Front Row

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

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Armistead Maupin, Viviana Durante on Sir Kenneth MacMillan, Mining Art Gallery
Armistead Maupin's memoir, Logical Family; choreographer Sir Kenneth MacMillan's legacy.
23 Oct 2017,30 mins
Harry Hill, Liza Tarbuck, Yoshiki
Harry Hill's new children's novel, Liza Tarbuck on narrating television shows, and Yoshiki
20 Oct 2017,30 mins
Daniel Radcliffe, I Am Not a Witch, Wim Wenders, Taj Mahal
Daniel Radcliffe on filming in the jungle.
19 Oct 2017,30 mins
Beth Ditto, Jackie Kay, Domestic Noir
Beth Ditto on her debut solo album; poet Jackie Kay, Scotland's makar, performs new work.
18 Oct 2017,30 mins
St Vincent, Andrew Michael Hurley, The Tin Drum, Daljit Nagra
St Vincent on her new album Masseduction, and novelist Andrew Michael Hurley.
17 Oct 2017,30 mins
Armando Iannucci on the Death of Stalin, Kwame Kwei-Armah directs Ibsen's Lady from the Sea
Armando Iannucci's Death of Stalin, Kwame Kwei-Armah directs Ibsen's Lady from the Sea.
16 Oct 2017,30 mins
Kit Harington, Kele Okereke, Dynasty, Porridge
Kit Harington on his new drama series about the Gunpowder Plot.
13 Oct 2017,30 mins
George Michael: Freedom, John Banville, Michael Fassbender, Performance art
George Michael's film - Freedom, John Banville, Michael Fassbender and performance art.
12 Oct 2017,30 mins
Dustin Hoffman; Jon Boden plays live; the new gallery at Tate St Ives
Dustin Hoffman on his new film, Jon Boden live, Tate St Ives reopens with a new gallery.
11 Oct 2017,30 mins
Director Sally Potter, Composer Jimmy Webb, Anorexia on screen
Sally Potter on her film The Party, and the composer of Wichita Lineman, Jimmy Webb.
10 Oct 2017,30 mins
Audre Lorde, Dan Brown, Art Connoisseurship, Harvey Weinstein
Author Dan Brown discusses the return of Robert Langdon in his latest novel, Origin.
09 Oct 2017,30 mins
Harrison Ford and Ryan Gosling on Blade Runner 2049
Harrison Ford and Ryan Gosling; Liam Gallagher; Dual roles on screen.
06 Oct 2017,30 mins
Kazuo Ishiguro wins the Nobel Prize, Latonia Moore, Loving Vincent
Kazuo Ishiguro wins the Nobel Prize in Literature, Alex Clark assesses his contribution.
05 Oct 2017,30 mins
Kate Winslet, Sparks, Jenny Uglow on her book about Edward Lear
Kate Winslet interview, Sparks with a new album, Jenny Uglow on her book about Edward Lear
04 Oct 2017,30 mins
BBC National Short Story Award
Front Row announces the winners of the BBC National Short Story and Young Writers' Awards.
03 Oct 2017,30 mins
Matt Lucas on his memoir, Tamsin Greig and Martin Freeman on Labour of Love
Matt Lucas talks to Stig Abell about his memoir. Plus Martin Freeman and Tamsin Greig.
02 Oct 2017,30 mins
A Front Row special from Hull's Contains Strong Language festival
Flood, Louise Wallwein, Imtiaz Dharker, Washing Lines poems from the people of Humberside.
29 Sep 2017,30 mins
Benny Andersson, Sophie Wu, National Poetry Day
Benny Andersson performs, Sophie Wu on her new play, the healing power of poetry.
28 Sep 2017,30 mins
Carlos Acosta, Opera at the V&A, Michael Winterbottom
Carlos Acosta, 400 years of opera at the V&A and On the Road with Michael Winterbottom.
27 Sep 2017,30 mins
Susheela Raman sings Eastern Christian music; Liz Dawn and Tony Booth remembered; the campus in culture; Kwame Kwei Armah
Susheela Raman; Liz Dawn, Tony Booth remembered; the campus in culture; Kwame Kwei Armah.
26 Sep 2017,30 mins
Nancy Meyers, Jenny Erpenbeck, Literary modern classics, Turner Prize show
Romcom director and writer Nancy Meyers, and what makes a literary modern classic.
25 Sep 2017,30 mins
Gerald Scarfe, Novelist Maja Lunde, The Judas Passion
Celebrated political cartoonist Gerald Scarfe; new oratorio The Judas Passion.
22 Sep 2017,30 mins
Juliet Stevenson, Basquiat, Tony Blackburn, NSSA shortlisted Jenni Fagan
Juliet Stevenson on playing a fierce female aviator in the play Wings.
21 Sep 2017,30 mins
Benedict Cumberbatch, Giles Coren, Borg vs McEnroe, Will Eaves
Benedict Cumberbatch talks about bringing Ian McEwan's novel The Child in Time to TV.
20 Sep 2017,30 mins
Bill Murray and Jan Vogler; Oslo reviewed; Poet Yrsa Daley-Ward; Helen Oyeyemi, BBC National Short Story Award nominee
The Hollywood actor and cellist Jan Vogler discuss their new classical album.
19 Sep 2017,30 mins
Jane Goldman and Matthew Vaughn on action movie Kingsman, Jasper Johns, BBC National Short Story Award
BBC National Short Story Award shortlisted author Cynan Jones, Jasper Johns retrospective.
18 Sep 2017,30 mins
Jack Dee, Joanna Trollope reveals the BBC National Short Story Award Shortlist
Jack Dee talks to John Wilson about his new sitcom Bad Move.
15 Sep 2017,30 mins
Ute Lemper, Steelworks play We're Still Here, Vasily Petrenko
Singer Ute Lemper, Welsh play We're Still Here, Russian conductor Vasily Petrenko.
14 Sep 2017,30 mins
Sara Pascoe, Man Booker Prize shortlist, Robert Lindsay
Comedian Sara Pascoe on Pride and Prejudice, Man Booker shortlist, actor Robert Lindsay.
13 Sep 2017,30 mins
Sir Peter Hall remembered
Sir Peter Hall, director of theatre, opera and film, remembered by friends and colleagues.
12 Sep 2017,30 mins