Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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The League Of Gentlemen, Gina Yashere, Jenny Eclair, Arthur C Clarke's Mysterious World
Mon 18 Dec 2017
As The League of Gentlemen returns we ask how much has the climate for comedy changed?
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The Hayward Gallery reopening, Emily Wilson, The art of literary translation
Fri 15 Dec 2017
Emily Wilson, the art of literary translation, the Hayward Gallery reopening.
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Emma Rice, John Boyega, Laura Ingalls Wilder
Thu 14 Dec 2017
Theatre director Emma Rice discusses her final production at Shakespeare's Globe.
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Kazuo Ishiguro
Wed 13 Dec 2017
The winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature talks to John Wilson.
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Christmas TV, Theatre from the Calais Jungle, Protecting live music.
Tue 12 Dec 2017
Staying in or going out? Festive TV reviewed. And how live music venues could be protected
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The Bette Davis/Joan Crawford Feud, The Twilight Zone, A Snow Poem
Mon 11 Dec 2017
The Bette Davis/Joan Crawford Feud series, The Twilight Zone on stage and a snow poem.
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Vanessa Redgrave, Imperium, French African artefacts, Sally Rooney
Fri 8 Dec 2017
Vanessa Redgrave looks back over her long and varied career, and Imperium at the RSC.
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Christopher Nolan, Guys and Dolls, City of Culture 2021
Thu 7 Dec 2017
Christopher Nolan, director of Inception and The Dark Knight, looks back at his career.
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Jonathan Yeo, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Designing awards
Wed 6 Dec 2017
Portrait painter Jonathan Yeo makes his first sculpture using virtual reality.
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Stronger, Shashi Kapoor, Douglas Henshall, Tokio Myers
Mon 4 Dec 2017
Jake Gyllenhaal in Stronger, the true story of a victim of the Boston Marathon bombing.
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Cecilia Bartoli, The Face, Louis CK film
Fri 1 Dec 2017
Cecilia Bartoli and Sol Gabetta on their album intertwining voice and cello, Dolce Duello.
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Sir Michael Parkinson, Wonder, A Christmas Carol
Thu 30 Nov 2017
Michael Parkinson's American Songbook, review of Wonder, adaptations of A Christmas Carol.
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Amy Sherman-Palladino, Hollywood Film Awards Season, Costume Workers
Wed 29 Nov 2017
Screenwriter Amy Sherman-Palladino on her new TV comedy drama, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
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Chinese characters on TV, Actor James Franco, Sports Book of the Year
Tue 28 Nov 2017
James Franco on new film The Disaster Artist about 'the Citizen Kane of bad films'.
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Joyce DiDonato, European Capital of Culture, Puppets in theatre
Mon 27 Nov 2017
Soprano Joyce DiDonato on tackling the vocal pyrotechnics of Rossini.
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Benjamin Clementine performs live
Fri 24 Nov 2017
Benjamin Clementine, Oscar Wilde's Women, and David LaChapelle.
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Inua Ellams on Barber Shop Chronicles, Battle of the Sexes, Charles Causley, Godless
Thu 23 Nov 2017
Inua Ellams on his play Barber Shop Chronicles. Plus a review of TV drama Godless.
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James Bolam on Rodney Bewes, Gilbert & George, Marnie the opera
Wed 22 Nov 2017
Actor James Bolam talks about his Likely Lads co-star, Rodney Bewes, who died yesterday.
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Modigliani, Costa Book Awards shortlists, John Lithgow
Tue 21 Nov 2017
The announcement of the Costa Book Awards shortlists and Modigliani reviewed.
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Cate Blanchett, Priscilla Presley, Arts Manifestos
Mon 20 Nov 2017
Priscilla Presley on forty years of looking after Elvis's legacy, plus Cate Blanchett.
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Fenella Fielding, Gluck, Mona Arshi, Call of Duty
Fri 17 Nov 2017
Fenella Fielding, 90, recalls her famous, steamy Carry On moment, and playing Hedda Gabler
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Noel Gallagher, Poets in Zimbabwe, Surrealism in Egypt
Thu 16 Nov 2017
Noel Gallagher discusses his new album.
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Robert Pattinson, Ian McMillan, the voice behind the puppet, Goldsmiths Prize winner
Wed 15 Nov 2017
Robert Pattinson, Ian McMillan, the voices behind the puppets, Goldsmith Prize winner.
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Dee Rees, Pussy Riot, Theatre governance
Tue 14 Nov 2017
Dee Rees on her film, Mudbound, which explores the racial divide in 1940s Mississippi.
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Annette Bening, Music managers, Drama podcast review
Mon 13 Nov 2017
Annette Bening discusses Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool, co-starring Jamie Bell.
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Sheridan Smith, Fred D'Aguiar, Maxine Peake play, UNESCO Creative Cities
Fri 10 Nov 2017
Sheridan Smith on her first solo album.
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Christian Slater and Sam Yates, Professor Marston and the Wonder Women, Ivor Wood
Thu 9 Nov 2017
Christian Slater and Sam Yates on Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross, Animator Ivor Wood's legacy
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Hugh Grant, Stephen Fry, Hollywood and homosexuality
Wed 8 Nov 2017
Hugh Grant on how his early stage career equipped him to play the villain in Paddington 2.
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Front Row
Tue 7 Nov 2017
Toby Jones, Mackenzie Crook, the Louvre in Abu Dhabi plus film director Yorgos Lanthimos
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