Front Row Episodes Episode guide
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Downsizing, filming sex scenes and a satire on ceramics
Downsizing with Matt Damon reviewed, the logistics of sex scenes, and a satire on ceramics
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Last Flag Flying director, literary fiction in decline, poet Danez Smith
Film director Richard Linklater on Last Flag Flying, Why literary fiction is in decline.
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Bridget Riley, Nick Park, David Lodge, Bayeux Tapestry
Recent work by renowned artist Bridget Riley, known for her abstract geometric images.
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Carleen Anderson, Elif Shafak, the commuter in film
Singer Carleen Anderson on her Cage Street Memorial project and the novelist Elif Shafak.
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Will & Grace revived, Disney and Pixar's evolution, the London Sinfonietta at 50
Will & Grace return 20 years on, the changing face of animation, London Sinfonietta at 50.
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Liam Neeson, Gorillaz artist Jamie Hewlett, TS Eliot Poetry Prize winner, fake Modiglianis
Liam Neeson, graphic artist Jamie Hewlett, TS Eliot Poetry Prize winner, fake art.
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Tom Hanks, Sir Simon Rattle, French heritage funding
Tom Hanks on his new film, The Post, co-starring Meryl Streep.
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Rita, Sue and Bob Too controversy, Philanthropist Jonathan Ruffer, Poet Sasha Dugdale
Director Vicky Featherstone, philanthropist Jonathan Ruffer, and poet Sasha Dugdale.
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Melvyn Bragg, TV arts programmes, '(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay' by Otis Redding, the Fire and Fury
Melvyn Bragg - 40 years of The Southbank Show, TV arts programmes today, The Fire and Fury
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The Vagina Monologues 20 years on, French crime drama Spiral
The Vagina Monologues 20 years on and feminist theatre today, French TV crime drama Spiral
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Kiri, Golden Globes, Gail Honeyman, Contemporary portraiture
We review Channel 4 drama Kiri and discuss the events of last night's Golden Globes.
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Christopher Plummer, Saudi Arts, Helen Dunmore
Christopher Plummer on replacing Kevin Spacey in All the Money in the World.
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Michelle Terry, Jez Butterworth, Rebecca Stott, Hostiles
Shakespeare's Globe's new artistic director Michelle Terry, and the Costa biography winner
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Neil Cross, Katherine Rundell, Book prize judging
Neil Cross, creator of Luther, talks about his new ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One series Hard Sun.
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Costa Book Awards winners, Elizabeth Friedlander, musical interpolation
The category winners of the Costa Book Awards 2017 are announced exclusively on Front Row.
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Making Culture At ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½
How arts organisations root themselves in their local communities.
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Kay Mellor, Frankenstein, Swimming with Men
Kay Mellor on her new ITV drama Girlfriends.
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Vic and Bob, Angela Gheorghiu, Theatre ghost stories
Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer on their return to TV, plus opera star Angela Gheorghiu.
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Incredible! The unstoppable rise of the comic book superhero
They dominate the box office. Just why are we turning to comic books for today's heroes?
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Gary Oldman
Gary Oldman on his career-defining performance as Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour.
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Christmas Party with Jon Culshaw, Josie Lawrence, Austentatious, Patience Agbabi, Inua Ellams and Steve Edis
Games and performances including impressions, improvised song and poetry readings.
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Emily Watson, Older women on screen, Christmas songs
Emily Watson on the new TV adaptation of Little Women, and older women on screen.
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Jodie Foster, Molly's Game, Christmas film round-up, Hamilton, Imtiaz Dharker
Jodie Foster on directing Black Mirror, The Hamilton phenomenon, Christmas film round-up.
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James Norton, Independent Magazines, New Jungle Book Musical
James Norton on McMafia, Independent magazines, Joe Stilgoe on the new Jungle Book musical
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Mavis Staples, Carmen Maria Machado, Christmas ghost stories
Mavis Staples, Carmen Maria Machado and Christmas ghost stories.
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The League Of Gentlemen, Gina Yashere, Jenny Eclair, Arthur C Clarke's Mysterious World
As The League of Gentlemen returns we ask how much has the climate for comedy changed?
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The Hayward Gallery reopening, Emily Wilson, The art of literary translation
Emily Wilson, the art of literary translation, the Hayward Gallery reopening.
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Emma Rice, John Boyega, Laura Ingalls Wilder
Theatre director Emma Rice discusses her final production at Shakespeare's Globe.
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Kazuo Ishiguro
The winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature talks to John Wilson.
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Christmas TV, Theatre from the Calais Jungle, Protecting live music.
Staying in or going out? Festive TV reviewed. And how live music venues could be protected