Front Row Episodes Episode guide
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The 2017 Venice Biennale, with Phyllida Barlow at the British Pavilion
John Wilson reports from the 57th International Art Exhibition, the Venice Biennale.
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Richard III at Hull Truck; Anne With An E; Amy Schumer in Snatched; Tony Kushner
Mat Fraser is Richard III; Anne of Green Gables new adaptation; Amy Schumer; Tony Kushner.
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Director John Madden, Pultizer Prize-winning author Richard Ford, Voice coach Barbara Berkery, Edward Kemp, head of RADA
Film director John Madden, the diction controversy, Pultizer-winning author Richard Ford.
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King Charles III; Pink Floyd exhibition
The TV adaptation of a controversial play about the Windsors; the Pink Floyd retrospective
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Alien: Covenant, Giacometti retrospective, How should museums reflect changing social attitudes, Jamestown
Review of Alien: Covenant; how might museums reflect changing social attitudes.
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Mervyn Morris, French cultural landscape, Monochrome films
Jamaican poet Mervyn Morris, and the future cultural landscape of France.
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Samantha Spiro as Barbara Windsor, Lost sculpture of the Festival of Britiain and a retro album from Danger Mouse
John Wilson talks to Samantha Spiro about playing Barbara Windsor in the biopic Babs.
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Jude Law, Woody Harrelson, Timothy Spall with Colm Meaney, Turner Prize Shortlist
Jude Law, Woody Harrelson, Timothy Spall with Colm Meaney, and the Turner Prize Shortlist.
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Angels in America, Mindhorn, Storytelling in Greek myths
Mindhorn, Tony Kushner on Angels in America, Natalie Haynes and Madeline Miller.
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Oliver Beer, Nicola LeFanu, Grace Evangeline Mason, May Day poems
Sound artist and composer Oliver Beer shows John how to make ancient pots sing.
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Christian Bale, Ella Fitzgerald, Theatre artistic directors
Kirsty Lang looks at the careers of Christian Bale and Ella Fitzgerald.
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British Museums special
Special programme live from the British Museum.
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Judi Dench on John Gielgud, Granta Best of Young American Novelists
Dame Judi Dench discusses the life and work of acting giant Sir John Gielgud.
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Thomas Ades, Patricia Lockwood, James Gunn
Thomas Ades on The Exterminating Angel, poet Patricia Lockwood, director James Gunn.
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Bananarama reunited, The Wellcome Book Prize winner announced, David Mach
Bananarama back together again, and The Wellcome Book Prize winner revealed.
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Gemma Arterton, Post-war public art, Martin Parr, Bette Midler in Hello, Dolly!
Actor Gemma Arterton discusses her WWII film Their Finest, plus photographer Martin Parr.
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Joan Bakewell, 2017 Proms, The Zookeeper's Wife
Joan Bakewell on Keeping in Touch. David Pickard unveils the 2017 Proms.
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Awol Erizku; Robert Macfarlane; Little Boy Blue; Gemma Bodinetz
He took those Beyonce photos but Awol Erizku also paints; Robert Macfarlane on dagglers.
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Violinist Kyung Wha Chung, Murray Lachlan Young, Hisham Matar on Clash
Samira Ahmed talks to violinist Kyung Wha Chung and poet Murray Lachlan Young.
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Warren Beatty in Rules Don't Apply, Inua Ellams, Born to Kill
Rules Don't Apply starring Warren Beatty reviewed, poet Inua Ellams performs.
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Tom Stoppard
Kirsty Lang talks to the playwright Sir Tom Stoppard.
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Adrian Lester and Deborah Kermode, Frog Stone, Kim Stanley Robinson
Adrian Lester and Deborah Kermode, Frog Stone, Kim Stanley Robinson.
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Jim Broadbent; I Heard It Through the Grapevine; Johana Gustawsson and Matt Johnson
The Sense of an Ending on film, I Heard It Through the Grapevine is 50, writing as therapy
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Katherine Jenkins, The Hatton Garden Job, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Katherine Jenkins on Carousel, and Larry Lamb and Phil Daniels on The Hatton Garden Job.
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Ray Davies; Guerrilla; The Odyssey; Damien Hirst's exhibition
From the Kinks to Americana; Dreda Say Mitchell on Guerrilla; poets respond to The Odyssey
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Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman, S-Town reviewed, Queer British art and gender neutral awards
Veteran actors Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman discuss their new heist movie.
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Fay Weldon; Raw review; Duchamp's Fountain; Simon Callow and Christopher Hampton
Death of a She Devil is Fay Weldon's new novel; Simon Callow directs The Philanthropist.
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David Vann, Terence Davies, Albert Moore
Novelist David Vann, film director Terence Davies, British abstract artist Albert Moore.
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Neruda, Casting on screen, Magnus Mills
Elif Shafak reviews a new film about the poet Neruda, and the art of the casting director.
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Yevgeny Yevtushenko remembered, Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist announced
Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist announced, and Yevgeny Yevtushenko remembered.