Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
Episodes to download
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Mary Portas' Queer Icon, Michael Symmons Roberts, Howard's End, Susie Dent
Fri 28 Jul 2017
Susie Dent on how the arts have entered the English language.
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Patrick Gale's Man in an Orange Shirt, Olly Alexander's Queer Icon, Man Booker Prize longlist, Mercury Prize shortlist
Thu 27 Jul 2017
Patrick Gale, Olly Alexander, Man Booker Prize longlist, Mercury Prize shortlist.
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Horror on film; Crime writer Kathy Reichs; Actors who become artistic directors; LGBT youtuber Ben Hunte's Queer Icon
Wed 26 Jul 2017
Frightening films, crime writer Kathy Reichs and actors-turned-artistic directors.
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Daniel Mays, Girls Trip, Asifa Lahore's Queer Icon, Young Poets competition
Tue 25 Jul 2017
Actor Daniel Mays on playing gay rights campaigner Peter Wildeblood.
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Jack O'Connell; Emma Donoghue's Queer Icon; Diana, Our Mother; Jules Buckley
Mon 24 Jul 2017
Actor Jack O'Connell on playing Brick in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof on the West End stage.
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Jane Campion and Alice Englert, Chris Smith's Queer Icon, Lucy Kirkwood, Love Island
Fri 21 Jul 2017
Jane Campion on Top of the Lake, Chris Smith's Queer Icon, Lucy Kirkwood, and Love Island.
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Artist Richard Long, Stella Duffy chooses her Queer Icon, Daljit Nagra on Liu Xiaobo
Thu 20 Jul 2017
Richard Long, Stella Duffy's Queer Icon, Daljit Nagra on Liu Xiaobo, the value of art.
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Mark Rylance on Dunkirk, Game of Thrones, best summer reads
Wed 19 Jul 2017
Mark Rylance discusses his role in Christopher Nolan's new film Dunkirk.
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Jodie Whittaker, Nicola Barker, Jason Bateman - plus Tony Kushner's Queer Icon
Tue 18 Jul 2017
Arts news, interviews and reviews, presented by Samira Ahmed.
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Sofia Coppola on The Beguiled, Neil McGregor, Plywood, Children's Poetry prizewinner
Fri 14 Jul 2017
Sofia Coppola on The Beguiled, Neil McGregor's Queer Icon, the virtues of Plywood.
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Whales vs dinosaurs in art; A.Dot; Nick Laird; Igor Levit
Thu 13 Jul 2017
We debate whether dinosaurs or whales have inspired the best art.
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Alan Carr's Queer Icon, New Tate boss Maria Balshaw, The role of the understudy, The Sunbathers on The Southbank
Wed 12 Jul 2017
New Tate boss Maria Balshaw, Alan Carr's Queer Icon and The Sunbathers on the Southbank.
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War for Planet of the Apes, Alan Hollinghurst's Queer Icon, Soul of a Nation exhibition
Tue 11 Jul 2017
War for Planet of the Apes; Alan Hollinghurst on his Queer Icon; Soul of a Nation at Tate.
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Shirley MacLaine, Bolshoi Ballet, Paris Lees' Queer Icon, baritone and composer Roderick Williams
Mon 10 Jul 2017
Shirley MacLaine looks back on her career.
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Sarah Hall, Antony Sher, Fatherhood, Beethoven's 9th Symphony
Fri 7 Jul 2017
Sarah Hall, Antony Sher's Queer Icon, Fatherhood, Beethoven's 9th Symphony.
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Tarell Alvin McCraney's Queer Icon; Romola Garai and Helen Edmundson on Queen Anne; Jamaica's Poet Laureate Lorna Goodison
Thu 6 Jul 2017
Oscar-winning writer Tarell Alvin McCraney; Helen Edmundson on the overlooked Queen Anne.
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Christine and the Queens' Queer Icon; Spider-Man: 蜜芽传媒coming; Acting Guilty; Museum of the Year - 5th contender
Wed 5 Jul 2017
Christine & the Queens, Spider-Man: 蜜芽传媒coming, acting guilty and Lapworth Museum.
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Sam Taylor-Johnson, Will Young, Stage and screen violence, Museum of the Year finalist
Tue 4 Jul 2017
Sam Taylor-Johnson on Gypsy; singer Will Young's Queer Icons choice.
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The launch of Queer Icons; Maggi Hambling; Nitin Sawhney; Museum of the Year finalist
Mon 3 Jul 2017
Artist Maggi Hambling launches Front Row's new Queer Icons series.
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Newmarket's Museum of the Year, Committee Musical, Fair Field - Piers Plowman re-imagined, Ebb and Flow
Fri 30 Jun 2017
Committee Musical, Fair Field - Piers Plowman re-imagined, Museum of the Year, Ebb and Flo
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Manchester International Festival, Poet turned novelist Kenneth Steven, Museum of the Year nominee Hepworth Wakefield
Thu 29 Jun 2017
Manchester International Festival launch with Jeremy Deller.
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V&A Exhibition Road Quarter, Assange documentary Risk, Anthony Cartwright's Brexit novel
Wed 28 Jun 2017
Architect Amanda Levete and V&A director Tristram Hunt on the museum's 拢40m new project.
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Ian Rankin, Photographer Gregory Crewdson, National Rural Touring Awards
Tue 27 Jun 2017
Ian Rankin on Rebus, American photographer Gregory Crewdson, National Rural Touring Awards
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Baby Driver, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Scaffold art controversy, Alba Arikha
Mon 26 Jun 2017
Edgar Wright, director of Baby Driver; Julie Hesmondhalgh; Alba Arikha.
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Khadija Saye remembered, Jon Ronson, Harry Potter 20 years on
Fri 23 Jun 2017
The writer Jon Ronson on his film Okja, Harry Potter's impact and the artist Khadija Saye.
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Jez Butterworth and Sam Mendes on The Ferryman
Thu 22 Jun 2017
Director Sam Mendes and playwright Jez Butterworth on The Ferryman.
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Joseph Fiennes, Daljit Nagra, Wyndham Lewis, Catriona Morison
Wed 21 Jun 2017
Joseph Fiennes on the Handmaid's Tale. Plus a new exhibition about Wyndham Lewis.
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Audra McDonald, John Singer Sargent watercolours, Paula McGrath
Tue 20 Jun 2017
Broadway star Audra McDonald on Billie Holiday; novelist Paula McGrath.
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Diane Keaton, Glow, 2017 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Award winners
Mon 19 Jun 2017
Diane Keaton on Hampstead, Annie Hall and The Godfather; plus new Netflix drama Glow.
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Fleet Foxes, Marianne Elliott, Fahrelnissa Zeid
Fri 16 Jun 2017
John Wilson talks to Fleet Foxes lead singer Robin Pecknold.
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