Front Row

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Skunk Anansie's Skin on her new memoir
Skin, the lead vocalist of British band Skunk Anansie, looks back over her life.
08 Oct 2020,28 mins
Melanie C, live music industry in crisis, Johnny Nash remembered
We consider the future of music making across the UK amidst musicians' protest.
07 Oct 2020,28 mins
2020 BBC National Short Story Award and the BBC Young Writers' Award
We announce the winners of the National Short Story Award and the Young Writers' Award.
06 Oct 2020,28 mins
Grace Jones exhibition, Steve McQueen's film Mangrove, A newly rediscovered work by Henry Purcell
Grace Before Jones: Camera, Disco, Studio - a new exhibition at Nottingham Contemporary.
05 Oct 2020,28 mins
Radha Blank, Chuck D, Dramas The Trial of the Chicago 7 and The Comey Rule reviewed
Radha Blank in The 40 Year Old Version, Public Enemy's Chuck D, Dana Gioia, Friday Reviews
02 Oct 2020,41 mins
An extended interview with Graham Norton
A special half hour Front Row with Graham Norton.
01 Oct 2020,28 mins
Miss Virginia, Helen Reddy remembered, Sarah Nicolls, Gary Clarke
Miss Virginia reviewed, and Sarah Nicolls who plays an inside-out vertical grand piano.
30 Sep 2020,28 mins
Little Mix: The Search, Artemisia Gentileschi, No Masks
The National Gallery's ground-breaking Artemisia Gentileschi exhibition
29 Sep 2020,28 mins
Michael Kiwanuka, Boys in the Band film, the future for arts freelancers
Mercury Prize winner Michael Kiwanuka, The Boys in the Band film; freelancers in the arts.
28 Sep 2020,28 mins
Poetry and performance from Cumbria's Contains Strong Language festival
Poets Kate Clanchy, Jacob Polley and Zosia Wand join Katie Popperwell at the festival.
25 Sep 2020,41 mins
David McKee - BookTrust Lifetime Achievement Award, Royal Academy dilemma, Serlina Boyd on Cocoa Girl
David McKee, creator of Elmer and Mr Benn, on his BookTrust Lifetime Achievement Award.
24 Sep 2020,28 mins
Mike Bartlett, Miss Juneteenth film, theatres repurposed as courtrooms, Susanna Clarke
Mike Bartlett's Doctor Foster spinoff, Miss Juneteenth, Susanna Clarke's new novel
23 Sep 2020,28 mins
Skin, The Box in Plymouth, Sean Borodale
Skin from Skunk Anansie on her new memoir.
22 Sep 2020,28 mins
ENO drive in opera, ITV drama Honour, Jesse Armstrong, 'Festival of Brexit'
New ITV drama Honour, Jesse Armstrong, Drive in opera, 'Festival of Brexit'.
21 Sep 2020,28 mins
Katherine Ryan, Nick Hornby, artist Mark Bradford, TV drama Us reviewed
Katherine Ryan in The Duchess.
18 Sep 2020,42 mins
Rocks, Phoebe Stuckes, Eley Williams
New film Rocks, Poet Phoebe Stuckes, and the JK Rowling controversy.
17 Sep 2020,28 mins
Tricky, Ratched reviewed, live theatre returns to The Playhouse Londonderry, NSSA nominee Jack Houston
Tricky on his new album, Fall to Pieces. Plus live theatre returns to Northern Ireland
16 Sep 2020,28 mins
2020 Booker shortlist, Nicholas Serota, author Sarah Hall
2020 Booker shortlist, Nicholas Serota, BBC National Short Story Award nominee Sarah Hall.
15 Sep 2020,28 mins
Dennis Kelly on The Third Day, Nica Burns, Jan Carson, Sir Terence Conran
Writer Dennis Kelly, and theatre producer Nica Burns.
14 Sep 2020,28 mins
David Tennant on playing Dennis Nilsen, BBC National Short Story Award shortlist announced, The Painted Bird reviewed
David Tennant on playing infamous serial killer Dennis Nilsen.
11 Sep 2020,41 mins
Lang Lang, Diana Rigg remembered, Cinema distribution under Covid-19
Mark Gatiss on Diana Rigg and Lang Lang discusses Bach's Goldberg Variations at the piano.
10 Sep 2020,28 mins
The future of Arts broadcasting, Winner of 2020 Women's Prize For Fiction, Film director Antonio Campos
The future of Arts broadcasting, Women's Prize For Fiction winner, Antonio Campos.
09 Sep 2020,28 mins
Andrew O'Hagan, The Singapore Grip, Theatre at the point of no return
Andrew O'Hagan on his novel Mayflies. Plus ITV's new drama The Singapore Grip.
08 Sep 2020,28 mins
Benjamin Grosvenor performs for Front Row
Pianist Benjamin Grosvenor, Venice Film Festival, Understanding artworks.
07 Sep 2020,28 mins
Mulan review, Lorna Sage's memoir 20 years on, and must art be political?
Does Disney's live-action remake of Mulan work?
04 Sep 2020,42 mins
The office in culture, Kate Clanchy, publishers' Super Thursday
The history of the office in culture; Kate Clanchy on her book How to Grow Your Own Poem.
03 Sep 2020,28 mins
Bernardine Evaristo shortlisted for Women's Prize, Anoushka Shankar at the Proms, Film Les Misérables reviewed
Bernardine Evaristo, Anoushka Shankar at the Proms, Film Les Misérables reviewed.
02 Sep 2020,27 mins
Ruth Jones, Roger Kneebone, Game Review, The Tempest
Ruth Jones, Roger Kneebone on craft and skills, Game Review, The Tempest.
01 Sep 2020,28 mins
Robert Macfarlane, bestselling author, walker, mountaineer and campaigner, talks to Kirsty Lang
Robert Macfarlane on his books, collaborating with artists and musicians and campaigning.
31 Aug 2020,27 mins
Luke Jerram, Elena Ferrante's new novel, Bolu Babalola, Britney Spears's conservatorship battle
Luke Jerram on In Memoriam - his artwork to commemorate those lost to the pandemic.
28 Aug 2020,41 mins