Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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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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Mona Hatoum, The Windsors, Alexander Masters, Charles Dance
Tue 3 May 2016
Alexander Masters on his book A Life Discarded, plus artist Mona Hatoum.
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Capability Brown
Mon 2 May 2016
Capability Brown, born 300 years ago this year, changed the landscape of Georgian England.
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Ricky Gervais, The Secret, Mark Elder, The return of the repertory company
Fri 29 Apr 2016
Ricky Gervais discusses his latest projects including his film Special Correspondents.
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Mark Gatiss on Doctor Who, Brideshead Revisited, Pleasure, Demolition
Thu 28 Apr 2016
Mark Gatiss on the novelisations of Doctor Who, and Bryony Lavery on Brideshead Revisited.
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Hugh Bonneville on Ibsen, Captain America directors, Juliet Stevenson
Wed 27 Apr 2016
Samira Ahmed talks to Hugh Bonneville about Ibsen's play An Enemy of the People.
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Alain de Botton, Son of Saul, Josie Rourke and Nick Payne, Jazz biopics
Tue 26 Apr 2016
Alain de Botton, Son of Saul, Josie Rourke and Nick Payne, jazz biopics.
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Hugh Grant, Wellcome Prize winner, Lisa Jen, Pablo Bronstein
Mon 25 Apr 2016
Kirsty Lang talks to Hugh Grant about his new film Florence Foster Jenkins.
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400 years of Shakespeare with Rufus Wainwright, Kim Cattrall, Dominic Cooke and William Leahy
Fri 22 Apr 2016
Shakespeare died 400 years ago this week. John Wilson marks this anniversary.
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Remembering Prince, Opera North's Ring Cycle, novelist Georgina Harding
Thu 21 Apr 2016
Mica Paris, biographer Matt Thorne and journalist Kevin Le Gendre on the legacy of Prince.
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Victoria Wood remembered, Curtis Sittenfeld, Maya Sondhi, Lucian Msamati
Wed 20 Apr 2016
Producer Geoff Posner remembers Victoria Wood. Plus Lucian Msamati on Iago.
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Sharpe on Flowers, Don Warrington on Lear, Yvvette Edwards
Tue 19 Apr 2016
Samira Ahmed talks to Will Sharpe about his TV show Flowers. Plus Don Warrington on Lear.
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Malorie Blackman, Bastille Day, Sam Gold, Simon Russell Beale
Mon 18 Apr 2016
Arts news, interviews and reviews.
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Kevin Costner in Criminal, Kenneth Branagh, The Comedy About A Bank Robbery, Laika the spacedog
Fri 15 Apr 2016
Criminal and why London attracts so many film-makers. Plus The Comedy About A Bank Robbery
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Peter Greenaway, George Shaw, Zoe Wanamaker, Chloe Esposito
Thu 14 Apr 2016
Eisenstein in Guanajuato, a provocative film by Peter Greenaway, and artist George Shaw.
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PJ Harvey's new album, Arnold Wesker, 2016 Proms, Wellcome exhibition
Wed 13 Apr 2016
Featuring a review of PJ Harvey's first new album in five years. John Wilson presents.
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The Jungle Book, Lindsey Davis, Wellington Arch Sculpture, Romola Garai, Goosebumps Alive
Tue 12 Apr 2016
Including a review of a new, live-action version of The Jungle Book. Samira Ahmed presents
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