Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
Episodes to download
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Natalie Clein, Lemony Snicket, The OA, Vel谩zquez
Thu 12 Jan 2017
Cellist Natalie Clein; Lemony Snicket TV drama; The OA; Laura Cumming on Velazquez.
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Dev Patel, Tina and Bobby, Harvey and the Wallbangers
Wed 11 Jan 2017
Dev Patel on Lion; a new Bobby Moore drama; Our Dancing Town choreographer Steve Elias.
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Common Sense on TV, Bafta nominations, Mozart at 11, Is there a Northern Aesthetic?
Tue 10 Jan 2017
Bafta nominations, Common Sense, 250 years on from Mozart's first opera, Look North.
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Hull Blade, Manchester By the Sea, John Lockwood Kipling, Francis Spufford
Mon 9 Jan 2017
Samira Ahmed on the huge artwork installed above Hull. Plus the film Manchester by the Sea
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Film-maker Alex Gibney, soul singer Ray BLK, author Brian Conaghan and Ben Wardle on yet more TV talent shows
Fri 6 Jan 2017
Director Alex Gibney, soul singer Ray BLK, award-winning children's author Brian Conaghan.
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Steven Knight - writer of Taboo, CGI resurrections, the Bard's medical knowledge, Alice Oswald
Thu 5 Jan 2017
Resurrecting actors using CGI, the writer of new 麻豆社1 drama Taboo, poet Alice Oswald.
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Damien Chazelle on La La Land; Bright Lights; David Bowie: The Last Five Years; Keggie Carew
Wed 4 Jan 2017
Damien Chazelle; Bright Lights; David Bowie: The Last Five Years; Keggie Carew.
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John Berger, Costa Book Awards winners, Sebastian Barry, Unforgotten
Tue 3 Jan 2017
Remembering John Berger, the Costa Book Awards category winners, Chris Lang on Unforgotten
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US Composers: Steve Reich, Philip Glass and John Adams
Mon 2 Jan 2017
John Wilson talks to composers Philip Glass, Steve Reich and John Adams about their work.
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Liam Neeson; Dancing Mad Hatters; Author Christian Jungersen; Assassin's Creed
Fri 30 Dec 2016
Actor Liam Neeson; author Christian Jungersen; dancing Mad Hatters; Assassin's Creed.
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Made in Hull: UK City of Culture 2017
Thu 29 Dec 2016
John Wilson reports from Hull as it prepares to launch as UK City of Culture 2017.
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Jane Austen
Wed 28 Dec 2016
Samira Ahmed celebrates Jane Austen, ahead of next year's 200th anniversary of her death.
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Award Winners of 2016
Tue 27 Dec 2016
With award winners Paul Beatty, Helen Marten, Leonardo DiCaprio and Denise Gough.
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Riz Ahmed, Delicious, The Kite Runner on stage and Angela Carter
Fri 23 Dec 2016
Actor and rapper Riz Ahmed discusses his career and a review of Dawn French in Delicious.
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Alison Balsom, To Walk Invisible, Beautiful books, Flying on stage
Thu 22 Dec 2016
Trumpeter Alison Balsom, and a review of Sally Wainwright's Bront毛 drama To Walk Invisible
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Helen Mirren, Winter Solstice Poetry, Conductor Ed Gardner, Hairy Rockers
Wed 21 Dec 2016
Dame Helen Mirren, conductor Ed Gardner, poet Kayo Chingonyi, hairy old rockers.
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Barry Jenkins, The Witness For The Prosecution, Saint Joan, Meilyr Jones
Tue 20 Dec 2016
Barry Jenkins, Agatha Christie's The Witness for the Prosecution, Saint Joan, Meilyr Jones
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Sherlock, Albums of the Year, We're Going on a Bear Hunt, Mousehole's Christmas Lights
Mon 19 Dec 2016
Martin Freeman and Mark Gatiss on the new Sherlock plus best albums of the year.
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Matthew Bourne on The Red Shoes, Satirising Trump, Marius de Vries
Fri 16 Dec 2016
Matthew Bourne discusses his stage version of the classic British film The Red Shoes.
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Der Rosenkavalier, Adventures in Moominland, Peter Mullan in Quarry
Thu 15 Dec 2016
Moomins creator Tove Jansson, and the challenges of performing Der Rosenkavalier.
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Peter Capaldi as Dr Who, new Star Wars, US poet Ben Lerner and E R Braithwaite
Wed 14 Dec 2016
Peter Capaldi on Dr Who, Rogue One - A Star Wars Story, poet Ben Lerner & E R Braithwaite.
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Darcey Bussell on Margot Fonteyn; Pevsner guides; Daniel Craig and David Oyelowo on Broadway; How to get a Christmas no 1
Tue 13 Dec 2016
Darcey Bussell; Pevsner architectural guides; Daniel Craig and David Oyelowo on Broadway.
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The Eagle Huntress, New play Love, Diversity in the arts, Luke Jerram, John Montague remembered
Mon 12 Dec 2016
The Eagle Huntress, Luke Jerram's hidden treasures of Scunthorpe, John Montague remembered
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The Birth of a Nation, Ruth Padel, Joan Eardley, Mark Lockyer
Fri 9 Dec 2016
Ashley Clarke reviews The Birth of a Nation, Ruth Padel reveals the reality of Christmas.
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Oliver Stone's Snowden, The Famous Five, Sex scenes, Wynford Dewhurst
Thu 8 Dec 2016
Arts news, interviews and reviews.
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Zaha Hadid's new gallery at The Science Museum, Oscar-winning film editor Anne V Coates, Office Christmas Party - the film
Wed 7 Dec 2016
Zaha Hadid's new Science Museum gallery, film editor Anne V Coates, Office Christmas Party
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Dreamgirls, Australia's Impressionists, Sharing the Turner Prize cheque, actor Peter Vaughan remembered
Tue 6 Dec 2016
Dreamgirls composer Henry Krieger, Australia's Impressionists and Peter Vaughan remembered
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Lee Child on Edward Hopper, ENO's Cressida Pollock and The Pass
Mon 5 Dec 2016
Author Lee Child discusses short stories inspired by Edward Hopper paintings.
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Alison Steadman, Anders Lustgarten, History of art A-level
Fri 2 Dec 2016
Alison Steadman on Abigail's Party, Pride and Prejudice, and Gavin & Stacey.
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