Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
Episodes to download
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Sienna Miller, Elif Shafak, Giri/Haji
Fri 11 Oct 2019
Sienna Miller on American Woman, and Elif Shafak is the guest for the Front Row book group
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When Mary Beard met Margaret Atwood
Fri 11 Oct 2019
Mary Beard meets the acclaimed Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood for Front Row Late
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Nobel Prizes in Literature, Goldie's Drum'n'Bass picks, artist Es Devlin
Thu 10 Oct 2019
More controversy for the Nobel Prize in Literature, Goldie on Drum'n'Bass, Es Devlin
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Salman Rushdie, playwright Katori Hall, computer games tax avoidance
Wed 9 Oct 2019
Salman Rushdie answers listeners鈥� questions about his Booker shortlisted novel Quichotte.
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Extinction Rebellion, Staging Shakespeare, Timothee Chalamet in The King, Dancer/choreographer Dada Masilo
Tue 8 Oct 2019
Extinction Rebellion, Staging Shakespeare, The King, Dada Masilo
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The Last Black Man in San Francisco, Economics of Publishing, Ravel's Bolero
Mon 7 Oct 2019
Director Joe Talbot and star Jimmie Fails on The Last Black Man in San Francisco.
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Booker Book Group with Chigozie Obioma, RuPaul's Drag Race UK, Kurt Weill's The Silver Lake
Fri 4 Oct 2019
Booker Prize nominee Chigozie Obioma on his novel An Orchestra of Minorities.
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Debbie Harry, the Portraits of Gauguin, the best political podcasts
Thu 3 Oct 2019
Debbie Harry on her life and career and her new memoir, Face It
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Rupert Goold on his film Judy, Kara Walker reviewed, Booker Book Group with Bernardine Evaristo
Wed 2 Oct 2019
Director Rupert Goold on his Judy Garland biopic starring Ren茅e Zellweger.
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The 麻豆社 National Short Story Award ceremony
Tue 1 Oct 2019
The winners are announced for the 2019 麻豆社 NSSA and the Young Writers' Award.
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Helen Mirren, Joker, Rona Munro
Mon 30 Sep 2019
Helen Mirren on playing Catherine the Great in a new TV miniseries.
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Poetry and performance from Hull's Contains Strong Language festival
Fri 27 Sep 2019
Poetry and performance from Hull's Contains Strong Language festival
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Derek Paravicini, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Booker Book Group with Lucy Ellmann
Thu 26 Sep 2019
Derek Paravicini, the blind autistic savant pianist, performs on Front Row.
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Brittany Howard, Boarding schools in fiction, Ed Thomas
Wed 25 Sep 2019
Alabama Shakes' Brittany Howard discusses her first solo album, Jaime.
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Staging Antony Gormley, Dolly Wells, The Politician
Tue 24 Sep 2019
The logistical challenge of staging Antony Gormley's new exhibition, and Dolly Wells.
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Peter Bowker on World on Fire, The Emmys, Amina Atiq, New poetry releases
Mon 23 Sep 2019
Writer Peter Bowker discusses his epic new TV drama World On Fire.
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Lulu Wang on The Farewell, Dave, Jessie Burton
Fri 20 Sep 2019
Film-maker Lulu Wang on her latest movie The Farewell.
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Rotters in literature, John Keats' poem To Autumn, The Art of Innovation at the Science Museum
Thu 19 Sep 2019
We explore favourite rotters in fiction and ask why so few of them are women.
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Soweto Kinch, Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture launch, Sam Fender
Wed 18 Sep 2019
Soweto Kinch, Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture launch, Sam Fender
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Maurizio Cattelan at Blenheim Palace, Ad Astra reviewed, Japanese Culture, Shakespeare Folio discovered
Tue 17 Sep 2019
Cattelan's solid gold toilet has been stolen from Blenheim Palace.
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Alex Kingston, Criminal, Falling piano sales
Mon 16 Sep 2019
Alex Kingston on Ibsen, Criminal reviewed, the decline of the piano.
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Downton Abbey, Alexei Sayle, National Short Story Award - Jo Lloyd, Istanbul Biennial
Fri 13 Sep 2019
What happens when Downton Abbey goes from small to big screen and the king comes to stay?
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Lucy Prebble, Temple, NSSA - Lynda Clarke, Alan Ayckbourn's Birthdays Past, Birthdays Present
Thu 12 Sep 2019
Lucy Prebble, Temple, NSSA - Lynda Clarke, Ayckbourn's Birthdays Past, Birthdays Present
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Front Row at the Proms - Jamie Barton, Daniel Kidane, impact of Brexit on classical music
Wed 11 Sep 2019
Jamie Barton and Daniel Kidane talk about their Last Night at the Proms performances.
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The British Ceramics Biennial, Novelist Nell Zink, The Jumper Factory, Tamsin Grey
Tue 10 Sep 2019
The British Ceramics Biennial reviewed, and US writer Nell Zink on her new novel, Doxology
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For Sama and Venice Film Festival roundup, NSSA - Lucy Caldwell, Etgar Keret, Peter Nichols obituary
Mon 9 Sep 2019
Lucy Caldwell, Venice Film Festival winners, Etgar Keret, Peter Nichols obituary.
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麻豆社 National Short Story Award Shortlist, Protest Song, How to listen to jazz
Fri 6 Sep 2019
麻豆社 National Short Story Award Shortlist revealed
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Margaret Atwood's The Testaments reviewed, Ryan Wigglesworth, Robert Battle
Thu 5 Sep 2019
Margaret Atwood's long-awaited sequel to The Handmaid's Tale - The Testaments - reviewed.
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Chrissie Hynde, The Theatre of Parliament, Arts Minister Rebecca Pow
Wed 4 Sep 2019
Events last night in the House of Commons as theatre, and Chrissie Hynde sings jazz.
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The Booker Prize shortlist, Lucian Freud's new biography, The importance of arts to local identity
Tue 3 Sep 2019
Lucian Freud's biography, Booker Prize shortlist. The importance of arts to local identity
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