Front Row

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

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Dick Cheney film Vice, Barrie Rutter and Eliza Carthy on Jack Lear, disability and casting, Detainment
Dick Cheney biopic Vice reviewed by Gavin Esler, plus King Lear set in 1970s Hull
23 Jan 2019,28 mins
Oscar Nominations 2019
Oscars 2019 : Roma and The Favourite lead the nominations.
22 Jan 2019,28 mins
Nicole Kidman, Fanny Hill, Women artists
Nicole Kidman on her film Destroyer, Fanny Hill, Female Old Masters.
21 Jan 2019,28 mins
Culture Secretary Jeremy Wright MP, Radio Breakfast Shows, Chigozie Obioma
Culture Secretary Jeremy Wright MP discusses his plans to ‘unleash creativity’.
18 Jan 2019,28 mins
Brexit and the arts, Diane Setterfield, Charlie Luxton on beautiful buildings, composer Du Yun
How Brexit might impact upon the arts. Plus Diane Setterfield's new novel.
17 Jan 2019,28 mins
Film director M Night Shyamalan, DH Lawrence as dramatist, New work by Bridget Riley
M Night Shyamalan discusses his new movie Glass, and a major new work by Bridget Riley
16 Jan 2019,28 mins
Steve Carell, Brian Tyler, London Borough of Culture
Steve Carell discusses new film Beautiful Boy, a father and son story plagued by addiction
15 Jan 2019,28 mins
Octavian, The Killing creator Soren Sveistrup, TS Eliot Prize-winner
Octavian - BBC Music's Sound of 2019, and Soren Sveistrup, creator of The Killing
14 Jan 2019,28 mins
Steve Coogan and John C Reilly, Costa First Novel winner Stuart Turton
Steve Coogan and John C Reilly on playing Laurel and Hardy in Stan & Ollie
11 Jan 2019,28 mins
Hugh Jackman on The Front Runner, Costa Biography Award winner Bart van Es, Da Vinci loan refusal
Hugh Jackman on playing scandal-hit 1988 US presidential hopeful Gary Hart.
10 Jan 2019,28 mins
Comedian Nish Kumar, Acoustics in architecture, 2018 Costa Children’s Book Award winner Hilary McKay
Comedian Nish Kumar, from The Mash Report, on why his new tour is his most political yet.
09 Jan 2019,28 mins
Keira Knightley, Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney, Costa Poetry Winner
Keira Knightley on Colette, Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney, Costa Poetry Award winner
08 Jan 2019,28 mins
Charlie Brooker on Bandersnatch, Sophie Raworth reveals the Costa Book Award Winners
Charlie Brooker on his ground-breaking new interactive film, Bandersnatch
07 Jan 2019,28 mins
Robert Zemeckis, Poet Laureate, The Victorian House of Arts and Crafts
Robert Zemeckis on new film Welcome to Marwen
04 Jan 2019,28 mins
Brexit: The Uncivil War, JD Salinger Centenary, Tracy-Ann Oberman
New Brexit drama starring Benedict Cumberbatch as leader of the Leave campaign reviewed.
03 Jan 2019,28 mins
Olivia Colman, Luther, Surgery and embroidery
Olivia Colman on her new film The Favourite, and Luther reviewed
02 Jan 2019,28 mins
Keeley Hawes
From Bodyguard and The Durrells to Spooks, Keeley Hawes looks back on her career.
01 Jan 2019,28 mins
Cultural Quiz of the Year
We test our guests' knowledge of 2018 in the arts.
31 Dec 2018,28 mins
An appreciation of the late Amos Oz the Israeli novelist who died today
Amos Oz, a look ahead to the arts events of 2019, Spiderman creator Stan Lee.
28 Dec 2018,28 mins
As a generation of choreographers pass, we hear from the new generation rising
Front Row marks the deaths of three great choreographers.
27 Dec 2018,33 mins
As a generation of choreographers pass, we hear from the new generation rising
Front Row marks the deaths of three great choreographers and hears from the new generation
27 Dec 2018,28 mins
Slow radio: Land artist Chris Drury's Morecambe Bay project
Land artist Chris Drury visits his Horizon Line Chamber at Morecambe Bay
26 Dec 2018,28 mins
Choirs - a celebration of singing together
A special programme exploring the benefits of choral singing.
25 Dec 2018,28 mins
Les Misérables discussed by Andrew Davies, adapter of a new TV version
Screenwriter Andrew Davies on Les Misérables; Christmas literature; Yuletide poems
24 Dec 2018,28 mins
Ben Elton on Shakespeare, Call to Action Art, Vanessa Kisuule
Ben Elton on his fascination with Shakespeare. Plus is art becoming more political?
21 Dec 2018,28 mins
Lin-Manuel Miranda in Mary Poppins Returns, Hip Hop Musicals, Richard Sherman
Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda on his starring role in Mary Poppins Returns.
20 Dec 2018,28 mins
Eileen Atkins, Penny Marshall remembered, The Shining, Sister Bliss
Eileen Atkins looks back over her career, and director Penny Marshall remembered
19 Dec 2018,28 mins
John Malkovich on playing Poirot, Why we cry at films, True crime podcasts
John Malkovich plays Poirot, why we cry at films and the phenomenon of crime podcasts.
18 Dec 2018,28 mins
The Archers' Canterbury Tales, Watership Down, Gremlins - alternative Christmas film, Putin and Rap
Carole Boyd, Lynda Snell in The Archers, on The Canterbury Tales, with the Ambridge cast.
17 Dec 2018,28 mins
Rita Ora, Writing About Sex, Die Hard at 30
Rita Ora on her six-year journey to release her second album, Phoenix.
14 Dec 2018,28 mins