Front Row Episodes Episode guide
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21/12/2020
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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George C Wolfe on Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Let Him Go reviewed, Winifred Atwell celebrated
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom director George C Wolfe
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David Fincher
Visionary director David Fincher on Mank.
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Boris Giltburg, Christmas films, Party season substitutes
Boris Giltburg plays Beethoven, Christmas films, Scottee on the joys of Abigail's Party
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The Lark Ascending at 100, Wonder Woman 1984 reviewed, reading outside your comfort zone
Violinist Jennifer Pike tells us what makes The Lark Ascending the nation's favourite.
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John le Carré tribute; Comedy double act The Pin; Aliza Nisenbaum
John le Carré remembered; The Pin - comedy duo; Aliza Nisenbaum at Tate Liverpool.
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Barbara Windsor remembered, Vaughan Williams, Cultural Recovery Fund loans, American Utopia reviewed, Zaina Arafat
A look back at the career of Barbara Windsor.
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10/12/2020
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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George Clooney's The Midnight Sky. Cyberpunk 2077. The debate on the National Trust
George Clooney's The Midnight Sky. Cyberpunk 2077. The debate on the National Trust.
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Julia Hart on her film I'm Your Woman, Benjamin Britten's Owen Wingrave
Julia Hart on writing and directing I'm Your Woman, Benjamin Britten's opera Owen Wingrave
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Ryan Murphy’s new film starring Meryl Streep, James Corden and Nicole Kidman, reviewed
Ryan Murphy’s new film starring Meryl Streep, James Corden and Nicole Kidman reviewed.
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Viggo Mortensen, Alex Wheatle, William Hill Sports Book of the Year
Viggo Mortensen's new film, Sports Book of the Year winner, Alex Wheatle's lockdown hobby
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New Tracey Emin exhibition, The Crown controversy, Walter Presents: The Announcer
Tracey Emin and Edvard Much at the RA, The Crown controversy, The Announcer reviewed
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Katie Melua, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Crimes Against Christmas
Singer Katie Melua, and Tate Britain re-opens with the work of Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
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Yazz Ahmed, Lucy Bailey, The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone
Musician Yazz Ahmed. Plus Francis Ford Coppola's new recut of The Godfather Part III.
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Henry Blake on County Lines; museums and galleries post Covid; re-reading Jane Austen's Emma
Henry Blake; museums and galleries and Covid; John Mullen on Jane Austen's Emma.
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Mandolin player Avi Avital, Marina Abramović, Possessor reviewed
Avi Avital on the wonders of the mandolin and its repertoire.
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Hollywood star Amy Adams, Corrie at 60 and Musician Jake Blount
Hollywood actress Amy Adams on her new movie, Hillbilly Elegy.
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Playwright Roy Williams, Poet Fred D'Aguiar, Defending Digga D documentary
Roy Williams' new drama Death of England, poems from Fred D'Aguiar, Defending Digga D doc.
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Simon Russell Beale; Costa Book Awards shortlists; Guy Garvey
Simon Russell Beale on Scrooge; Costa Book Awards shortlists announced; Guy Garvey.
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Booker Prize winner Douglas Stuart on Shuggie Bain
Booker prize winner Douglas Stuart on his novel Shuggie Bain.
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Tim Minchin, Jan Morris remembered, new gaming consoles, Nicholas Pinnock
Tim Minchin on his debut solo album Apart Together, and new gaming consoles.
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The 2020 Booker Prize Ceremony
A Front Row special live from the Roundhouse, London
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Gillian Anderson, South Georgia artist commission, the role of literary prizes
Gillian Anderson on portraying Margaret Thatcher in the fourth season of The Crown.
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Patrick, Colm TóibÃn on James Joyce, Amy Macdonald, Christopher Reid
Belgian film Patrick, Colm TóibÃn on James Joyce's The House Of The Dead.
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Fela Kuti documentary; writing and reading trauma; The Queen's Gambit review
Fela Kuti documentary maker, Biyi Bandele; books dealing with trauma; The Queen's Gambit
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Steve McQueen, The Simpsons, Brutal North, Jenny Sturgeon
Steve McQueen on his Small Axe films and the enduring popularity of The Simpsons.
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Booker Prize Book Group, Julian Lloyd Webber on Malcolm Arnold, Nick Park's lockdown discovery
Booker Prize Book Group, Julian Lloyd Webber on Malcolm Arnold, Nick Park's lockdown life.
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Tana French, Mary Wollstonecraft statue, Industry, Ralph McTell's The Unknown Warrior
Tana French on her new novel; Ralph McTell's musical tribute to The Unknown Soldier.
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Abel Selaocoe, Billie Holiday, Edoardo Ponti on Sophia Loren
South African cellist and singer Abel Selaocoe's classical, African and contemporary music