Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
Episodes to download
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Simple Minds, Phantom Thread, Napoleon Disrobed, Alex La Guma
Thu 1 Feb 2018
Scottish rock band Simple Minds perform live and discuss their 40-year career.
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Fiddler on the Roof lyricist, how musicals have evolved since 'Fiddler', Olafur Eliasson
Wed 31 Jan 2018
Sheldon Harnick on his new musical, 50 years of musicals and artist Olafur Eliasson.
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James Graham on The Culture, Costa Book Prize winner announced, Ocean Liners
Tue 30 Jan 2018
James Graham on his new play about Hull's year as City of Culture.
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Julius Caesar, the Grammys, Joe Dunthorne, architect Neave Brown
Mon 29 Jan 2018
Nicholas Hytner on Julius Caesar, author Joe Dunthorne, social housing design.
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Turkish literature special from Istanbul featuring Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk
Fri 26 Jan 2018
Kirsty Lang explores the literary scene in Istanbul including Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk.
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Paapa Essiedu, Rebecca Watts and Don Paterson, A J Finn
Thu 25 Jan 2018
Actor Paapa Essiedu on Hamlet, poet Rebecca Watts' criticism of the poetry establishment.
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Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Ursula K Le Guin remembered, Charles I: King and Collector
Wed 24 Jan 2018
Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Ursula K Le Guin remembered.
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Oscar Nominations 2018
Tue 23 Jan 2018
The Oscar nominations for 2018 were announced on Monday, so who's in and who's out?
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Downsizing, filming sex scenes and a satire on ceramics
Mon 22 Jan 2018
Downsizing with Matt Damon reviewed, the logistics of sex scenes, and a satire on ceramics
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Last Flag Flying director, literary fiction in decline, poet Danez Smith
Fri 19 Jan 2018
Film director Richard Linklater on Last Flag Flying, Why literary fiction is in decline.
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Bridget Riley, Nick Park, David Lodge, Bayeux Tapestry
Thu 18 Jan 2018
Recent work by renowned artist Bridget Riley, known for her abstract geometric images.
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Carleen Anderson, Elif Shafak, the commuter in film
Wed 17 Jan 2018
Singer Carleen Anderson on her Cage Street Memorial project and the novelist Elif Shafak.
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Will & Grace revived, Disney and Pixar's evolution, the London Sinfonietta at 50
Tue 16 Jan 2018
Will & Grace return 20 years on, the changing face of animation, London Sinfonietta at 50.
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Liam Neeson, Gorillaz artist Jamie Hewlett, TS Eliot Poetry Prize winner, fake Modiglianis
Mon 15 Jan 2018
Liam Neeson, graphic artist Jamie Hewlett, TS Eliot Poetry Prize winner, fake art.
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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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