Front Row

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

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Tim Burton on his exhibition at Design Museum, Review: films Emilia Perez and Dahomey
Award-winning film Emilia Pérez reviewed, Tim Burton on exhibiting his archive.
24 Oct 2024,42 mins
Musician and novelist Malachy Tallack, Cities of Literature and Textile Art
Musician and novelist Malachy Tallack, Cities of Literature and Textile Art.
23 Oct 2024,42 mins
Artist William Kentridge, British film industry expansion, Playing Brian Epstein
Artist William Kentridge, British film industry expansion, Playing Brian Epstein.
22 Oct 2024,42 mins
Pedro Almodovar, Vanessa Bell, Richard Bean
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
21 Oct 2024,42 mins
Review: TV The Franchise; Film The Crime is Mine; Book Juice by Tim Winton
Armando Iannucci's new super hero comedy series The Franchise gets reviewed.
17 Oct 2024,42 mins
Rupert Everett, Scotland's Female Bands, artist Everlyn Nicodemus
Rupert Everett, female bands from Glasgow and artist Everlyn Nicodemus.
16 Oct 2024,42 mins
Jodie Whittaker, Japanese food art, Booker writer Anne Michaels
Jodie Whittaker on stage, Japanese food as art, Booker shortlisted author Anne Michaels.
15 Oct 2024,42 mins
Bronski Beat Age of Consent 40th Anniversary, Percival Everett, Horror on stage
The impact of the landmark Bronski Beat album Age of Consent, 40 years on.
14 Oct 2024,42 mins
Review: Film - Timestalker, Theatre - The Other Place, TV - Disclaimer
Theatre critic Kate Maltby and journalist Stephen Bush review the week's cultural releases
10 Oct 2024,42 mins
Booker author Charlotte Wood, Surrealism discussion & playwright Tim Price on Odyssey '84
Booker Prize-shortlisted author Charlotte Wood, Surrealism, and Odyssey '84.
09 Oct 2024,42 mins
Rick Astley, The West Wing at 25, Barbara Walker
Rick Astley on his new memoir Never, artist Barbara Walker on Being Here at the Whitworth.
08 Oct 2024,42 mins
Alison Moyet, Leigh Bowery exhibition, Adrian Sutton
Fashion renegades of the 1980s; composer Adrian Sutton and Alison Moyet.
07 Oct 2024,42 mins
Review: Film: Joker Folie a Deux; Book: Alan Hollinghurst's Our Evenings
Joker: Folie a Deux and Alan Hollinghurst's new book Our Evenings reviewed.
03 Oct 2024,42 mins
Paula Hawkins, Photojournalism, Tape Letters Archive project
Novelist Paula Hawkins, Magnum photography, and sound archive from British Asians.
02 Oct 2024,42 mins
The BBC National Short Story Award 2024 with Cambridge University
The BBC National Short Story Award and Young Writers' Award live results programme.
01 Oct 2024,42 mins
David Oyelowo, Regulating the entertainment industry, Ralph Steadman
David Oyelowo on the Shakespearean role he's always wanted to play, Coriolanus.
30 Sep 2024,42 mins
Review: art - Monet; book: Intermezzo by Sally Rooney; Joe Lycett's art book
Intermezzo by Sally Rooney, Monet in London exhibition, Megalopolis film plus Joe Lycett.
26 Sep 2024,42 mins
David Mitchell on Ludwig, poet Kathleen Jamie and the world premiere of Helen Grime's Folk
David Mitchell on Ludwig, poet Kathleen Jamie and the world premiere of Helen Grime's Folk
25 Sep 2024,42 mins
Chilly Gonzales performs, Dickens adaptations, Horror films
Pianist and rapper Chilly Gonzales, Radio 4's Dickens season, why we love horror films.
24 Sep 2024,42 mins
John Boorman, Anya Gallaccio, The Halfway Kid performs
John Boorman on Zardoz - the 1974 cult sci-fi film starring Sean Connery.
23 Sep 2024,42 mins
Review: film The Substance, Art Michael Craig-Martin, Book The Empusium
The Substance film, Olga Tokarczuk's The Empusium, Michael Craig-Martin's RA exhibition.
19 Sep 2024,42 mins
A Very Royal Scandal, Glasgow Cathedral Festival & crime writer Peter May.
A Very Royal Scandal, Glasgow Cathedral Festival & crime writer Peter May.
18 Sep 2024,42 mins
David Peace, new plays crisis, Booker Prize 2024 shortlist
David Peace on his new novel, Munichs, about the plane crash that transformed Man Utd.
17 Sep 2024,42 mins
Edward Enninful, Lady Blackbird performs, Booker prize shortlist
The fashion editor on the In Vogue doc, live music from Slang Spirituals & Booker Prize.
16 Sep 2024,42 mins
REVIEW: Film: The Critic, Exhibition: Van Gogh, Book: Garth Greenwell's Small Rain
Van Gogh exhibition and The Critic reviewed plus the National Short Story Award shortlist.
12 Sep 2024,42 mins
Jacqueline Wilson, JRR Tolkien poetry, BBC TV thriller Nightsleeper
Jacqueline Wilson her latest book, and two of the stars of BBC One's Nightsleeper.
11 Sep 2024,42 mins
Australian Front Row with Paul Kelly, Simon Armitage, Jazz Money and Shankari Chandran
Front Row recorded at the BBC's Contains Strong Language poetry festival in Sydney.
10 Sep 2024,41 mins
Richard O'Brien & Jason Donovan on 50 years of Rocky Horror, Bella Mackie
Bella Mackie on her second novel and the formation of a privately funded orchestra.
09 Sep 2024,42 mins
REVIEW: Film: Firebrand; BOOK: Rachel Kushner’s Creation Lake; TV: Kaos
Reviews of black comedy Kaos, Rachel Kushner's Creation Lake, historical drama Firebrand.
05 Sep 2024,42 mins
Jeremy Denk, Scottish Arts Crisis, Harry Mould
Scotland's cultural funding controversy, and leading American pianist Jeremy Denk.
04 Sep 2024,42 mins