Front Row

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

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Don't Look Up, Around the World in 80 Days, Cutting It Fine
Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio in Adam McKay's satire Don't Look Up reviewed.
16 Dec 2021,42 mins
Postcard from Scarborough, Derek Jarman Protest!, Benjamin Cleary
Derek Jarman Protest opens at the Manchester Art Gallery and Benjamin Cleary on Swan Song.
15 Dec 2021,42 mins
Colm Tóibín
Covid-related theatre closures and a dance round-up with Sarah Crompton.
14 Dec 2021,42 mins
Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, Sarah Phelps, puppetry on stage
Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, and BBC TV's drama series A Very British Scandal.
13 Dec 2021,42 mins
Cat Power performs live. Amanda Gorman poetry, Sex And The City follow up and Drive My Car reviewed
Cat Power performs live.
09 Dec 2021,42 mins
Musician Carwyn Ellis performs; The Rules of Art? exhibition; filmmaker Rosemary Baker; Port Talbot postcard
Welsh musician Carwyn Ellis performs live from Cardiff.
08 Dec 2021,42 mins
Steven Spielberg, Working Class Heritage, Will Sharpe
Steven Spielberg on his remake of West Side Story.
07 Dec 2021,42 mins
Playwright James Graham on Best of Enemies; Lamb film review; The Belarus Free Theatre; remembering actor Antony Sher
Political dramatist James Graham on writing his new play, Best of Enemies.
06 Dec 2021,41 mins
The Hand of God and Dürer exhibition reviewed, Aaron Sorkin on Lucille Ball
The Hand of God, Paolo Sorrentino's autobiographical film, reviewed. Plus Aaron Sorkin
02 Dec 2021,42 mins
The 2021 Turner Prize Ceremony
Front Row live from the 2021 Turner Prize Ceremony.
01 Dec 2021,42 mins
The Parthenon Marbles; Get Back documentary review; Turner Prize nominees Project Artworks; the literary canon
We take a deep dive into the decades old dispute around the fate of the Parthenon Marbles.
30 Nov 2021,42 mins
Kelly Lee Owens, Stephen Sondheim, Rowan Williams, Black Obsidian Sound System
Musician Kelly Lee Owens, Stephen Sondheim's songwriting, poems by Rowan Williams, BOSS.
29 Nov 2021,42 mins
House of Gucci, Adele's 30 and The Every by Dave Eggers
House of Gucci reviewed
25 Nov 2021,42 mins
Suzanne Lacy, Bishop Auckland, Silent Night
Artist Suzanne Lacy on standing at the junction of aesthetics and activism, Silent Night.
24 Nov 2021,42 mins
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Turner Prize nominees Gentle / Radical, Costa Book Awards
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Turner Prize nominees Gentle / Radical, Costa Book Awards.
23 Nov 2021,42 mins
The Power of the Dog film review; Turner Prize nominees Cooking Sections; South African literature today
We review Jane Campion’s new film The Power of the Dog, starring Benedict Cumberbatch.
22 Nov 2021,42 mins
King Richard, Wheel of Time and new Zadie Smith play reviewed, Playwright Moira Buffini
We review King Richard, about the Williams sisters and their father, starring Will Smith.
18 Nov 2021,42 mins
Ralph Fiennes on Four Quartets, Songlines exhibition, art postcard from Plymouth
Ralph Fiennes on performing in his stage adaptation of TS Eliot’s Four Quartets.
17 Nov 2021,42 mins
Céline Sciamma on her film Petite Maman, author Sarah Moss on The Fell, diversity in folk arts
Writer and director Céline Sciamma on her new film Petite Maman.
16 Nov 2021,42 mins
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Climate Fiction, Kayleigh Llewellyn
Lin-Manuel Miranda on making his debut as a film director with tick, tick...BOOM!
15 Nov 2021,42 mins
Tori Amos performs, The Courtauld Gallery reopening and Dopesick series reviewed, Heidi Stephens live blogs
Singer-songwriter Tori Amos plays live from Cornwall.
11 Nov 2021,42 mins
Art in Shetland, Timothy Ogene, Sharon Heal and Paul McCartney
Jen Stout reports on the ancient and modern arts in Shetland.
10 Nov 2021,42 mins
Venice and climate change, the story that inspired Dostoevsky, Dean Stockwell remembered
Venice under threat, the story that inspired Dostoevsky, Dean Stockwell remembered.
09 Nov 2021,42 mins
Jeymes Samuel on The Harder They Fall, author Sofi Oksanen, John Gilchrist of UK Theatre, Paul McCartney
Film-maker and musician Jeymes Samuel AKA The Bullitts on his film The Harder They Fall.
08 Nov 2021,42 mins
Spencer, Alan Cumming and Paul McCartney
Alexandra Shulman and Leila Latif discuss Spencer, the controversial new film about Diana.
04 Nov 2021,42 mins,
The 2021 Booker Prize Ceremony
The winner of the 2021 Booker Prize is announced live from the Radio Theatre at the BBC.
03 Nov 2021,42 mins
Little Amal, Anne Carson, Paul McCartney and The National Trust
Little Amal, Anne Carson, Paul McCartney and the future of The National Trust.
02 Nov 2021,42 mins
Armando Iannucci, Booker shortlisted author Maggie Shipstead, Paul McCartney on Penny Lane
Armando Iannucci discusses his mock-heroic epic poem and Paul McCartney on Penny Lane.
01 Nov 2021,42 mins
Passing film, Colin in Black and White, Booker Prize book group on Bewilderment, Paul McCartney
Michael Donkor and Jan Asante review the film Passing and series Colin in Black and White.
28 Oct 2021,42 mins
The reopening of the Hall for Cornwall, Paul McCartney on Eleanor Rigby and Booker Prize nominated author Nadifa Mohamed
Front Row visits Truro to report on the re-opening of the Hall for Cornwall.
27 Oct 2021,42 mins