Front Row Episodes Episode guide
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Michael Kiwanuka, Boys in the Band film, the future for arts freelancers
Mercury Prize winner Michael Kiwanuka, The Boys in the Band film; freelancers in the arts.
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Poetry and performance from Cumbria's Contains Strong Language festival
Poets Kate Clanchy, Jacob Polley and Zosia Wand join Katie Popperwell at the festival.
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David McKee - BookTrust Lifetime Achievement Award, Royal Academy dilemma, Serlina Boyd on Cocoa Girl
David McKee, creator of Elmer and Mr Benn, on his BookTrust Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Mike Bartlett, Miss Juneteenth film, theatres repurposed as courtrooms, Susanna Clarke
Mike Bartlett's Doctor Foster spinoff, Miss Juneteenth, Susanna Clarke's new novel
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Skin, The Box in Plymouth, Sean Borodale
Skin from Skunk Anansie on her new memoir.
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ENO drive in opera, ITV drama Honour, Jesse Armstrong, 'Festival of Brexit'
New ITV drama Honour, Jesse Armstrong, Drive in opera, 'Festival of Brexit'.
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Katherine Ryan, Nick Hornby, artist Mark Bradford, TV drama Us reviewed
Katherine Ryan in The Duchess.
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Rocks, Phoebe Stuckes, Eley Williams
New film Rocks, Poet Phoebe Stuckes, and the JK Rowling controversy.
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Tricky, Ratched reviewed, live theatre returns to The Playhouse Londonderry, NSSA nominee Jack Houston
Tricky on his new album, Fall to Pieces. Plus live theatre returns to Northern Ireland
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2020 Booker shortlist, Nicholas Serota, author Sarah Hall
2020 Booker shortlist, Nicholas Serota, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Short Story Award nominee Sarah Hall.
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Dennis Kelly on The Third Day, Nica Burns, Jan Carson, Sir Terence Conran
Writer Dennis Kelly, and theatre producer Nica Burns.
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David Tennant on playing Dennis Nilsen, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Short Story Award shortlist announced, The Painted Bird reviewed
David Tennant on playing infamous serial killer Dennis Nilsen.
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Lang Lang, Diana Rigg remembered, Cinema distribution under Covid-19
Mark Gatiss on Diana Rigg and Lang Lang discusses Bach's Goldberg Variations at the piano.
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The future of Arts broadcasting, Winner of 2020 Women's Prize For Fiction, Film director Antonio Campos
The future of Arts broadcasting, Women's Prize For Fiction winner, Antonio Campos.
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Andrew O'Hagan, The Singapore Grip, Theatre at the point of no return
Andrew O'Hagan on his novel Mayflies. Plus ITV's new drama The Singapore Grip.
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Benjamin Grosvenor performs for Front Row
Pianist Benjamin Grosvenor, Venice Film Festival, Understanding artworks.
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Mulan review, Lorna Sage's memoir 20 years on, and must art be political?
Does Disney's live-action remake of Mulan work?
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The office in culture, Kate Clanchy, publishers' Super Thursday
The history of the office in culture; Kate Clanchy on her book How to Grow Your Own Poem.
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Bernardine Evaristo shortlisted for Women's Prize, Anoushka Shankar at the Proms, Film Les Misérables reviewed
Bernardine Evaristo, Anoushka Shankar at the Proms, Film Les Misérables reviewed.
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Ruth Jones, Roger Kneebone, Game Review, The Tempest
Ruth Jones, Roger Kneebone on craft and skills, Game Review, The Tempest.
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Robert Macfarlane, bestselling author, walker, mountaineer and campaigner, talks to Kirsty Lang
Robert Macfarlane on his books, collaborating with artists and musicians and campaigning.
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Luke Jerram, Elena Ferrante's new novel, Bolu Babalola, Britney Spears's conservatorship battle
Luke Jerram on In Memoriam - his artwork to commemorate those lost to the pandemic.
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Eastenders returns, Composer Errollyn Wallen, Katy Perry profiled, I'm Thinking of Ending Things reviewed
The return of Eastenders & composer Errollyn Wallen on rearranging Jerusalem for the Proms
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Women’s Prize For Fiction - Natalie Haynes; 2020 International Booker Prize winner; Agatha Christie’s lost play, The Lie
Natalie Haynes on A Thousand Ships; International Booker Prize winner reviewed.
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An extended interview with dramatist Lucy Prebble
An extended interview with dramatist Lucy Prebble.
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Algorithms in the arts, Composer Hannah Kendall, Daljit Nagra's Poetry Roundup, Cuties film controversy
Algorithms in art, Composer Hannah Kendall, Daljit Nagra's Poetry Roundup, Cuties film.
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Christopher Nolan's Tenet reviewed, British Museum re-opens, Paula Peters on Wampum exhibition, Shedinburgh fringe festival
The long-awaited Tenet on the big screen - Front Row reviews.
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The One and Only Ivan director Thea Sharrock, Educating Rita, writing about music, research on Covid-19 risk from singing
Thea Sharrock on combining CGI and live action in her family movie about a gorilla.
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Stanley Spencer's wives, the damage to culture in Beirut, Angie Cruz
The Wives of Stanley Spencer, the destruction of arts and culture in Beirut.
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Modern Productions in a Roman Theatre, the Art of the Prequel, the Pandemic and Redundancies in the Arts Industries
Making modern work in a Roman theatre; how to create a prequel; yet more arts redundancies