Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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Peter Cook, Hitchcock/Truffaut, Tabletop Shakespeare, Tim Sayer
Tue 1 Mar 2016
Architect Peter Cook designs his first building in the UK. John Wilson presents.
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The Brontes, Malian kora player Ballake Sissoko and French cellist Vincent Segal, Truth reviewed
Mon 29 Feb 2016
AS Byatt discusses the enduring legacy of the Bronte's juvenilia. Samira Ahmed presents.
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Woodstock, Birger Larsen on Murder, Hacks in the spotlight, Trouble at the opera
Fri 26 Feb 2016
John Wilson talks to Barney Hoskyns about his book on Woodstock - the town.
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The Maids, Tim Parks, Shetland weaving
Thu 25 Feb 2016
Kirsty Lang talks to The Maids actresses Uzo Aduba, Laura Carmichael and Zawe Ashton.
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Grimsby, Dominic Dromgoole, Poems that Make Grown Women Cry
Wed 24 Feb 2016
Sacha Baron Cohen's new film Grimsby reviewed and the Globe theatre's Dominic Dromgoole.
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Churchill's Secret, Artist Jonathan Yeo, King Jack, Author Clare Morrall
Tue 23 Feb 2016
Including a review of feature-length ITV drama Churchill's Secret. Samira Ahmed presents.
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Secret in Their Eyes, Katie Mitchell, AB Yehoshua, Stutterer
Mon 22 Feb 2016
Katie Mitchell on directing Cleansed, Secret in Their Eyes review, and AB Yehoshua's novel
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Harper Lee remembered, The Night Manager, Simon Armitage, Zelda
Fri 19 Feb 2016
Harper Lee remembered, and John le Carre's The Night Manager adapted for TV.
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David McCallum, Marjorie Owens as Norma, Ashvin Kumar
Thu 18 Feb 2016
Presented by Samira Ahmed. David McCallum looks back at his career.
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Freeheld review, Anna Hope, Jack Garratt, Unexpected Eisenstein
Wed 17 Feb 2016
Julianne Moore in Freeheld, novelist Anna Hope and singer Jack Garratt.
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Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie, Steven Isserlis, Amalia Ulman
Tue 16 Feb 2016
Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie discusses the band's new album. John Wilson presents.
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Yann Martel, Love, Delacroix, Mark Wallinger
Mon 15 Feb 2016
Mark Wallinger shows John Wilson his art studio, and Yann Martel discusses his new novel.
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The People v OJ Simpson, Figaro, Pre-Raphaelites, 14 Bottoms
Fri 12 Feb 2016
Kirsty Lang discusses The People v OJ Simpson and the Pre-Raphaelites in Liverpool.
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The Survivalist, Mark-Anthony Turnage, Shakespeare in the Royal Library, The Massive Tragedy of Madame Bovary!
Thu 11 Feb 2016
Portraying post-apocalyptic worlds in The Survivalist and a ballet inspired by a portrait.
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Kate Winslet in Triple 9, Nell Gwynn, One Child
Wed 10 Feb 2016
Kate Winslet talks to John Wilson about her role as a mafia villain in new film Triple 9.
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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Steve Coogan, Leonardo da Vinci, Chinelo Okparanta
Tue 9 Feb 2016
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies reviewed and Alan Partridge revived, with Samira Ahmed.
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Vinyl, A Bigger Splash, Margaret Forster, Louis Andriessen, Theatre at the V&A
Mon 8 Feb 2016
Reviews of Vinyl and A Bigger Splash, and Melvyn Bragg remembers Margaret Forster.
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Jimi Hendrix's flat, Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig, Nick Danziger
Fri 5 Feb 2016
Jimi Hendrix's flat opens to the public, and Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig on Zoolander 2.
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Peter Brook, Howard Jacobson, Angel Costumiers and Hamlet in the Jungle
Thu 4 Feb 2016
Arts news, interviews and reviews.
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Bryan Cranston, David Hare, Nikolai Astrup, States of Mind
Wed 3 Feb 2016
Breaking Bad's Bryan Cranston on playing Dalton Trumbo, and David Hare discusses Ibsen.
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Adrian Lester in Red Velvet, Zaha Hadid, John Irving, Bruegel
Tue 2 Feb 2016
A review of Red Velvet and interviews with Zaha Hadid and John Irving. With John Wilson.
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Dad's Army, Annie Nightingale on Janis Joplin, Dawn Walton, Hieronymus Bosch
Mon 1 Feb 2016
Oliver Parker and Hamish McColl tell Kirsty Lang about the new Dad's Army film.
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Will Smith, Caryl Churchill's new play, Iran tourism, Ringo Starr's birthplace
Fri 29 Jan 2016
Will Smith on Concussion, Caryl Churchill's Escaped Alone, Ringo Starr on his birthplace.
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John Dee, Marty Feldman show, Tibor Reich, Christopher Edge
Thu 28 Jan 2016
Including a review of a new John Dee exhibition. Presented by Samira Ahmed.
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Gina McKee and Christopher Hampton, Rokia Traore, The body in ancient Egypt
Wed 27 Jan 2016
Featuring Gina McKee and Christopher Hampton on The Mother, and Malian singer Rokia Traore
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Harvey Keitel, Savages, HG Wells, The Birth of a Nation
Tue 26 Jan 2016
Kirsty Lang interviews Harvey Keitel about his film Youth and talks to the band Savages.
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Ian McKellen, Monet's garden, Louis de Bernieres
Mon 25 Jan 2016
John Wilson talks to Ian McKellen about Richard III. Plus Monet's garden paintings.
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Michael Keaton, Herons, Helen Ellis, John Bratby exhibition
Fri 22 Jan 2016
Featuring Michael Keaton on Spotlight and a review of Simon Stephens's play Herons.
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Oscar Wilde's Dorian Gray, Utopias in fiction, Villagers
Thu 21 Jan 2016
Oscar Wilde's grandson Merlin Holland on The Picture of Dorian Gray and utopias in fiction
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Elton John, Antonia Fraser on George Weidenfeld, Nicholas Searle
Wed 20 Jan 2016
Elton John tells John Wilson about returning to his rock roots and the school run.
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