Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
Episodes to download
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Comedy performer David Mitchell, Nobel Prize for Literature
Thu 11 Oct 2012
Peep Show's David Mitchell, the Nobel Prize for literature and how actors learn accents.
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This House - Roy Hattersley reviews; Jo Nesbo; Prince biography
Wed 10 Oct 2012
Roy Hattersley reviews Westminster drama This House; Jo Nesbo; a biography of Prince.
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Pete Townshend
Tue 9 Oct 2012
Pete Townshend reflects on the highs and lows of his career, as he publishes a memoir.
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Ruby Sparks, Roy Willliams,The Plane Crash, William Klein
Mon 8 Oct 2012
Ruby Sparks, from the directors of Litte Miss Sunshine; playwright Roy Williams.
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The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour, Anne-Marie Duff, David Shrigley
Fri 5 Oct 2012
The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour, actress Anne-Marie Duff, and artist David Shrigley.
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The Reader author Bernhard Schlink, Homeland returns, Caryl Churchill's new play
Thu 4 Oct 2012
The Reader author Bernhard Schlink, US painter Alex Katz, and TV drama Homeland is back.
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Howard Barker, Welcome to India, attracting young opera audiences
Wed 3 Oct 2012
Dramatist Howard Barker, how TV covers India, and attracting younger audiences to opera.
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麻豆社 International Short Story Award, Mumford and Sons
Tue 2 Oct 2012
John Wilson has news of the 麻豆社 International Short Story Award winner.
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Emma Watson in The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Turner Prize, Hunted
Mon 1 Oct 2012
Emma Watson in The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Turner Prize, Hunted, Northern Broadsides.
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The Thick of It, Cerys Matthews, Lucy Liu in Elementary
Fri 28 Sep 2012
The writers of The Thick of It, Cerys Matthews on country women, and Elementary.
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Front Row - J K Rowling
Thu 27 Sep 2012
JK Rowling talks to Mark Lawson, as she publishes her first novel aimed at adult readers.
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Muse interviewed, Andy Williams remembered, Short Story contenders
Wed 26 Sep 2012
Muse on their Olympic role, Andy Williams remembered, and Short Story Award writers.
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Bruce Willis in Looper, Ashley Jensen, 麻豆社 Short Story author
Tue 25 Sep 2012
Mark Lawson reviews Bruce Willis in Looper, plus Extras actress Ashley Jensen on stage.
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Holy Motors, The Paradise, 麻豆社 Short Story contender
Mon 24 Sep 2012
French film Holy Motors with Kylie Minogue, plus TV drama The Paradise and Indian settings
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Untouchable review, Louise Wener interview, Ryszard Kapuscinski biography
Fri 21 Sep 2012
French hit Untouchable reviewed, and Louise Wener and Roy Boulter on their radio drama.
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Rupert Everett, novelist Deborah Levy, and Big Boys Go Bananas!*
Thu 20 Sep 2012
Actor Rupert Everett on his new memoir, novelist Deborah Levy and Big Boys Go Bananas!*.
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Oliver Stone, Jesus Christ Superstar with Mel C
Wed 19 Sep 2012
Oliver Stone on Savages; Mel C, Tim Minchin and Chris Moyles on Jesus Christ Superstar.
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Brad Pitt's latest reviewed, Gareth Malone, Greg Davies
Tue 18 Sep 2012
Brad Pitt in Killing Them Softly reviewed, choirmaster Gareth Malone, comedian Greg Davies
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Now Is Good director Ol Parker, and Caryl Churchill's new play Love and Information
Mon 17 Sep 2012
Now Is Good director Ol Parker, Caryl Churchill's new play, 麻豆社 Short Story Award writer.
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John Cale; 麻豆社 International Short Story Award
Fri 14 Sep 2012
麻豆社 International Short Story Award shortlist, John Cale interview, and John Moores Prize.
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Downton Abbey reviewed, Sheridan Smith as Hedda Gabler, David Byrne
Thu 13 Sep 2012
Downton Abbey returns; Sheridan Smith stars as Hedda Gabler; David Byrne's musical rules.
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Jonathan Pryce's Lear, Thomas Heatherwick, Mercury Prize
Wed 12 Sep 2012
Mark Lawson on Jonathan Pryce as King Lear, and Thomas Heatherwick on his Olympic cauldron
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The Killers, Booker Prize shortlist, Woody Allen film, Bronze
Tue 11 Sep 2012
Mark Lawson on bronze artworks, American band The Killers and the Booker Prize shortlist.
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Meryl Streep in Hope Springs, Pre-Raphaelites exhibition
Mon 10 Sep 2012
Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones in Hope Springs, plus a major pre-Raphaelites exhibition.
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Charles Sturridge, Iraq War novel, revival of silent cinema
Fri 7 Sep 2012
Director Charles Sturridge; Iraq war novel; silent cinema return; chess sets by artists.
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Darcey Bussell, Bob Dylan reviewed, and the Bristol Old Vic reopens
Thu 6 Sep 2012
Ballerina Darcey Bussell; new Bob Dylan album reviewed; restored Bristol Old Vic re-opens.
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Donny Osmond, AN Wilson on Cecil Beaton, the return of Dallas
Wed 5 Sep 2012
Donny Osmond, Cecil Beaton's war photos, the return of Dallas and new art from China.
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Novelist Howard Jacobson; actor Damian Lewis; Lawless reviewed
Tue 4 Sep 2012
Booker-winning writer Howard Jacobson, Damian Lewis on The Sweeney, and Lawless reviewed.
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Hermione Norris, Anna Karenina reviewed, Henning Mankell
Mon 3 Sep 2012
Actress Hermione Norris, Anna Karenina reviewed, Henning Mankell and Northumberlandia.
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Opera star Alfie Boe, TV drama The Bletchley Circle, organist Cameron Carpenter
Fri 31 Aug 2012
Opera star Alfie Boe, TV drama The Bletchley Circle, and organist Cameron Carpenter.
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