Front Row Episodes Episode guide
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Live from Edinburgh with drag act Denim, Maggie O'Farrell, Penelope Skinner and Terry O'Donovan
Drag queen band Denim, Maggie O'Farrell, and dramatizing our online lives.
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Rosie Jones, Janeane Garofalo and Jenni Fagan on stage at the Edinburgh Festival
Comedians Rosie Jones and Janeane Garofalo discuss their one woman shows.
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Denzel Washington, Imtiaz Dharker, Emilia Bassano and Shakespeare's dark lady
Denzel Washington on his vigilante action thriller film, The Equalizer 2.
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Disenchantment, Alan Garner, tips to boost your creativity
We review Disenchantment the new animated series from The Simpsons creator Matt Groening.
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Sharks in culture, Thea Musgrave, Derren Brown
How sharks are represented in culture and Thea Musgrave marks her 90th birthday.
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The Proclaimers, Gulliver's Travels, Internet as inspiration
The Proclaimers perform live, Gulliver's Travels, Artistic inspiration from the Internet.
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Hang Ups, The Artist's Way author Julia Cameron, Brandenburg Concertos Prom
Stephen Mangan in Hang Ups and author of best-selling The Artist's Way, Julia Cameron.
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Mezzo-Soprano Sarah Connolly, Inspire Season Commissions, The Producers at 50
Opera star Sarah Connolly sings English songs.
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What is Inspiration? Plus playing music from memory with the Aurora Orchestra
Stella Duffy, Kei Miller, Julian Baggini and Aowen Jin attempt to define inspiration.
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Nature as artistic inspiration - live from Epping Forest, Loch Lomond and Helen's Bay
Tracy Chevalier and Brian Irvine on why the British landscape inspires so many artists.
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Love Island, Melvin Burgess, Milos Karadaglic and Joby Talbot, Roy Foster on Brian Friel
Love Island is over, but what is the cultural impact? Plus Melvin Burgess on his new book.
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Dad's Army at 50, Jazz on streaming services, Marvellous Mechanical Museum
Fifty years of Dad's Army, jazz renaissance on streaming services, and automata on show.
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Iceman, Suicide in the performing arts, Samuel Barber opera Vanessa
Iceman, the film inspired by the discovery of Otzi, the prehistoric man.
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Marlon James, Mercury Prize shortlist, Decolonising museum collections
Marlon James champions cult novel Oreo and we assess this year's Mercury Prize shortlist.
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Andre Holland, Housing for artists, Feminist sci-fi
Moonlight actor Andre Holland on playing Othello with Mark Rylance as Iago.
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Exit the King, Man Booker Longlist, Tony Walsh, Nick Drnaso
Playwright Patrick Marber on Exit the King, starring Rhys Ifans and Indira Varma.
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John Hurt's paintings, The Fool in King Lear, Summer reads for the UK
John Hurt as Artist, and the role of the Fool in King Lear.
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Mission: Impossible - Fallout, American footballer-turned-opera star Morris Robinson, Commercial bookclubs
Morris Robinson, American footballer-turned-opera star, tells his story - and sings.
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The Lehman Trilogy, Now That's What I Call Music 100, Zaffar Kunial
Simon Russell Beale, Adam Godley and Ben Miles on The Lehman Trilogy play.
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Alan Bennett and Nicholas Hytner, Diversity in children's fiction, Yves Klein at Blenheim Place
Alan Bennett and director Nicholas Hytner discuss their new play Allelujah!
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Sacha Baron Cohen's Who Is America?, Glasgow School of Art Rebuild, Anita Corbin, China's Most Expensive Film Flops
The verdict on Sacha Baron Cohen's new TV series and rebuilding the Glasgow School of Art.
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Pierce Brosnan on Mamma Mia, Irish arts funding, Summer reads
Pierce Brosnan on his role in the Mamma Mia sequel, and arts funding news from Ireland.
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Agnès Varda, The rise of grime, Artistic superstitions
Agnès Varda on her life in film and art.
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Eve Myles, Bernie Taupin, This Class Works exhibition
Eve Myles on Welsh-noir thriller Keeping Faith.
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Singer Olly Alexander, Veteran documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman, Can a critic call an actor overweight?
Olly Alexander from Years and Years discusses the band's new album Palo Santo and performs
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10/07/2018
Holly Hunter talks to Samira Ahmed about her latest film, Incredibles 2.
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Oliver Knussen remembered, Natalie Dormer, Life modelling
Mark Anthony Turnage and Roger Wright remember the life and work of Oliver Knussen.
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100 Poems by Seamus Heaney, Jesse Jones, Ulysses at the Abbey Theatre
Seamus Heaney's wife and daughter talk about gathering his poems in a new collection.
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Rob Brydon on Swimming With Men, Laura Wade, Ferens Art Gallery
Rob Brydon on the set of film Swimming With Men, playwright Laura Wade, Claude Lanzmann.
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Emily Mortimer, Man Booker Prize at 50, Glasgow Women's Library
Actor Emily Mortimer on a new film adaption of Penelope Fitzgerald's The Bookshop.