Front Row

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

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Pavarotti documentary, Wendell Berry, Port Eliot Festival closure, How our attitudes are reflected in culture
Pavarotti documentary reviewed, and how our attitudes are reflected in culture.
11 Jul 2019,28 mins
Peter Gynt, how to listen to opera, The Left Behind, Rip Torn
Peter Gynt at the National Theatre reviewed and hard-hitting Welsh drama The Left Behind
10 Jul 2019,28 mins
Cressida Cowell, the new children's laureate; Cherie Blair goes into film
Children's laureate Cressida Cowell, Cherie Blair, and Life of Pi on the stage
09 Jul 2019,28 mins
Isata Kanneh-Mason plays Clara Schumann, Dark Money, Tree authorship row
Pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason plays Clara Schumann
08 Jul 2019,28 mins
Olly Alexander, Midsommar, Britain's First Female Artists, Leon Kossoff obituary
Olly Alexander on gay pop songs and his Glastonbury speech
05 Jul 2019,28 mins
Manchester International Festival
Tania Bruguera, Yoko Ono and Rafael Lozano-Hemmer.
04 Jul 2019,28 mins
Chanya Button on Vita & Virginia, Michael Frayn's Noises Off, Mental health in gaming, Ode to Joy
New film Vita & Virginia, Noises Off, mental health in gaming, the story of Ode to Joy
03 Jul 2019,28 mins
Howard Jacobson; Othello Remixed; Museum of the Year shortlister - St Fagans National Museum of History, Cardiff
Howard Jacobson, Othello Remixed, MOTY St Fagans National Museum of History in Cardiff
02 Jul 2019,28 mins
Cornelia Funke, V&A Dundee, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Inkheart writer Cornelia Funke on Pan's Labyrinth, a collaboration with Guillermo del Toro
01 Jul 2019,28 mins
Todd Douglas Miller, 50 years of queer books, Cultural and political memes
Todd Douglas Miller on his documentary Apollo 11 which uses previously unseen archive
28 Jun 2019,28 mins
Kate Atkinson, YA fiction controversy, Queer writing in the noughties
Novelist Kate Atkinson on her new Jackson Brodie thriller, Big Sky.
27 Jun 2019,28 mins
In Fabric, Queer books of the '90s, HMS Caroline, A forgotten female script
In Fabric stars a red dress with murderous intent. Front Row reviews the new horror film.
26 Jun 2019,28 mins
British-Vietnamese playwright Tuyen Do, Cindy Sherman exhibition, Michael Jackson 10 years on, Queer Books - the 80s
British-Vietnamese playwright Tuyen Do, Cindy Sherman, Michael Jackson, Queer Books - 80s.
25 Jun 2019,28 mins
BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2019, 50 years of queer books, Museum of the Year nominee Pitt Rivers
BBC Cardiff Singer of the World winner Andrei Kymach, queer literature of the 1970s
24 Jun 2019,28 mins
Richard Curtis's Film Yesterday, a summer solstice poem, Bradford Literature Festival protests
Richard Curtis on his new film, Yesterday, and The Beatles, the rom-com and time itself
21 Jun 2019,28 mins
Lee Krasner, Ben Platt, Chasing Rainbows
Abstract expressionist Lee Krasner's life and art discussed
20 Jun 2019,28 mins
Mark Ronson, Arts sponsorship, Toy Story 4 director Josh Cooley
Mark Ronson on the break-up album.
19 Jun 2019,28 mins
Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medal winners, Nottingham Contemporary, Sculpture since Hepworth and Moore
Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medal winners, sculpture since Hepworth and Moore.
18 Jun 2019,28 mins
Joseph O'Connor, Paula Rego retrospective, The role of the film critic
Joseph O’Connor on his latest novel Shadowplay, about the author of Dracula, Bram Stoker
17 Jun 2019,28 mins
Tracy K Smith; New albums from Madonna, Springsteen and Avicii; Tory leadership and the arts
Tracy K Smith, US Poet Laureate
14 Jun 2019,28 mins
Rob Lowe, Russian Protest Art, Keith Haring
Rob Lowe, former Brat Pack star, on his role as a chief constable in Boston, Lincolnshire
13 Jun 2019,28 mins
Bill Nighy, unreliable narrators in video games, how to watch ballet
Bill Nighy on his latest film Sometimes Always Never.
12 Jun 2019,28 mins
Ai Weiwei, Yacht Rock
Ai Weiwei discusses his career as an artist and activist
11 Jun 2019,28 mins
Gwendoline Christie, Get Up, Stand Up Now, Young Poets Laureate
Game of Thrones's Gwendoline Christie on her new stage role in A Midsummer Night's Dream.
10 Jun 2019,28 mins
Julianne Moore, Big Little Lies, Tales of the City, Dr John
Julianne Moore on her new film Gloria Bell
07 Jun 2019,28 mins
Matt Berry, Claire McGlasson, National Trust acquires view that inspired Turner, Vasily Grossman’s Stalingrad
Comedian Matt Berry on his new TV shows What We Do in the Shadows and Year of the Rabbit
06 Jun 2019,28 mins
Emma Thompson, Winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction, Anthony McCarten, D-Day weather play
Emma Thompson on her first stand-up comedy show and her new film Late Night
05 Jun 2019,28 mins
Okwui Okpokwasili, Literary events at non-literary festivals, Tiananmen Square, Apple moves to streaming
Literary events at festivals Okwui Okpokwasili, Tiananmen Square, Apple moves to streaming
04 Jun 2019,28 mins
03/06/2019
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
03 Jun 2019,28 mins
Elizabeth Gilbert, BTS and K-pop, Natalia Goncharova
Elizabeth Gilbert, bestselling author of Eat Pray Love, on new novel City of Girls.
31 May 2019,28 mins