Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
Episodes to download
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Booker Shortlisted Authors
Tue 12 Nov 2024
Interviews with the authors shortlisted for tonight's Booker Prize.
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Ronnie Wood, the rise and fall of boybands, Mishka Momen
Mon 11 Nov 2024
Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood talks about his other career as an artist.
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Review: The Piano Lesson, Florence 1504, Jonathan Coe's The Proof of My Innocence
Thu 7 Nov 2024
We review The Piano Lesson, the latest film from Denzel Washington and his family.
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Pauline Black, Waters Rising at Perth Museum, and Posthumously Completing a Loved One's Creative Work
Wed 6 Nov 2024
Pauline Black, Waters Rising at Perth Museum & Posthumously Completing a Loved One's Work
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Christopher Reeve documentary, Booker author Samantha Harvey on Orbital, Art auction news
Tue 5 Nov 2024
Super/Man: Christopher Reeve documentary, Booker author Samantha Harvey, Art auction news.
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Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch, political satire in US elections, how to write a book
Mon 4 Nov 2024
Meet the stars of new film Day of the Jackal, and remember Quincy Jones.
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Review: film: Anora; theatre: Dr. Strangelove; book: Ali Smith's Gliff
Thu 31 Oct 2024
Award winning film Anora and the stage production of Dr. Strangelove reviewed.
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Billy Crystal, Marina Diamandis, Nordic Music Festival
Wed 30 Oct 2024
Actor Billy Crystal, singer-songwriter and poet Marina Diamandis, response to the Budget.
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Hugh Grant on Heretic, Yael van der Wouden's The Safekeep, future of housing design
Tue 29 Oct 2024
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
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Sir Steve McQueen on Blitz, Italian Renaissance drawings, Rachel Kushner on Creation Lake
Mon 28 Oct 2024
Steve McQueen on his World War II film Blitz, starring Saoirse Ronan.
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Tim Burton on his exhibition at Design Museum, Review: films Emilia Perez and Dahomey
Thu 24 Oct 2024
Award-winning film Emilia Pérez reviewed, Tim Burton on exhibiting his archive.
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Musician and novelist Malachy Tallack, Cities of Literature and Textile Art
Wed 23 Oct 2024
Musician and novelist Malachy Tallack, Cities of Literature and Textile Art.
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Artist William Kentridge, British film industry expansion, Playing Brian Epstein
Tue 22 Oct 2024
Artist William Kentridge, British film industry expansion, Playing Brian Epstein.
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Pedro Almodovar, Vanessa Bell, Richard Bean
Mon 21 Oct 2024
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
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Review: TV The Franchise; Film The Crime is Mine; Book Juice by Tim Winton
Thu 17 Oct 2024
Armando Iannucci's new super hero comedy series The Franchise gets reviewed.
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Rupert Everett, Scotland's Female Bands, artist Everlyn Nicodemus
Wed 16 Oct 2024
Rupert Everett, female bands from Glasgow and artist Everlyn Nicodemus.
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Jodie Whittaker, Japanese food art, Booker writer Anne Michaels
Tue 15 Oct 2024
Jodie Whittaker on stage, Japanese food as art, Booker shortlisted author Anne Michaels.
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Bronski Beat Age of Consent 40th Anniversary, Percival Everett, Horror on stage
Mon 14 Oct 2024
The impact of the landmark Bronski Beat album Age of Consent, 40 years on.
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Review: Film - Timestalker, Theatre - The Other Place, TV - Disclaimer
Thu 10 Oct 2024
Theatre critic Kate Maltby and journalist Stephen Bush review the week's cultural releases
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Booker author Charlotte Wood, Surrealism discussion & playwright Tim Price on Odyssey '84
Wed 9 Oct 2024
Booker Prize-shortlisted author Charlotte Wood, Surrealism, and Odyssey '84.
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Rick Astley, The West Wing at 25, Barbara Walker
Tue 8 Oct 2024
Rick Astley on his new memoir Never, artist Barbara Walker on Being Here at the Whitworth.
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Alison Moyet, Leigh Bowery exhibition, Adrian Sutton
Mon 7 Oct 2024
Fashion renegades of the 1980s; composer Adrian Sutton and Alison Moyet.
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Review: Film: Joker Folie a Deux; Book: Alan Hollinghurst's Our Evenings
Thu 3 Oct 2024
Joker: Folie a Deux and Alan Hollinghurst's new book Our Evenings reviewed.
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Paula Hawkins, Photojournalism, Tape Letters Archive project
Wed 2 Oct 2024
Novelist Paula Hawkins, Magnum photography, and sound archive from British Asians.
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The BBC National Short Story Award 2024 with Cambridge University
Tue 1 Oct 2024
The BBC National Short Story Award and Young Writers' Award live results programme.
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David Oyelowo, Regulating the entertainment industry, Ralph Steadman
Mon 30 Sep 2024
David Oyelowo on the Shakespearean role he's always wanted to play, Coriolanus.
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Review: art - Monet; book: Intermezzo by Sally Rooney; Joe Lycett's art book
Thu 26 Sep 2024
Intermezzo by Sally Rooney, Monet in London exhibition, Megalopolis film plus Joe Lycett.
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David Mitchell on Ludwig, poet Kathleen Jamie and the world premiere of Helen Grime's Folk
Wed 25 Sep 2024
David Mitchell on Ludwig, poet Kathleen Jamie and the world premiere of Helen Grime's Folk
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Chilly Gonzales performs, Dickens adaptations, Horror films
Tue 24 Sep 2024
Pianist and rapper Chilly Gonzales, Radio 4's Dickens season, why we love horror films.
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John Boorman, Anya Gallaccio, The Halfway Kid performs
Mon 23 Sep 2024
John Boorman on Zardoz - the 1974 cult sci-fi film starring Sean Connery.
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