Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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Virus Art, Naomi Alderman, Angela Barnes
Thu 16 Apr 2020
Artist Luke Jerram on replicating Covid-19 in sculpture.
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Sir Patrick Stewart on Shakespeare's Sonnets, Shahnaz Ahsan, Devs
Wed 15 Apr 2020
Patrick Stewart on his daily performance of Shakespeare's Sonnets.
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Russell Howard, Siobhan Miller, International Prize for Arabic Fiction, John Mullan on Northanger Abbey
Tue 14 Apr 2020
Russell Howard on his new lockdown TV show made from his childhood bedroom.
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V铆kingur 脫lafsson, Christabel Blackburn, Nitin Sawhney, Audiobooks
Thu 9 Apr 2020
Icelandic pianist V铆kingur 脫lafsson, Front Row's first Artist-in-Residence.
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James Graham on Quiz, Braids, changes in the ways we listen to music, and John Prine
Wed 8 Apr 2020
James Graham on Quiz, his three-part television drama about the coughing major controversy
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AL Kennedy, Sam Sweeney performs live, lockdown listening habits
Tue 7 Apr 2020
AL Kennedy's new short stories and fiddle player Sam Sweeney performs live
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Wordsworth Anniversary, Kerry Shale radio play, Critic Gillian Reynolds, Composer Nainita Desai
Mon 6 Apr 2020
Wordsworth anniversary, Kerry Shale on working with Kubrick, composer Nainita Desa.
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Miles Davis's Bitches Brew, Gaming, Cressida Cowell in the Culture Clinic
Fri 3 Apr 2020
Soweto Kinch on Miles Davis's album Bitches Brew, and Children's Laureate Cressida Cowell.
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Dua Lipa, Sara Collins, Edinburgh festivals cancelled, Molly O鈥機athain
Thu 2 Apr 2020
Dua Lipa discusses her new album Future Nostalgia.
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The Dramatist James Graham
Wed 1 Apr 2020
Kirsty Lang interviews playwright James Graham, author of Quiz, This House and Ink.
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Soprano Chen Reiss, Theatre Online, National Poetry Competition
Tue 31 Mar 2020
Soprano Chen Reiss on her recording of Beethoven's Arias
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Icelandic pianist V铆kingur 脫lafsson plays live from Reykjavik
Mon 30 Mar 2020
Icelandic pianist V铆kingur 脫lafsson talks to Front Row and plays live from Reykjavik
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Gloria Gaynor, Offline Arts, film Vivarium and novel Hamnet reviewed, Culture Clinic
Fri 27 Mar 2020
Gloria Gaynor on Grammy-winning album Testimony and on going viral against the virus
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Owen Sheers, Nikita Lalwani, Writing in isolation
Thu 26 Mar 2020
Owen Sheers on adapting The Snow Spider for TV, Nikita Lalwani on her new novel You People
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Eliza Carthy, Art galleries and coronavirus, Terrence McNally obituary
Wed 25 Mar 2020
Folk musician Eliza Carthy, art galleries under coronavirus, Terrence McNally obituary.
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Simon Armitage, Stephen Hough, Chris Riddell on Asterix creator Albert Uderzo
Tue 24 Mar 2020
Poet Laureate Simon Armitage on his new collection inspired by Yorkshire.
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Rathbones Folio winner, Disney+, Malory Towers on TV, Live performance from National Theatre of Scotland
Mon 23 Mar 2020
Rathbones Folio winner; Disney+ launches in the UK; Malory Towers reviewed
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Gareth Malone, Contraltos, Louise Wallwein
Fri 20 Mar 2020
Gareth Malone, Contraltos, Creative Industries Federation, Louise Wallwein
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Lennie James, Rob Auton, Jess Gillam
Thu 19 Mar 2020
Actor and screenwriter Lennie James on the return of his award-winning Sky drama Save Me.
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Gary Sinyor, Arts Council aid, Theatre Uncut
Wed 18 Mar 2020
Gary Sinyor on his new sitcom The Jewish Enquirer and how everything is ripe for satire.
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David Baddiel, arts prize for social change, film news
Tue 17 Mar 2020
David Baddiel on reading Saul Bellow, a prize marking social change in the arts, film news
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How theatres will cope with PM's advice? Jennifer Offill, Roy Hudd, Kevin Guthrie
Mon 16 Mar 2020
Jennifer Offill, Roy Hudd tribute, Kevin Guthrie, How will theatres cope with PM's advice?
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Kodo Drummers, Marina Lewycka, Arts affected by coronavirus
Fri 13 Mar 2020
Kodo drummers perform in studio. Plus novelist Marina Lewycka.
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Dame Judi Dench
Thu 12 Mar 2020
Dame Judi Dench looks back at her six decade career in theatre and on screen.
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Cartoonist Steven Appleby, Sally Abbott, The Hunt and Bacurau
Wed 11 Mar 2020
Cartoonist Steven Appleby, and playwright Sally Abbott.
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Misbehaviour, Marian Keyes, Mental health app, McCoy Tyner obituary
Tue 10 Mar 2020
Misbehaviour, Marian Keyes, Mental health app, McCoy Tyner obituary
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Representation and diversity in the arts
Mon 9 Mar 2020
Do the arts in the UK accurately represent its people?
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Rachel Parris, Mark Gatiss on Aubrey Beardsley, Andy Burnham
Fri 6 Mar 2020
The Mash Report's Rachel Parris on how her personal life inspired her new stand-up show.
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