Front Row

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Stephen Frears and Ali Fazal, Pears' Cyclopaedia final edition, Jeff Pope on Cilla
Victoria and Abdul, the last edition of Pears' Cyclopaedia, and Cilla The Musical.
11 Sep 2017,30 mins
Joanne Froggatt, Darren Aronofsky, 25 years of Classic FM
Downton Abbey's Joanne Froggatt, and Black Swan director Darren Aronofsky.
08 Sep 2017,30 mins
Marian Keyes, Tim Roth, Joe Lycett
Marian Keyes on her new novel The Break, and Tim Roth on Tin Star.
07 Sep 2017,30 mins
Roddy Doyle, Heroes in TV dramas, Stephen King's IT
Roddy Doyle, Stephen King's IT film, heroes in TV dramas and the art of sports commentary.
06 Sep 2017,30 mins
Woman's Hour Craft Exhibition, Lloyd Dorfman, Karen McCarthy Woolf, John Ashbery
Woman's Hour Craft Exhibition at the V&A; poets John Ashbery and Karen McCarthy Woolf.
05 Sep 2017,30 mins
Suranne Jones returns as Doctor Foster, Lancashire's Fabrications Festival, Josephine Barstow on Sondheim's Follies
Doctor Foster is back; Stephen Sondheim's Follies; remembering Steely Dan's Walter Becker.
04 Sep 2017,30 mins
Patti Cake$, Lord of the Flies, Nicole Krauss, James Ngcobo
Nicole Krauss' new novel, an all-female Lord of the Flies, James Ngcobo on The Suitcase.
01 Sep 2017,30 mins
Brian Cox on playing real people, Author Omar Robert Hamilton, Game of Thrones legacy, Venice Film Festival opening
Brian Cox, Omar Robert Hamilton, Game of Thrones legacy and Venice Film Festival.
31 Aug 2017,30 mins
Composer Alma Deutscher, Bake Off's return, Controversial statues, Last Days of June
Twelve-year-old composer, pianist and violinist Alma Deutscher talks to Kirsty Lang.
30 Aug 2017,30 mins
Stan Laurel novel; Tanika Gupta; film Una; Ed Skrein Walks Away
Tanika Gupta play; John Connolly on Stan Laurel; Una review; Ed Skrein & whitewashing row.
29 Aug 2017,30 mins
Bill Nighy, The ever-changing appeal of Hamlet, Photographer Steve McCurry
Bill Nighy on his acting style, Janet Suzman on Hamlet, and Steve McCurry on Afghanistan.
28 Aug 2017,30 mins
Ronnie Wood, Shakespeare plays on screen, Taylor Swift's new song, Peter Hoeg
Ronnie Wood on his paintings; Cinematic adaptions of Shakespeare; Taylor Swift's new song.
25 Aug 2017,30 mins
Illness in comedy series, Ned Beauman, Thomas Meehan
Illness in comedy series with Peep Show creator Sam Bain.
24 Aug 2017,28 mins
Steven Soderbergh returns to film-making with Logan Lucky
Director Steven Soderbergh on Logan Lucky; Gwendolyn Brooks' poems; Cormoran Strike novels
23 Aug 2017,30 mins
Authors' better, but not-so-famous, books; Kathryn Bigelow; Eric Ravilious; a Shakespeare Sonnet in Pidgin
Not-so-famous but better books; Kathryn Bigelow; Eric Ravilious; a great sonnet in Pidgin.
22 Aug 2017,30 mins
Peter Kosminsky on The State, Ben Whishaw, The secrets of Vermeer's studio
Peter Kosminsky on his new jihadi drama; Ben Whishaw on playing an aerospace billionaire.
21 Aug 2017,30 mins
Lucy Porter, Martin Creed, and Soweto Gospel Choir on stage at the Edinburgh Festival
Comedian Lucy Porter and comedy tutor Jojo Sutherland give John a lesson in stand-up.
18 Aug 2017,30 mins
Edinburgh International Books Festival: Val McDermid talks to Paul Auster and Denise Mina
Val McDermid at Edinburgh International Books Festival with Paul Auster and Denise Mina.
17 Aug 2017,30 mins
John Eliot Gardiner, Apphia Campbell, The Nature of Forgetting, Reviewing at the Edinburgh Festivals
Live from Edinburgh with guests including Sir John Eliot Gardiner on Monteverdi at 450.
16 Aug 2017,30 mins
Shappi Khorsandi and Gillian Clarke on stage in the BBC's Big Blue Tent at the Edinburgh Festival
Shappi Khorsandi and Nassim Soleimanpour in front of a live audience in Edinburgh.
14 Aug 2017,30 mins
Joe Orton
An exploration of the life and legacy of the playwright Joe Orton.
11 Aug 2017,30 mins
Henry Goodman as Lucien Freud, Isaac Julien, Lawrence Osborne, Nikesh Shukla, Sarah Shaffi
Henry Goodman as Lucien Freud, YA BAME writers, Isaac Julien, Lawrence Osborne.
10 Aug 2017,30 mins
Daniel Libeskind
An interview with architect Daniel Libeskind.
09 Aug 2017,30 mins
Philippa Gregory, Regina Spektor, TV's Eden and Rebecca Root's Queer Icon
Regina Spektor plays live; author Philippa Gregory; TV's Eden; plus Rebecca Root.
08 Aug 2017,30 mins
Queer Icons
Highlights from Front Row's Queer Icons project, presented by Alan Carr.
08 Aug 2017,27 mins
Trust Me writer Dan Sefton, Atomic Blonde, Colm Toibin's Queer Icon, Posthumous publishing
Trust Me, posthumous publishing, a review of Atomic Blonde, and Colm Toibin's Queer Icon.
07 Aug 2017,30 mins
Irvine Welsh's Performers, Bookshop economics, England Is Mine, CN Lester on Stone Butch Blues
Irvine Welsh, Bookshop economics, Morrissey's early years and CN Lester's Queer Icon.
04 Aug 2017,30 mins
Stockard Channing, Matisse in the Studio, Thomas Ades, representations of war
Actor Stockard Channing on her new stage role, feminism and the enduring power of Grease.
03 Aug 2017,30 mins
Emergency services on screen; plus Sally Hawkins, Josette Bushell-Mingo, and Damian Barr
Emergency services on screen; plus Sally Hawkins, Josette Bushell-Mingo, and Damian Barr.
02 Aug 2017,30 mins
Writer Bernard MacLaverty, Nicholas Hytner's Queer Icon, Riding the Mail Rail
Nicholas Hytner's Queer Icon, writer Bernard MacLaverty, riding the Mail Rail.
01 Aug 2017,30 mins