Front Row

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

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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
TV's I Claudius; Jules Buckley's Stevie Wonder Prom; the difficulty buying concert tickets
1976's I Claudius on TV; Jules Buckley’s Stevie Wonder Prom; problems buying gig tickets
16 Aug 2023,42 mins
Live from the Edinburgh Festival: Nicola Benedetti, Colson Whitehead, Karine Polwart, Susie McCabe, Andrew O’Hagan
Front Row is live from Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh for festival season.
15 Aug 2023,42 mins
Christy Lefteri's The Book of Fire, Artistic Directors in theatre, Palestinian Embroidery
Fiction inspired by climate change, pressures on theatres, Palestinian embroidery
14 Aug 2023,42 mins
Composer György Ligeti, L'immensità starring Penelope Cruz, La Cage Aux Folles
Music of Ligeti, plus reviews of L'immensità with Penelope Cruz and La Cage Aux Folles.
10 Aug 2023,42 mins
Anohni, artists' intellectual property, Bruntwood Prize-winning play Bullring Techno Makeout Jamz
Anohni's new album, My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross.
09 Aug 2023,42 mins
Bruce Lee, mental health in reality TV, poet Sean Street on birdsong
Bruce Lee, mental health in reality TV and poet Sean Street on birdsong.
08 Aug 2023,42 mins
Lucy Prebble on The Effect, Welsh band Adwaith perform and Is the Critic Dead?
Lucy Prebble’s play The Effect, Welsh indie band Adwaith, Is the art of criticism dead?
07 Aug 2023,42 mins
Soprano Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha; Joy Ride film and Ann Patchett’s novel Tom Lake reviewed; composer Carl Davis
Soprano Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha; Joy Ride; Ann Patchett’s novel Tom Lake; Carl Davis.
03 Aug 2023,42 mins
Welsh Fleabag, Social media and comedy in Edinburgh; Moon Palace in Leeds
Welsh Fleabag, a star-gazing Moon Palace in Leeds, the impact of social media on comedy.
02 Aug 2023,42 mins
The Booker Prize longlist; Freddie Mercury's costume archive, Scottish theatre
The Booker Prize longlist; Freddie Mercury costume archive, Scottish theatre.
01 Aug 2023,42 mins
West End producer unmasked, Reassessing the poetry of Virgil, Adjani Salmon on Dreaming Whilst Black
West End producer unmasked; reassessing Virgil; Adjani Salmon on Dreaming Whilst Black
31 Jul 2023,42 mins
Cellist Ana Carla Maza performs, the Mercury Music Prize shortlist
Cellist Ana Carla Maza, the Mercury Music Prize shortlist, Marilyn Monroe Reframed
27 Jul 2023,42 mins
Sinéad O'Connor tribute, Edinburgh Fringe previews, Frank Cottrell-Boyce and Efua Traoré on children’s books
Kathryn Ferguson on Sinéad O'Connor; Frank Cottrell-Boyce and Efua Traoré; Fringe previews
26 Jul 2023,42 mins
Pianist Christian Blackshaw, tech-inspired funding for artists, playwright Rabiah Hussain
Pianist Christian Blackshaw performs, a new funding model for art and a new play on words
25 Jul 2023,42 mins
Elizabeth Fremantle on Artemisia Gentileschi, French horn player Felix Klieser, logo design
Elizabeth Fremantle on Artemisia Gentileschi, French horn player Felix Klieser, logos.
24 Jul 2023,42 mins
Sarah Phelps on BBC drama The Sixth Commandment, Blur's new album reviewed
Sarah Phelps on BBC drama The Sixth Commandment, Blur's new album reviewed.
20 Jul 2023,42 mins
Christopher Nolan on Oppenheimer, what is Cynghanedd?, club culture under threat
Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer, Cynghanedd at the Welsh National Eisteddfod, club culture
19 Jul 2023,42 mins
20 years of Podcasting, Black Venus, AI Songwriting Challenge
Aindrea Emelife on black women in art; songwriters explore AI; 20 years of podcasting
18 Jul 2023,42 mins
Greta Gerwig, Tudor tapestry, Tanika Gupta, Jane Birkin farewell
Greta Gerwig on her Barbie blockbuster, Tudor tapestry, Tanika Gupta, Jane Birkin farewell
17 Jul 2023,42 mins
Mission Impossible, Herzog & de Meuron, Walter Murch
Mission Impossible, Herzog & de Meuron architecture, Walter Murch's film editing and sound
13 Jul 2023,42 mins
Remembering Milan Kundera, author Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Northern Soul Prom, the winner of the Art Fund Museum of the Year
Milan Kundera remembered, author Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, the first Northern Soul Prom.
12 Jul 2023,42 mins