Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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Fay Weldon; Raw review; Duchamp's Fountain; Simon Callow and Christopher Hampton
Thu 6 Apr 2017
Death of a She Devil is Fay Weldon's new novel; Simon Callow directs The Philanthropist.
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David Vann, Terence Davies, Albert Moore
Wed 5 Apr 2017
Novelist David Vann, film director Terence Davies, British abstract artist Albert Moore.
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Neruda, Casting on screen, Magnus Mills
Tue 4 Apr 2017
Elif Shafak reviews a new film about the poet Neruda, and the art of the casting director.
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Yevgeny Yevtushenko remembered, Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist announced
Mon 3 Apr 2017
Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist announced, and Yevgeny Yevtushenko remembered.
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Decline and Fall; Adrian Mole turns 50; Hollie McNish
Fri 31 Mar 2017
A new adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's Decline and Fall, and the poetry of Adrian Mole.
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Hari Kunzru, Mica Levi, Patrick Marber, Turner Prize
Thu 30 Mar 2017
Hari Kunzru, Mica Levi, Patrick Marber, Turner Prize changes.
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42nd Street director, Anish Kapoor, Ted Hughes poetry prize, Humber Bridge sounds
Wed 29 Mar 2017
42nd Street director Mark Bramble, and Anish Kapoor on his new exhibition.
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Sir Nicholas Serota, Glen Matlock, Pina Bausch's Rite of Spring
Tue 28 Mar 2017
Sir Nicholas Serota on leading Arts Council England, and the Royal Philharmonic plays punk
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Anthony Head, Tamburlaine, Ai Weiwei, Line of Duty
Mon 27 Mar 2017
Arts news, interviews and reviews. Samira Ahmed talks to actor Anthony Head.
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Jake Gyllenhaal, Pauline Black, Christopher Wheeldon and the business of musicals
Fri 24 Mar 2017
The Hollywood actor discusses his sci-fi movie Life and singing on Broadway.
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23/03/2017
Thu 23 Mar 2017
Charlotte Rampling, Moira Buffini, The Clearing, and the politics of Eurovision.
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Paula Rego, Danny Huston, Ghetto Film School
Wed 22 Mar 2017
Nick Willing on his mother, the artist Paula Rego; Actor Danny Huston; Ghetto Film School.
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Soaps and social issues, Jarvis Cocker and Chilly Gonzalez, Colin Dexter remembered
Tue 21 Mar 2017
Jarvis Cocker and Chilly Gonzalez on the ghosts of the Chateau Marmont Hotel.
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Chuck Berry remembered, The Lost City of Z, Howard Hodgkin portraits, Poem for the Spring equinox
Mon 20 Mar 2017
Ray Mears reviews the film The Lost City of Z. Chuck Berry remembered.
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Derek Walcott, Costume Designer Jenny Beavan, Playlists
Fri 17 Mar 2017
Kirsty Lang discusses the work of the Nobel Prize-winning poet Derek Walcott.
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Get Out, Lost Without Words, Compton Verney, Music Streaming
Thu 16 Mar 2017
Get Out reviewed,Joan Bakewell on older actors,Compton Verney's Creating The Countryside
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Beauty and the Beast, Dave Spikey, Big Bang Theory prequel, Josef Locke
Wed 15 Mar 2017
Bill Condon on making Beauty and the Beast, comedian Dave Spikey's unusual lucky mascot.
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Saxophonist John Harle, The Salesman reviewed, Singer-songwriter ESKA
Tue 14 Mar 2017
John Harle on how to play the saxophone, The Salesman, singer-songwriters.
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Professor Brian Cox, Sarah Dunant on Michelangelo, My Country, The UK charts
Mon 13 Mar 2017
Turning science into an art form with Brian Cox, and Sarah Dunant responds to Michelangelo
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Paul Weller, Duncan Macmillan on City of Glass, Catfight, My Feral Heart
Fri 10 Mar 2017
Paul Weller on composing his first film score, Duncan Macmillan on adapting Paul Auster.
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Howard Hodgkin remembered; Imogen Cooper; Edward Albee
Thu 9 Mar 2017
Classical pianist Imogen Cooper plays live in the studio.
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Roger McGough and Brian Patten on 50 years of The Mersey Sound, Lizzie Nunnery, Andrew McMillan
Wed 8 Mar 2017
Roger McGough and Brian Patten on The Mersey Sound, Lizzie Nunnery, Andrew McMillan.
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Judith Kerr on The Cat in the Hat; Wolfgang Tillmans; Snow in Midsummer
Tue 7 Mar 2017
Authors Judith Kerr and Chris Riddell discuss Dr Seuss; artist Wolfgang Tillmans.
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Sean Foley directs The Miser, Kate Whitley sets Malala's speech to music, Sonia Friedman and David Babani
Mon 6 Mar 2017
Sean Foley directs Moliere, Malala's UN speech as a choral piece.
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Stormzy, Cornelia Parker, Krzysztof Penderecki
Fri 3 Mar 2017
British grime and hip hop artist Stormzy on his new album.
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Tom Hiddleston, This Country, Certain Women, Gustav Metzger remembered
Thu 2 Mar 2017
Tom Hiddleston on Kong: Skull Island; Charlie and Daisy May Cooper on 麻豆社3's This Country.
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Hugh Jackman, National Poet of Wales Ifor ap Glyn, Richard Bean
Wed 1 Mar 2017
Kirsty Lang talks to Hugh Jackman about the film Logan.
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Jojo Moyes, Prime Suspect 1973, Independent bookstores, Swan Lake in Hull
Tue 28 Feb 2017
It took nine novels before Jojo Moyes found success; fancy being a cygnet in Hull?
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Moonlight at the Oscars, Mary Beard, Author Ross Raisin, Mary Magdalene in art
Mon 27 Feb 2017
Moonlight at the Oscars, Mary Beard, author Ross Raisin, Mary Magdalene in art.
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Sadiq Khan, Jake Arnott, The Tale of Januarie opera
Fri 24 Feb 2017
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, Jake Arnott on The Fatal Tree, The Tale of Januarie opera.
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