Front Row

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

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Front Row reviews 1952
A Jubilee Special: Front Row reviews some of the cultural highlights of 1952.
02 Jun 2022,42 mins
Tracey Emin, Anthony Joseph, Bergman Island
Tracey Emin, poet Anthony Joseph performs live and Bergman Island reviewed.
01 Jun 2022,41 mins
Rory Kinnear on the film Men, Lord Parkinson on the new UK City of Culture, The Duchess of Cornwall, Mo Abudu on Blood Sisters
Actor Rory Kinnear on playing multiple roles in the new Alex Garland film, Men.
31 May 2022,42 mins
Refik Anadol, Jasdeep Singh Degun, The British Art Show
Immersive digital art in Coventry, the British Art Show, & music from Jasdeep Singh Degun.
30 May 2022,41 mins
Reviews of The Midwich Cuckoos, Pistol and Edvard Munch, Meg Mason on Sorrow and Bliss
Reviews of The Midwich Cuckoos, Pistol and Munch, and author Meg Mason on Sorrow and Bliss
26 May 2022,42 mins
The Art of Burning Man, dementia on stage, dogs on screen at Cannes
Burning Man art - in Derbyshire; Frances Poet’s play about dementia; film award for dogs.
25 May 2022,41 mins
ABBA Voyage, Terence Davies, Zaffar Kunial's poem for George Floyd
ABBA Voyage, Terence Davies, Zaffar Kunial's poem for George Floyd
24 May 2022,42 mins
The Cannes Film Festival, John Godber's Teechers, the winner of the British Book Awards
Jason Solomons reports live from the Cannes Film Festival.
23 May 2022,42 mins
Cornelia Parker and Emergency reviewed, The Wreckers, Ivor Novello Awards
Melly Still, Ivor Novello Awards, Emergency and Cornelia Parker reviewed.
19 May 2022,42 mins
Joanna Scanlan; director Indu Rubasingham; the Norfolk and Norwich Festival
Joanna Scanlan on acting in Welsh; and Indu Rubasingham’s new play on the death of Gandhi.
18 May 2022,42 mins
Kay Mellor remembered
TV dramatist Kay Mellor remembered, and an interview with playwright Chloe Moss.
17 May 2022,42 mins
Top Gun Maverick, Joseph Wright of Derby Painting, Kingsway Tram Subway, Louise Erdrich
Top Gun: Maverick, a Joseph Wright of Derby painting unveiled and novelist Louise Erdrich.
16 May 2022,42 mins
Oklahoma! on stage and Conversations with Friends on TV reviewed; The Bob Dylan Centre; The Florence Nightingale Museum reopens
A review of Daniel Fish's production of Oklahoma! as it opens at the Young Vic in London.
12 May 2022,42 mins
The directors of Everything Everywhere All At Once
Everything Everywhere All At Once, Camille O'Sullivan, and do artists need to 'make' art?
11 May 2022,42 mins
Eurovision; BookTok and young adult publishing; Waldemar Januszczak on art in Ukraine
The politics of the apolitical Eurovision Song Contest amid conflict in Europe.
10 May 2022,42 mins
Clio Barnard, Belle and Sebastian, Lisa Allen-Agostini
Filmmaker Clio Barnard on The Essex Serpent and Belle and Sebastian perform live.
09 May 2022,41 mins
PJ Harvey, Radical Landscapes exhibition and TV show The Terror-Infamy reviewed
PJ Harvey on Orlam, her narrative poem in Dorset dialect.
05 May 2022,42 mins
Deesha Philyaw, Tristan Sharps, County Durham bid for City of Culture
Deesha Philyaw, Tristan Sharps, Brighton Festival, County Durham bid for City of Culture.
04 May 2022,42 mins
Nathaniel Price, Alex Heffes, Actors and AI
Playwright Nathaniel Price on writing his drama, First Touch, about abuse in football.
03 May 2022,42 mins
Caryl Lewis, Gwenno, Anthony and Kel Matsena
Front Row from Wales: writer Caryl Lewis, singer Gwenno, Matsena Brothers, choreographers.
02 May 2022,42 mins
The Corn is Green play and Walter Sickert exhibition reviewed, Cherylee Houston
Play The Corn is Green and Walter Sickert exhibition review, BAFTA winner Cherylee Houston
28 Apr 2022,42 mins
Raphael exhibition; The Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist; poet Valzhyna Mort
Co-curator of the new Raphael exhibition at the National Gallery, Dr Matthias Wivel.
27 Apr 2022,42 mins
Tim Foley, Heartstopper, The Proms, Lawrence Power performs
Tim Foley, Heartstopper, The Proms, Lawrence Power performs
26 Apr 2022,42 mins
Punchdrunk's The Burnt City, John Morton on Ten Percent, musician Jack Savoretti
Immersive theatre company Punchdrunk open their biggest show in a new, permanent space.
25 Apr 2022,42 mins
Atlantis and The Young Pretender reviewed, Martin Green, Venice Biennale
Ukrainian film Atlantis and Michael Arditti's novel The Young Pretender reviewed
21 Apr 2022,42 mins
Sarah Solemani on TV's Chivalry; male soprano Samuel Marino performs; Bradford's bid for UK City of Culture
Actor and writer Sarah Solemani on co-writing new TV sitcom Chivalry with Steve Coogan.
20 Apr 2022,42 mins
Robert Eggers on The Northman, Oliver Jeffers, the late Sir Harrison Birtwistle
Director Robert Eggers on his new film The Northman.
19 Apr 2022,42 mins
Abdulrazak Gurnah and the Big Jubilee Read from the Library of Birmingham
Nobel Laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah on his novel Paradise, a Big Jubilee Read.
18 Apr 2022,42 mins
Benedetta film and Let the Song Hold Us exhibition reviewed; Slung Low Theatre
Paul Verhoeven's film Benedetta is reviewed by our critics.
14 Apr 2022,42 mins
Jude Owusu, Operation Mincemeat, Wrexham's bid for UK City of Culture 2025
Jude Owusu from To Kill a Mockingbird, and a review of Operation Mincemeat.
13 Apr 2022,42 mins