Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
Episodes to download
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Killing Eve, 麻豆社 National Short Story Award Shortlist, Ghetts
Fri 14 Sep 2018
Killing Eve, the new series from Phoebe Waller-Bridge, reviewed.
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Crazy Rich Asians, Touching the Void, Novels about the super rich, Leeds Piano Competition
Thu 13 Sep 2018
Touching the Void at the Bristol Old Vic, Crazy Rich Asians.
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Michael Caine, Wagner's music in Israel, V&A Dundee
Wed 12 Sep 2018
Sir Michael Caine looks back on his career in Hollywood.
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Sally Rooney, Trust, Catwalk music, Serena Williams cartoon
Tue 11 Sep 2018
Sally Rooney on her new novel, Normal People, which is winning ecstatic reviews.
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Nick Payne on Wanderlust, YolanDa Brown, Battersea Arts Centre after the fire
Mon 10 Sep 2018
Wanderlust's creator Nick Payne, and BAC's Grand Hall re-opens after the fire in 2015.
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Inspire Artist Commissions: Alison Brackenbury, Vaseem Khan, Testament
Fri 7 Sep 2018
Special edition podcast looking back over a five week challenge for three artists.
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Alison Brackenbury, Vaseem Khan and Testament reveal their finished artworks for the Inspire season
Fri 7 Sep 2018
Three artists unveil the work they've created for Front Row's Inspire season.
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New 麻豆社 drama Press, Kate Tempest, John Wilson learns the art of watercolouring
Thu 6 Sep 2018
Mike Bartlett and Charlotte Riley on new 麻豆社 drama Press; Kate Tempest's new collection.
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Khaled Hosseini, Roxanna Panufnik, The inspiration of dreams
Wed 5 Sep 2018
Composer Roxanna Panufnik on her new CD and writing for the Last Night of the Proms.
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The Seagull, Refashioning Shakespeare, Alison Balsom
Tue 4 Sep 2018
The Seagull review, Reimagining Shakespeare and Alison Balsom's inspirations.
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John Simm, Patrick Ness, Testament
Mon 3 Sep 2018
John Simm on his latest role in TV drama, Strangers.
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Proms at Alexandra Palace, Venice Film Festival, Inspire - myths and legends
Fri 31 Aug 2018
The theatre at Alexandra Palace re-opens after 80 years.
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Nick Leather on Mother's Day, Natasha Carthew, Drawing comic-book characters
Thu 30 Aug 2018
Nick Leather discusses his TV drama Mother's Day, about the Warrington bomb.
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Idris Elba, director; Listed buildings; Stig Abell, poet
Wed 29 Aug 2018
Idris Elba on directing his first film, Yardie. Plus, are there too many listed buildings?
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The muse in history, Andrew Miller, Vanity Fair, Neil Simon remembered
Tue 28 Aug 2018
Andrew Miller on his new novel, Muses in History (part of our Inspire season), Vanity Fair
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Ian McMillan, The internet as a source for horror, Patrick Gale, The end of The Big Bang Theory
Fri 24 Aug 2018
Ian McMillan on graveyard inspiration, and the internet as a setting for horror.
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BSO Resound at the Proms, Edinburgh Comedy Awards shortlist, Creativity and the brain, Melissa Harrison
Thu 23 Aug 2018
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra disabled-led ensemble, Resound, on their Proms debut.
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Bodyguard, Fanfiction, Bryony Lavery's stage adaptation of The Lovely Bones, Vaseem Khan
Wed 22 Aug 2018
We review Jed Mercurio's latest TV drama, Bodyguard, starring Richard Madden.
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BlacKkKlansman, Helen Lederer, Alison Brackenbury, Esi Edugyan
Tue 21 Aug 2018
Spike Lee's film BlacKkKlansman, Helen Lederer, Alison Brackenbury, Esi Edugyan.
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Sir Lenny Henry, Alan Cumming in Instinct, Divine inspiration in the arts
Mon 20 Aug 2018
Sir Lenny Henry looks back at his career on the occasion of his 60th birthday.
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Dwarfs in art, Barbara Rae, Christopher Robin
Fri 17 Aug 2018
How people with dwarfism have been represented in art and culture.
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Aretha Franklin remembered, David Suchet, Laura Mvula and Ben Okri
Thu 16 Aug 2018
Aretha Franklin, the 'Queen of Soul', has died - Front Row assesses her life and work.
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Brian May and Professor Roger Taylor, Doctors' shows at the Fringe, Rachel Parris
Wed 15 Aug 2018
Brian May on his passion for Victorian 3D photography, and three Fringe shows by doctors.
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Live from Edinburgh with drag act Denim, Maggie O'Farrell, Penelope Skinner and Terry O'Donovan
Tue 14 Aug 2018
Drag queen band Denim, Maggie O'Farrell, and dramatizing our online lives.
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Rosie Jones, Janeane Garofalo and Jenni Fagan on stage at the Edinburgh Festival
Mon 13 Aug 2018
Comedians Rosie Jones and Janeane Garofalo discuss their one woman shows.
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Denzel Washington, Imtiaz Dharker, Emilia Bassano and Shakespeare's dark lady
Fri 10 Aug 2018
Denzel Washington on his vigilante action thriller film, The Equalizer 2.
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Disenchantment, Alan Garner, tips to boost your creativity
Thu 9 Aug 2018
We review Disenchantment the new animated series from The Simpsons creator Matt Groening.
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Sharks in culture, Thea Musgrave, Derren Brown
Wed 8 Aug 2018
How sharks are represented in culture and Thea Musgrave marks her 90th birthday.
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The Proclaimers, Gulliver's Travels, Internet as inspiration
Tue 7 Aug 2018
The Proclaimers perform live, Gulliver's Travels, Artistic inspiration from the Internet.
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Hang Ups, The Artist's Way author Julia Cameron, Brandenburg Concertos Prom
Mon 6 Aug 2018
Stephen Mangan in Hang Ups and author of best-selling The Artist's Way, Julia Cameron.
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