Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
Episodes to download
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Rupert Everett, Abir Mukherjee, Sex and the City 20 years on
Thu 7 Jun 2018
Rupert Everett on writing, directing and playing Oscar Wilde in The Happy Prince.
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Women's Prize for Fiction winner, Jurassic World, Sunderland musician Nadine Shah, The Future Library
Wed 6 Jun 2018
Front Row announces and interviews the winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction.
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Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Shebeen in Nottingham, Will Sharpe, Vampyr video game
Tue 5 Jun 2018
The 250th Royal Academy Summer Exhibition opens and is reviewed by Jacky Klein.
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David Edgar, Women's non-fiction writing, Art in the aftermath of World War One
Mon 4 Jun 2018
Playwright David Edgar at 70, Art in the wake of WW1, Women's non-fiction writing.
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Orlando Bloom, Grief as muse, Antony Gormley, Novello Award-winning rapper Dave.
Fri 1 Jun 2018
Orlando Bloom on his return to the stage as a cop and assassin in Killer Joe.
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Westminster Abbey, The culture of the countryside, Gillian Allnutt
Thu 31 May 2018
A visit to the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Galleries at Westminster Abbey.
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Angélique Kidjo, Book Club reviewed, Roseanne controversy, novelist Anuradha Roy
Wed 30 May 2018
Beninese singer-songwriter Angélique Kidjo performs live and the film Book Club reviewed.
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François Ozon's L'Amant Double, Patrick Heron, Rachel Kushner
Tue 29 May 2018
François Ozon on his latest film, the psychological thriller L'Amant Double.
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Dame Cleo Laine
Mon 28 May 2018
At the age of 90, jazz singer Dame Cleo Laine looks back at her extraordinary career.
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Akram Khan, Egon Schiele and Francesca Woodman exhibition, soldier-turned-novelist Kevin Powers
Fri 25 May 2018
Akram Khan shows us his home studio and discusses a life in dance.
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Orla Kiely, British Asian theatre, Belinda Bauer
Thu 24 May 2018
Designer Orla Kiely on her famous Stem graphics.
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Fleabag's Phoebe Waller-Bridge on Star Wars, Andrew Sean Greer, Comic novels
Tue 22 May 2018
Phoebe Waller-Bridge on being L3, a female droid in the latest Star Wars episode.
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Ian McKellen, The Handmaid's Tale Season 2, Bill Gold remembered, Tishani Doshi
Mon 21 May 2018
Ian McKellen on life as an actor, review of The Handmaid's Tale Season 2, Tishani Doshi.
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Hamlet and As You Like It at Shakespeare's Globe, Mysterious Marginalia, Morris Dance Music
Fri 18 May 2018
Hamlet and As You Like It, Michelle Terry's first productions at The Globe.
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Joel Meyerowitz, The Girl on the Train on stage, the Famous Women Dinner Service
Thu 17 May 2018
Photographer Joel Meyerowitz, and a review of The Girl on the Train on stage.
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Brighton Festival, Laurie Anderson on the poetry of Lou Reed, Cannes Film Festival
Wed 16 May 2018
Brighton Festival, Laurie Anderson and the poetry of Lou Reed, News from Cannes.
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King Lear, Tom Wolfe remembered, Deadpool 2, Royal Academy at 250
Tue 15 May 2018
Richard Eyre on his new TV production of King Lear, starring Anthony Hopkins.
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Backstage at Swan Lake, Emily Bronte and Wuthering Heights, Kaffe Fassett
Mon 14 May 2018
Behind the scenes at the Royal Ballet's new production of Swan Lake
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David Nicholls on Patrick Melrose, Gaz Coombes, Kayo Chingonyi
Fri 11 May 2018
David Nicholls on adapting Patrick Melrose starring Benedict Cumberbatch.
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Male full-frontal nudity, Chris Lang, Stuart Hall's memoirs
Thu 10 May 2018
Why is male full-frontal nudity so rare on screen?
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Neil Gaiman's How To Talk To Girls At Parties and rewatching old films in the #MeToo era
Wed 9 May 2018
Author Neil Gaiman on the film version of his story How To Talk To Girls At Parties.
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On Chesil Beach with Ian McEwan, Older people and the arts, Drew McOnie
Tue 8 May 2018
Ian McEwan on bringing his novel On Chesil Beach to the big screen.
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Literary Norwich
Mon 7 May 2018
Rose Tremain, Sarah Hall and Sarah Perry on Norwich's thriving literary culture.
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David Shrigley, Madeline Miller, the Power of Netflix
Fri 4 May 2018
Artist David Shrigley on his Brighton Festival, Novelist Madeline Miller.
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Kate Mosse, Kanye West, Loewe Craft Prize
Thu 3 May 2018
Kate Mosse talks about her latest historical novel The Burning Chambers.
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Benjamin Zephaniah, Male suicide on Coronation Street, I Feel Pretty, Mircea Eliade
Wed 2 May 2018
Benjamin Zephaniah, Coronation Street male suicide storyline, I Feel Pretty review.
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Tate Modern's Shape of Light; Art Fund Museum of the Year Prize 2018; Oh My God, What a Complete Aisling
Tue 1 May 2018
The shortlist for the Art Fund Museum of the Year prize 2018 is announced.
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Plan B on his new album, Women in Chinese art, plus art reproduced on household items.
Mon 30 Apr 2018
Plan B on his new album, Women in Chinese art, plus art reproduced on household items.
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The Marvel Universe, Libraries today, Kizzy Crawford and Gwilym Simcock
Fri 27 Apr 2018
Avengers: Infinity War - the latest offering from Marvel - and the role of libraries today
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