Front Row

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Tobias Menzies plays Prince Philip; Six, a musical about the wives of Henry VIII; and Rapman
Tobias Menzies plays Prince Philip in The Crown; Six, a musical about Henry VIII's wives
13 Nov 2019,28 mins
Lorna May Wadsworth, Marriage Story, My Mother Said I Never Should, I Feel Pretty
Lorna May Wadsworth, Marriage Story, My Mother Said I Never Should, I Feel Pretty
12 Nov 2019,28 mins
War Of The Worlds re-imagined, Stephen Bourne- Playing Gay, Museum Funding
War Of The Worlds re-imagined, Stephen Bourne- Playing Gay, Museum Funding
11 Nov 2019,28 mins
Emilio Estevez, 100 Novels That Shaped Our World, David Attenborough's Gamelan music
Emilio Estevez on his new film The Public which he has written, directed and stars in
08 Nov 2019,28 mins
Emilia Clarke on Last Christmas, Theatre ceiling collapse, End of the F***ing World returns
Emilia Clarke on festive film Last Christmas, TV series End of the F***ing World reviewed
07 Nov 2019,28 mins
Alison Balsom, Fez, Robert MacFarlane
Alison Balsom talks about her new Baroque trumpet album Royal Fireworks.
06 Nov 2019,28 mins
The Irishman, Abomination opera, Murder In The Cathedral, The joy or blight of fireworks
Martin Scorsese's The Irishman, Abomination opera, Murder In The Cathedral
05 Nov 2019,28 mins
Scott Z Burns, writer and director of The Report, poet Katrina Porteous and the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting winner
Scott Z Burns on his docudrama The Report, exploring corruption and subversion in the CIA
04 Nov 2019,28 mins
Patti Smith, Tom Harper, Doctor Sleep reviewed
Patti Smith on Year of the Monkey, her memoir of a difficult year.
01 Nov 2019,28 mins
Jack Thorne on His Dark Materials, Sorry We Missed You, Emily Howard
Jack Thorne on the task of adapting Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials for the BBC.
31 Oct 2019,28 mins
Ian McKellen; theatre director Sarah Frankcom; Guilt reviewed
Ian McKellen on his film The Good Liar. He plays an elderly conman. It's akin to acting.
30 Oct 2019,28 mins
Introducing New Artists from Devon
Sarah Gosling presents a showcase from the Barbican Theatre in Plymouth
29 Oct 2019,29 mins
David Baddiel, Apple TV+, Wellcome Collection's scary podcasts
David Baddiel, Apple TV+, Welcome Collection's eerie podcasts
28 Oct 2019,28 mins
Harry Hill, Peter Brook, film podcasts
Harry Hill on his new comedy cabaret television programme
25 Oct 2019,28 mins
24/10/2019
Jack Thorne's new drama The Accident, about the aftershocks of an industrial disaster.
24 Oct 2019,28 mins
Bruce Springsteen's Western Stars, Harold Bloom, Islamic folios, new 'Monuments Men'
Bruce Springsteen's new film Western Stars, and the legacy of the late Harold Bloom.
23 Oct 2019,28 mins
Joy Labinjo, By The Grace of God reviewed, Alastair Sooke, actors doing other jobs
Artist Joy Labinjo on her paintings inspired by photos and Francois Ozon's film reviewed.
22 Oct 2019,28 mins
David Attenborough's cameraman, Bridget Riley exhibition, Forward Poetry winner
David Attenborough's new wildlife series, Bridget Riley exhibition, Forward Poetry Winner
21 Oct 2019,28 mins
Scooby Doo at 50, Poetry in endangered languages, Composer Judith Weir
Scooby Doo is 50 and, Stig Abell discovers, of considerable cultural significance.
18 Oct 2019,28 mins
Gavin Hood, Moving to Mars, Salvator Mundi, Winsome Pinnock & Amit Sharma
Gavin Hood on his new film Official Secrets starring Keira Knightley.
17 Oct 2019,28 mins
Víkingur Ólafsson, social housing on screen, Hannah Khalil
Pianist Víkingur Ólafsson, playwright Hannah Khalil
16 Oct 2019,28 mins
Aisling Bea, Booker Prize Double, Zawe Ashton
Aisling Bea on her new drama Living with Yourself. Plus Zawe Ashton on her new play.
15 Oct 2019,28 mins
Margaret Atwood book group, LA artist Mark Bradford, Peanut Butter Falcon review
Booker shortlisted author Margaret Atwood, LA artist Mark Bradford, Peanut Butter Falcon.
14 Oct 2019,28 mins
Sienna Miller, Elif Shafak, Giri/Haji
Sienna Miller on American Woman, and Elif Shafak is the guest for the Front Row book group
11 Oct 2019,28 mins
When Mary Beard met Margaret Atwood
Mary Beard meets the acclaimed Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood for Front Row Late
11 Oct 2019,8 mins
Nobel Prizes in Literature, Goldie's Drum'n'Bass picks, artist Es Devlin
More controversy for the Nobel Prize in Literature, Goldie on Drum'n'Bass, Es Devlin
10 Oct 2019,28 mins
Salman Rushdie, playwright Katori Hall, computer games tax avoidance
Salman Rushdie answers listeners’ questions about his Booker shortlisted novel Quichotte.
09 Oct 2019,28 mins
Extinction Rebellion, Staging Shakespeare, Timothee Chalamet in The King, Dancer/choreographer Dada Masilo
Extinction Rebellion, Staging Shakespeare, The King, Dada Masilo
08 Oct 2019,28 mins
The Last Black Man in San Francisco, Economics of Publishing, Ravel's Bolero
Director Joe Talbot and star Jimmie Fails on The Last Black Man in San Francisco.
07 Oct 2019,28 mins
Booker Book Group with Chigozie Obioma, RuPaul's Drag Race UK, Kurt Weill's The Silver Lake
Booker Prize nominee Chigozie Obioma on his novel An Orchestra of Minorities.
04 Oct 2019,28 mins