Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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Tom Hanks, Sir Simon Rattle, French heritage funding
Fri 12 Jan 2018
Tom Hanks on his new film, The Post, co-starring Meryl Streep.
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Rita, Sue and Bob Too controversy, Philanthropist Jonathan Ruffer, Poet Sasha Dugdale
Thu 11 Jan 2018
Director Vicky Featherstone, philanthropist Jonathan Ruffer, and poet Sasha Dugdale.
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Melvyn Bragg, TV arts programmes, '(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay' by Otis Redding, the Fire and Fury
Wed 10 Jan 2018
Melvyn Bragg - 40 years of The Southbank Show, TV arts programmes today, The Fire and Fury
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The Vagina Monologues 20 years on, French crime drama Spiral
Tue 9 Jan 2018
The Vagina Monologues 20 years on and feminist theatre today, French TV crime drama Spiral
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Costa Book Awards Special: Jon McGregor, Katherine Rundell, Rebecca Stott, Helen Dunmore and Gail Honeyman
Tue 9 Jan 2018
A special episode featuring the five category winners of the Costa Book Awards 2017
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Kiri, Golden Globes, Gail Honeyman, Contemporary portraiture
Mon 8 Jan 2018
We review Channel 4 drama Kiri and discuss the events of last night's Golden Globes.
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Christopher Plummer, Saudi Arts, Helen Dunmore
Fri 5 Jan 2018
Christopher Plummer on replacing Kevin Spacey in All the Money in the World.
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Michelle Terry, Jez Butterworth, Rebecca Stott, Hostiles
Thu 4 Jan 2018
Shakespeare's Globe's new artistic director Michelle Terry, and the Costa biography winner
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Neil Cross, Katherine Rundell, Book prize judging
Wed 3 Jan 2018
Neil Cross, creator of Luther, talks about his new 蜜芽传媒 One series Hard Sun.
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Costa Book Awards winners, Elizabeth Friedlander, musical interpolation
Tue 2 Jan 2018
The category winners of the Costa Book Awards 2017 are announced exclusively on Front Row.
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Making Culture At 蜜芽传媒
New Year's Day 2018
How arts organisations root themselves in their local communities.
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Kay Mellor, Frankenstein, Swimming with Men
Fri 29 Dec 2017
Kay Mellor on her new ITV drama Girlfriends.
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Vic and Bob, Angela Gheorghiu, Theatre ghost stories
Thu 28 Dec 2017
Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer on their return to TV, plus opera star Angela Gheorghiu.
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Incredible! The unstoppable rise of the comic book superhero
Wed 27 Dec 2017
They dominate the box office. Just why are we turning to comic books for today's heroes?
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Gary Oldman
Boxing Day 2017
Gary Oldman on his career-defining performance as Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour.
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Christmas Party with Jon Culshaw, Josie Lawrence, Austentatious, Patience Agbabi, Inua Ellams and Steve Edis
Christmas Day 2017
Games and performances including impressions, improvised song and poetry readings.
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Emily Watson, Older women on screen, Christmas songs
Fri 22 Dec 2017
Emily Watson on the new TV adaptation of Little Women, and older women on screen.
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Jodie Foster, Molly's Game, Christmas film round-up, Hamilton, Imtiaz Dharker
Thu 21 Dec 2017
Jodie Foster on directing Black Mirror, The Hamilton phenomenon, Christmas film round-up.
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James Norton, Independent Magazines, New Jungle Book Musical
Wed 20 Dec 2017
James Norton on McMafia, Independent magazines, Joe Stilgoe on the new Jungle Book musical
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Mavis Staples, Carmen Maria Machado, Christmas ghost stories
Tue 19 Dec 2017
Mavis Staples, Carmen Maria Machado and Christmas ghost stories.
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The League Of Gentlemen, Gina Yashere, Jenny Eclair, Arthur C Clarke's Mysterious World
Mon 18 Dec 2017
As The League of Gentlemen returns we ask how much has the climate for comedy changed?
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The Hayward Gallery reopening, Emily Wilson, The art of literary translation
Fri 15 Dec 2017
Emily Wilson, the art of literary translation, the Hayward Gallery reopening.
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Emma Rice, John Boyega, Laura Ingalls Wilder
Thu 14 Dec 2017
Theatre director Emma Rice discusses her final production at Shakespeare's Globe.
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Kazuo Ishiguro
Wed 13 Dec 2017
The winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature talks to John Wilson.
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Christmas TV, Theatre from the Calais Jungle, Protecting live music.
Tue 12 Dec 2017
Staying in or going out? Festive TV reviewed. And how live music venues could be protected
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The Bette Davis/Joan Crawford Feud, The Twilight Zone, A Snow Poem
Mon 11 Dec 2017
The Bette Davis/Joan Crawford Feud series, The Twilight Zone on stage and a snow poem.
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Vanessa Redgrave, Imperium, French African artefacts, Sally Rooney
Fri 8 Dec 2017
Vanessa Redgrave looks back over her long and varied career, and Imperium at the RSC.
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Christopher Nolan, Guys and Dolls, City of Culture 2021
Thu 7 Dec 2017
Christopher Nolan, director of Inception and The Dark Knight, looks back at his career.
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Jonathan Yeo, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Designing awards
Wed 6 Dec 2017
Portrait painter Jonathan Yeo makes his first sculpture using virtual reality.
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