Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
Episodes to download
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Arts Council Funding, the art of the infographic, film director Tas Brooker
Mon 7 Nov 2022
Arts Council funding, the art of the infographic, film director Tas Brooker.
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The English and Living reviewed, Royal Opera's Director of Opera Oliver Mears
Thu 3 Nov 2022
'The English', starring Emily Blunt and Chaske Spencer, reviewed.
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Live from Cardiff with Connor Allen, Zoë Skoulding and music from Catrin Finch and Aoife Ni Bhriain
Wed 2 Nov 2022
Front Row from Cardiff with music from harpist Catrin Finch and violinist Aoife Ni Bhriain
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Nick Hornby, dancer Cecilia Iliesiu, Derek Owusu and Anthony Anaxagorou
Tue 1 Nov 2022
Nick Hornby on Dickens & Prince, Cecilia Iliesiu, poets Derek Owusu & Anthony Anaxagorou
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Alison Lapper on Sarah Biffin, Ric Renton, Plastics at the V&A Dundee
Mon 31 Oct 2022
Alison Lapper on Sarah Biffin, Ric Renton on his play One Off, Plastics at the V&A Dundee.
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Tammy Faye musical, Paul Newman's memoir, Daniel Arsham, Simon Armitage
Thu 27 Oct 2022
The new musical from Elton John; artist Daniel Arsham; Simon Armitage on the Âé¶¹Éç centenary
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Turn It Up: The Power of Music exhibition; The Turner Prize at Tate Liverpool; Linton Kwesi Johnson
Wed 26 Oct 2022
Turn It Up: The Power of Music exhibition at Manchester's Science and Industry Museum
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Eliza Carthy, Ruben Östlund, Brutalist Architecture
Tue 25 Oct 2022
Eliza Carthy plays live, film director Ruben Östlund on Triangle of Sadness.
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Taylor Swift and Arctic Monkeys
Mon 24 Oct 2022
New Taylor Swift and Arctic Monkeys albums reviewed and horror in art and film discussed.
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Front Row reviews popular culture of 1922
Thu 20 Oct 2022
To mark the Âé¶¹Éç’s centenary, Front Row reviews the popular culture of 1922.
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Martin McDonagh on The Banshees of Inisherin and The Royal National Mòd
Wed 19 Oct 2022
Martin McDonagh on The Banshees of Inisherin and The Royal National Mòd.
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New theatre @sohoplace, director Edward Berger, Jenny Beavan on fair pay for costume designers
Tue 18 Oct 2022
New London theatre @sohoplace, director Edward Berger, fair pay for costume designers.
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The Booker Prize for Fiction 2022
Mon 17 Oct 2022
Samira Ahmed hosts the ceremony live from the Roundhouse in London.
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Hieroglyphs at the British Museum, Emily Brontë biopic, Shehan Karunatilaka
Thu 13 Oct 2022
Hieroglyphs at the British Museum, Emily Brontë biopic, Shehan Karunatilaka.
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Live from Belfast with Ruth McGinley, Conor Mitchell, Claire Keegan
Wed 12 Oct 2022
Pianist Ruth McGinley on her album AURA and Conor Mitchell on Propaganda: A New Musical.
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Camilla George, Elizabeth Strout and Iranian artist Soheila Sokhanvari
Tue 11 Oct 2022
Saxophonist Camilla George, Elizabeth Strout and Iranian artist Soheila Sokhanvari
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Alan Garner Booker Shortlisted, Orfeo Reimagined, Baz Luhrmann on Peter Brook
Mon 10 Oct 2022
Alan Garner on his Booker shortlisted novel, Treacle Eater, exploring the nature of time.
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Booker-nominated author Percival Everett, The Lost King reviewed
Thu 6 Oct 2022
Front Row reviews The Lost King and the Science Fiction exhibition at the Science Museum.
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Björk, NoViolet Bulawayo, James Bond at 60
Wed 5 Oct 2022
Björk on her new album, Booker Prize nominee NoViolet Bulawayo, and Bond, James Bond.
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Âé¶¹Éç National Short Story Award and Âé¶¹Éç Young Writers' Award winners
Tue 4 Oct 2022
We announce the winners of the Âé¶¹Éç National Short Story Award and Young Writers’ Award.
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Viola Davis in The Woman King, playwright Rona Munro and artist Amy Sherald
Mon 3 Oct 2022
Viola Davis and director Gina Prince-Bythewood discuss historical epic The Woman King.
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Shakespeare North Playhouse and artist Samson Kambalu
Thu 29 Sep 2022
A review of A Midsummer Night's Dream, Peaky Blinders as dance, and artist Samson Kambalu.
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The Blackwater Lightship, Filmmaker Kirsty Bell, Black Art
Wed 28 Sep 2022
Colm Toibin's novel on stage; debut director of A Bird Flew In; the history of black art.
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Anthony Roth Costanzo, Unboxed's See Monster, and the cost of living crisis
Tue 27 Sep 2022
Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo, Unboxed's See Monster, and the cost of living crisis
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Michael Winterbottom, Welsh arts project GALWAD, Hilary Mantel remembered
Mon 26 Sep 2022
Michael Winterbottom, Welsh arts project GALWAD, Hilary Mantel remembered.
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Blonde and Inside Man reviewed, Anna Bailey interview
Thu 22 Sep 2022
Reviews of Blonde & Inside Man; National Short Story Award shortlisted author Anna Bailey
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Beth Orton, Jodi Picoult, South Korean Art
Wed 21 Sep 2022
Beth Orton performs live, Jodi Picoult, South Korean art reviewed, and Vanessa Onwuemezi.
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Louise Doughty on her Âé¶¹Éç drama Crossfire, singer-songwriter Miki Berenyi from Lush, author Jenn Ashworth
Tue 20 Sep 2022
Louise Doughty on her Âé¶¹Éç drama, Miki Berenyi's memoir of life in Lush, Jenn Ashworth.
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Ticket to Paradise film, Winslow Homer exhibition, National Short Story Award shortlist announcement
Thu 15 Sep 2022
George Clooney and Julia Roberts reunite in new rom-com Ticket to Paradise, set in Bali.
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Cellist Abel Selaocoe, Art & History, Curlews In Music
Wed 14 Sep 2022
Abel Selaocoe plays live, seeing art and history from a new perspective, curlews in music
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