Front Row

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

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Debbie Harry, the Portraits of Gauguin, the best political podcasts
Debbie Harry on her life and career and her new memoir, Face It
03 Oct 2019,28 mins
Rupert Goold on his film Judy, Kara Walker reviewed, Booker Book Group with Bernardine Evaristo
Director Rupert Goold on his Judy Garland biopic starring Renée Zellweger.
02 Oct 2019,28 mins
The BBC National Short Story Award ceremony
The winners are announced for the 2019 BBC NSSA and the Young Writers' Award.
01 Oct 2019,28 mins
Helen Mirren, Joker, Rona Munro
Helen Mirren on playing Catherine the Great in a new TV miniseries.
30 Sep 2019,28 mins
Poetry and performance from Hull's Contains Strong Language festival
Poetry and performance from Hull's Contains Strong Language festival
27 Sep 2019,28 mins
Derek Paravicini, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Booker Book Group with Lucy Ellmann
Derek Paravicini, the blind autistic savant pianist, performs on Front Row.
26 Sep 2019,28 mins
Brittany Howard, Boarding schools in fiction, Ed Thomas
Alabama Shakes' Brittany Howard discusses her first solo album, Jaime.
25 Sep 2019,28 mins
Staging Antony Gormley, Dolly Wells, The Politician
The logistical challenge of staging Antony Gormley's new exhibition, and Dolly Wells.
24 Sep 2019,28 mins
Peter Bowker on World on Fire, The Emmys, Amina Atiq, New poetry releases
Writer Peter Bowker discusses his epic new TV drama World On Fire.
23 Sep 2019,28 mins
Lulu Wang on The Farewell, Dave, Jessie Burton
Film-maker Lulu Wang on her latest movie The Farewell.
20 Sep 2019,28 mins
Rotters in literature, John Keats' poem To Autumn, The Art of Innovation at the Science Museum
We explore favourite rotters in fiction and ask why so few of them are women.
19 Sep 2019,28 mins
Soweto Kinch, Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture launch, Sam Fender
Soweto Kinch, Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture launch, Sam Fender
18 Sep 2019,28 mins
Maurizio Cattelan at Blenheim Palace, Ad Astra reviewed, Japanese Culture, Shakespeare Folio discovered
Cattelan's solid gold toilet has been stolen from Blenheim Palace.
17 Sep 2019,28 mins
Alex Kingston, Criminal, Falling piano sales
Alex Kingston on Ibsen, Criminal reviewed, the decline of the piano.
16 Sep 2019,28 mins
Downton Abbey, Alexei Sayle, National Short Story Award - Jo Lloyd, Istanbul Biennial
What happens when Downton Abbey goes from small to big screen and the king comes to stay?
13 Sep 2019,28 mins
Lucy Prebble, Temple, NSSA - Lynda Clarke, Alan Ayckbourn's Birthdays Past, Birthdays Present
Lucy Prebble, Temple, NSSA - Lynda Clarke, Ayckbourn's Birthdays Past, Birthdays Present
12 Sep 2019,28 mins
Front Row at the Proms - Jamie Barton, Daniel Kidane, impact of Brexit on classical music
Jamie Barton and Daniel Kidane talk about their Last Night at the Proms performances.
11 Sep 2019,28 mins
The British Ceramics Biennial, Novelist Nell Zink, The Jumper Factory, Tamsin Grey
The British Ceramics Biennial reviewed, and US writer Nell Zink on her new novel, Doxology
10 Sep 2019,28 mins
For Sama and Venice Film Festival roundup, NSSA - Lucy Caldwell, Etgar Keret, Peter Nichols obituary
Lucy Caldwell, Venice Film Festival winners, Etgar Keret, Peter Nichols obituary.
09 Sep 2019,28 mins
BBC National Short Story Award Shortlist, Protest Song, How to listen to jazz
BBC National Short Story Award Shortlist revealed
06 Sep 2019,28 mins
Margaret Atwood's The Testaments reviewed, Ryan Wigglesworth, Robert Battle
Margaret Atwood's long-awaited sequel to The Handmaid's Tale - The Testaments - reviewed.
05 Sep 2019,28 mins
Chrissie Hynde, The Theatre of Parliament, Arts Minister Rebecca Pow
Events last night in the House of Commons as theatre, and Chrissie Hynde sings jazz.
04 Sep 2019,28 mins
The Booker Prize shortlist, Lucian Freud's new biography, The importance of arts to local identity
Lucian Freud's biography, Booker Prize shortlist. The importance of arts to local identity
03 Sep 2019,28 mins
The Capture, Venice Film Festival highlights, Enid Blyton reevaluated
BBC TV fake news thriller The Capture - we speak to the creator Ben Chanan.
02 Sep 2019,28 mins
Salman Rushdie on Quichotte, Joanna Hogg on The Souvenir
Salman Rushdie on his new novel Quichotte, based on the Cervantes classic, Don Quixote.
30 Aug 2019,28 mins
Mrs Lowry and Son reviewed, Anna Calvi, Poet Stephen Sexton
Anna Calvi performs live and talks about her score for Peaky Blinders.
29 Aug 2019,28 mins
James Graham on drama and constitutional turmoil, Jeff Pope on A Confession, The literary arts and The Troubles
Screenwriter Jeff Pope talks about his new ITV drama A Confession starring Martin Freeman.
28 Aug 2019,29 mins
Colson Whitehead, Duke Ellington's Sacred Music, Carnival Row, Sheila Steafel
Colson Whitehead's novel The Nickel Boys, Duke Ellington's Sacred Music, Carnival Row
27 Aug 2019,28 mins
Edna O'Brien on her new novel Girl, her first The Country Girls, and her career in between
Edna O'Brien talks about her new novel, her first and her six-decade career.
26 Aug 2019,28 mins
Andrew Davies on Sanditon, Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, the literature of citizen and state
Andrew Davies on his television dramatisation of Jane Austen's unfinished novel Sanditon
23 Aug 2019,28 mins