Front Row

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

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Martin Scorsese film, John le Carré’s legacy, Madonna on Tour
Martin Scorsese, John le Carré’s legacy, Madonna on Tour.
16 Oct 2023,42 mins
Front Row reviews the Frasier reboot and performance from folk musician Martin Hayes
Front Row reviews the return of Frasier and performance from folk musician Martin Hayes.
12 Oct 2023,42 mins
Lubaina Himid, Richard Armitage, David Pountney’s new opera
Lubaina Himid, Richard Armitage, David Pountney’s new opera.
11 Oct 2023,42 mins
Nigel Kennedy, art gallery labels, how do museums recover stolen art?
Nigel Kennedy, art gallery labels, how do museums recover stolen art?
10 Oct 2023,42 mins
Piper Kathryn Tickell performs, film director Terence Davies remembered, author Jhumpa Lahiri, £200 million for Heritage Places
Northumbrian piper Kathryn Tickell performs live from her new album, Cloud Horizons.
09 Oct 2023,42 mins
Front Row reviews Philip Guston at the Tate Modern and new film Golda
Golda reviewed, musician Tim Ridout, Jon Fosse wins the Nobel Prize.
05 Oct 2023,42 mins
The Streets, the British Textile Biennial, Kate Prince on her mentor
The Streets, the British Textile Biennial, Kate Prince on her mentor.
04 Oct 2023,42 mins
Patsy Ferran, Rubens & Women, the portrayal of black men in British film
Samira talks to Patsy Ferran, discusses Rubens' women and explores black British cinema.
03 Oct 2023,42 mins
Claudette Johnson, ghosts in literature, the Dutch Golden Age
Claudette Johnson, ghosts in literature, the Dutch Golden Age.
02 Oct 2023,42 mins
Víkingur Ólafsson on Bach’s Goldberg Variations, Ken Loach’s The Old Oak
Víkingur Ólafsson on Bach’s Goldberg Variations, Ken Loach’s The Old Oak
28 Sep 2023,42 mins,
James Graham on Boys from the Blackstuff, and are maestros behaving badly?
Chester Contemporary arts biennial: what is there to see?
27 Sep 2023,42 mins
Front Row hosts the BBC National Short Story Award Ceremony
We announce the winners of BBC National Short Story Award and the BBC Young Writers' Award
26 Sep 2023,42 mins
Philip Barantini on Boiling Point, The Archers cast on Lark Rise to Ambridge
The Archers cast on Lark Rise to Ambridge; Philip Barantini on Boiling Point
25 Sep 2023,42 mins
Live from the Contains Strong Language festival
Front Row opens the Contains Strong Language festival live from Leeds.
21 Sep 2023,43 mins
Marina Abramovic and The Long Shadow reviewed, Dmitry Glukhovsky's The White Factory
Marina Abramovic and The Long Shadow reviewed; Dmitry Glukhovsky's play The White Factory.
20 Sep 2023,42 mins
Carlos Acosta on the Black Sabbath ballet; Birmingham arts funding; the business of British fashion
Carlos Acosta on Birmingham Royal Ballet's Black Sabbath - The Ballet.
19 Sep 2023,42 mins
Jane Austen fashion, poet Daljit Nagra, musician Alice Phoebe Lou performs live
Jane Austen's fashion, poet Daljit Nagra, musician Alice Phoebe Lou performs live.
18 Sep 2023,42 mins
Paul Simon and Charlie Mackesy, the V&A’s Chanel exhibition and author Kamila Shamsie.
Reviews of Wagner’s Ring Cycle at the Royal Opera House.
14 Sep 2023,46 mins
Katherine Rundell on Impossible Creatures, the rise of crafts on social media
Author Katherine Rundell; how makers engage audiences on social media.
13 Sep 2023,42 mins
The impact of the Hollywood strikes, author K Patrick, the iconic chant from the Halo video game
The impact of the Hollywood strikes, author K Patrick, singing the Halo video game chant.
12 Sep 2023,42 mins
The British Museum’s missing gems, a drinking game drama, National Short Story Award
The British Museum’s missing gems, a drinking game drama, National Short Story Award.
11 Sep 2023,42 mins
Lise Davidsen, film Past Lives and Black Atlantic: power, people, resistance exhibition
The BBC National Short Story with Cambridge University awards shortlist is announced.
07 Sep 2023,42 mins
Sir Ken Dodd exhibition; RIBA Stirling Prize for architecture shortlist; A Life on the Farm documentary
Sir Ken Dodd exhibition; RIBA Stirling Prize shortlist; A Life on the Farm documentary.
06 Sep 2023,42 mins
Stephen Lawrence anniversary drama; small publishers; Pablo Larrain on his film El Conde; RAAC in theatres
A play on a bus marks the 30th anniversary of the racist murder of Stephen Lawrence.
05 Sep 2023,42 mins
Anna Wintour on Vogue World; Bloomsbury Group fashion; BBC Singers conductor Sofi Jeannin
Anna Wintour, Bloomsbury Group fashion. Sofi Jeannin of BBC Singers.
04 Sep 2023,42 mins
Front Row reviews new British film Scrapper, French writer director Louis Garrel
Front Row reviews new British film Scrapper, French writer director Louis Garrel
24 Aug 2023,42 mins
Authors Helen Macdonald and Sin Blaché, Stewart Lee on Macbeth, musician Connie Converse rediscovered
Helen Macdonald and Sin Blaché, Stewart Lee on Macbeth, Connie Converse rediscovered.
23 Aug 2023,42 mins
Louise Doughty, sign language at music festivals, The Missing Madonna podcast
Author Louise Doughty on her new book, signing live music, The Missing Madonna podcast
22 Aug 2023,42 mins
Corinne Bailey Rae, playwright Peter Arnott, new short story collections
Corinne Bailey Rae plays live, Peter Arnott on his new play, short story collections.
21 Aug 2023,42 mins
Edinburgh Festival review: The Grand Old Opera House Hotel; Funeral; Kieran Hodgson: Big In Scotland; Vanessa 5000; AI Art; Food
Kate Molleson and guests review the highlights of this year's Edinburgh festivals
17 Aug 2023,41 mins