Front Row Episodes Available now
Penelope Lively; Julian Fellowes' Romeo and Juliet; Paddy McAloon
Novelist Penelope Lively; Julian Fellowes' Romeo and Juliet; Prefab Sprout's Paddy McAloon
Tom Hanks; Alice Munro; Dana Schutz
Mark Lawson talks to Tom Hanks, star of Captain Phillips, a film about modern-day piracy.
Jennifer Saunders; The Commitments on stage; Elizabethan portraits
Jennifer Saunders reflects with Mark Lawson on her career so far as she publishes a memoir
BBC National Short Story Award; Mark Lewisohn on The Beatles; The Fifth Estate
John Wilson reports live from the BBC National Short Story Award ceremony.
John Eliot Gardiner, Le Week-End, Breathless
Le Week-End and Breathless reviewed, and John Eliot Gardiner on his new book about Bach.
Anoushka Shankar; TV drama Truckers; Frank Auerbach
Anoushka Shankar on her new album, TV's Truckers reviewed and Frank Auerbach painting.
James McAvoy in Filth; Dizzee Rascal; director Lucy Walker; young Poets Laureate
Arts news with John Wilson, including the verdict on James McAvoy in Filth.
Saoirse Ronan; Thatcher meets the Queen; Erotic art from Japan
Mark Lawson meets actress Saoirse Ronan, who stars in the film How I Live Now.
David Tennant and Gregory Doran; Bill Bryson; Sex on film and TV
Mark Lawson talks to David Tennant as he prepares to play Richard II at the RSC, Stratford
Sunshine on Leith; Adil Ray; Malcolm Mackay; Art Under Attack
Mark Lawson reports on Art Under Attack, an exhibition about physical attacks on artworks.
