Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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Elijah Wood, Angela Hewitt, Crowd-funding your novel, The Overnighters
Thu 30 Oct 2014
Elijah Wood on his film Set Fire to the Stars, and is crowd-funding the future of fiction?
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Keira Knightley; Nick Drake; A Real Birmingham Family; Mercury Prize hopefuls
Wed 29 Oct 2014
Arts news. Keira Knightley on acting on a green screen and making her Broadway debut.
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Nightcrawler; Laura Mvula; Bastille
Tue 28 Oct 2014
Samira Ahmed on the film Nightcrawler. Plus interviews with Laura Mvula and Bastille.
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Daniel Radcliffe in Horns; Edwyn Collins
Mon 27 Oct 2014
Daniel Radcliffe reviewed in Horns, and Edwyn Collins on his recovery after two strokes.
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Timothy Spall, Picasso Museum, Maria Jo茫o Pires, Memphis
Fri 24 Oct 2014
Arts news with Damian Barr. Timothy Spall on playing Mr Turner in Mike Leigh's film.
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Boris on Churchill; Serena reviewed
Thu 23 Oct 2014
Arts news with Razia Iqbal, including Boris Johnson on Churchill's legacy.
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Michael Sheen, Egon Schiele, Daniel Kehlmann, classic hip-hop album Illmatic explored
Wed 22 Oct 2014
Michael Sheen on Under Milk Wood, Egon Schiele, novelist Daniel Kehlmann, Nas documentary.
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John Kander; Jimmy Page; The Babadook reviewed; Ren茅 Burri remembered
Tue 21 Oct 2014
Composer John Kander discusses The Scottsboro Boys and a stunning stage career.
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Brad Pitt; Moroni; Anthony Horowitz
Mon 20 Oct 2014
Damian Barr talks to Brad Pitt about his new World War II film Fury.
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Robert Downey Jr, David Cronenberg, The Knick Reviewed
Fri 17 Oct 2014
Damian Barr talks to Hollywood's highest-paid actor Robert Downey Jr about his latest role
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Gillian Anderson; Michael Frayn; Jimi Hendrix Biopic; Buying Art in the Internet Age
Thu 16 Oct 2014
Gillian Anderson tells John Wilson about the stage fright that has always plagued her.
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Cat Stevens, Northern Soul, William Morris, Ken Burns
Wed 15 Oct 2014
Yusuf Islam, also known as Cat Stevens, talks to Samira Ahmed about his new album.
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Rembrandt, Bob Geldof, Here Lies Love
Tue 14 Oct 2014
Simon Schama joins John Wilson to talk about Rembrandt's later years.
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The Great Fire; Rachel Joyce; Richard Tuttle Review; Ayub Khan Din
Mon 13 Oct 2014
Presented by Samira Ahmed. Justin Champion reviews TV drama The Great Fire.
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Iggy Pop; The Lion King; Marcel Duchamp
Fri 10 Oct 2014
John Wilson talks to Iggy Pop, ahead of this year's 麻豆社 Music John Peel Lecture.
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Sheila Hancock, Gerhard Richter, '71, Nobel Prize Winner, Tony Allen
Thu 9 Oct 2014
Actress Sheila Hancock talks to John Wilson about her debut novel, Miss Carter's War.
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Phyllida Lloyd, The Sensory War, Robert Wilson, Super Thursday
Wed 8 Oct 2014
Phyllida Lloyd talks to Samira Ahmed about her all-female Henry IV.
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John Cleese, Ed Sheeran, Tracey Emin
Tue 7 Oct 2014
Arts news with John Wilson, including John Cleese on his memoir So Anyway.
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Clive James, Effie Gray, Selfie, Niven Govinden
Mon 6 Oct 2014
Arts news, including Clive James on poetry and Emma Thompson in Effie Gray.
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Genesis interview; Speed-the-Plow review; Fun Palaces; Victoria Hislop
Fri 3 Oct 2014
John Wilson presents an interview with Genesis and a review of Mamet's Speed-the-Plow.
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Rosamund Pike, The Girl of the Golden West, Young Poet Laureate Aisling Fahey, Grantchester
Thu 2 Oct 2014
Kirsty Lang talks to actress Rosamund Pike about her part in crime thriller Gone Girl.
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Stephen Fry, Tony Benn documentary, Kei Miller, Gothic exhibition
Wed 1 Oct 2014
Kirsty Lang talks to Stephen Fry about his memoir, More Fool Me.
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麻豆社 National Short Story Award 2014
Tue 30 Sep 2014
John Wilson and Hilary Mantel reveal the winner of the 麻豆社 National Short Story Award 2014
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Kristin Scott Thomas; Mackenzie Crook; Turner Prize shortlist; Dannie Abse tribute
Mon 29 Sep 2014
Kristin Scott Thomas talks about a new stage production of Electra with music by PJ Harvey
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Ai Weiwei at Blenheim Palace, Eimear McBride, Roy Williams, New Prince Albums
Fri 26 Sep 2014
Kirsty Lang and Craig Clunas review Chinese artist Ai Weiwei at Blenheim Palace.
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What We Did on Our Holiday reviewed; Bernard Sumner; Lionel Shriver; Activism on Stage
Thu 25 Sep 2014
Tom Sutcliffe talks to Bernard Sumner about his memoir New Order, Joy Division and Me.
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Zadie Smith, Ryan Adams, Exhibit B, The Art of the Brick
Wed 24 Sep 2014
Zadie Smith discusses her shortlisted entry for the 麻豆社 National Short Story Award.
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Ricky Tomlinson; The Driver; Francesca Rhydderch; Anselm Kiefer
Tue 23 Sep 2014
Ricky Tomlinson and playwright Neil Gore talk to John Wilson about United We Stand.
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Toby Jones; Maps to the Stars review; Rose Tremain; John Lahr on Tennessee Williams
Mon 22 Sep 2014
British actor Toby Jones discusses his role in new TV drama Marvellous. With Kirsty Lang.
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Zach Braff, Tessa Hadley, Charles Aznavour
Fri 19 Sep 2014
Kirsty Lang talks to the actor Zach Braff and French singer Charles Aznavour.
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