Front Row

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

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Shane Meadows on the British film industry, Children’s books round-up, the Turner Prize
Shane Meadows on the British film industry, Children’s books round-up, the Turner Prize
05 Dec 2023,42 mins
Julia Roberts on Leave the World Behind, guitarist MILOŠ, The Peasants
Julia Roberts on Leave the World Behind, guitarist MILOŠ, Hugh Welchman on The Peasants.
04 Dec 2023,42 mins
Front Row reviews Eileen and The House of Bernarda Alba
Front Row reviews Eileen and The House of Bernarda Alba
30 Nov 2023,42 mins
Billie Marten, Yinka Shonibare, Richard Mantle on Opera North
Sir Richard Mantle on Opera North, Billie Marten performs live, Yinka Shonibare in Leeds.
29 Nov 2023,42 mins
AI and publishing, terrible record covers, Fred D'Aguiar
AI and publishing, terrible record covers, Fred D'Aguiar.
28 Nov 2023,42 mins
Maria Callas, Johnny Flynn and Robert Macfarlane, Rory Pilgrim
Maria Callas at 100 reassessed, Johnny Flynn and Robert Macfarlane, Rory Pilgrim.
27 Nov 2023,42 mins
The Booker Prize Ceremony 2023
A special edition of Front Row, live from the Booker Prize for Fiction.
26 Nov 2023,28 mins
Maestro, reality TV Squid Game, Brutalist architecture
Bernstein film Maestro, reality TV Squid Game, proposed Brutalist architecture museum.
23 Nov 2023,42 mins
Joanna Hogg, map making, Ghislaine Leung
Joanna Hogg, map making, Ghislaine Leung.
22 Nov 2023,42 mins
Ridley Scott's Napoleon, Albert Hall tickets resales, Bob Mortimer's winning comedy fiction
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
21 Nov 2023,42 mins,
The Alehouse Boys, Sarah Bernstein and AS Byatt
The Alehouse Boys rework Schubert, Booker shortlisted author Sarah Bernstein, and AS Byatt
20 Nov 2023,42 mins
Annette Bening and Jodie Foster
We review a new book on Amazing Grace and the film Rustin.
16 Nov 2023,42 mins
The Barber of Seville in Yorkshire dialect, Art as experience, Turner Prize nominee Jesse Darling, Northern Creative Corridor
The Barber of Seville in Yorkshire dialect; Turner Prize nominee Jesse Darling.
15 Nov 2023,42 mins
Emerald Fennell, Lucy Frazer and Paul Harding
Emerald Fennell, Lucy Frazer and Paul Harding.
14 Nov 2023,42 mins
Todd Haynes, Trevor Horn, new galleries at the Imperial War Museum
Todd Haynes, Trevor Horn, new galleries at the Imperial War Museum.
13 Nov 2023,42 mins
Anatomy of a Fall, Pete McKee, Wu-Tang Clan 30th anniversary
Anatomy of a Fall, Pete McKee on Frank & Joy, Wu-Tang Clan 30th anniversary.
09 Nov 2023,42 mins,
Front Row reviews 1623, to mark the anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio
Front Row reviews 1623 to mark the anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio.
08 Nov 2023,41 mins
Billy Bragg, Paul Murray, feminist art of the 1970s
Billy Bragg, Booker Paul Murray, feminist art of the 1970s and 1980s.
07 Nov 2023,42 mins
Rebecca Lucy Taylor aka Self Esteem, Judi Jackson, the rise of the Ghanaian art scene
We take a detailed look at a new Arts Access Scheme.
06 Nov 2023,42 mins
Kenneth Branagh in King Lear, Andrew Motion on Elegies
Kenneth Branagh in King Lear, Andrew Motion on Elegies, new Beatles song.
02 Nov 2023,42 mins
Henry Winkler, Northern Ballet, David Fennessey
Henry Winkler, Northern Ballet, David Fennessey
01 Nov 2023,42 mins
Duran Duran, Dobrivoje Beljkasic at 100 and Sandra Newman on retelling Orwell’s 1984
Duran Duran, Dobrivoje Beljkasic at 100 and Sandra Newman on retelling Orwell’s 1984.
31 Oct 2023,41 mins
Backstairs Billy, Jonathan Escoffery, National Theatre Wales
Backstairs Billy, Jonathan Escoffery, and National Theatre Wales.
30 Oct 2023,42 mins
David Fincher’s The Killer and the week’s highlights reviewed
Rhianna Dhillon and John Mullan review David Fincher's The Killer and a Fantasy exhibition
26 Oct 2023,42 mins
A history of 2 Tone, actor Martin Shaw remembers producer Bill Kenwright, Booker-shortlisted author Chetna Maroo, Lyonesse
A history of 2-Tone, Booker-shortlisted author Chetna Maroo, new play Lyonesse.
25 Oct 2023,42 mins
Patrick Stewart, Steven Isserlis, The art of skateboard design
Sir Patrick Stewart, cellist Steven Isserlis, and the art of skateboard design.
24 Oct 2023,42 mins
Aviva Studios, The Chemical Brothers, Rufus Norris on 60 years of the National Theatre, Danny Boyle's Free Your Mind
Aviva Studios, The Chemical Brothers, The National Theatre, Danny Boyle's Free Your Mind.
23 Oct 2023,42 mins
The Rolling Stones; Foe; television food consultant; Doctors axed
The Rolling Stones new album and film Foe reviewed; TV food consultant; Doctors axed.
19 Oct 2023,42 mins
Bonnie Langford performs Sondheim, film director Maysoon Pachachi, the portrayal of nuns in culture
Musical theatre legend Bonnie Langford performs Sondheim, in tribute to the late composer.
18 Oct 2023,42 mins
Front Row from Belfast with writer Paul Lynch and singer Cara Dillon
Front Row from Belfast with writer Paul Lynch and folk singer Cara Dillon.
17 Oct 2023,42 mins