Front Row

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Stronger, Shashi Kapoor, Douglas Henshall, Tokio Myers
Jake Gyllenhaal in Stronger, the true story of a victim of the Boston Marathon bombing.
04 Dec 2017,30 mins
Cecilia Bartoli, The Face, Louis CK film
Cecilia Bartoli and Sol Gabetta on their album intertwining voice and cello, Dolce Duello.
01 Dec 2017,30 mins
Sir Michael Parkinson, Wonder, A Christmas Carol
Michael Parkinson's American Songbook, review of Wonder, adaptations of A Christmas Carol.
30 Nov 2017,30 mins
Amy Sherman-Palladino, Hollywood Film Awards Season, Costume Workers
Screenwriter Amy Sherman-Palladino on her new TV comedy drama, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
29 Nov 2017,30 mins
Chinese characters on TV, Actor James Franco, Sports Book of the Year
James Franco on new film The Disaster Artist about 'the Citizen Kane of bad films'.
28 Nov 2017,30 mins
Joyce DiDonato, European Capital of Culture, Puppets in theatre
Soprano Joyce DiDonato on tackling the vocal pyrotechnics of Rossini.
27 Nov 2017,30 mins
Benjamin Clementine performs live
Benjamin Clementine, Oscar Wilde's Women, and David LaChapelle.
24 Nov 2017,30 mins
Inua Ellams on Barber Shop Chronicles, Battle of the Sexes, Charles Causley, Godless
Inua Ellams on his play Barber Shop Chronicles. Plus a review of TV drama Godless.
23 Nov 2017,30 mins
James Bolam on Rodney Bewes, Gilbert & George, Marnie the opera
Actor James Bolam talks about his Likely Lads co-star, Rodney Bewes, who died yesterday.
22 Nov 2017,30 mins
Modigliani, Costa Book Awards shortlists, John Lithgow
The announcement of the Costa Book Awards shortlists and Modigliani reviewed.
21 Nov 2017,30 mins
Cate Blanchett, Priscilla Presley, Arts Manifestos
Priscilla Presley on forty years of looking after Elvis's legacy, plus Cate Blanchett.
20 Nov 2017,30 mins
Fenella Fielding, Gluck, Mona Arshi, Call of Duty
Fenella Fielding, 90, recalls her famous, steamy Carry On moment, and playing Hedda Gabler
17 Nov 2017,30 mins
Noel Gallagher, Poets in Zimbabwe, Surrealism in Egypt
Noel Gallagher discusses his new album.
16 Nov 2017,30 mins
Robert Pattinson, Ian McMillan, the voice behind the puppet, Goldsmiths Prize winner
Robert Pattinson, Ian McMillan, the voices behind the puppets, Goldsmith Prize winner.
15 Nov 2017,30 mins
Dee Rees, Pussy Riot, Theatre governance
Dee Rees on her film, Mudbound, which explores the racial divide in 1940s Mississippi.
14 Nov 2017,30 mins
Annette Bening, Music managers, Drama podcast review
Annette Bening discusses Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool, co-starring Jamie Bell.
13 Nov 2017,30 mins
Sheridan Smith, Fred D'Aguiar, Maxine Peake play, UNESCO Creative Cities
Sheridan Smith on her first solo album.
10 Nov 2017,30 mins
Christian Slater and Sam Yates, Professor Marston and the Wonder Women, Ivor Wood
Christian Slater and Sam Yates on Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross, Animator Ivor Wood's legacy
09 Nov 2017,30 mins
Hugh Grant, Stephen Fry, Hollywood and homosexuality
Hugh Grant on how his early stage career equipped him to play the villain in Paddington 2.
08 Nov 2017,30 mins
Toby Jones, Mackenzie Crook, Film director Yorgos Lanthimos, The Louvre in Abu Dhabi
Toby Jones, Mackenzie Crook, the Louvre in Abu Dhabi, plus film director Yorgos Lanthimos.
07 Nov 2017,30 mins
Kenneth Lonergan on Howards End, The Florida Project, Artists as curators
Kenneth Lonergan on his adaptation of EM Forster's Howards End.
06 Nov 2017,30 mins
Modern fairytales with Joanne Harris and Jonathan Coe; Call Me by Your Name; Catalonian culture
Writers Joanne Harris and Jonathan Coe on their latest work; Film director Luca Guadagnino
03 Nov 2017,30 mins
Kenneth Branagh, Keeping TV secrets, Josie Lawrence, Parents in film
Kenneth Branagh is Poirot; Josie Lawrence is Mother Courage; Keeping TV secrets.
02 Nov 2017,30 mins
Tracey Emin, Minette Walters, Gauguin biopic
Artist Tracey Emin, author Minette Walters, and a film about French painter Paul Gauguin.
01 Nov 2017,30 mins
Lisette Oropesa, Richard Flanagan, Kate MccGwire
Opera singer Lisette Oropesa, novelist Richard Flanagan, artist Kate MccGwire.
31 Oct 2017,30 mins
Bill Bailey, Philip Pullman, Alias Grace
Bill Bailey tries out the Front Row keyboard. Shahidha Bari talks to Philip Pullman.
30 Oct 2017,30 mins
Annie Leibovitz, Andy Serkis, David Bomberg
Annie Leibovitz on her photographs of a turbulent decade.
27 Oct 2017,30 mins
Stranger Things 2, Richard Bean on Young Marx, The Essay
Richard Bean on his new play Young Marx, and Stranger Things 2 reviewed.
26 Oct 2017,30 mins
Women and Sexism in the Arts
Have the Harvey Weinstein revelations created a watershed moment?
25 Oct 2017,30 mins