Front Row

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

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MIA, Man Booker Shortlist, Short Story Award nominee Nell Stevens, Playwright Stephen Jeffreys remembered.
Kieran Yates reviews Matangi/Maya/MIA, a documentary about the political rapper MIA
20 Sep 2018,30 mins
Eileen Atkins, the financial crash and the arts, Denis Norden remembered, Ingrid Persaud
Eileen Atkins on her latest stage role in Florian Zeller’s The Height of the Storm
19 Sep 2018,28 mins
The Little Stranger, creating art in the dark, and Kiare Ladner, BBC NSSA nominee
Director Lenny Abrahamson on his film adaption of Sarah Waters’ novel The Little Stranger
18 Sep 2018,30 mins
Christine and the Queens, Sarah Hall, Tartuffe set in a Birmingham Muslim community
Christine and the Queens, Sarah Hall, Tartuffe set in a Birmingham Muslim community
17 Sep 2018,28 mins
Killing Eve, BBC National Short Story Award Shortlist, Ghetts
Killing Eve, the new series from Phoebe Waller-Bridge, reviewed.
14 Sep 2018,30 mins
Crazy Rich Asians, Touching the Void, Novels about the super rich, Leeds Piano Competition
Touching the Void at the Bristol Old Vic, Crazy Rich Asians.
13 Sep 2018,30 mins
Michael Caine, Wagner's music in Israel, V&A Dundee
Sir Michael Caine looks back on his career in Hollywood.
12 Sep 2018,30 mins
Sally Rooney, Trust, Catwalk music, Serena Williams cartoon
Sally Rooney on her new novel, Normal People, which is winning ecstatic reviews.
11 Sep 2018,30 mins
Nick Payne on Wanderlust, YolanDa Brown, Battersea Arts Centre after the fire
Wanderlust's creator Nick Payne, and BAC's Grand Hall re-opens after the fire in 2015.
10 Sep 2018,30 mins
Inspire Artist Commissions: Alison Brackenbury, Vaseem Khan, Testament
Special edition podcast looking back over a five week challenge for three artists.
07 Sep 2018,35 mins
Alison Brackenbury, Vaseem Khan and Testament reveal their finished artworks for the Inspire season
Three artists unveil the work they've created for Front Row's Inspire season.
07 Sep 2018,30 mins
New BBC drama Press, Kate Tempest, John Wilson learns the art of watercolouring
Mike Bartlett and Charlotte Riley on new BBC drama Press; Kate Tempest's new collection.
06 Sep 2018,30 mins
Khaled Hosseini, Roxanna Panufnik, The inspiration of dreams
Composer Roxanna Panufnik on her new CD and writing for the Last Night of the Proms.
05 Sep 2018,30 mins
The Seagull, Refashioning Shakespeare, Alison Balsom
The Seagull review, Reimagining Shakespeare and Alison Balsom's inspirations.
04 Sep 2018,30 mins
John Simm, Patrick Ness, Testament
John Simm on his latest role in TV drama, Strangers.
03 Sep 2018,30 mins
Proms at Alexandra Palace, Venice Film Festival, Inspire - myths and legends
The theatre at Alexandra Palace re-opens after 80 years.
31 Aug 2018,30 mins
Nick Leather on Mother's Day, Natasha Carthew, Drawing comic-book characters
Nick Leather discusses his TV drama Mother's Day, about the Warrington bomb.
30 Aug 2018,30 mins
Idris Elba, director; Listed buildings; Stig Abell, poet
Idris Elba on directing his first film, Yardie. Plus, are there too many listed buildings?
29 Aug 2018,30 mins
The muse in history, Andrew Miller, Vanity Fair, Neil Simon remembered
Andrew Miller on his new novel, Muses in History (part of our Inspire season), Vanity Fair
28 Aug 2018,30 mins
Michael Palin
Delving into the archives with comedian, writer, actor and presenter Michael Palin.
27 Aug 2018,30 mins
Ian McMillan, The internet as a source for horror, Patrick Gale, The end of The Big Bang Theory
Ian McMillan on graveyard inspiration, and the internet as a setting for horror.
24 Aug 2018,30 mins
BSO Resound at the Proms, Edinburgh Comedy Awards shortlist, Creativity and the brain, Melissa Harrison
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra disabled-led ensemble, Resound, on their Proms debut.
23 Aug 2018,30 mins
Bodyguard, Fanfiction, Bryony Lavery's stage adaptation of The Lovely Bones, Vaseem Khan
We review Jed Mercurio's latest TV drama, Bodyguard, starring Richard Madden.
22 Aug 2018,30 mins
BlacKkKlansman, Helen Lederer, Alison Brackenbury, Esi Edugyan
Spike Lee's film BlacKkKlansman, Helen Lederer, Alison Brackenbury, Esi Edugyan.
21 Aug 2018,30 mins
Sir Lenny Henry, Alan Cumming in Instinct, Divine inspiration in the arts
Sir Lenny Henry looks back at his career on the occasion of his 60th birthday.
20 Aug 2018,30 mins
Dwarfs in art, Barbara Rae, Christopher Robin
How people with dwarfism have been represented in art and culture.
17 Aug 2018,30 mins
Aretha Franklin remembered, David Suchet, Laura Mvula and Ben Okri
Aretha Franklin, the 'Queen of Soul', has died - Front Row assesses her life and work.
16 Aug 2018,30 mins
Brian May and Professor Roger Taylor, Doctors' shows at the Fringe, Rachel Parris
Brian May on his passion for Victorian 3D photography, and three Fringe shows by doctors.
15 Aug 2018,30 mins
Live from Edinburgh with drag act Denim, Maggie O'Farrell, Penelope Skinner and Terry O'Donovan
Drag queen band Denim, Maggie O'Farrell, and dramatizing our online lives.
14 Aug 2018,30 mins
Rosie Jones, Janeane Garofalo and Jenni Fagan on stage at the Edinburgh Festival
Comedians Rosie Jones and Janeane Garofalo discuss their one woman shows.
13 Aug 2018,30 mins