Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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The producers of RuPaul's Drag Race, plus pianist Alfred Brendel remembered
Tue 17 Jun 2025
A review of the Bedrock themed Liverpool Biennial which is back for its 13th edition.
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Danny Boyle and Alex Garland on 28 Years Later
Mon 16 Jun 2025
Danny Boyle and Alex Garland on their new film 28 Years Later
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Review Show: Pulp's new album More
Thu 12 Jun 2025
Plus reviews of Edward Burra and Ithell Colquhoun at Tate Britain.
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Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys remembered.
Wed 11 Jun 2025
Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys remembered.
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Was 1975 the best year for music?
Tue 10 Jun 2025
Sarah Moss, the latest on the Elgin Marbles, was 1975 the best year for music?
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Twin Peaks creator plus Ian Rankin on Frederick Forsyth
Mon 9 Jun 2025
Discussing the legacy of David Lynch's ground-breaking cult television series
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Review show: Paris Lees drama What It Feels Like for a Girl
Thu 5 Jun 2025
Plus reviews of Lollipop movie and Atmosphere, the new novel from Taylor Jenkins Reid.
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Daisy Goodwin on her play about the late Queen and her dresser
Wed 4 Jun 2025
Daisy Goodwin on her play about the late Queen and her dresser, By Royal Appointment.
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Nick Mohammed on comedy and improvisation
Tue 3 Jun 2025
Nick Mohammed talks about his comedy stand-up show and new film Deep Cover.
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Fiddler on the Roof returns to the stage
Mon 2 Jun 2025
Samira discusses the Olivier award-winning production of Fiddler on the Roof.
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Imelda Staunton in Mrs Warren's Profession
Thu 29 May 2025
Samira Ahmed and guests review Imelda Staunton in Mrs Warren's Profession
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Paul Hartnoll of Orbital on the band's Brown album, and a new biography of Muriel Spark.
Wed 28 May 2025
Paul Hartnoll of Orbital on the band's Brown album, and a new biography of Muriel Spark.
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Will Butler formerly of Arcade Fire on his play set in a recording studio
Tue 27 May 2025
Stereophonic play, Skin from Skunk Anansie on their new album, Joseph Wright exhibition.
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Alison Steadman live from Hay Festival
Mon 26 May 2025
Live from the Hay Festival, Alison Steadman talks to Samira about her career
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Mission Impossible & Benicio Del Toro
Thu 22 May 2025
Benicio Del Toro on his role in Wes Anderson's film The Phoenician Scheme.
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Shirley Manson of Garbage
Wed 21 May 2025
Shirley Manson of Garbage, Winner of the International Booker Prize, Artist Jeremy Deller.
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Musician Rhiannon Giddens on returning to her North Carolina roots after working with Beyonc茅
Tue 20 May 2025
Musician Rhiannon Giddens returns to her North Carolina roots after working with Beyonc茅.
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Joanne Harris on the return of Chocolat
Mon 19 May 2025
Joanne Harris on the return of Chocolat, Cannes Film Festival, and art from ancient India.
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Review: Sondheim's final musical Here We Are, The Marching Band, Daniel Kehlmann's The Director
Thu 15 May 2025
Stephen Sondheim's final musical, Here We Are, is one of the week's highlights reviewed.
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Ocean with Attenborough, Garden Design, Turning Contemporary Politics into Opera
Wed 14 May 2025
Ocean with Attenborough, the history and future of gardens, new opera inspired by politics
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Morcheeba perform, Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway 100th anniversary
Tue 13 May 2025
Writer Elif 艦hafak on Mrs Dalloway at 100, Morcheeba's acoustic version of Call For Love.
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Suzanne Vega sings in the studio, P Diddy trial, Mother Courage in County Durham
Mon 12 May 2025
Suzanne Vega performs a track from her new album, in the Front Row studio.
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Review, The Wedding Banquet, Isabel Allende, The Brightening Air
Thu 8 May 2025
Reviews of a new remake of The Wedding Banquet, and a new Isabel Allende novel.
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Leni Riefenstahl, Queen Elizabeth Memorial, Keli
Wed 7 May 2025
Leni Riefenstahl documentary, digital designs for Queen Elizabeth's memorial and Keli.
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Hamlet Radiohead mashup, Stoke-on-Trent pottery in crisis
Tue 6 May 2025
A new production of Hamlet created in collaboration with Thom Yorke from Radiohead
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A snapshot of culture on VE Day 1945
Mon 5 May 2025
The music, books, films and theatre that defined VE Day 1945.
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Review: John Lennon docs, Tina Fey's The Four Seasons and The Great Gatsby musical
Thu 1 May 2025
John Lennon's life after The Beatles explored in two documentaries, plus The Great Gatsby.
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King James VI & I, Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes, The Extraordinary Miss Flower
Wed 30 Apr 2025
An exhibition about James VI of Scotland and I of England sheds new light on the monarch.
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Noddy Holder of Slade, Stephen Rea and Simone de Beauvoir
Tue 29 Apr 2025
Stephen Rea on performing Beckett, and Noddy Holder discusses cult film Slade in Flame.
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Universal Theme Park, Olivier award-winning play Giant, Two to One
Mon 28 Apr 2025
Mark Rosenblatt talks about his Olivier award-winning play about Roald Dahl, Giant.
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