Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
Episodes to download
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Under the Skin; Publicising books; Shetland; Karen Joy Fowler
Tue 11 Mar 2014
Under the Skin reviewed; book publicity tactics; crime drama Shetland; Karen Joy Fowler.
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Folio Prize winner, Cézanne at the Ashmolean, Jeff Beck
Mon 10 Mar 2014
Guitarist Jeff Beck, plus Damian Barr on the appeal of the gay best friend in movies.
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Alexander McCall Smith; The Walshes review; Stella Feehily
Fri 7 Mar 2014
Arts news with Samira Ahmed. Alexander McCall Smith discusses The Forever Girl.
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Elizabeth McGovern; Jamie Lloyd; Poets Laureate
Thu 6 Mar 2014
Arts news with John Wilson, including three poets laureate and a review of The Widower.
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Guy Garvey; Sir David Frost's memorial; 300 - Rise of an Empire
Wed 5 Mar 2014
Arts news. John Wilson talks to Elbow lead singer Guy Garvey about the band's latest album
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Vikings at British Museum; John Carter Cash; 37 Days
Tue 4 Mar 2014
John Wilson hears a review of 37 Days, a new drama series set just before World War One.
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The Grand Budapest Hotel, Marie Darrieussecq; Alan Ayckbourn
Mon 3 Mar 2014
Arts news. Samira Ahmed talks to author Marie Darrieussecq about her new novel All the Way
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Damon Albarn on going solo; Maxine Peake; Jonathan Yeo; Suranne Jones; Kiran Leonard
Fri 28 Feb 2014
John Wilson presents live from the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½6Music Festival in Manchester, with Damon Albarn.
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Marc Almond and John Harle; Willy Russell on Liverpool's Everyman Theatre; Gary Shteyngart
Thu 27 Feb 2014
Marc Almond and John Harle discuss their collaboration The Tyburn Tree with Will Gompertz.
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Peter Gabriel; Paco Peña; Helen Oyeyemi; Great War in art; Mark Thomas
Wed 26 Feb 2014
Arts news with John Wilson, including an interview with Peter Gabriel about his new film.
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Stewart Lee, Jonathan Creek, Versailles
Tue 25 Feb 2014
Comedian Stewart Lee interviewed, Jonathan Creek reviewed and Peter Gill on Versailles.
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The Book Thief; Joseph Rykwert; Isy Suttie; Monologues for black actors
Mon 24 Feb 2014
Arts news, interviews and reviews with John Wilson, including The Book Thief reviewed.
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Emily Mortimer and Dolly Wells; Stalingrad; David Grossman
Fri 21 Feb 2014
Arts news with Tom Sutcliffe, including Emily Mortimer and Dolly Wells on their new sitcom
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Nymphomaniac; Joanne M Harris; Robert Cohan
Thu 20 Feb 2014
Arts news including Antonia Quirke's review of the latest Lars Von Trier film Nymphomaniac
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Andrew Sachs; Martin Carthy; Awards speeches
Wed 19 Feb 2014
John Wilson talks to actor Andrew Sachs about his new autobiography.
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Lynda La Plante; Jon Hopkins; The Smoke
Tue 18 Feb 2014
John Wilson talks to Prime Suspect's Lynda La Plante about her new plans for DCI Tennison.
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Martin Scorsese and Thelma Schoonmaker; Lesley Sharp; Only Lovers Left Alive
Mon 17 Feb 2014
Arts news with John Wilson, including Lesley Sharp on her stage role in A Taste of Honey.
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Kevin Spacey, The Lego Movie, Glenn Patterson, film Q&As
Fri 14 Feb 2014
Arts news with Kirsty Lang, including Kevin Spacey on season 2 of House of Cards.
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Richard Rogers and Norman Foster; Simon Parkes on Brixton Academy; artist George Condo
Thu 13 Feb 2014
Richard Rogers and Norman Foster in a rare interview together. Arts news with John Wilson.
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Line of Duty; Tom Rob Smith; Oh, What a Lovely War!
Wed 12 Feb 2014
A review of the revival of the 1963 stage classic Oh, What a Lovely War! with Kirsty Lang.
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Richard Hamilton; The Monuments Men; Enrique Iglesias; Tennessee Williams's hotel plays
Tue 11 Feb 2014
John Wilson visits a new exhibition of work by the late Richard Hamilton at Tate Modern.
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Armistead Maupin; Folio Prize shortlist; Her; Raphael Wallfisch
Mon 10 Feb 2014
John Wilson talks to American writer Armistead Maupin about his new Tales of the City book
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Wilko Johnson and Roger Daltrey; Barkhad Abdi; Salamander
Fri 7 Feb 2014
John Wilson talks to Roger Daltrey and Wilko Johnson about their new joint project.
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Babylon; The Mistress Contract
Thu 6 Feb 2014
Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong on their TV drama Babylon; a review of The Mistress Contract.
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David Bailey; Hanif Kureishi; Isabella Rossellini
Wed 5 Feb 2014
Arts news. Kirsty Lang reviews David Bailey's Stardust exhibition.
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Reece Shearsmith; David Hockney prints; Blockbusters
Tue 4 Feb 2014
Mark Lawson talks to actor and comedian Reece Shearsmith about his new series Inside No 9.
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Juliet Stevenson; The Armstrong Lie
Tue 4 Feb 2014
Arts news with Juliet Stevenson in Beckett's Happy Days, and documentary The Armstrong Lie
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Angela Lansbury, Richard Deacon, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Mon 3 Feb 2014
Mark Lawson talks to actress Angela Lansbury, who is about to star in Blithe Spirit.
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The Bridge stars, Jonathan Lethem, RS Thomas
Fri 31 Jan 2014
Arts news with Mark Thomas, including the strange case of RS Thomas and the crisp packet.
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Ralph Fiennes, EL Doctorow, The Last Leg
Thu 30 Jan 2014
Arts news with Mark Lawson, including Ralph Fiennes on directing The Invisible Woman.
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