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Front Row Episodes

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    Singer James Bay, film director Pablo Larraín, tribute to actor Irrfan Khan and new drama by disabled writers

    James Bay plays his hit Hold Back the River live, and offers tips on playing the guitar.

  2. Nmon Ford, Eavan Boland, Kit de Waal, London Mozart Players

    Baritone Nmon Ford on new opera Orfeus, which fuses opera with house music.

  3. Randy Newman; song lyrics in Latin; Romeo and Juliet; the NHS on radio and TV

    Randy Newman's new song; Romeo and Juliet performed; the NHS on radio and TV.

  4. Normal People, Víkingur Ólafsson, Seán Hewitt, Theresa Lola

    Sophie Raworth and Naomi Alderman on TV drama Normal People. And pianist Víkingur Ólafsson

  5. Moffie director Oliver Hermanus, Sharon D Clarke, Lesbian visibility, Anna Meredith

    Director Oliver Hermanus and Sharon D. Clarke on World Book Night.

  6. Paapa Essiedu, Arts Minister Caroline Dinenage, Turning our tragedies into comedy

    Paapa Essiedu's Hamlet, Arts Minister Caroline Dinenage, Turning tragedy into comedy

  7. Organist Anna Lapwood, The Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist, Gangs of London

    Organist Anna Lapwood performs, and we announce The Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist.

  8. Jackie Kay, Roderick Williams, Killing Eve Season 3 and C Pam Zhang

    Roderick Williams, Jackie Kay, author C Pam Zhang and Killing Eve Season 3

  9. Adam Macqueen's thriller, pianist Víkingur Ólafsson, a podcast masterclass and the amazing set of Treasure Island

    Adam Macqueen on imagining, in his first novel, that Jeremy Thorpe did murder his lover.

  10. Virus Art, Naomi Alderman, Angela Barnes

    Artist Luke Jerram on replicating Covid-19 in sculpture.

  11. Sir Patrick Stewart on Shakespeare's Sonnets, Shahnaz Ahsan, Devs

    Patrick Stewart on his daily performance of Shakespeare's Sonnets.

  12. Russell Howard, Siobhan Miller, International Prize for Arabic Fiction, John Mullan on Northanger Abbey

    Russell Howard on his new lockdown TV show made from his childhood bedroom.

  13. Roy Hudd

    Speaking in 2015, the late music hall veteran on his seven-decade career.

  14. Martin Scorsese

    Martin Scorsese in conversation about his latest film, The Irishman

  15. Víkingur Ólafsson, Christabel Blackburn, Nitin Sawhney, Audiobooks

    Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson, Front Row's first Artist-in-Residence.

  16. James Graham on Quiz, Braids, changes in the ways we listen to music, and John Prine

    James Graham on Quiz, his three-part television drama about the coughing major controversy

  17. AL Kennedy, Sam Sweeney performs live, lockdown listening habits

    AL Kennedy's new short stories and fiddle player Sam Sweeney performs live

  18. Wordsworth Anniversary, Kerry Shale radio play, Critic Gillian Reynolds, Composer Nainita Desai

    Wordsworth anniversary, Kerry Shale on working with Kubrick, composer Nainita Desa.

  19. Miles Davis's Bitches Brew, Gaming, Cressida Cowell in the Culture Clinic

    Soweto Kinch on Miles Davis's album Bitches Brew, and Children's Laureate Cressida Cowell.

  20. Dua Lipa, Sara Collins, Edinburgh festivals cancelled, Molly O’Cathain

    Dua Lipa discusses her new album Future Nostalgia.

  21. The Dramatist James Graham

    Kirsty Lang interviews playwright James Graham, author of Quiz, This House and Ink.

  22. Soprano Chen Reiss, Theatre Online, National Poetry Competition

    Soprano Chen Reiss on her recording of Beethoven's Arias

  23. Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson plays live from Reykjavik

    Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson talks to Front Row and plays live from Reykjavik

  24. Gloria Gaynor, Offline Arts, film Vivarium and novel Hamnet reviewed, Culture Clinic

    Gloria Gaynor on Grammy-winning album Testimony and on going viral against the virus

  25. Owen Sheers, Nikita Lalwani, Writing in isolation

    Owen Sheers on adapting The Snow Spider for TV, Nikita Lalwani on her new novel You People

  26. Eliza Carthy, Art galleries and coronavirus, Terrence McNally obituary

    Folk musician Eliza Carthy, art galleries under coronavirus, Terrence McNally obituary.

  27. Simon Armitage, Stephen Hough, Chris Riddell on Asterix creator Albert Uderzo

    Poet Laureate Simon Armitage on his new collection inspired by Yorkshire.

  28. Rathbones Folio winner, Disney+, Malory Towers on TV, Live performance from National Theatre of Scotland

    Rathbones Folio winner; Disney+ launches in the UK; Malory Towers reviewed

  29. Gareth Malone, Contraltos, Louise Wallwein

    Gareth Malone, Contraltos, Creative Industries Federation, Louise Wallwein

  30. Lennie James, Rob Auton, Jess Gillam

    Actor and screenwriter Lennie James on the return of his award-winning Sky drama Save Me.

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