Front Row Episodes Episode guide
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Ascension, John Preston on Robert Maxwell and is vinyl manufacturing at breaking point?
Ascension, John Preston on Robert Maxwell and the downside of the vinyl boom.
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Winner of TS Elliot Prize for Poetry, Unboxed, Folk at the Hampstead Theatre
Joelle Taylor fresh from winning the 2021 TS Eliot Prize for Poetry.
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Sheffield Crucible Theatre at 50, Philosophy in the Gallery, Self Esteem
50 years of Sheffield's Crucible Theatre. Plus Sheffield pop star Self Esteem.
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Joe Wright on Cyrano, Costa poetry winner Hannah Lowe, A Hero
Director Joe Wright on his new musical Cyrano.
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Andrea Arnold, Claire Fuller, Afghanistan National Institute of Music
Filmmaker Andrea Arnold on her new documentary, Cow.
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The Costa Book Awards, Julia Ducournau on Titane, disabled access to arts and culture
We announce the winners of the 50th annual Costa Book Awards.
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Joan Didion remembered, Call the Midwife, The Tragedy of Macbeth and a review of the year in culture
Call the Midwife writer and creator Heidi Thomas on the art of the Christmas special.
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Paul Thomas Anderson, Eliza Carthy and Jon Boden, Postcard from Doncaster
Paul Thomas Anderson talks about his new film Licorice Pizza.
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Anything Goes, Live arts venues under Omicron, The Princess Bride
Anything Goes, Live arts venues under Omicron, The Princess Bride
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Maggie Gyllenhaal, Kehinde Wiley, Christmas book gifts
Maggie Gyllenhaal on her new film, The Lost Daughter.
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Don't Look Up, Around the World in 80 Days, Cutting It Fine
Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio in Adam McKay's satire Don't Look Up reviewed.
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Postcard from Scarborough, Derek Jarman Protest!, Benjamin Cleary
Derek Jarman Protest opens at the Manchester Art Gallery and Benjamin Cleary on Swan Song.
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Colm TóibÃn
Covid-related theatre closures and a dance round-up with Sarah Crompton.
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Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, Sarah Phelps, puppetry on stage
Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, and ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ TV's drama series A Very British Scandal.
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Cat Power performs live. Amanda Gorman poetry, Sex And The City follow up and Drive My Car reviewed
Cat Power performs live.
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Musician Carwyn Ellis performs; The Rules of Art? exhibition; filmmaker Rosemary Baker; Port Talbot postcard
Welsh musician Carwyn Ellis performs live from Cardiff.
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Steven Spielberg, Working Class Heritage, Will Sharpe
Steven Spielberg on his remake of West Side Story.
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Playwright James Graham on Best of Enemies; Lamb film review; The Belarus Free Theatre; remembering actor Antony Sher
Political dramatist James Graham on writing his new play, Best of Enemies.
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The Hand of God and Dürer exhibition reviewed, Aaron Sorkin on Lucille Ball
The Hand of God, Paolo Sorrentino's autobiographical film, reviewed. Plus Aaron Sorkin
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The 2021 Turner Prize Ceremony
Front Row live from the 2021 Turner Prize Ceremony.
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The Parthenon Marbles; Get Back documentary review; Turner Prize nominees Project Artworks; the literary canon
We take a deep dive into the decades old dispute around the fate of the Parthenon Marbles.
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Kelly Lee Owens, Stephen Sondheim, Rowan Williams, Black Obsidian Sound System
Musician Kelly Lee Owens, Stephen Sondheim's songwriting, poems by Rowan Williams, BOSS.
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House of Gucci, Adele's 30 and The Every by Dave Eggers
House of Gucci reviewed
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Suzanne Lacy, Bishop Auckland, Silent Night
Artist Suzanne Lacy on standing at the junction of aesthetics and activism, Silent Night.
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Andrew Lloyd Webber, Turner Prize nominees Gentle / Radical, Costa Book Awards
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Turner Prize nominees Gentle / Radical, Costa Book Awards.
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The Power of the Dog film review; Turner Prize nominees Cooking Sections; South African literature today
We review Jane Campion’s new film The Power of the Dog, starring Benedict Cumberbatch.
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King Richard, Wheel of Time and new Zadie Smith play reviewed, Playwright Moira Buffini
We review King Richard, about the Williams sisters and their father, starring Will Smith.
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Ralph Fiennes on Four Quartets, Songlines exhibition, art postcard from Plymouth
Ralph Fiennes on performing in his stage adaptation of TS Eliot’s Four Quartets.
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Céline Sciamma on her film Petite Maman, author Sarah Moss on The Fell, diversity in folk arts
Writer and director Céline Sciamma on her new film Petite Maman.
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Lin-Manuel Miranda, Climate Fiction, Kayleigh Llewellyn
Lin-Manuel Miranda on making his debut as a film director with tick, tick...BOOM!