Front Row

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Art that brightened the year - violinist Tasmin Little, Baillie Gifford winner Craig Brown, actress Rochenda Sandall
Violinist Tasmin Little on her performing career.
31 Dec 2020,28 mins
Evelyn Glennie, The Serpent's Tom Shankland, chosen families in culture
Dame Evelyn Glennie talks about her new albums and director Tom Shankland on The Serpent
30 Dec 2020,28 mins
Pianist Lang Lang on Bach's Goldberg Variations
Lang Lang discusses and plays from Bach's Goldberg Variations.
29 Dec 2020,28 mins
A poetry edition, with Simon Armitage, Vanessa Kisuule, Anthony Anaxagorou, Em Power, Anna Selby, Daphne Astor, talking, reading
Front Row on poetry in the lock down and beyond, with the Poet Laureate - and new poems.
28 Dec 2020,41 mins
Australian composer, musician and actor, Tim Minchin
Tim Minchin on Matilda, success and failure, and his first solo album
25 Dec 2020,41 mins
Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones - Death to 2020
Death to 2020, Le Gateau Chocolat, Neil Gaiman, winner of Radio 3's carol competition.
24 Dec 2020,27 mins
Mackenzie Crook, Collaborative board games, Janey Godley, Zing Tsjeng's party choice
Mackenzie Crook as Worzel Gummidge, cooperative board games, Janey Godley's video short.
23 Dec 2020,28 mins
Bridgerton, Rachel Joyce, The custodians of our cultural institutions
Chris van Dusen on Bridgerton
22 Dec 2020,28 mins
21/12/2020
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
21 Dec 2020,28 mins
George C Wolfe on Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Let Him Go reviewed, Winifred Atwell celebrated
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom director George C Wolfe
18 Dec 2020,41 mins
David Fincher
Visionary director David Fincher on Mank.
17 Dec 2020,28 mins
Boris Giltburg, Christmas films, Party season substitutes
Boris Giltburg plays Beethoven, Christmas films, Scottee on the joys of Abigail's Party
16 Dec 2020,28 mins
The Lark Ascending at 100, Wonder Woman 1984 reviewed, reading outside your comfort zone
Violinist Jennifer Pike tells us what makes The Lark Ascending the nation's favourite.
15 Dec 2020,28 mins
John le Carré tribute; Comedy double act The Pin; Aliza Nisenbaum
John le Carré remembered; The Pin - comedy duo; Aliza Nisenbaum at Tate Liverpool.
14 Dec 2020,28 mins
Barbara Windsor remembered, Vaughan Williams, Cultural Recovery Fund loans, American Utopia reviewed, Zaina Arafat
A look back at the career of Barbara Windsor.
11 Dec 2020,41 mins
10/12/2020
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
10 Dec 2020,28 mins
George Clooney's The Midnight Sky. Cyberpunk 2077. The debate on the National Trust
George Clooney's The Midnight Sky. Cyberpunk 2077. The debate on the National Trust.
09 Dec 2020,28 mins
Julia Hart on her film I'm Your Woman, Benjamin Britten's Owen Wingrave
Julia Hart on writing and directing I'm Your Woman, Benjamin Britten's opera Owen Wingrave
08 Dec 2020,28 mins
Ryan Murphy’s new film starring Meryl Streep, James Corden and Nicole Kidman, reviewed
Ryan Murphy’s new film starring Meryl Streep, James Corden and Nicole Kidman reviewed.
07 Dec 2020,28 mins
Viggo Mortensen, Alex Wheatle, William Hill Sports Book of the Year
Viggo Mortensen's new film, Sports Book of the Year winner, Alex Wheatle's lockdown hobby
04 Dec 2020,42 mins
New Tracey Emin exhibition, The Crown controversy, Walter Presents: The Announcer
Tracey Emin and Edvard Much at the RA, The Crown controversy, The Announcer reviewed
03 Dec 2020,28 mins
Katie Melua, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Crimes Against Christmas
Singer Katie Melua, and Tate Britain re-opens with the work of Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
02 Dec 2020,28 mins
Yazz Ahmed, Lucy Bailey, The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone
Musician Yazz Ahmed. Plus Francis Ford Coppola's new recut of The Godfather Part III.
01 Dec 2020,28 mins
Henry Blake on County Lines; museums and galleries post Covid; re-reading Jane Austen's Emma
Henry Blake; museums and galleries and Covid; John Mullen on Jane Austen's Emma.
30 Nov 2020,28 mins
Mandolin player Avi Avital, Marina Abramović, Possessor reviewed
Avi Avital on the wonders of the mandolin and its repertoire.
27 Nov 2020,41 mins
Hollywood star Amy Adams, Corrie at 60 and Musician Jake Blount
Hollywood actress Amy Adams on her new movie, Hillbilly Elegy.
26 Nov 2020,28 mins
Playwright Roy Williams, Poet Fred D'Aguiar, Defending Digga D documentary
Roy Williams' new drama Death of England, poems from Fred D'Aguiar, Defending Digga D doc.
25 Nov 2020,28 mins
Simon Russell Beale; Costa Book Awards shortlists; Guy Garvey
Simon Russell Beale on Scrooge; Costa Book Awards shortlists announced; Guy Garvey.
24 Nov 2020,28 mins
Booker Prize winner Douglas Stuart on Shuggie Bain
Booker prize winner Douglas Stuart on his novel Shuggie Bain.
23 Nov 2020,28 mins
Tim Minchin, Jan Morris remembered, new gaming consoles, Nicholas Pinnock
Tim Minchin on his debut solo album Apart Together, and new gaming consoles.
20 Nov 2020,40 mins