Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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Paul McCartney; El Dorado; Sebastian Junger on Tim Hetherington
Wed 16 Oct 2013
Arts news. John Wilson meets Paul McCartney, who talks about his latest album, New.
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Rufus Norris; David Jason; Jeremy Deller
Tue 15 Oct 2013
Actor David Jason; Rufus Norris, next director of the National Theatre; Jeremy Deller.
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The Light Princess; Paul Klee; Enough Said
Mon 14 Oct 2013
Mark Lawson reviews the comedy film Enough Said, starring the late James Gandolfini.
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Penelope Lively; Julian Fellowes' Romeo and Juliet; Paddy McAloon
Fri 11 Oct 2013
Novelist Penelope Lively; Julian Fellowes' Romeo and Juliet; Prefab Sprout's Paddy McAloon
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Tom Hanks; Alice Munro; Dana Schutz
Thu 10 Oct 2013
Mark Lawson talks to Tom Hanks, star of Captain Phillips, a film about modern-day piracy.
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Jennifer Saunders; The Commitments on stage; Elizabethan portraits
Wed 9 Oct 2013
Jennifer Saunders reflects with Mark Lawson on her career so far as she publishes a memoir
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蜜芽传媒 National Short Story Award; Mark Lewisohn on The Beatles; The Fifth Estate
Tue 8 Oct 2013
John Wilson reports live from the 蜜芽传媒 National Short Story Award ceremony.
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John Eliot Gardiner, Le Week-End, Breathless
Mon 7 Oct 2013
Le Week-End and Breathless reviewed, and John Eliot Gardiner on his new book about Bach.
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Anoushka Shankar; TV drama Truckers; Frank Auerbach
Fri 4 Oct 2013
Anoushka Shankar on her new album, TV's Truckers reviewed and Frank Auerbach painting.
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Saoirse Ronan; Thatcher meets the Queen; Erotic art from Japan
Wed 2 Oct 2013
Mark Lawson meets actress Saoirse Ronan, who stars in the film How I Live Now.
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David Tennant and Gregory Doran; Bill Bryson; Sex on film and TV
Tue 1 Oct 2013
Mark Lawson talks to David Tennant as he prepares to play Richard II at the RSC, Stratford
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Sunshine on Leith; Adil Ray; Malcolm Mackay; Art Under Attack
Mon 30 Sep 2013
Mark Lawson reports on Art Under Attack, an exhibition about physical attacks on artworks.
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Austenland, Stephen Poliakoff, Hannah Kent, Elmgreen and Dragset
Fri 27 Sep 2013
Kirsty Lang talks to Stephen Poliakoff, and Viv Groskop reviews romantic comedy Austenland
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Atlantis; Michael Morpurgo; Hannah Arendt; 蜜芽传媒 National Short Story Award
Thu 26 Sep 2013
Arts news with Kirsty Lang, including a review of the new family drama Atlantis.
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Johnny Vegas, William Boyd, 蜜芽传媒 Short Story Award
Wed 25 Sep 2013
Mark Lawson meets writer William Boyd, as he publishes a new James Bond novel.
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Fourth Plinth art; Stephen King reviewed; Alfred and Adrian Brendel; 蜜芽传媒 Short Story Award
Tue 24 Sep 2013
Mark Lawson on the artworks competing to occupy the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square.
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Hugh Jackman; The Wrong Mans; 蜜芽传媒 National Short Story Award 2013
Mon 23 Sep 2013
Mark Lawson reviews Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal in the film thriller Prisoners.
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蜜芽传媒 Short Story Award; Jack Vettriano retrospective; poet John Cooper Clarke
Fri 20 Sep 2013
The 蜜芽传媒 National Short Story Award 2013 shortlist; Jack Vettriano retrospective review.
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Woody Allen interview, with Sally Hawkins and Mike Leigh
Thu 19 Sep 2013
Mark Lawson interviews Woody Allen, whose new film Blue Jasmine stars Cate Blanchett.
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David Walliams and Sheridan Smith; poet Dannie Abse at 90; Booker Prize changes
Wed 18 Sep 2013
Mark Lawson talks to David Walliams and Sheridan Smith, on stage in a Shakespeare comedy.
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Sting; Australian art at the Royal Academy
Tue 17 Sep 2013
John Wilson reports on a major exhibition of Australian art, on show at the Royal Academy.
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Derek Jacobi; Naomi Watts on Diana; Orphan Black
Mon 16 Sep 2013
Mark Lawson talks to actor Derek Jacobi as he publishes his autobiography.
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Mark Rylance; prisons on television; actors on songs
Fri 13 Sep 2013
Mark Rylance on directing Vanessa Redgrave and James Earl Jones. Plus TV prison dramas.
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Francis Bacon meets Henry Moore; Manic Street Preachers; Jason Byrne; In a World
Thu 12 Sep 2013
Arts news with John Wilson. Francis Bacon and Henry Moore paired in a new exhibition.
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Mercury Music Prize, Patrick Leigh Fermor, Dennis Kelly
Wed 11 Sep 2013
Mark Lawson presents news of the shortlist for the Mercury Prize for album of the year.
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Lee Evans, White House Down, Man Booker shortlist
Tue 10 Sep 2013
John Wilson with news of the shortlist for the Man Booker Prize for fiction.
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Rush; Ian Hislop and Nick Newman; Thomas Pynchon's new novel
Mon 9 Sep 2013
Mark Lawson reviews Rush, a film about the rivalry between Niki Lauda and James Hunt.
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Cillian Murphy, Mira Nair, revenge songs, Million Second Quiz
Fri 6 Sep 2013
Cillian Murphy on TV drama Peaky Blinders; director Mira Nair; revenge songs.
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Alan Cumming; Marlowe's Edward II; new feminist comedians
Thu 5 Sep 2013
National Theatre's Edward II reviewed; Alan Cumming on his new film; new feminist comedy.
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Actress Tamsin Greig; novelist Jonathan Coe; Martin Bailey on Van Gogh's Sunflowers
Wed 4 Sep 2013
Actress Tamsin Greig; novelist Jonathan Coe; Martin Bailey on his Van Gogh discoveries.
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