Front Row

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Director Luca Guadagnino on Bones and All, Gainsborough’s House, writer Ronald Blythe at 100
Director Luca Guadagnino on confronting the taboo of cannibalism in his film Bones and All
21 Nov 2022,42 mins
The Wonder, Making Modernism, Frantic Assembly, Opera and elitism
The Wonder, starring Florence Pugh, and Making Modernism at the Royal Academy reviewed
17 Nov 2022,42 mins
Football Inspired Art, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Bruntwood Playwriting Prize winner, Chornobyldorf opera
Football inspired exhibitions at the Walker Art Gallery and at Tottenham Hotspur's stadium
16 Nov 2022,42 mins
BBC Centenary, The Art of Radio, Joy Whitby, Climate Fiction
Celebrating the centenary of BBC Radio, Play School creator Joy Whitby, Climate Fiction
14 Nov 2022,42 mins
The Crown, Jafar Panahi's No Bears, Jez Butterworth, Goldsmiths Prize
The Crown plus No Bears reviewed; winner of the fiction prize; Jez Butterworth on Mammals
10 Nov 2022,42 mins
Black Panther Director Ryan Coogler, Photographer Craig Easton
Black Panther director Ryan Coogler, museums in crisis, photographer Craig Easton.
09 Nov 2022,42 mins
Jennifer Lawrence, mandolin player Chris Thile, Chokepoint Capitalism
Jennifer Lawrence and director Lila Neugebauer discuss their new film, Causeway.
08 Nov 2022,42 mins
Arts Council Funding, the art of the infographic, film director Tas Brooker
Arts Council funding, the art of the infographic, film director Tas Brooker.
07 Nov 2022,42 mins
The English and Living reviewed, Royal Opera's Director of Opera Oliver Mears
'The English', starring Emily Blunt and Chaske Spencer, reviewed.
03 Nov 2022,42 mins
Live from Cardiff with Connor Allen, Zoë Skoulding and music from Catrin Finch and Aoife Ni Bhriain
Front Row from Cardiff with music from harpist Catrin Finch and violinist Aoife Ni Bhriain
02 Nov 2022,42 mins
Nick Hornby, dancer Cecilia Iliesiu, Derek Owusu and Anthony Anaxagorou
Nick Hornby on Dickens & Prince, Cecilia Iliesiu, poets Derek Owusu & Anthony Anaxagorou
01 Nov 2022,42 mins
Alison Lapper on Sarah Biffin, Ric Renton, Plastics at the V&A Dundee
Alison Lapper on Sarah Biffin, Ric Renton on his play One Off, Plastics at the V&A Dundee.
31 Oct 2022,42 mins
Tammy Faye musical, Paul Newman's memoir, Daniel Arsham, Simon Armitage
The new musical from Elton John; artist Daniel Arsham; Simon Armitage on the BBC centenary
27 Oct 2022,42 mins
Turn It Up: The Power of Music exhibition; The Turner Prize at Tate Liverpool; Linton Kwesi Johnson
Turn It Up: The Power of Music exhibition at Manchester's Science and Industry Museum
26 Oct 2022,42 mins
Eliza Carthy, Ruben Östlund, Brutalist Architecture
Eliza Carthy plays live, film director Ruben Östlund on Triangle of Sadness.
25 Oct 2022,42 mins
Taylor Swift and Arctic Monkeys
New Taylor Swift and Arctic Monkeys albums reviewed and horror in art and film discussed.
24 Oct 2022,42 mins
Front Row reviews popular culture of 1922
To mark the BBC’s centenary, Front Row reviews the popular culture of 1922.
20 Oct 2022,42 mins
Martin McDonagh on The Banshees of Inisherin and The Royal National Mòd
Martin McDonagh on The Banshees of Inisherin and The Royal National Mòd.
19 Oct 2022,42 mins
New theatre @sohoplace, director Edward Berger, Jenny Beavan on fair pay for costume designers
New London theatre @sohoplace, director Edward Berger, fair pay for costume designers.
18 Oct 2022,42 mins
The Booker Prize for Fiction 2022
Samira Ahmed hosts the ceremony live from the Roundhouse in London.
17 Oct 2022,42 mins
Hieroglyphs at the British Museum, Emily Brontë biopic, Shehan Karunatilaka
Hieroglyphs at the British Museum, Emily Brontë biopic, Shehan Karunatilaka.
13 Oct 2022,42 mins
Live from Belfast with Ruth McGinley, Conor Mitchell, Claire Keegan
Pianist Ruth McGinley on her album AURA and Conor Mitchell on Propaganda: A New Musical.
12 Oct 2022,42 mins
Camilla George, Elizabeth Strout and Iranian artist Soheila Sokhanvari
Saxophonist Camilla George, Elizabeth Strout and Iranian artist Soheila Sokhanvari
11 Oct 2022,41 mins
Alan Garner Booker Shortlisted, Orfeo Reimagined, Baz Luhrmann on Peter Brook
Alan Garner on his Booker shortlisted novel, Treacle Eater, exploring the nature of time.
10 Oct 2022,42 mins
Booker-nominated author Percival Everett, The Lost King reviewed
Front Row reviews The Lost King and the Science Fiction exhibition at the Science Museum.
06 Oct 2022,42 mins
Björk, NoViolet Bulawayo, James Bond at 60
Björk on her new album, Booker Prize nominee NoViolet Bulawayo, and Bond, James Bond.
05 Oct 2022,41 mins
BBC National Short Story Award and BBC Young Writers' Award winners
We announce the winners of the BBC National Short Story Award and Young Writers’ Award.
04 Oct 2022,42 mins
Viola Davis in The Woman King, playwright Rona Munro and artist Amy Sherald
Viola Davis and director Gina Prince-Bythewood discuss historical epic The Woman King.
03 Oct 2022,42 mins
A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Shakespeare North Playhouse and artist Samson Kambalu
A review of A Midsummer Night's Dream, Peaky Blinders as dance, and artist Samson Kambalu.
29 Sep 2022,42 mins
The Blackwater Lightship, Filmmaker Kirsty Bell, Black Art
Colm Toibin's novel on stage; debut director of A Bird Flew In; the history of black art.
28 Sep 2022,42 mins