Front Row Episodes Episode guide
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The A Word, Neil LaBute, Remembering Barry Hines, Ottessa Moshfegh
Kirsty Lang is joined in the studio by Peter Bowker, writer of new drama The A Word.
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Jeremy Irons and Richard Eyre celebrate Bristol Old Vic's 250th, Disorder, 10 Cloverfield Lane
Jeremy Irons discusses his new play Long Day's Journey into Night. John Wilson presents.
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The Painkiller, Follow the Money, Maylis de Kerangal, The Gloaming
Including a look at the Painkiller, starring Kenneth Branagh and Rob Brydon.
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Jane Horrocks, High-Rise, Russia and the Arts, Remembering Sylvia Anderson
In a new show Jane Horrocks sings a selection of new wave hits. Plus a review of High-Rise
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Antonio Pappano, Marguerite reviewed, Photographer Paul Strand
Petroc Trelawny reviews Marguerite, a satirical comedy set in 1920s France.
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Composer Peter Maxwell Davies, singer Iggy Pop, novelist Jim Powell
Live daily magazine programme covering arts, literature, film, media and music.
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The Ones Below, Sonita, Tate funding, Comedy Playhouse, War Horse music
The Ones Below, Afghan rapper Sonita, Tate funding, Comedy Playhouse, War Horse music.
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Martin Parr's exhibitions, Assemble at Tate Liverpool, Bradford Media Museum controversy, Morrissey as London's mayor
Nick Hytner on Ken Adam. Plus Martin Parr, Assemble and Bradford museum controversy.
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Remembering George Martin, Anna Meredith, Motown the Musical, The Witch
Composer David Arnold and comedian Bernard Cribbins on the late producer George Martin.
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Anomalisa, Seamus Heaney's The Aeneid, Handel at Vauxhall, In the Age of Giorgione
With Samira Ahmed, including a review of Anomalis and a look at Seamus Heaney's The Aeneid
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07/03/2016
Arts news, interviews and reviews.
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Hail, Caesar!, Don Quixote, Thirteen, English Touring Opera
Including a review of the Coen brothers' Hail, Caesar!. Kirsty Lang presents.
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Richard Gere in Time Out of Mind, Tanita Tikaram, Look Back in Anger
A review of Time Out of Mind, starring Richard Gere as a homeless man. Plus Tanita Tikaram
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Botticelli, Gillian Slovo, Tony Warren remembered, Dr Thorne
Gillian Slovo's new novel, Botticelli Reimagined, Tony Warren obituary, Dr Thorne review.
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Peter Cook, Hitchcock/Truffaut, Tabletop Shakespeare, Tim Sayer
Architect Peter Cook designs his first building in the UK. John Wilson presents.
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The Brontes, Malian kora player Ballake Sissoko and French cellist Vincent Segal, Truth reviewed
AS Byatt discusses the enduring legacy of the Bronte's juvenilia. Samira Ahmed presents.
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Woodstock, Birger Larsen on Murder, Hacks in the spotlight, Trouble at the opera
John Wilson talks to Barney Hoskyns about his book on Woodstock - the town.
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The Maids, Tim Parks, Shetland weaving
Kirsty Lang talks to The Maids actresses Uzo Aduba, Laura Carmichael and Zawe Ashton.
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Grimsby, Dominic Dromgoole, Poems that Make Grown Women Cry
Sacha Baron Cohen's new film Grimsby reviewed and the Globe theatre's Dominic Dromgoole.
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Churchill's Secret, Artist Jonathan Yeo, King Jack, Author Clare Morrall
Including a review of feature-length ITV drama Churchill's Secret. Samira Ahmed presents.
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Secret in Their Eyes, Katie Mitchell, AB Yehoshua, Stutterer
Katie Mitchell on directing Cleansed, Secret in Their Eyes review, and AB Yehoshua's novel
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Harper Lee remembered, The Night Manager, Simon Armitage, Zelda
Harper Lee remembered, and John le Carre's The Night Manager adapted for TV.
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David McCallum, Marjorie Owens as Norma, Ashvin Kumar
Presented by Samira Ahmed. David McCallum looks back at his career.
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Freeheld review, Anna Hope, Jack Garratt, Unexpected Eisenstein
Julianne Moore in Freeheld, novelist Anna Hope and singer Jack Garratt.
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Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie, Steven Isserlis, Amalia Ulman
Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie discusses the band's new album. John Wilson presents.
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Yann Martel, Love, Delacroix, Mark Wallinger
Mark Wallinger shows John Wilson his art studio, and Yann Martel discusses his new novel.
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The People v OJ Simpson, Figaro, Pre-Raphaelites, 14 Bottoms
Kirsty Lang discusses The People v OJ Simpson and the Pre-Raphaelites in Liverpool.
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The Survivalist, Mark-Anthony Turnage, Shakespeare in the Royal Library, The Massive Tragedy of Madame Bovary!
Portraying post-apocalyptic worlds in The Survivalist and a ballet inspired by a portrait.
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Kate Winslet in Triple 9, Nell Gwynn, One Child
Kate Winslet talks to John Wilson about her role as a mafia villain in new film Triple 9.
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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Steve Coogan, Leonardo da Vinci, Chinelo Okparanta
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies reviewed and Alan Partridge revived, with Samira Ahmed.