Front Row Episodes Episode guide
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Pedro Almodovar, Vanessa Bell, Richard Bean
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
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Review: TV The Franchise; Film The Crime is Mine; Book Juice by Tim Winton
Armando Iannucci's new super hero comedy series The Franchise gets reviewed.
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Rupert Everett, Scotland's Female Bands, artist Everlyn Nicodemus
Rupert Everett, female bands from Glasgow and artist Everlyn Nicodemus.
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Jodie Whittaker, Japanese food art, Booker writer Anne Michaels
Jodie Whittaker on stage, Japanese food as art, Booker shortlisted author Anne Michaels.
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Bronski Beat Age of Consent 40th Anniversary, Percival Everett, Horror on stage
The impact of the landmark Bronski Beat album Age of Consent, 40 years on.
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Review: Film - Timestalker, Theatre - The Other Place, TV - Disclaimer
Theatre critic Kate Maltby and journalist Stephen Bush review the week's cultural releases
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Booker author Charlotte Wood, Surrealism discussion & playwright Tim Price on Odyssey '84
Booker Prize-shortlisted author Charlotte Wood, Surrealism, and Odyssey '84.
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Rick Astley, The West Wing at 25, Barbara Walker
Rick Astley on his new memoir Never, artist Barbara Walker on Being Here at the Whitworth.
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Alison Moyet, Leigh Bowery exhibition, Adrian Sutton
Fashion renegades of the 1980s; composer Adrian Sutton and Alison Moyet.
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Review: Film: Joker Folie a Deux; Book: Alan Hollinghurst's Our Evenings
Joker: Folie a Deux and Alan Hollinghurst's new book Our Evenings reviewed.
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Paula Hawkins, Photojournalism, Tape Letters Archive project
Novelist Paula Hawkins, Magnum photography, and sound archive from British Asians.
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The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Short Story Award 2024 with Cambridge University
The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Short Story Award and Young Writers' Award live results programme.
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David Oyelowo, Regulating the entertainment industry, Ralph Steadman
David Oyelowo on the Shakespearean role he's always wanted to play, Coriolanus.
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Review: art - Monet; book: Intermezzo by Sally Rooney; Joe Lycett's art book
Intermezzo by Sally Rooney, Monet in London exhibition, Megalopolis film plus Joe Lycett.
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David Mitchell on Ludwig, poet Kathleen Jamie and the world premiere of Helen Grime's Folk
David Mitchell on Ludwig, poet Kathleen Jamie and the world premiere of Helen Grime's Folk
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Chilly Gonzales performs, Dickens adaptations, Horror films
Pianist and rapper Chilly Gonzales, Radio 4's Dickens season, why we love horror films.
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John Boorman, Anya Gallaccio, The Halfway Kid performs
John Boorman on Zardoz - the 1974 cult sci-fi film starring Sean Connery.
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Review: film The Substance, Art Michael Craig-Martin, Book The Empusium
The Substance film, Olga Tokarczuk's The Empusium, Michael Craig-Martin's RA exhibition.
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A Very Royal Scandal, Glasgow Cathedral Festival & crime writer Peter May.
A Very Royal Scandal, Glasgow Cathedral Festival & crime writer Peter May.
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David Peace, new plays crisis, Booker Prize 2024 shortlist
David Peace on his new novel, Munichs, about the plane crash that transformed Man Utd.
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Edward Enninful, Lady Blackbird performs, Booker prize shortlist
The fashion editor on the In Vogue doc, live music from Slang Spirituals & Booker Prize.
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REVIEW: Film: The Critic, Exhibition: Van Gogh, Book: Garth Greenwell's Small Rain
Van Gogh exhibition and The Critic reviewed plus the National Short Story Award shortlist.
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Jacqueline Wilson, JRR Tolkien poetry, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ TV thriller Nightsleeper
Jacqueline Wilson her latest book, and two of the stars of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One's Nightsleeper.
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Australian Front Row with Paul Kelly, Simon Armitage, Jazz Money and Shankari Chandran
Front Row recorded at the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s Contains Strong Language poetry festival in Sydney.
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Richard O'Brien & Jason Donovan on 50 years of Rocky Horror, Bella Mackie
Bella Mackie on her second novel and the formation of a privately funded orchestra.
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REVIEW: Film: Firebrand; BOOK: Rachel Kushner’s Creation Lake; TV: Kaos
Reviews of black comedy Kaos, Rachel Kushner's Creation Lake, historical drama Firebrand.
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Jeremy Denk, Scottish Arts Crisis, Harry Mould
Scotland's cultural funding controversy, and leading American pianist Jeremy Denk.
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TV: Colin from Accounts; Musical: Why Am I So Single? Hak Baker performs
The writers of Why Am I So Single? and SIX talks about writing hit musicals.
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Michael Keaton; The The play live; Tim Minchin on life, art and success
Tim Minchin, The The performing live in the studio and Michael Keaton
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Review: film: Kneecap, TV: Bad Monkey, book: Ootlin by Jenni Fagan
Kneecap, Ootlin, Bad Monkey reviewed. George Orwell archive sale.