Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
Episodes to download
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Ruth Wilson on Dark River, Cal McCrystal on ENO's Iolanthe, Creative Scotland funding decisions
Thu 15 Feb 2018
Ruth Wilson on her latest big screen role in the psychological drama Dark River.
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Greta Gerwig, Opportunities for disabled actors, National Short Story Award
Wed 14 Feb 2018
Greta Gerwig on her directorial debut film Lady Bird.
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The Shape of Water, Terracotta Warriors, Samira Ahmed, RuPaul's Drag Race
Tue 13 Feb 2018
Samira Ahmed discusses Guillermo del Toro's Oscar-nominated film The Shape of Water.
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Bob Geldof on WB Yeats, The Fifty Shades phenomenon, Julian Rowlands & the Santiago Quartet
Mon 12 Feb 2018
Musician Bob Geldof on A Fanatic Heart, his documentary about Irish poet WB Yeats.
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Chadwick Boseman, The Black Panther, Shakespeare for Children, Welsh Music - In Welsh
Fri 9 Feb 2018
Chadwick Boseman, Black Super-heroes, Shakespeare for Children and Welsh Music - in Welsh.
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David Hare on Collateral, Carmen, John Burningham and Helen Oxenbury
Thu 8 Feb 2018
Playwright David Hare on his latest TV drama series Collateral.
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Colin Firth and Rachel Weisz, Irish Women Writers, Vaseem Khan
Wed 7 Feb 2018
Colin Firth and Rachel Weisz on their new film The Mercy.
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Mica Paris, Ethics of Arts Funding, Jim Crace
Tue 6 Feb 2018
Mica Paris sings Ella Fitzgerald, the ethics of funding the arts, author Jim Crace.
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Mike Bartlett on Trauma, Cornelia Parker, Val McDermid
Mon 5 Feb 2018
Mike Bartlett discusses his new TV drama Trauma, and election artist Cornelia Parker.
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Nicola Benedetti, Winchester, Reading Europe: Russia
Fri 2 Feb 2018
Nicolas Benedetti on rewriting the cadenza of Beethoven's Violin Concerto.
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Simple Minds, Phantom Thread, Napoleon Disrobed, Alex La Guma
Thu 1 Feb 2018
Scottish rock band Simple Minds perform live and discuss their 40-year career.
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Fiddler on the Roof lyricist, how musicals have evolved since 'Fiddler', Olafur Eliasson
Wed 31 Jan 2018
Sheldon Harnick on his new musical, 50 years of musicals and artist Olafur Eliasson.
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James Graham on The Culture, Costa Book Prize winner announced, Ocean Liners
Tue 30 Jan 2018
James Graham on his new play about Hull's year as City of Culture.
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Julius Caesar, the Grammys, Joe Dunthorne, architect Neave Brown
Mon 29 Jan 2018
Nicholas Hytner on Julius Caesar, author Joe Dunthorne, social housing design.
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Turkish literature special from Istanbul featuring Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk
Fri 26 Jan 2018
Kirsty Lang explores the literary scene in Istanbul including Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk.
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Paapa Essiedu, Rebecca Watts and Don Paterson, A J Finn
Thu 25 Jan 2018
Actor Paapa Essiedu on Hamlet, poet Rebecca Watts' criticism of the poetry establishment.
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Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Ursula K Le Guin remembered, Charles I: King and Collector
Wed 24 Jan 2018
Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Ursula K Le Guin remembered.
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Oscar Nominations 2018
Tue 23 Jan 2018
The Oscar nominations for 2018 were announced on Monday, so who's in and who's out?
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Downsizing, filming sex scenes and a satire on ceramics
Mon 22 Jan 2018
Downsizing with Matt Damon reviewed, the logistics of sex scenes, and a satire on ceramics
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Last Flag Flying director, literary fiction in decline, poet Danez Smith
Fri 19 Jan 2018
Film director Richard Linklater on Last Flag Flying, Why literary fiction is in decline.
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Bridget Riley, Nick Park, David Lodge, Bayeux Tapestry
Thu 18 Jan 2018
Recent work by renowned artist Bridget Riley, known for her abstract geometric images.
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Carleen Anderson, Elif Shafak, the commuter in film
Wed 17 Jan 2018
Singer Carleen Anderson on her Cage Street Memorial project and the novelist Elif Shafak.
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Will & Grace revived, Disney and Pixar's evolution, the London Sinfonietta at 50
Tue 16 Jan 2018
Will & Grace return 20 years on, the changing face of animation, London Sinfonietta at 50.
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Liam Neeson, Gorillaz artist Jamie Hewlett, TS Eliot Poetry Prize winner, fake Modiglianis
Mon 15 Jan 2018
Liam Neeson, graphic artist Jamie Hewlett, TS Eliot Poetry Prize winner, fake art.
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Tom Hanks, Sir Simon Rattle, French heritage funding
Fri 12 Jan 2018
Tom Hanks on his new film, The Post, co-starring Meryl Streep.
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Rita, Sue and Bob Too controversy, Philanthropist Jonathan Ruffer, Poet Sasha Dugdale
Thu 11 Jan 2018
Director Vicky Featherstone, philanthropist Jonathan Ruffer, and poet Sasha Dugdale.
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Melvyn Bragg, TV arts programmes, '(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay' by Otis Redding, the Fire and Fury
Wed 10 Jan 2018
Melvyn Bragg - 40 years of The Southbank Show, TV arts programmes today, The Fire and Fury
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The Vagina Monologues 20 years on, French crime drama Spiral
Tue 9 Jan 2018
The Vagina Monologues 20 years on and feminist theatre today, French TV crime drama Spiral
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Costa Book Awards Special: Jon McGregor, Katherine Rundell, Rebecca Stott, Helen Dunmore and Gail Honeyman
Tue 9 Jan 2018
A special episode featuring the five category winners of the Costa Book Awards 2017
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Kiri, Golden Globes, Gail Honeyman, Contemporary portraiture
Mon 8 Jan 2018
We review Channel 4 drama Kiri and discuss the events of last night's Golden Globes.
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