Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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Yazz Ahmed, Lucy Bailey, The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone
Tue 1 Dec 2020
Musician Yazz Ahmed. Plus Francis Ford Coppola's new recut of The Godfather Part III.
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Henry Blake on County Lines; museums and galleries post Covid; re-reading Jane Austen's Emma
Mon 30 Nov 2020
Henry Blake; museums and galleries and Covid; John Mullen on Jane Austen's Emma.
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Mandolin player Avi Avital, Marina Abramovi膰, Possessor reviewed
Fri 27 Nov 2020
Avi Avital on the wonders of the mandolin and its repertoire.
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Hollywood star Amy Adams, Corrie at 60 and Musician Jake Blount
Thu 26 Nov 2020
Hollywood actress Amy Adams on her new movie, Hillbilly Elegy.
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Playwright Roy Williams, Poet Fred D'Aguiar, Defending Digga D documentary
Wed 25 Nov 2020
Roy Williams' new drama Death of England, poems from Fred D'Aguiar, Defending Digga D doc.
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Simon Russell Beale; Costa Book Awards shortlists; Guy Garvey
Tue 24 Nov 2020
Simon Russell Beale on Scrooge; Costa Book Awards shortlists announced; Guy Garvey.
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Booker Prize winner Douglas Stuart on Shuggie Bain
Mon 23 Nov 2020
Booker prize winner Douglas Stuart on his novel Shuggie Bain.
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Tim Minchin, Jan Morris remembered, new gaming consoles, Nicholas Pinnock
Fri 20 Nov 2020
Tim Minchin on his debut solo album Apart Together, and new gaming consoles.
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Gillian Anderson, South Georgia artist commission, the role of literary prizes
Wed 18 Nov 2020
Gillian Anderson on portraying Margaret Thatcher in the fourth season of The Crown.
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Patrick, Colm T贸ib铆n on James Joyce, Amy Macdonald, Christopher Reid
Tue 17 Nov 2020
Belgian film Patrick, Colm T贸ib铆n on James Joyce's The House Of The Dead.
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Fela Kuti documentary; writing and reading trauma; The Queen's Gambit review
Mon 16 Nov 2020
Fela Kuti documentary maker, Biyi Bandele; books dealing with trauma; The Queen's Gambit
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Steve McQueen, The Simpsons, Brutal North, Jenny Sturgeon
Fri 13 Nov 2020
Steve McQueen on his Small Axe films and the enduring popularity of The Simpsons.
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Booker Prize Book Group, Julian Lloyd Webber on Malcolm Arnold, Nick Park's lockdown discovery
Thu 12 Nov 2020
Booker Prize Book Group, Julian Lloyd Webber on Malcolm Arnold, Nick Park's lockdown life.
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Tana French, Mary Wollstonecraft statue, Industry, Ralph McTell's The Unknown Warrior
Wed 11 Nov 2020
Tana French on her new novel; Ralph McTell's musical tribute to The Unknown Soldier.
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Abel Selaocoe, Billie Holiday, Edoardo Ponti on Sophia Loren
Tue 10 Nov 2020
South African cellist and singer Abel Selaocoe's classical, African and contemporary music
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The Voices of the Women in Classical Myths in 15 Heroines; Front Row's Book Group with Booker Nominee Douglas Stuart
Mon 9 Nov 2020
Women in classical myths speak in 15 Heroines; Front Row's Book Club with Douglas Stuart
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Dame Judi Dench and Wendy Craig remember Geoffrey Palmer; Ruth Wilson; Graeae; Kylie and Little Mix albums; Ted Hughes's Crow
Fri 6 Nov 2020
Ruth Wilson in His Dark Materials; Dame Judie Dench remembers Geoffrey Palmer
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Could being visually impaired enhance an artist鈥檚 work?
Thu 5 Nov 2020
Documentary The Disordered Eye and Booker Book Club with Maaza Mengiste.
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Alice Oswald's Weather Anthology, What a Carve Up!, Memoir writing
Wed 4 Nov 2020
Poet Alice Oswald discusses Gigantic Cinema: A Weather Anthology, and writing memoirs.
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Kristin Scott Thomas talks about playing Mrs Danvers in Rebecca
Tue 3 Nov 2020
Dame Kristin Scott Thomas discusses the fine details of screen acting with Tom Sutcliffe.
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Cellist Steven Isserlis plays, the lockdown's impact on the arts and Booker shortlisted Avni Doshi
Mon 2 Nov 2020
Cellist Steven Isserlis plays, arts in the new lockdown, Booker shortlisted Avni Doshi.
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Sam Smith, Turner's Modern World, Cold War Steve, US elections on film
Fri 30 Oct 2020
Sam Smith's new album Love Goes, Cold War Steve, American elections on film, JWM Turner.
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Dawn French talks about her comedy and novel writing careers
Thu 29 Oct 2020
Dawn French discusses her latest novel and reflects on a long and varied comedy career.
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His House director Remi Weekes, Booker Prize Book Group with Tsitsi Dangarembga
Wed 28 Oct 2020
Tsitsi Dangarembga discusses her novel This Mournable Body in the Booker Prize Book Group
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Elisabeth Moss, Julia Bullock, memorialising loved ones in video games
Tue 27 Oct 2020
Elisabeth Moss on playing horror writer Shirley Jackson and directing The Handmaid's Tale
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Sofia Coppola, Booker Book Group with Diane Cook, Olivier Awards
Mon 26 Oct 2020
Sofia Coppola's new film, Diane Cook鈥檚 Booker Book Group, Olivier Awards roundup
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Frankenstein, William Boyd, Rachel Whiteread, The Sister
Fri 23 Oct 2020
Frankenstein: six young artists challenge how today's society creates its own monsters.
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James Graham, Nottingham's Rock City celebrates 40 years, Liam Bailey, Phoebe Boswell
Thu 22 Oct 2020
Geeta Pendse presents from Nottingham, with local lad James Graham on his new rom-com.
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Francois Ozon's Summer of '85; Acclaimed violinist Tasmin Little; Derry International Choir Festival
Wed 21 Oct 2020
Violinist Tasmin Little, Derry International Choir Festival, Review of Summer of '85.
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