
Fri 9 Mar 2018
Sir Ian McKellen on his career in theatre and on screen.
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Jessica Jones, Women's Prize for Fiction nominees, The Cherry Orchard, Redressing the gender balance in the music industry
Thu 8 Mar 2018
Detective Jessica Jones returns to television screens. Have her superpowers diminished?
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David Attenborough on painter John Craxton, Wonder Wheel, #MeToo poetry anthology
Wed 7 Mar 2018
David Attenborough on why he loves the work of painter John Craxton.
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Picasso at the Tate, David Oyelowo
Tue 6 Mar 2018
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Picasso at Tate Modern, David Oyelowo.
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You Were Never Really Here, Colin Currie, Charlotte Salomon
Mon 5 Mar 2018
Lynne Ramsay's thriller, You Were Never Really Here, reviewed, Percussionist Colin Currie.
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Jess Thom on Beckett's Not I, Disbelieved women in fiction, Deep Throat Choir
Fri 2 Mar 2018
Jess Thom on why Beckett's Not I speaks to her so strongly as someone with Tourette's.
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Civilisations, Wendy Cope, Contemporary Chinese Art
Thu 1 Mar 2018
We review new TV series Civilisations which explores thousands of years of visual culture.
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Sharon Horgan, Maya Youssef, Samantha Harvey
Wed 28 Feb 2018
Sharon Horgan in Game Night, Maya Youssef on the qanun and Samantha Harvey's new novel.
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A Fantastic Woman, playing drunk, Lewis Gilbert and paintings under paintings
Tue 27 Feb 2018
A Fantastic Woman reviewed, playing drunk, paintings under paintings, and Lewis Gilbert.
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The Assassination of Gianni Versace, All Too Human exhibition, Debut novelist Mick Kitson
Mon 26 Feb 2018
The Assassination of Gianni Versace, All Too Human, Girls on the run in new novel Sal.
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