Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
Episodes to download
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Evgeny Kissin; Man Booker International Prize 2017 winners David Grossman and Jessica Cohen; artist David Mach
Thu 15 Jun 2017
Israeli author David Grossman on A Horse Walks into a Bar; pianist Evgeny Kissin's memoirs
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Hamlet - the opera, Novelist Laura Barnett with singer Kathryn Williams, Political docudramas, Blue plaques for music
Wed 14 Jun 2017
Hamlet - the opera, a novel with songs, political docudramas and blue plaques for music.
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Andrew Scott and Robert Icke, Whitney Houston documentary, Amanda Craig
Tue 13 Jun 2017
Andrew Scott and Robert Icke on Hamlet, Whitney Houston documentary, author Amanda Craig.
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Brian Cox; Helen McCrory; Sci-fi at the Barbican; Rebooting film franchises
Mon 12 Jun 2017
Brian Cox on playing Churchill and a review of The Barbican's sci-fi exhibition.
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New York's Fearless Girl, Lawrence Brownlee, Cornelia Parker, Daljit Nagra
Fri 9 Jun 2017
Cornelia Parker on being the official election artist, and the Fearless Girl controversy.
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'My Cousin Rachel' Weisz, Arundhati Roy, Bamber Gascoigne's opera house, Literary agent Ed Victor remembered
Thu 8 Jun 2017
Actress Rachel Weisz, author Arundhati Roy, Grange Park opera, Ed Victor remembered.
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Artist Grayson Perry, Baileys winner, Helen Dunmore's final poem, new Children's Laureate
Wed 7 Jun 2017
Grayson Perry, the Baileys prize-winner, Helen Dunmore's last poem and Children's Laureate
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Steven Moffat at the Hay Festival
Tue 6 Jun 2017
Writer Stephen Moffat on a career that has seen him helm two of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s biggest shows.
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Michael Sheen, Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant's favourite novel and review of television series Ackley Bridge
Mon 5 Jun 2017
Michael Sheen on his career, TV drama Ackley Bridge, Robert Plant on his favourite novel.
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Mondrian - the complete works; Arts and politics; Playwright Alice Birch; 40 years of Bob Marley's Exodus
Fri 2 Jun 2017
'The Discovery of Mondrian' with Jonathan Jones and Alice Birch on Anatomy of a Suicide.
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Salma Hayek, Anna of the Five Towns and Wonder Woman Merchandising
Thu 1 Jun 2017
Samira Ahmed talks to Salma Hayek and explores Arnold Bennett country.
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Pretty Yende, Dennis Lehane, The Handmaid's Tale
Wed 31 May 2017
South African soprano Pretty Yende, Dennis Lehane on his new novel Since We Fell.
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Will Self, My Life as a Courgette, Raphael drawings
Tue 30 May 2017
My Life as a Courgette reviewed, Will Self on his new novel Phone, Raphael drawings.
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Sgt. Pepper at 50; Jimmy McGovern; RIBA North
Mon 29 May 2017
Sgt. Pepper at 50 arts festival; Jimmy McGovern on his new drama Broken; RIBA North.
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Live from Hay Literary Festival - Elizabeth Strout and Julia Donaldson
Fri 26 May 2017
Hay: Elizabeth Strout; Kully Thiarai; Julia Donaldson; Katherine Rundell; Peter Florence.
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Brian May's 3D photos of Queen, Unseen poems by Sylvia Plath, 40 years of Star Wars
Thu 25 May 2017
3D photos of Queen by Brian May, lost Sylvia Plath poems, Star Wars at 40.
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Billy Bragg on skiffle, Hokusai's Great Wave, Capt Jack Sparrow returns, Nicola Benedetti, poetry and atrocity
Wed 24 May 2017
Billy Bragg, Hokusai's wave, Jack Sparrow returns, Nicola Benedetti, poetry and atrocity.
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Tributes to Sir Roger Moore, The return of Twin Peaks, American crime writer Bill Beverly
Tue 23 May 2017
The return of Twin Peaks, American crime writer Bill Beverly, tributes to Sir Roger Moore.
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Denise Gough, Fairport Convention, Leonardo da Vinci
Mon 22 May 2017
Denise Gough on her TV role in Paula, and 50 years of Fairport Convention.
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Clive James, Netflix and Cannes, documentary maker Simon Chinn, Damien Hirst in Venice
Fri 19 May 2017
The author, critic and poet Clive James on the poems he thought he'd not live to write.
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Engelbert Humperdinck on 50 years in music
Thu 18 May 2017
Engelbert Humperdinck, The Red Turtle, Welsh opera, and literary festivals with F-ratings.
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Guy Ritchie on King Arthur, Redwater and television spin-offs, our fascination with true crime dramas, From Shore to Shore
Wed 17 May 2017
Guy Ritchie on King Arthur, Redwater and spin-offs, true crime dramas, Shore to Shore.
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Three Girls, Life of Galileo, Mark Bradford
Tue 16 May 2017
Three Girls screenwriter Nicole Taylor, American artist Mark Bradford and Life of Galileo.
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Conn Iggulden, Timberlake Wertenbaker and virtual reality on radio
Mon 15 May 2017
Conn Iggulden on St Dunstan, playwright Timberlake Wertenbaker, virtual reality on radio.
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The 2017 Venice Biennale, with Phyllida Barlow at the British Pavilion
Fri 12 May 2017
John Wilson reports from the 57th International Art Exhibition, the Venice Biennale.
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Richard III at Hull Truck; Anne With An E; Amy Schumer in Snatched; Tony Kushner
Thu 11 May 2017
Mat Fraser is Richard III; Anne of Green Gables new adaptation; Amy Schumer; Tony Kushner.
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Director John Madden, Pultizer Prize-winning author Richard Ford, Voice coach Barbara Berkery, Edward Kemp, head of RADA
Wed 10 May 2017
Film director John Madden, the diction controversy, Pultizer-winning author Richard Ford.
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King Charles III; Pink Floyd exhibition
Tue 9 May 2017
The TV adaptation of a controversial play about the Windsors; the Pink Floyd retrospective
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Alien: Covenant, Giacometti retrospective, How should museums reflect changing social attitudes, Jamestown
Mon 8 May 2017
Review of Alien: Covenant; how might museums reflect changing social attitudes.
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Mervyn Morris, French cultural landscape, Monochrome films
Fri 5 May 2017
Jamaican poet Mervyn Morris, and the future cultural landscape of France.
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