Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
Episodes to download
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Samantha Spiro as Barbara Windsor, Lost sculpture of the Festival of Britiain and a retro album from Danger Mouse
Thu 4 May 2017
John Wilson talks to Samantha Spiro about playing Barbara Windsor in the biopic Babs.
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Jude Law, Woody Harrelson, Timothy Spall with Colm Meaney, Turner Prize Shortlist
Wed 3 May 2017
Jude Law, Woody Harrelson, Timothy Spall with Colm Meaney, and the Turner Prize Shortlist.
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Angels in America, Mindhorn, Storytelling in Greek myths
Tue 2 May 2017
Mindhorn, Tony Kushner on Angels in America, Natalie Haynes and Madeline Miller.
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Oliver Beer, Nicola LeFanu, Grace Evangeline Mason, May Day poems
Mon 1 May 2017
Sound artist and composer Oliver Beer shows John how to make ancient pots sing.
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Christian Bale, Ella Fitzgerald, Theatre artistic directors
Fri 28 Apr 2017
Kirsty Lang looks at the careers of Christian Bale and Ella Fitzgerald.
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Judi Dench on John Gielgud, Granta Best of Young American Novelists
Wed 26 Apr 2017
Dame Judi Dench discusses the life and work of acting giant Sir John Gielgud.
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Thomas Ades, Patricia Lockwood, James Gunn
Tue 25 Apr 2017
Thomas Ades on The Exterminating Angel, poet Patricia Lockwood, director James Gunn.
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Bananarama reunited, The Wellcome Book Prize winner announced, David Mach
Mon 24 Apr 2017
Bananarama back together again, and The Wellcome Book Prize winner revealed.
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Gemma Arterton, Post-war public art, Martin Parr, Bette Midler in Hello, Dolly!
Fri 21 Apr 2017
Actor Gemma Arterton discusses her WWII film Their Finest, plus photographer Martin Parr.
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Joan Bakewell, 2017 Proms, The Zookeeper's Wife
Thu 20 Apr 2017
Joan Bakewell on Keeping in Touch. David Pickard unveils the 2017 Proms.
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Awol Erizku; Robert Macfarlane; Little Boy Blue; Gemma Bodinetz
Wed 19 Apr 2017
He took those Beyonce photos but Awol Erizku also paints; Robert Macfarlane on dagglers.
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Violinist Kyung Wha Chung, Murray Lachlan Young, Hisham Matar on Clash
Tue 18 Apr 2017
Samira Ahmed talks to violinist Kyung Wha Chung and poet Murray Lachlan Young.
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Warren Beatty in Rules Don't Apply, Inua Ellams, Born to Kill
Mon 17 Apr 2017
Rules Don't Apply starring Warren Beatty reviewed, poet Inua Ellams performs.
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Adrian Lester and Deborah Kermode, Frog Stone, Kim Stanley Robinson
Thu 13 Apr 2017
Adrian Lester and Deborah Kermode, Frog Stone, Kim Stanley Robinson.
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Jim Broadbent; I Heard It Through the Grapevine; Johana Gustawsson and Matt Johnson
Wed 12 Apr 2017
The Sense of an Ending on film, I Heard It Through the Grapevine is 50, writing as therapy
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Katherine Jenkins, The Hatton Garden Job, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Tue 11 Apr 2017
Katherine Jenkins on Carousel, and Larry Lamb and Phil Daniels on The Hatton Garden Job.
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Ray Davies; Guerrilla; The Odyssey; Damien Hirst's exhibition
Mon 10 Apr 2017
From the Kinks to Americana; Dreda Say Mitchell on Guerrilla; poets respond to The Odyssey
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Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman, S-Town reviewed, Queer British art and gender neutral awards
Fri 7 Apr 2017
Veteran actors Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman discuss their new heist movie.
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Fay Weldon; Raw review; Duchamp's Fountain; Simon Callow and Christopher Hampton
Thu 6 Apr 2017
Death of a She Devil is Fay Weldon's new novel; Simon Callow directs The Philanthropist.
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David Vann, Terence Davies, Albert Moore
Wed 5 Apr 2017
Novelist David Vann, film director Terence Davies, British abstract artist Albert Moore.
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Neruda, Casting on screen, Magnus Mills
Tue 4 Apr 2017
Elif Shafak reviews a new film about the poet Neruda, and the art of the casting director.
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Yevgeny Yevtushenko remembered, Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist announced
Mon 3 Apr 2017
Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist announced, and Yevgeny Yevtushenko remembered.
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Decline and Fall; Adrian Mole turns 50; Hollie McNish
Fri 31 Mar 2017
A new adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's Decline and Fall, and the poetry of Adrian Mole.
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Hari Kunzru, Mica Levi, Patrick Marber, Turner Prize
Thu 30 Mar 2017
Hari Kunzru, Mica Levi, Patrick Marber, Turner Prize changes.
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42nd Street director, Anish Kapoor, Ted Hughes poetry prize, Humber Bridge sounds
Wed 29 Mar 2017
42nd Street director Mark Bramble, and Anish Kapoor on his new exhibition.
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Sir Nicholas Serota, Glen Matlock, Pina Bausch's Rite of Spring
Tue 28 Mar 2017
Sir Nicholas Serota on leading Arts Council England, and the Royal Philharmonic plays punk
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Anthony Head, Tamburlaine, Ai Weiwei, Line of Duty
Mon 27 Mar 2017
Arts news, interviews and reviews. Samira Ahmed talks to actor Anthony Head.
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Jake Gyllenhaal, Pauline Black, Christopher Wheeldon and the business of musicals
Fri 24 Mar 2017
The Hollywood actor discusses his sci-fi movie Life and singing on Broadway.
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