Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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Mark Gatiss at the RSC and novelist Margaret Drabble
Mon 13 Apr 2026
Mark Gatiss takes on Brecht's Hitler satire, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui.
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Review: Is it ok to film theatre curtain calls on your phone?
Thu 9 Apr 2026
Reviewing new work from Francois Ozon, Amitav Ghosh and Jim Jarmusch.
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W1A creator John Morton on Twenty Twenty Six
Wed 8 Apr 2026
The new comedy Twenty Twenty Six, set in the run-up to this year's football World Cup.
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Was Queen Victoria coercively controlled by Prince Albert?
Tue 7 Apr 2026
Writer Daisy Goodwin on her new play, Victoria: A Queen Unbound.
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The Birth of Television: A Forgotten History
Mon 6 Apr 2026
Samira Ahmed and guests discuss the forgotten history of the early days of television.
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Review: The Drama starring Robert Pattinson and Zendaya
Thu 2 Apr 2026
Yann Martel's new novel, Son of Nobody and 麻豆社 drama series, Babies
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SNL UK Cast, plus Trash Cinema Icon Mink Stole
Wed 1 Apr 2026
Mink Stole, Live Comedy Day, the art of catwalk fashion.
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Robert Macfarlane on the revelations to be found underground
Tue 31 Mar 2026
Robert Macfarlane on life underground, Dancing with your younger self, Protest music
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Lesley Manville, and what do astronauts listen to in space?
Mon 30 Mar 2026
Lesley Manville, and Art in Space
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Review: Riz Ahmed comedy Bait, Schiaparelli at the V&A
Thu 26 Mar 2026
On the review show this week: Riz Ahmed's comedy series Bait and Schiaparelli at the V&A.
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Actor Forbes Masson on the stage production of cult sitcom The High Life
Wed 25 Mar 2026
National Theatre of Scotland stage production of cult sitcom The High Life.
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Saturday Night Live arrives in the UK
Mon 23 Mar 2026
The UK now has its own SNL, 50 years after the US original. But is it funny?
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Review: La Grazia, the latest film from The Great Beauty director Paolo Sorrentino
Thu 19 Mar 2026
Summerfolk at the National Theatre in London and epic novel The Tribe by Michael Arditti.
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Sylvia Plath's final year, and Hue and Cry perform Labour of Love
Wed 18 Mar 2026
Author Helen Bain on fictionalising Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath's year in Devon.
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Gentleman Jack ballet, BTS reunited, Irish myths - a feminist retelling, Len Deighton remembered
Tue 17 Mar 2026
Gentleman Jack ballet, BTS reunited, Irish myths - a feminist retelling, Len Deighton.
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The Oscars, Ryan Gosling, Self Esteem performs
Mon 16 Mar 2026
An Oscars roundup, Ryan Gosling on his new sci-fi film, and Self Esteem plays in studio.
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Review: David Hockney in Normandy, and Asako Yuzuki's new novel
Thu 12 Mar 2026
Butter author Asako Yuzuki's novel Hooked; The Tasters film, about Hitler's food tasters.
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James McAvoy on his directorial debut, California Schemin'
Wed 11 Mar 2026
Actor James McAvoy on turning director for his debut feature, California Schemin'.
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Howard Jacobson's new book, Howl
Tue 10 Mar 2026
Thea Gilmore's new music project and the popularity of micro-dramas.
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Cillian Murphy on Peaky Blinders, plus Timothee Chalamet's opera backlash
Mon 9 Mar 2026
Cillian Murphy talks to Samira Ahmed about new film, Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man.
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Review: The Bride! Maggie Gyllenhaal's film about the bride of Frankenstein
Thu 5 Mar 2026
Plus Bad Fiction by Rebecca Sarah Ley and award-winning film Sound of Falling.
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Will Self on The Quantity Theory of Morality
Wed 4 Mar 2026
Will Self on his latest satirical novel which looks at the alienation of modern life.
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Author Julia Quinn on Bridgerton
Tue 3 Mar 2026
Author Julia Quinn on writing the Bridgerton novels and saying yes to Shonda Rhimes.
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Pixar at 40
Mon 2 Mar 2026
Pixar's chief creative officer Pete Docter on the inner workings of an animation giant.
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Review: Tracey Emin: A Second Life at Tate Modern
Thu 26 Feb 2026
Plus the rave-thriller film Sir芒t and George Eliot's origin story on stage in Bird Grove.
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Arthur Sze, the poet laureate of the United States, and award-winning director Felipe Bustos Sierra
Wed 25 Feb 2026
Director Felipe Bustos Sierra on his film, Everybody to Kenmure Street.
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Ukraine Unbroken - New Plays Responding to the War
Tue 24 Feb 2026
David Edgar on his play about the war in Ukraine. Mariia Petrovska plays the bandura.
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Neve Campbell on being Hollywood's Scream Queen, and BAFTAs lowdown
Mon 23 Feb 2026
Unheard recordings of painter LS Lowry, and BAFTA reactions.
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Review: Cynthia Erivo in Dracula, Charli XCX mockumentary, The Secret Agent
Thu 19 Feb 2026
Reviews of Dracula and The Moment, plus Hallie Rubenhold on book marketing scams.
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