Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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Live from the Belfast Book Festival
Wednesday
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
Tuesday
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
Monday
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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Winston Churchill: The Painter, and Smoggie Queens creator and star Phil Dunning
Tue 19 May 2026
Plus Tate Britain鈥檚 show garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show.
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White Lotus and Bridget Jones star Leo Woodall on his new film
Mon 18 May 2026
Leo Woodall stars in the film Tuner, about a young piano prodigy who turns to crime
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Review Show: Rivals and Ian McKellen in The Christophers
Thu 14 May 2026
Plus the West End transfer of the award-winning historical drama 1536.
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Mark Cousins on his 16-hour epic documentary
Wed 13 May 2026
Director Mark Cousins on his 16-hour epic The Story of Documentary Film.
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The rock star architect of the Baroque age, Sir John Vanbrugh
Tue 12 May 2026
Sir John Vanbrugh, and Lubaina Himid on representing Great Britain at the Venice Biennale
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Highs, lows and naked jet-skiers at the Venice Biennale
Mon 11 May 2026
Critics Ben Luke and Aviva Dautch bring us all the news from Venice.
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Reviewing The Sheep Detectives, Elizabeth Strout and Henry Moore at Kew
Thu 7 May 2026
Reviewing The Sheep Detectives, Elizabeth Strout and Henry Moore at Kew.
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Author Siri Hustvedt on her memoir, Ghost Stories
Wed 6 May 2026
Acclaimed author Siri Hustvedt on her memoir of her marriage to Paul Auster.
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Antony Gormley in 2D
Tue 5 May 2026
Antony Gormley on drawing. Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson. Career Women cinema.
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Celebrating the art of Illustration, with Sir Quentin Blake and Posy Simmonds
Mon 4 May 2026
We find out how illustration is adapting to a changing world.
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Review: Spanish master Zurbar谩n at the National Gallery
Thu 30 Apr 2026
The House of the Spirits series & play Please Please Me about Brian Epstein & The Beatles
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Paul Weller on his musical evolution
Wed 29 Apr 2026
As he releases Weller at the 麻豆社 Volume 2, Paul Weller talks to Kirsty Wark.
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Children's Laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce on the new Children's Booker Prize
Tue 28 Apr 2026
Children's Laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce on the power of books and Kae Tempest's new novel
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The Devil Wears Prada 2, with director David Frankel
Mon 27 Apr 2026
The Devil Wears Prada 2 director David Frankel. David Haig's new play. Kissing on stage.
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Review: Half Man, Richard Gadd鈥檚 follow up to Baby Reindeer
Thu 23 Apr 2026
Plus Anne Hathaway as a pop star seeking a comeback in thriller Mother Mary.
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Michael Jackson biopic controversy
Wed 22 Apr 2026
We review the new biopic Michael, which stars Michael Jackson's nephew Jaafar.
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Vivaldi film, author Ben Lerner and V+A East's Music Is Black exhibition
Tue 21 Apr 2026
A film about Vivaldi, author Ben Lerner and the V+A East's The Music Is Black exhibition
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Are straight male novelists avoiding sex scenes? Plus new 麻豆社 drama Mint
Mon 20 Apr 2026
Director Charlotte Regan on her new 麻豆社 thriller Mint.
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Reviewing Lena Dunham's memoir, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Big Mistakes
Thu 16 Apr 2026
Reviewing Lena Dunham's memoir, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Big Mistakes.
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Dancer and choreographer Gene Kelly's wife and biographer Patricia Ward Kelly on Starstruck
Wed 15 Apr 2026
Scottish Ballet's Starstruck honours Gene Kelly's creative legacy.
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