Front Row

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

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Tom Hanks, Sir Simon Rattle, French heritage funding
Tom Hanks on his new film, The Post, co-starring Meryl Streep.
12 Jan 2018,30 mins
Rita, Sue and Bob Too controversy, Philanthropist Jonathan Ruffer, Poet Sasha Dugdale
Director Vicky Featherstone, philanthropist Jonathan Ruffer, and poet Sasha Dugdale.
11 Jan 2018,30 mins
Melvyn Bragg, TV arts programmes, '(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay' by Otis Redding, the Fire and Fury
Melvyn Bragg - 40 years of The Southbank Show, TV arts programmes today, The Fire and Fury
10 Jan 2018,30 mins
The Vagina Monologues 20 years on, French crime drama Spiral
The Vagina Monologues 20 years on and feminist theatre today, French TV crime drama Spiral
09 Jan 2018,30 mins
Costa Book Awards Special: Jon McGregor, Katherine Rundell, Rebecca Stott, Helen Dunmore and Gail Honeyman
A special episode featuring the five category winners of the Costa Book Awards 2017
09 Jan 2018,49 mins
Kiri, Golden Globes, Gail Honeyman, Contemporary portraiture
We review Channel 4 drama Kiri and discuss the events of last night's Golden Globes.
08 Jan 2018,30 mins
Christopher Plummer, Saudi Arts, Helen Dunmore
Christopher Plummer on replacing Kevin Spacey in All the Money in the World.
05 Jan 2018,30 mins
Michelle Terry, Jez Butterworth, Rebecca Stott, Hostiles
Shakespeare's Globe's new artistic director Michelle Terry, and the Costa biography winner
04 Jan 2018,30 mins
Neil Cross, Katherine Rundell, Book prize judging
Neil Cross, creator of Luther, talks about his new BBC One series Hard Sun.
03 Jan 2018,30 mins
Costa Book Awards winners, Elizabeth Friedlander, musical interpolation
The category winners of the Costa Book Awards 2017 are announced exclusively on Front Row.
02 Jan 2018,30 mins
Making Culture At Home
How arts organisations root themselves in their local communities.
01 Jan 2018,30 mins
Kay Mellor, Frankenstein, Swimming with Men
Kay Mellor on her new ITV drama Girlfriends.
29 Dec 2017,30 mins
Vic and Bob, Angela Gheorghiu, Theatre ghost stories
Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer on their return to TV, plus opera star Angela Gheorghiu.
28 Dec 2017,30 mins
Incredible! The unstoppable rise of the comic book superhero
They dominate the box office. Just why are we turning to comic books for today's heroes?
27 Dec 2017,30 mins
Gary Oldman
Gary Oldman on his career-defining performance as Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour.
26 Dec 2017,30 mins
Christmas Party with Jon Culshaw, Josie Lawrence, Austentatious, Patience Agbabi, Inua Ellams and Steve Edis
Games and performances including impressions, improvised song and poetry readings.
25 Dec 2017,30 mins
Emily Watson, Older women on screen, Christmas songs
Emily Watson on the new TV adaptation of Little Women, and older women on screen.
22 Dec 2017,30 mins
Jodie Foster, Molly's Game, Christmas film round-up, Hamilton, Imtiaz Dharker
Jodie Foster on directing Black Mirror, The Hamilton phenomenon, Christmas film round-up.
21 Dec 2017,30 mins
James Norton, Independent Magazines, New Jungle Book Musical
James Norton on McMafia, Independent magazines, Joe Stilgoe on the new Jungle Book musical
20 Dec 2017,30 mins
Mavis Staples, Carmen Maria Machado, Christmas ghost stories
Mavis Staples, Carmen Maria Machado and Christmas ghost stories.
19 Dec 2017,30 mins
The League Of Gentlemen, Gina Yashere, Jenny Eclair, Arthur C Clarke's Mysterious World
As The League of Gentlemen returns we ask how much has the climate for comedy changed?
18 Dec 2017,30 mins
The Hayward Gallery reopening, Emily Wilson, The art of literary translation
Emily Wilson, the art of literary translation, the Hayward Gallery reopening.
15 Dec 2017,30 mins
Emma Rice, John Boyega, Laura Ingalls Wilder
Theatre director Emma Rice discusses her final production at Shakespeare's Globe.
14 Dec 2017,30 mins
Kazuo Ishiguro
The winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature talks to John Wilson.
13 Dec 2017,30 mins
Christmas TV, Theatre from the Calais Jungle, Protecting live music.
Staying in or going out? Festive TV reviewed. And how live music venues could be protected
12 Dec 2017,30 mins
The Bette Davis/Joan Crawford Feud, The Twilight Zone, A Snow Poem
The Bette Davis/Joan Crawford Feud series, The Twilight Zone on stage and a snow poem.
11 Dec 2017,30 mins
Vanessa Redgrave, Imperium, French African artefacts, Sally Rooney
Vanessa Redgrave looks back over her long and varied career, and Imperium at the RSC.
08 Dec 2017,30 mins
Christopher Nolan, Guys and Dolls, City of Culture 2021
Christopher Nolan, director of Inception and The Dark Knight, looks back at his career.
07 Dec 2017,30 mins
Jonathan Yeo, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Designing awards
Portrait painter Jonathan Yeo makes his first sculpture using virtual reality.
06 Dec 2017,30 mins
Claire Foy, Bryan Hymel, Film Heritage
Claire Foy on playing the Queen in The Crown.
05 Dec 2017,30 mins