Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
Episodes to download
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Turner Prize, The Crucible, Gabriele Finaldi, Patrick deWitt
Wed 30 Sep 2015
A tour of the Turner Prize exhibition opening in Glasgow. Samira Ahmed presents.
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Margaret Atwood, Emily Blunt, You, Me and the Apocalypse, Reading Europe
Tue 29 Sep 2015
Margaret Atwood discusses her new novel The Heart Goes Last. Kirsty Lang presents.
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Macbeth, Tipping the Velvet, The Fabric of India
Mon 28 Sep 2015
Samira Ahmed reviews the new Macbeth starring Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard.
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Ridley Scott, Mark Wigglesworth, Ceramics in Stoke
Fri 25 Sep 2015
Ridley Scott on The Martian, ENO's Mark Wigglesworth, and ceramics in Stoke.
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Roger Moore, Timur Vermes, Julia Margaret Cameron, Jeremy Page
Thu 24 Sep 2015
Sir Roger Moore talks to Kirsty Lang about his long career on stage and in TV and film.
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Celts, Kiss Me Kate, Hilary Mantel
Wed 23 Sep 2015
Kirsty Lang reviews the British Museum's Celts exhibition.
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James Dean biopic, Mr Foote's Other Leg, Frances Leviston, Disclosure
Tue 22 Sep 2015
Including a review of the James Dean biopic Life. John Wilson presents.
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Chancellor George Osborne, Justin Cartwright, 99 Homes, Mark Haddon
Mon 21 Sep 2015
George Osborne discusses his plans to take British culture to China. Samira Ahmed presents
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Downton Abbey, Karl Jenkins, The armoury at the RSC
Fri 18 Sep 2015
The end of Downton Abbey, musician and composer Karl Jenkins, armour on stage at the RSC.
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David Morrissey, Shakespeare comedy Bill, A Syrian Love Story
Thu 17 Sep 2015
David Morrissey in Martin McDonagh's new play Hangmen. John Wilson presents.
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Simon Schama's Face of Britain, Launch of 麻豆社 National Short Story Award
Wed 16 Sep 2015
A look at the launch of the tenth 麻豆社 National Short Story Award. John Wilson presents.
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Photograph 51, Sebastian Faulks, John Eliot Gardiner
Tue 15 Sep 2015
Samira Ahmed reviews the play Photograph 51, starring Nicole Kidman.
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Ai Weiwei, Everest, Leona Lewis
Mon 14 Sep 2015
Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei discusses his new solo exhibition. With John Wilson.
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Keith Richards, Don McCullin
Fri 11 Sep 2015
Guitarist Keith Richards and photographer Don McCullin talk to John Wilson.
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David Gilmour, An Inspector Calls, La Famille B茅lier, Future Conditional
Thu 10 Sep 2015
Kirsty Lang meets up with Pink Floyd musician David Gilmour and his wife, Polly Samson.
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Salman Rushdie, Pasolini, Cyndi Lauper
Wed 9 Sep 2015
Samira Ahmed talks to Salman Rushdie about his new novel. Plus Cyndi Lauper on Kinky Boots
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Woody Allen's Irrational Man, Richard Hawley, Mike Bartlett, The Chineke Orchestra
Tue 8 Sep 2015
Woody Allen's Irrational Man reviewed. John Wilson presents.
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Anthony Horowitz, Danielle de Niese, This Is England, Antony Gormley
Mon 7 Sep 2015
Anthony Horowitz talks to Kirsty Lang about his new Bond novel Trigger Mortis.
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Tom Hardy, Dope, Anne Boleyn's songbook
Fri 4 Sep 2015
Tom Hardy talks to Kirsty Lang about playing both Kray Twins in the new film Legend.
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Jed Mercurio, Cartel Land, Michel Houellebecq
Thu 3 Sep 2015
Jed Mercurio talks to Samira Ahmed about his adaptation of Lady Chatterley's Lover.
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David Hare, Meryl Streep's new film Ricki and the Flash, Max Richter
Wed 2 Sep 2015
Playwright David Hare, Meryl Streep's new film Ricki and the Flash, Max Richter.
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Elena Ferrante, Laila Lalami, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Tue 1 Sep 2015
Kirsty Lang discusses the elusive literary phenomenon Elena Ferrante.
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Pianist James Rhodes talks to John Wilson
Mon 31 Aug 2015
Concert pianist James Rhodes talks to John Wilson.
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Hanya Yanagihara, No Escape, Site-specific theatre, Boy Meets Girl
Fri 28 Aug 2015
Hanya Yanagihara discusses her new novel A Little Life. Samira Ahmed presents.
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The Trials of Jimmy Rose, Cerys Matthews and Timberlake Wertenbaker, Zambezi News, Miss Julie
Thu 27 Aug 2015
Kirsty Lang speaks to Cerys Matthews and Timberlake Wertenbaker about Our Country's Good.
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Hamlet, Agatha Christie exhibition, Andrew Miller, We Are Your Friends.
Wed 26 Aug 2015
Kirsty Lang is joined by critic Susannah Clapp to review Benedict Cumberbatch's Hamlet.
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Straight Outta Compton, Paula McLain, Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys
Tue 25 Aug 2015
A review of hip-hop film Straight Outta Compton. John Wilson presents.
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Jess Glynne, Don Paterson, Danny and the Human Zoo, Cradle to Grave
Mon 24 Aug 2015
John Wilson is joined by singer Jess Glynne and poet Don Paterson.
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Andras Schiff, The Bad Education Movie, Patrick Ness
Fri 21 Aug 2015
Samira Ahmed talks to pianist Andras Schiff about performing Bach's Goldberg Variations.
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Banksy's Dismaland, Andrew Haigh, Resistance, Andy Warhol
Thu 20 Aug 2015
A review of Dismaland, a new Bansky exhibition. Samira Ahmed presents.
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