Front Row

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

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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
TV: Colin from Accounts; Musical: Why Am I So Single? Hak Baker performs
The writers of Why Am I So Single? and SIX talks about writing hit musicals.
03 Sep 2024,42 mins
Michael Keaton; The The play live; Tim Minchin on life, art and success
Tim Minchin, The The performing live in the studio and Michael Keaton
02 Sep 2024,42 mins
Review: film: Kneecap, TV: Bad Monkey, book: Ootlin by Jenni Fagan
Kneecap, Ootlin, Bad Monkey reviewed. George Orwell archive sale.
22 Aug 2024,42 mins
James Graham, Alexander McCall Smith, the art of Wilhelmina Barns-Graham
Sherwood creator James Graham on TV's problem with working class representation
21 Aug 2024,42 mins
Fran Healy, affordable artists' studios, climate change storytelling
Fran Healy on Travis's new album, climate change storytelling, making spaces for artists
20 Aug 2024,42 mins
Pat Barker, the films of Alain Delon, Proms played by memory, Orlando Weeks
Pat Barker, Alain Delon, Proms from memory, Orlando Weeks
19 Aug 2024,42 mins
The Outrun, Gwyneth Paltrow dramas, Comedy Roundup, Rebels & Patriots
Kirsty Wark reviews highlights from the Edinburgh Festival.
15 Aug 2024,42 mins
David Morrissey, Relaxed performances, Alien: Romulus
David Morrissey - Daddy Issues, relaxed performances, Alien: Romulus director Fede Álvarez
14 Aug 2024,42 mins
Nish Kumar, Miriam Margolyes, Rose Matafeo, Teenage Fanclub
Kirsty Wark presents Front Row live from the Edinburgh Festival.
13 Aug 2024,42 mins
Emily Tesh and the Hugo Awards; Dating shows; Kelly Jones
Emily Tesh on her Hugo Award winning book, Some Desperate Glory.
12 Aug 2024,42 mins
Pericles, Babes, Michael Longley
Pericles, Babes and Michael Longley's poetry collection reviewed.
08 Aug 2024,42 mins
Sky Peals film, documentary Doom Scroll, & could a book written 100 years ago be the ultimate millennial read?
Jazz age novel, Ex-Wife - have we rediscovered a classic?
07 Aug 2024,42 mins
Joan Baez, Shakespeare in British Sign Language, Charlotte Mendelson
Joan Baez on her poems inspired by her multiple personality disorder.
06 Aug 2024,42 mins
Kensuke Kingdom, best Young Adult Fiction reads, do film trailers reveal too much?
Animation Kinsuke's Kingdom, Young Adult fiction, movie trailers, Christopher Hall.
05 Aug 2024,42 mins
Didi and Echoes by Evie Wyld reviewed; Benjamin Grosvenor performs Busoni
Reviews of the film Didi and book Echoes, and Benjamin Grosvenor plays live.
01 Aug 2024,42 mins
Dramatizing MPs, Jon Savage on LGBTQ and music, Stirling Prize shortlist, Screenwriters v AI
Dramatizing MPs, Jon Savage on LGBTQ and music, Stirling Prize, Screenwriters v AI.
31 Jul 2024,42 mins
Deadpool v Wolverine, Cherry Jones, Leyla McCalla
Cherry Jones on staging John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath.
30 Jul 2024,42 mins
Deadpool & Wolverine, Cherry Jones, Leyla McCalla
Cherry Jones on staging John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath today
30 Jul 2024,42 mins
James Baldwin Centenary Special
Colm Toibin, Bonnie Greer and Mendez celebrate the life and work of writer James Baldwin.
29 Jul 2024,42 mins
Review: theatre: Hello Dolly; TV: The Decameron; film: About Dry Grasses
Tom Sutcliffe and guests review the week's cultural highlights.
25 Jul 2024,42 mins
Keanu Reeves & China Miéville, The Cultural Olympiad in Paris, Making in Blackburn
The actor and author on their new sci-fi book, and the Cultural Olympiad in Paris.
24 Jul 2024,42 mins
Arts Sponsorship in Crisis?
Samira Ahmed looks at the perilous situation facing arts sponsorship in the UK.
23 Jul 2024,42 mins
Fangirls musical, countertenor Jakub Jozef Orlinski, Sam West
Tom talks to the creators of the hit new musical Fangirls.
22 Jul 2024,42 mins
Review: TV: Those About To Die, Film: Thelma, Theatre: ECHO
Review Show: Those About to Die TV series, the film Thelma and play Echo.
18 Jul 2024,42 mins
Danny Dyer and Pete Bellotte on his hits for Donna Summer
The cultural impact of the Olympics in Paris 1924 and a look at new series Mr Bigstuff.
17 Jul 2024,42 mins
Disco Prom, fast-food themed immersive art, arts funding crisis in Wales, Bill Viola remembered
Disco at the Proms, Sweet Dreams in Manchester, arts funding crisis in Wales, Bill Viola.
16 Jul 2024,42 mins
Anne-Marie Duff, Al Murray, Melvyn Hayes, Billboard art
Anne-Marie Duff, World War 2 on Film, Melvyn Hayes, Billboard art.
15 Jul 2024,42 mins
Review Show: Theatre: Slave Play, Film: Fly Me To The Moon, TV: Sunny
Film Fly me to the Moon, TV show Sunny and Slave Play are reviewed.
11 Jul 2024,42 mins