Front Row

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

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David Walliams, Jeanne Moreau and Sam Shepard remembered, Zinzi Clemmons, Jukebox musicals
David Walliams on Gangsta Granny, and Jeanne Moreau and Sam Shepard remembered.
31 Jul 2017,30 mins
Mary Portas' Queer Icon, Michael Symmons Roberts, Howard's End, Susie Dent
Susie Dent on how the arts have entered the English language.
28 Jul 2017,30 mins
Patrick Gale's Man in an Orange Shirt, Olly Alexander's Queer Icon, Man Booker Prize longlist, Mercury Prize shortlist
Patrick Gale, Olly Alexander, Man Booker Prize longlist, Mercury Prize shortlist.
27 Jul 2017,30 mins
Horror on film; Crime writer Kathy Reichs; Actors who become artistic directors; LGBT youtuber Ben Hunte's Queer Icon
Frightening films, crime writer Kathy Reichs and actors-turned-artistic directors.
26 Jul 2017,30 mins
Daniel Mays, Girls Trip, Asifa Lahore's Queer Icon, Young Poets competition
Actor Daniel Mays on playing gay rights campaigner Peter Wildeblood.
25 Jul 2017,30 mins
Jack O'Connell; Emma Donoghue's Queer Icon; Diana, Our Mother; Jules Buckley
Actor Jack O'Connell on playing Brick in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof on the West End stage.
24 Jul 2017,30 mins
Jane Campion and Alice Englert, Chris Smith's Queer Icon, Lucy Kirkwood, Love Island
Jane Campion on Top of the Lake, Chris Smith's Queer Icon, Lucy Kirkwood, and Love Island.
21 Jul 2017,30 mins
Artist Richard Long, Stella Duffy chooses her Queer Icon, Daljit Nagra on Liu Xiaobo
Richard Long, Stella Duffy's Queer Icon, Daljit Nagra on Liu Xiaobo, the value of art.
20 Jul 2017,30 mins
Mark Rylance on Dunkirk, Game of Thrones, best summer reads
Mark Rylance discusses his role in Christopher Nolan's new film Dunkirk.
19 Jul 2017,30 mins
Jodie Whittaker, Nicola Barker, Jason Bateman - plus Tony Kushner's Queer Icon
Arts news, interviews and reviews, presented by Samira Ahmed.
18 Jul 2017,30 mins
Handel Water Music at 300 celebration; Grace Evangeline Mason
Front Row is live from a boat on the Thames on the tricentennial of Handel's Water Music.
17 Jul 2017,30 mins
Sofia Coppola on The Beguiled, Neil McGregor, Plywood, Children's Poetry prizewinner
Sofia Coppola on The Beguiled, Neil McGregor's Queer Icon, the virtues of Plywood.
14 Jul 2017,30 mins
Whales vs dinosaurs in art; A.Dot; Nick Laird; Igor Levit
We debate whether dinosaurs or whales have inspired the best art.
13 Jul 2017,30 mins
Alan Carr's Queer Icon, New Tate boss Maria Balshaw, The role of the understudy, The Sunbathers on The Southbank
New Tate boss Maria Balshaw, Alan Carr's Queer Icon and The Sunbathers on the Southbank.
12 Jul 2017,30 mins
War for Planet of the Apes, Alan Hollinghurst's Queer Icon, Soul of a Nation exhibition
War for Planet of the Apes; Alan Hollinghurst on his Queer Icon; Soul of a Nation at Tate.
11 Jul 2017,30 mins
Shirley MacLaine, Bolshoi Ballet, Paris Lees' Queer Icon, baritone and composer Roderick Williams
Shirley MacLaine looks back on her career.
10 Jul 2017,30 mins
Sarah Hall, Antony Sher, Fatherhood, Beethoven's 9th Symphony
Sarah Hall, Antony Sher's Queer Icon, Fatherhood, Beethoven's 9th Symphony.
07 Jul 2017,30 mins
Tarell Alvin McCraney's Queer Icon; Romola Garai and Helen Edmundson on Queen Anne; Jamaica's Poet Laureate Lorna Goodison
Oscar-winning writer Tarell Alvin McCraney; Helen Edmundson on the overlooked Queen Anne.
06 Jul 2017,30 mins
Christine and the Queens' Queer Icon; Spider-Man: Homecoming; Acting Guilty; Museum of the Year - 5th contender
Christine & the Queens, Spider-Man: Homecoming, acting guilty and Lapworth Museum.
05 Jul 2017,30 mins
Sam Taylor-Johnson, Will Young, Stage and screen violence, Museum of the Year finalist
Sam Taylor-Johnson on Gypsy; singer Will Young's Queer Icons choice.
04 Jul 2017,30 mins
The launch of Queer Icons; Maggi Hambling; Nitin Sawhney; Museum of the Year finalist
Artist Maggi Hambling launches Front Row's new Queer Icons series.
03 Jul 2017,30 mins
Newmarket's Museum of the Year, Committee Musical, Fair Field - Piers Plowman re-imagined, Ebb and Flow
Committee Musical, Fair Field - Piers Plowman re-imagined, Museum of the Year, Ebb and Flo
30 Jun 2017,30 mins
Manchester International Festival, Poet turned novelist Kenneth Steven, Museum of the Year nominee Hepworth Wakefield
Manchester International Festival launch with Jeremy Deller.
29 Jun 2017,30 mins
V&A Exhibition Road Quarter, Assange documentary Risk, Anthony Cartwright's Brexit novel
Architect Amanda Levete and V&A director Tristram Hunt on the museum's £40m new project.
28 Jun 2017,30 mins
Ian Rankin, Photographer Gregory Crewdson, National Rural Touring Awards
Ian Rankin on Rebus, American photographer Gregory Crewdson, National Rural Touring Awards
27 Jun 2017,30 mins
Baby Driver, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Scaffold art controversy, Alba Arikha
Edgar Wright, director of Baby Driver; Julie Hesmondhalgh; Alba Arikha.
26 Jun 2017,30 mins
Khadija Saye remembered, Jon Ronson, Harry Potter 20 years on
The writer Jon Ronson on his film Okja, Harry Potter's impact and the artist Khadija Saye.
23 Jun 2017,30 mins
Jez Butterworth and Sam Mendes on The Ferryman
Director Sam Mendes and playwright Jez Butterworth on The Ferryman.
22 Jun 2017,30 mins
Joseph Fiennes, Daljit Nagra, Wyndham Lewis, Catriona Morison
Joseph Fiennes on the Handmaid's Tale. Plus a new exhibition about Wyndham Lewis.
21 Jun 2017,30 mins
Audra McDonald, John Singer Sargent watercolours, Paula McGrath
Broadway star Audra McDonald on Billie Holiday; novelist Paula McGrath.
20 Jun 2017,30 mins