Front Row Episodes Episode guide
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Blur's New Album, Empire Review, Jim Cartwright, Trollope's Bicentenary
Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon discuss the first new Blur album in 16 years.
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Damian Lewis and Daniel Evans on American Buffalo, Folk Singer Sam Lee, The Proms 2015
Damian Lewis and Daniel Evans, Sam Lee, A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence.
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The Good Lie, Dominic Dromgoole, Loudon Wainwright III, Lib Dems' arts policy
The Good Lie, Dominic Dromgoole, Loudon Wainwright III, Lib Dems' arts policy.
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Toni Morrison, Indigenous Australia, Car Share
Toni Morrison on her new novel; Indigenous Australia exhibition; Peter Kay's Car Share.
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Antony Gormley, Madam Secretary, Who Cares Writer and Director, Borodin Quartet
Antony Gormley; Madam Secretary review; Who Cares writer and director; Borodin Quartet.
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Dark Horse, National Theatre changes, artist Luke Jerram, playwright Danai Gurira
Horse racing film Dark Horse, National Theatre changes, artist Luke Jerram, Danai Gurira.
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Gypsy, Martin Parr, Hermitage Director, Tennessee Williams Drama Found
Gypsy, Martin Parr, Hermitage Museum director, newly discovered Tennessee Williams drama.
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Child 44, Carol Morley, Francis Bacon, Lisa McInerney
John Wilson discusses Child 44, starring Tom Hardy, and a new Francis Bacon exhibition.
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Alan Rickman, Sonia Delaunay, Punchdrunk Theatre, Anne Frank
Alan Rickman on directing A Little Chaos, the art of Sonia Delaunay and Punchdrunk Theatre
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Baileys Shortlist, Gunter Grass, Dear Lupin, The Last Five Years
The Baileys shortlist and a stage adapation of the Dear Lupin letters. With Samira Ahmed.
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Michael Horovitz, The Jinx, Drone Warfare, Download Dead?
John Wilson talks to poet Michael Horovitz, plus the portrayal of drone warfare in film
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Ray Davies, Force Majeure, Gillian Ayres, Game of Thrones
Arts news with John Wilson, including Ray Davies on The Kinks musical Sunny Afternoon.
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Helen Mirren, Ed Vaizey, Benjamin Clementine
Helen Mirren talks to John Wilson about her new film, Woman in Gold.
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Jo Nesbo, John Wick, Billie Holiday
Arts news with Samira Ahmed, including Jo Nesbo on his new thriller Blood on Snow.
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Peggy Seeger
John Wilson travels to Oxfordshire to meet the queen of folk, Peggy Seeger.
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Clive James talks about his new poetry collection Sentenced to Life
Clive James talks to Kirsty Lang about his new poetry collection, Sentenced to Life.
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National Poetry Competition, Dead Sheep, Code of a Killer, Attica Locke
Roger McGough on the National Poetry Competition, plus a review of Code of a Killer.
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Sweeney Todd, Nick Cave, Peter Ackroyd, Eric Ravilious
Nick Cave, Sweeney Todd review, Peter Ackroyd on Hitchcock, an Eric Ravilious exhibition.
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The Dark Horse, Sara Taylor, 70 Years of The Glass Menagerie
New Zealand film The Dark Horse and novelist Sara Taylor. With Kirsty Lang.
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Tracey Emin, Blade Runner, Stan Tracey, Museum Sale Controversy
John Wilson talks to Tracey Emin as her infamous artwork My Bed returns to public display.
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Hytner and Spacey, Wild Tales, Hofesh Shechter
John Wilson on Hytner at the National, Spacey at the Old Vic and Noah on television.
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Antony Sher on Willy Loman, Patrick Gale, National Videogame Arcade
Antony Sher on playing Willy Loman, and Patrick Gale on his novel A Place Called Winter.
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Ben Stiller, Martin Rowson on James Gillray, Artist Peter Doig
Ben Stiller discusses While We're Young and Martin Rowson reviews Love Bites.
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Russell Crowe, Anish Kapoor, The Body in Greek Art
Arts news with Samira Ahmed, including Russell Crowe on directing The Water Diviner.
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Cinderella; 2015 Folio Prize Winner; Documentary-maker Nick Broomfield
The Folio Prize winner live, a review of Kenneth Branagh's Cinderella and Nick Broomfield.
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The Royals, Peggy Seeger, Sean Scully, Spring with Anna Meredith
Peggy Seeger on creating the radio ballad, plus artist Sean Scully and Anna Meredith.
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Michael Winterbottom, Painting Paradise, Spring with Fred D'Aguiar
John Wilson talks to Michael Winterbottom about his film The Face of an Angel.
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Mommy, Maggi Hambling, Ayelet Gundar-Goshen
Kirsty Lang discusses Xavier Dolan's film Mommy. Plus artist Maggi Hambling on Cy Twombly.
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Samuel West, Bloodline, AD Miller, Spring in Verse
Samuel West on After Electra, Bloodline reviewed, author AD Miller and spring in verse.
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Coalition, Sweeney Todd, The Tale of Princess Kaguya, Spring in Art
Arts news, interviews and reviews.