Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
Episodes to download
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Patti Cake$, Lord of the Flies, Nicole Krauss, James Ngcobo
Fri 1 Sep 2017
Nicole Krauss' new novel, an all-female Lord of the Flies, James Ngcobo on The Suitcase.
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Brian Cox on playing real people, Author Omar Robert Hamilton, Game of Thrones legacy, Venice Film Festival opening
Thu 31 Aug 2017
Brian Cox, Omar Robert Hamilton, Game of Thrones legacy and Venice Film Festival.
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Composer Alma Deutscher, Bake Off's return, Controversial statues, Last Days of June
Wed 30 Aug 2017
Twelve-year-old composer, pianist and violinist Alma Deutscher talks to Kirsty Lang.
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Stan Laurel novel; Tanika Gupta; film Una; Ed Skrein Walks Away
Tue 29 Aug 2017
Tanika Gupta play; John Connolly on Stan Laurel; Una review; Ed Skrein & whitewashing row.
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Bill Nighy, The ever-changing appeal of Hamlet, Photographer Steve McCurry
Mon 28 Aug 2017
Bill Nighy on his acting style, Janet Suzman on Hamlet, and Steve McCurry on Afghanistan.
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Ronnie Wood, Shakespeare plays on screen, Taylor Swift's new song, Peter Hoeg
Fri 25 Aug 2017
Ronnie Wood on his paintings; Cinematic adaptions of Shakespeare; Taylor Swift's new song.
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Illness in comedy series, Ned Beauman, Thomas Meehan
Thu 24 Aug 2017
Illness in comedy series with Peep Show creator Sam Bain.
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Authors' better, but not-so-famous, books; Kathryn Bigelow; Eric Ravilious; a Shakespeare Sonnet in Pidgin
Tue 22 Aug 2017
Not-so-famous but better books; Kathryn Bigelow; Eric Ravilious; a great sonnet in Pidgin.
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Peter Kosminsky on The State, Ben Whishaw, The secrets of Vermeer's studio
Mon 21 Aug 2017
Peter Kosminsky on his new jihadi drama; Ben Whishaw on playing an aerospace billionaire.
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Lucy Porter, Martin Creed, and Soweto Gospel Choir on stage at the Edinburgh Festival
Fri 18 Aug 2017
Comedian Lucy Porter and comedy tutor Jojo Sutherland give John a lesson in stand-up.
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Edinburgh International Books Festival: Val McDermid talks to Paul Auster and Denise Mina
Thu 17 Aug 2017
Val McDermid at Edinburgh International Books Festival with Paul Auster and Denise Mina.
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John Eliot Gardiner, Apphia Campbell, The Nature of Forgetting, Reviewing at the Edinburgh Festivals
Wed 16 Aug 2017
Live from Edinburgh with guests including Sir John Eliot Gardiner on Monteverdi at 450.
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Shappi Khorsandi and Gillian Clarke on stage in the 麻豆社's Big Blue Tent at the Edinburgh Festival
Mon 14 Aug 2017
Shappi Khorsandi and Nassim Soleimanpour in front of a live audience in Edinburgh.
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Henry Goodman as Lucien Freud, Isaac Julien, Lawrence Osborne, Nikesh Shukla, Sarah Shaffi
Thu 10 Aug 2017
Henry Goodman as Lucien Freud, YA BAME writers, Isaac Julien, Lawrence Osborne.
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Philippa Gregory, Regina Spektor, TV's Eden and Rebecca Root's Queer Icon
Tue 8 Aug 2017
Regina Spektor plays live; author Philippa Gregory; TV's Eden; plus Rebecca Root.
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Trust Me writer Dan Sefton, Atomic Blonde, Colm Toibin's Queer Icon, Posthumous publishing
Mon 7 Aug 2017
Trust Me, posthumous publishing, a review of Atomic Blonde, and Colm Toibin's Queer Icon.
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Irvine Welsh's Performers, Bookshop economics, England Is Mine, CN Lester on Stone Butch Blues
Fri 4 Aug 2017
Irvine Welsh, Bookshop economics, Morrissey's early years and CN Lester's Queer Icon.
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Stockard Channing, Matisse in the Studio, Thomas Ades, representations of war
Thu 3 Aug 2017
Actor Stockard Channing on her new stage role, feminism and the enduring power of Grease.
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Emergency services on screen; plus Sally Hawkins, Josette Bushell-Mingo, and Damian Barr
Wed 2 Aug 2017
Emergency services on screen; plus Sally Hawkins, Josette Bushell-Mingo, and Damian Barr.
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Writer Bernard MacLaverty, Nicholas Hytner's Queer Icon, Riding the Mail Rail
Tue 1 Aug 2017
Nicholas Hytner's Queer Icon, writer Bernard MacLaverty, riding the Mail Rail.
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David Walliams, Jeanne Moreau and Sam Shepard remembered, Zinzi Clemmons, Jukebox musicals
Mon 31 Jul 2017
David Walliams on Gangsta Granny, and Jeanne Moreau and Sam Shepard remembered.
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Mary Portas' Queer Icon, Michael Symmons Roberts, Howard's End, Susie Dent
Fri 28 Jul 2017
Susie Dent on how the arts have entered the English language.
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Patrick Gale's Man in an Orange Shirt, Olly Alexander's Queer Icon, Man Booker Prize longlist, Mercury Prize shortlist
Thu 27 Jul 2017
Patrick Gale, Olly Alexander, Man Booker Prize longlist, Mercury Prize shortlist.
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Horror on film; Crime writer Kathy Reichs; Actors who become artistic directors; LGBT youtuber Ben Hunte's Queer Icon
Wed 26 Jul 2017
Frightening films, crime writer Kathy Reichs and actors-turned-artistic directors.
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Daniel Mays, Girls Trip, Asifa Lahore's Queer Icon, Young Poets competition
Tue 25 Jul 2017
Actor Daniel Mays on playing gay rights campaigner Peter Wildeblood.
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Jack O'Connell; Emma Donoghue's Queer Icon; Diana, Our Mother; Jules Buckley
Mon 24 Jul 2017
Actor Jack O'Connell on playing Brick in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof on the West End stage.
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Jane Campion and Alice Englert, Chris Smith's Queer Icon, Lucy Kirkwood, Love Island
Fri 21 Jul 2017
Jane Campion on Top of the Lake, Chris Smith's Queer Icon, Lucy Kirkwood, and Love Island.
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