Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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Tate Modern's new Switch House gallery, Pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Debut novelist Emma Cline
Tue 14 Jun 2016
Tate Modern's new Switch House, pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard, and novelist Emma Cline.
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Tom Odell, Ove Arup, Theatre's response to the Battle of the Somme
Mon 13 Jun 2016
Wrong Crowd is the new album from songwriter Tom Odell; he talks about his inspiration.
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Andy Hamilton, Rattigan on stage, Studio Ghibli's last film, Blake Morrison and Gavin Bryars
Fri 10 Jun 2016
The Power Monkeys co-creator Andy Hamilton talks about his satire about the EU referendum.
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Frances Morris, director of Tate Modern, Anish Kapoor on designing at the ENO, Embrace of the Serpent review
Thu 9 Jun 2016
Tate Modern director Frances Morris, sculptor Anish Kapoor, and Embrace of the Serpent.
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Guy Garvey, Bailey's Prize winner, The Go-Between
Wed 8 Jun 2016
Guy Garvey talks to John Wilson about his Meltdown festival.
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Ben Kingsley, Casey Nicholaw, RA Summer Exhibition, Outcast
Tue 7 Jun 2016
Sir Ben Kingsley discusses his film Learning to Drive plus Aladdin director Casey Nicholaw
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Peter Shaffer remembered, Don DeLillo, Anthony Horowitz on New Blood, Beth Orton
Mon 6 Jun 2016
Peter Shaffer remembered, Don DeLillo on novel Zero K and Anthony Horowitz on New Blood.
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Jimmy McGovern, James Schamus, Alexi Kaye Campbell
Fri 3 Jun 2016
Jimmy McGovern on his TV drama Reg, and independent film-maker James Schamus.
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Nile Rodgers, Jesse Eisenberg, Kunal Nayyar, Surrealists
Thu 2 Jun 2016
John Wilson talks to Nile Rodgers, on the eve of 麻豆社 Music Day.
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Versailles, Louisa Young, Museum of the Year contender, TV drama music
Wed 1 Jun 2016
TV drama series Versailles reviewed, and Louisa Young on her new novel Devotion.
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Nina Stibbe, Moby, The Nice Guys, Michael Pennington
Tue 31 May 2016
Author Nina Stibbe, musician Moby, The Nice Guys reviewed, Michael Pennington on King Lear
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Front Row at The Royal Court Theatre
Mon 30 May 2016
The value of new writing for theatre: Front Row marks 60 years of the Royal Court.
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From Hay: Charlotte Church, Tracy Chevalier and Lionel Shriver, YA Fiction, Welsh-Appalachian Music Mashup
Fri 27 May 2016
Charlotte Church discusses her 'musical fairy tale' which tackles contemporary issues.
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Wilko Johnson, Romeo and Juliet review, Walter de Maria
Thu 26 May 2016
With guitarist and songwriter Wilko Johnson talking about surviving terminal cancer.
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Neil Gaiman, Liz Lochhead, Roy Williams
Wed 25 May 2016
Neil Gaiman on his Likely Stories, poet Liz Lochhead, and playwright Roy Williams.
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Sue Johnston, Burt Kwouk remembered, Yayoi Kusama, Simon Stone, Philip Venables
Tue 24 May 2016
The Royle Family's Sue Johnston on Rovers, and Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama reviewed.
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Russell T Davies, Love and Friendship review, Rufus Norris, Thelma and Louise 25 years on
Mon 23 May 2016
Russell T Davies, Love and Friendship, Rufus Norris, and Thelma and Louise 25 years on.
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Jack O'Connell, Cannes Film Festival, Seeing Round Corners, Spymonkey
Fri 20 May 2016
British actor Jack O'Connell discusses his latest film, financial thriller Money Monster.
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A Hologram For The King, Running Wild, Brigitte Fassbaender, Going Forward
Thu 19 May 2016
A review of Tom Hanks as a stressed executive in Saudi Arabia in A Hologram For The King.
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Ian McMillan, Black Chronicles, Janet Suzman, TV drama endings
Wed 18 May 2016
John Wilson talks to poet Ian McMillan. And TV drama endings - too many loose ends?
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Sunken Cities, Han Kang, Sing Street, Christian Blackshaw
Tue 17 May 2016
Sunken Cities, Han Kang's The Vegetarian, Sing Street's John Carney, Christian Blackshaw.
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Yinka Shonibare, 麻豆社 Young Musician, X-Men: Apocalypse director, Dylan Thomas Prize winner
Mon 16 May 2016
麻豆社 Young Musician of the Year winner discusses Shostakovich and Britain's Got Talent.
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Francis Bacon, Ayad Akhtar, Cannes Film Festival, Mum
Fri 13 May 2016
Francis Bacon retrospective in Liverpool, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Ayad Akhtar.
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Mark Billingham, Turner Prize, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot review, Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla
Thu 12 May 2016
Samira Ahmed with novelist Mark Billingham, Turner Prize shortlist, Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla.
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Laurie Anderson, AL Kennedy, Mustang
Wed 11 May 2016
Laurie Anderson on the Brighton Festival, and AL Kennedy on our search for kindness.
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Damian Lewis in Billions, Hugh Bonneville, Olivia Chaney, Bryan and Mary M Talbot
Tue 10 May 2016
A review of TV drama Billions, starring Damian Lewis, and Hugh Bonneville on Malvolio.
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Lionel Shriver, Radiohead, Richard Linklater, Tate Britain exhibition
Mon 9 May 2016
Lionel Shriver's latest novel; Richard Linklater's new film; Radiohead's album reviewed.
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Tom Hiddleston, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Andrey Kurkov
Fri 6 May 2016
Tom Hiddleston talks to Kirsty Lang about his new role as Hank Williams.
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Ewan McGregor, Upstart Crow, Katie Paterson, Frankenstein ballet
Thu 5 May 2016
Kirsty Lang talks to Ewan McGregor, and Ben Elton writes a TV a comedy about Shakespeare.
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Howard Brenton, Knight of Cups, Olafur Eliasson, Dorothy Bohm
Wed 4 May 2016
Howard Brenton, Terrence Malick's Knight of Cups, Olafur Eliasson, Dorothy Bohm.
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