Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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Engelbert Humperdinck on 50 years in music
Thu 18 May 2017
Engelbert Humperdinck, The Red Turtle, Welsh opera, and literary festivals with F-ratings.
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Guy Ritchie on King Arthur, Redwater and television spin-offs, our fascination with true crime dramas, From Shore to Shore
Wed 17 May 2017
Guy Ritchie on King Arthur, Redwater and spin-offs, true crime dramas, Shore to Shore.
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Three Girls, Life of Galileo, Mark Bradford
Tue 16 May 2017
Three Girls screenwriter Nicole Taylor, American artist Mark Bradford and Life of Galileo.
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Conn Iggulden, Timberlake Wertenbaker and virtual reality on radio
Mon 15 May 2017
Conn Iggulden on St Dunstan, playwright Timberlake Wertenbaker, virtual reality on radio.
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The 2017 Venice Biennale, with Phyllida Barlow at the British Pavilion
Fri 12 May 2017
John Wilson reports from the 57th International Art Exhibition, the Venice Biennale.
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Richard III at Hull Truck; Anne With An E; Amy Schumer in Snatched; Tony Kushner
Thu 11 May 2017
Mat Fraser is Richard III; Anne of Green Gables new adaptation; Amy Schumer; Tony Kushner.
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Director John Madden, Pultizer Prize-winning author Richard Ford, Voice coach Barbara Berkery, Edward Kemp, head of RADA
Wed 10 May 2017
Film director John Madden, the diction controversy, Pultizer-winning author Richard Ford.
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King Charles III; Pink Floyd exhibition
Tue 9 May 2017
The TV adaptation of a controversial play about the Windsors; the Pink Floyd retrospective
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Alien: Covenant, Giacometti retrospective, How should museums reflect changing social attitudes, Jamestown
Mon 8 May 2017
Review of Alien: Covenant; how might museums reflect changing social attitudes.
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Mervyn Morris, French cultural landscape, Monochrome films
Fri 5 May 2017
Jamaican poet Mervyn Morris, and the future cultural landscape of France.
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Samantha Spiro as Barbara Windsor, Lost sculpture of the Festival of Britiain and a retro album from Danger Mouse
Thu 4 May 2017
John Wilson talks to Samantha Spiro about playing Barbara Windsor in the biopic Babs.
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Jude Law, Woody Harrelson, Timothy Spall with Colm Meaney, Turner Prize Shortlist
Wed 3 May 2017
Jude Law, Woody Harrelson, Timothy Spall with Colm Meaney, and the Turner Prize Shortlist.
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Angels in America, Mindhorn, Storytelling in Greek myths
Tue 2 May 2017
Mindhorn, Tony Kushner on Angels in America, Natalie Haynes and Madeline Miller.
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Oliver Beer, Nicola LeFanu, Grace Evangeline Mason, May Day poems
Mon 1 May 2017
Sound artist and composer Oliver Beer shows John how to make ancient pots sing.
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Christian Bale, Ella Fitzgerald, Theatre artistic directors
Fri 28 Apr 2017
Kirsty Lang looks at the careers of Christian Bale and Ella Fitzgerald.
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Judi Dench on John Gielgud, Granta Best of Young American Novelists
Wed 26 Apr 2017
Dame Judi Dench discusses the life and work of acting giant Sir John Gielgud.
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Thomas Ades, Patricia Lockwood, James Gunn
Tue 25 Apr 2017
Thomas Ades on The Exterminating Angel, poet Patricia Lockwood, director James Gunn.
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Bananarama reunited, The Wellcome Book Prize winner announced, David Mach
Mon 24 Apr 2017
Bananarama back together again, and The Wellcome Book Prize winner revealed.
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Gemma Arterton, Post-war public art, Martin Parr, Bette Midler in Hello, Dolly!
Fri 21 Apr 2017
Actor Gemma Arterton discusses her WWII film Their Finest, plus photographer Martin Parr.
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Joan Bakewell, 2017 Proms, The Zookeeper's Wife
Thu 20 Apr 2017
Joan Bakewell on Keeping in Touch. David Pickard unveils the 2017 Proms.
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Awol Erizku; Robert Macfarlane; Little Boy Blue; Gemma Bodinetz
Wed 19 Apr 2017
He took those Beyonce photos but Awol Erizku also paints; Robert Macfarlane on dagglers.
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Violinist Kyung Wha Chung, Murray Lachlan Young, Hisham Matar on Clash
Tue 18 Apr 2017
Samira Ahmed talks to violinist Kyung Wha Chung and poet Murray Lachlan Young.
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Warren Beatty in Rules Don't Apply, Inua Ellams, Born to Kill
Mon 17 Apr 2017
Rules Don't Apply starring Warren Beatty reviewed, poet Inua Ellams performs.
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Adrian Lester and Deborah Kermode, Frog Stone, Kim Stanley Robinson
Thu 13 Apr 2017
Adrian Lester and Deborah Kermode, Frog Stone, Kim Stanley Robinson.
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Jim Broadbent; I Heard It Through the Grapevine; Johana Gustawsson and Matt Johnson
Wed 12 Apr 2017
The Sense of an Ending on film, I Heard It Through the Grapevine is 50, writing as therapy
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Katherine Jenkins, The Hatton Garden Job, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Tue 11 Apr 2017
Katherine Jenkins on Carousel, and Larry Lamb and Phil Daniels on The Hatton Garden Job.
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Ray Davies; Guerrilla; The Odyssey; Damien Hirst's exhibition
Mon 10 Apr 2017
From the Kinks to Americana; Dreda Say Mitchell on Guerrilla; poets respond to The Odyssey
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Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman, S-Town reviewed, Queer British art and gender neutral awards
Fri 7 Apr 2017
Veteran actors Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman discuss their new heist movie.
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