Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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Jeremy Irons and Richard Eyre celebrate Bristol Old Vic's 250th, Disorder, 10 Cloverfield Lane
Fri 18 Mar 2016
Jeremy Irons discusses his new play Long Day's Journey into Night. John Wilson presents.
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The Painkiller, Follow the Money, Maylis de Kerangal, The Gloaming
Thu 17 Mar 2016
Including a look at the Painkiller, starring Kenneth Branagh and Rob Brydon.
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Jane Horrocks, High-Rise, Russia and the Arts, Remembering Sylvia Anderson
Wed 16 Mar 2016
In a new show Jane Horrocks sings a selection of new wave hits. Plus a review of High-Rise
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Antonio Pappano, Marguerite reviewed, Photographer Paul Strand
Tue 15 Mar 2016
Petroc Trelawny reviews Marguerite, a satirical comedy set in 1920s France.
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Composer Peter Maxwell Davies, singer Iggy Pop, novelist Jim Powell
Mon 14 Mar 2016
Live daily magazine programme covering arts, literature, film, media and music.
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The Ones Below, Sonita, Tate funding, Comedy Playhouse, War Horse music
Fri 11 Mar 2016
The Ones Below, Afghan rapper Sonita, Tate funding, Comedy Playhouse, War Horse music.
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Martin Parr's exhibitions, Assemble at Tate Liverpool, Bradford Media Museum controversy, Morrissey as London's mayor
Thu 10 Mar 2016
Nick Hytner on Ken Adam. Plus Martin Parr, Assemble and Bradford museum controversy.
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Remembering George Martin, Anna Meredith, Motown the Musical, The Witch
Wed 9 Mar 2016
Composer David Arnold and comedian Bernard Cribbins on the late producer George Martin.
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Anomalisa, Seamus Heaney's The Aeneid, Handel at Vauxhall, In the Age of Giorgione
Tue 8 Mar 2016
With Samira Ahmed, including a review of Anomalis and a look at Seamus Heaney's The Aeneid
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Hail, Caesar!, Don Quixote, Thirteen, English Touring Opera
Fri 4 Mar 2016
Including a review of the Coen brothers' Hail, Caesar!. Kirsty Lang presents.
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Richard Gere in Time Out of Mind, Tanita Tikaram, Look Back in Anger
Thu 3 Mar 2016
A review of Time Out of Mind, starring Richard Gere as a homeless man. Plus Tanita Tikaram
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Botticelli, Gillian Slovo, Tony Warren remembered, Dr Thorne
Wed 2 Mar 2016
Gillian Slovo's new novel, Botticelli Reimagined, Tony Warren obituary, Dr Thorne review.
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Peter Cook, Hitchcock/Truffaut, Tabletop Shakespeare, Tim Sayer
Tue 1 Mar 2016
Architect Peter Cook designs his first building in the UK. John Wilson presents.
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The Brontes, Malian kora player Ballake Sissoko and French cellist Vincent Segal, Truth reviewed
Mon 29 Feb 2016
AS Byatt discusses the enduring legacy of the Bronte's juvenilia. Samira Ahmed presents.
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Woodstock, Birger Larsen on Murder, Hacks in the spotlight, Trouble at the opera
Fri 26 Feb 2016
John Wilson talks to Barney Hoskyns about his book on Woodstock - the town.
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The Maids, Tim Parks, Shetland weaving
Thu 25 Feb 2016
Kirsty Lang talks to The Maids actresses Uzo Aduba, Laura Carmichael and Zawe Ashton.
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Grimsby, Dominic Dromgoole, Poems that Make Grown Women Cry
Wed 24 Feb 2016
Sacha Baron Cohen's new film Grimsby reviewed and the Globe theatre's Dominic Dromgoole.
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Churchill's Secret, Artist Jonathan Yeo, King Jack, Author Clare Morrall
Tue 23 Feb 2016
Including a review of feature-length ITV drama Churchill's Secret. Samira Ahmed presents.
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Secret in Their Eyes, Katie Mitchell, AB Yehoshua, Stutterer
Mon 22 Feb 2016
Katie Mitchell on directing Cleansed, Secret in Their Eyes review, and AB Yehoshua's novel
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Harper Lee remembered, The Night Manager, Simon Armitage, Zelda
Fri 19 Feb 2016
Harper Lee remembered, and John le Carre's The Night Manager adapted for TV.
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David McCallum, Marjorie Owens as Norma, Ashvin Kumar
Thu 18 Feb 2016
Presented by Samira Ahmed. David McCallum looks back at his career.
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Freeheld review, Anna Hope, Jack Garratt, Unexpected Eisenstein
Wed 17 Feb 2016
Julianne Moore in Freeheld, novelist Anna Hope and singer Jack Garratt.
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Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie, Steven Isserlis, Amalia Ulman
Tue 16 Feb 2016
Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie discusses the band's new album. John Wilson presents.
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Yann Martel, Love, Delacroix, Mark Wallinger
Mon 15 Feb 2016
Mark Wallinger shows John Wilson his art studio, and Yann Martel discusses his new novel.
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The People v OJ Simpson, Figaro, Pre-Raphaelites, 14 Bottoms
Fri 12 Feb 2016
Kirsty Lang discusses The People v OJ Simpson and the Pre-Raphaelites in Liverpool.
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The Survivalist, Mark-Anthony Turnage, Shakespeare in the Royal Library, The Massive Tragedy of Madame Bovary!
Thu 11 Feb 2016
Portraying post-apocalyptic worlds in The Survivalist and a ballet inspired by a portrait.
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Kate Winslet in Triple 9, Nell Gwynn, One Child
Wed 10 Feb 2016
Kate Winslet talks to John Wilson about her role as a mafia villain in new film Triple 9.
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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Steve Coogan, Leonardo da Vinci, Chinelo Okparanta
Tue 9 Feb 2016
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies reviewed and Alan Partridge revived, with Samira Ahmed.
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Vinyl, A Bigger Splash, Margaret Forster, Louis Andriessen, Theatre at the V&A
Mon 8 Feb 2016
Reviews of Vinyl and A Bigger Splash, and Melvyn Bragg remembers Margaret Forster.
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