Front Row

Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music

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Nicole Kidman on Babygirl, Brian Eno on art and Herod
Nicole Kidman, Brian Eno, and the life and reputation of Herod.
06 Jan 2025,42 mins
Review: Nosferatu, Lockerbie, Nickel Boys
Tom is joined by Peter Bradshaw and Bidisha to review the highlights of the week.
02 Jan 2025,42 mins
Front Row on the Shipping Forecast, at the Cutty Sark
Samira Ahmed with a special edition of the arts programme exploring the Shipping Forecast.
01 Jan 2025,41 mins
Front Row Hogmanay live from Glasgow
Kirsty Wark hosts a Hogmanay show from Glasgow. Featuring The Bluebells and Alan Cumming.
31 Dec 2024,42 mins
Bradford UK City of Culture 2025
Front Row visits Bradford as it prepares for its year as UK City of Culture 2025
30 Dec 2024,42 mins
Review: Better Man, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and How to make Millions before Grandma Dies
Tom Sutcliffe is joined by Arifa Akbar and Boyd Hilton to review the latest releases.
19 Dec 2024,42 mins
Chris McCausland, Lauren Mayberry and Barry Jenkins
Chris McCausland, Lauren Mayberry and Barry Jenkins.
18 Dec 2024,42 mins
Simon Russell Beale, Rufus Wainwright and Kate Garner
Actor Simon Russell Beale, songwriter Kate Garner and Rufus Wainwright on his Requiem
17 Dec 2024,42 mins
Call The Midwife creator Heidi Thomas, Nick Park on new Wallace & Gromit film, Organs discussion
Call The Midwife creator Heidi Thomas, Nick Park on the new Wallace & Gromit film, Organs.
16 Dec 2024,43 mins
Review: The Devil Wears Prada, 100 Years of Solitude, The Universal Theory
Novelist Linda Grant and critic Jason Solomons join Samira for our review edition.
12 Dec 2024,42 mins
Jesus and Mary Chain, The politics of pantomime & Video games of the year
Jesus and Mary Chain talk to Kirsty Wark about their career. Plus the politics of panto.
11 Dec 2024,42 mins
Daniel Craig and Luca Guadagnino, Public Service Broadcasting perform live
The star and director of the film Queer, Public Service Broadcasting, AI and audio books
10 Dec 2024,42 mins
Kelsey Mann on Inside Out 2, Humphrey Bogart documentary, Susan Chardy
Kathryn Ferguson on her new Bogart doc plus Peter Bradshaw on the Golden Globe nominations
09 Dec 2024,42 mins
Review: Rumours, The Importance of Being Earnest, Grand Theft Hamlet
Review: The Importance of Being Earnest play and films Rumours and Grand Theft Hamlet.
05 Dec 2024,42 mins
New Makar, future of musical theatre, arts funding in Scotland
Kirsty Wark speaks to Scotland's new Makar and discusses new musical theatre initiatives.
04 Dec 2024,42 mins
Richard Curtis's new film, Purple Heart Warriors audio drama, Turner Prize announcement
Richard Curtis on loving Christmas, and who will win the Turner Prize?
03 Dec 2024,42 mins
Reopening of Notre-Dame, Jacob Collier, Marshall Brickman, King Winter's Birthday
Agnes Poirier on the five-year restoration of Notre-Dame de Paris.
02 Dec 2024,42 mins
Review: Beatles 64, Electric Dreams @ Tate Modern, The Agency
Beatlemania hits America in Beatles '64, art meets tech in Electric Dreams and The Agency.
28 Nov 2024,42 mins
Donny Osmond, Orhan Pamuk, Puccini's centenary
Kate Molleson speaks to Nobel Prize-winning writer Orhan Pamuk and to Donny Osmond.
27 Nov 2024,42 mins
Edward Berger on Conclave, Ganavya performs, Tim Robey on film flops
Conclave director Edward Berger, Tim Robey on cinematic disasters, Ganavya performs
26 Nov 2024,42 mins
Sigourney Weaver & Selina Cadell, Art forgery on the rise? Nitin Sawhney
Sigourney Weaver and Selina Cadell on Shakepeare's The Tempest and 50 years friendship.
25 Nov 2024,42 mins
Review: Wicked, Cher's memoir, Maddaddam ballet
Natalie Jamieson and Matt Cain join Tom to review Cher: The Memoir, Wicked and Maddaddam.
21 Nov 2024,42 mins
Bobby Gillespie of Primal Scream, Celebrity Children's Books and the Art and Writing of Maud Sulter
Bobby Gillespie of Primal Scream, and celebrity children's books.
20 Nov 2024,41 mins
Kathryn Tickell, Liverpool's carbon neutral gigs, drag queen romance film Layla
Kathryn Tickell on revisiting her debut album, 40 years on.
19 Nov 2024,42 mins
Malala Yousafzai, The art of writing recipes, Rebecca Hall
Malala on her new documentary, recipes by writers and Rebecca Hall on drama The Listeners.
18 Nov 2024,42 mins
Paul Mescal on Gladiator II, Murakami's latest novel, Test Tube baby drama Joy
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
14 Nov 2024,42 mins
American guitarist Pat Metheny, Tribute to actor Timothy West, and Does Glasgow look after its built heritage?
American guitarist Pat Metheny, and a tribute to actor Timothy West.
13 Nov 2024,41 mins
Winner of the 2024 Booker Prize announced live from the ceremony
Which of the six shortlisted authors will win the 2024 Booker Prize?
12 Nov 2024,28 mins
Booker Shortlisted Authors
Interviews with the authors shortlisted for tonight's Booker Prize.
12 Nov 2024,41 mins
Ronnie Wood, the rise and fall of boybands, Mishka Momen
Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood talks about his other career as an artist.
11 Nov 2024,42 mins