Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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Review Show: The Rolling Stones album Foreign Tongues
Yesterday
AI and humanity explored in the play Robota and Disney Live Action remakes.
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Lynval Golding of The Specials on the band's swansong album
Wednesday
The last album from The Specials; Female photographers as social activists.
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Ai Weiwei in Manchester
Tuesday
Ai Weiwei's largest site-specific show, and Nassim Soleimanpour on his groundbreaking play
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Madonna's Confessions II album, Daphne du Maurier, Sky buying ITV
Monday
Plus the US cultural events to mark 250 years of independence.
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Review Show: Pen茅lope Cruz in The Invite, Pride the Musical
Last Thursday
And debut novel Trouble Was by Charlotte Edwardes.
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Nobel Prize-winning author Kazuo Ishiguro on his passion for films featuring trains
Wed 1 Jul 2026
Kazuo Ishiguro speaks to Kirsty Wark about his fascination for trains
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Dave Eggers on his new novel Contrapposto and Supergirl director Craig Gillespie
Tue 30 Jun 2026
As Michael Caine's Odyssey is released, we discuss actors licencing themselves for AI.
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Penelope Keith tribute, Russell Tovey, Katherine Rundell on fairy tales
Mon 29 Jun 2026
Tribute to Penelope Keith, Russell Tovey, Katherine Rundell on fairy tales.
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Review Show: Frida Kahlo, Mads Mikkelsen in The Last Viking, Museum of the Year
Thu 25 Jun 2026
The Last Viking film and novel Natural Disaster by Lisa Owens. Plus Museum of the Year.
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Lauren Child on 25 years of Charlie & Lola
Wed 24 Jun 2026
Former children's laureate Lauren Child on her new book.
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Bill Nighy on acting, podcasting and style tips
Tue 23 Jun 2026
Bill Nighy on his latest film, and the Carnegie Medal winners for Writing and Illustration
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Linda Perry sings live, and we celebrate Mel Brooks' 100th birthday
Mon 22 Jun 2026
And we mark the work of James Burrows; from Cheers and Friends to The Big Bang Theory
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Review: Anish Kapoor, Virginia Woolf's Night and Day, Toy Story 5
Thu 18 Jun 2026
Tom also talks to Toy Story 5 director Andrew Stanton.
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Katherine Hepburn novel, plus the Obama Presidential Center opens
Wed 17 Jun 2026
Rain at National Library of Scotland, Katharine Hepburn, Obama Presidential Center.
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A new Brian Epstein biography and how Estonia is protecting its cultural treasures from potential attack
Tue 16 Jun 2026
Also, we celebrate the life and work of special effects pioneer Brian Johnson.
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David Hockney special
Mon 15 Jun 2026
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
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Review: Steven Spielberg's alien film Disclosure Day
Thu 11 Jun 2026
Plus TV series Cape Fear, with Amy Adams and Javier Bardem and a M. C. Escher exhibition.
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Scotland's National Poet Peter Mackay honours the country's football team
Wed 10 Jun 2026
Scotland's Makar Peter Mackay; Crime writer Denise Mina; Staging outdoor theatre.
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Barry Manilow brings the Manilow magic to Front Row
Tue 9 Jun 2026
Barry Manilow on maintaining his musical curiosity, and a discussion on football art.
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Daft Punk鈥檚 Thomas Bangalter, Pan African art and John Tavener's opera Krishna
Mon 8 Jun 2026
Samira Ahmed's guests include Thomas Bangalter, Ekow Eshun and David Pountney.
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Review: High Society and film Savage House
Thu 4 Jun 2026
Plus: Fiona Mozley's new novel, Awake Awake.
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Live from the Belfast Book Festival
Wed 3 Jun 2026
Writers Lucy Caldwell and Hilary McCollum; Bold Girls at Lyric Theatre and Live Poetry.
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Rivals writer Sophie Goodhart on new TV series Alice and Steve; depictions of dogs in art
Tue 2 Jun 2026
Soweto Kinch on Keith Jarrett鈥檚 K枚ln Concert, the bestselling solo album in jazz history.
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Marilyn Monroe at 100
Mon 1 Jun 2026
Marilyn Monroe at 100, George Michael's biography, Courtney Pine, Maureen Duffy tribute.
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Review Show: Paul McCartney, Russell T Davies, Maggie O'Farrell
Thu 28 May 2026
The verdict on Russell T Davies' new drama Tip Toe and Paul McCartney's latest album.
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Ann Patchett, plus why launch an all-male publishing house?
Wed 27 May 2026
Nashville novelist Ann Patchett on her tenth novel, Whistler.
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Live from Hay with Jack Thorne and Val McDermid
Mon 25 May 2026
Live from Hay with Jack Thorne and Val McDermid, Vaseem Khan & the National Poet of Wales.
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Review Show: Douglas Stuart's John of John and Cannes Film Festival
Thu 21 May 2026
Also, Holy Pop!, a new exhibition celebrating fandom.
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Heated Rivalry author Rachel Reid
Wed 20 May 2026
Rachel Reid on her books which propelled the Heated Rivalry phenomenon.
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