Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
Episodes to download
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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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Red Sparrow, Adapting novels for the stage, Neanderthal art
Fri 23 Feb 2018
The verdict on Jennifer Lawrence as a prima ballerina-turned-Russian spy in Red Sparrow.
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Tracey Thorn, Rival Biographers, Image Licensing, Stormzy
Thu 22 Feb 2018
Tracey Thorn, rivalry between biographers, licensing museum images and Stormzy.
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Carey Mulligan, Spoiler Alert!, Mosaic and the Death of the Lead Guitar
Wed 21 Feb 2018
Carey Mulligan, spoilers discussed, Mosaic and the death of the lead guitar.
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I, Tonya; Robin Cousins on the art of ice skating; Jess Kidd
Tue 20 Feb 2018
I, Tonya reviewed, plus Robin Cousins considers the art and the sport of ice skating.
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Suffrage art and a celebration of female artists
Mon 19 Feb 2018
To mark 100 years since women got the vote we look at suffrage art.
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Art in response to trauma: Louise Allen and Maude Julien
Fri 16 Feb 2018
Writers of two memoirs on how art and literature served as a lifeline in very dark times.
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Ruth Wilson on Dark River, Cal McCrystal on ENO's Iolanthe, Creative Scotland funding decisions
Thu 15 Feb 2018
Ruth Wilson on her latest big screen role in the psychological drama Dark River.
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Greta Gerwig, Opportunities for disabled actors, National Short Story Award
Wed 14 Feb 2018
Greta Gerwig on her directorial debut film Lady Bird.
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The Shape of Water, Terracotta Warriors, Samira Ahmed, RuPaul's Drag Race
Tue 13 Feb 2018
Samira Ahmed discusses Guillermo del Toro's Oscar-nominated film The Shape of Water.
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Bob Geldof on WB Yeats, The Fifty Shades phenomenon, Julian Rowlands & the Santiago Quartet
Mon 12 Feb 2018
Musician Bob Geldof on A Fanatic Heart, his documentary about Irish poet WB Yeats.
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Chadwick Boseman, The Black Panther, Shakespeare for Children, Welsh Music - In Welsh
Fri 9 Feb 2018
Chadwick Boseman, Black Super-heroes, Shakespeare for Children and Welsh Music - in Welsh.
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David Hare on Collateral, Carmen, John Burningham and Helen Oxenbury
Thu 8 Feb 2018
Playwright David Hare on his latest TV drama series Collateral.
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Colin Firth and Rachel Weisz, Irish Women Writers, Vaseem Khan
Wed 7 Feb 2018
Colin Firth and Rachel Weisz on their new film The Mercy.
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Mica Paris, Ethics of Arts Funding, Jim Crace
Tue 6 Feb 2018
Mica Paris sings Ella Fitzgerald, the ethics of funding the arts, author Jim Crace.
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Mike Bartlett on Trauma, Cornelia Parker, Val McDermid
Mon 5 Feb 2018
Mike Bartlett discusses his new TV drama Trauma, and election artist Cornelia Parker.
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Nicola Benedetti, Winchester, Reading Europe: Russia
Fri 2 Feb 2018
Nicolas Benedetti on rewriting the cadenza of Beethoven's Violin Concerto.
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