Front Row

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

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Steve Coogan on the return of Alan Partridge
Steve Coogan speaks to Kirsty Wark about his new spoof documentary about mental health.
01 Oct 2025,42 mins
BBC National Short Story Award and Young Writers Award
Tom hosts this year's BBC National Short Story Award ceremony.
30 Sep 2025,42 mins
Actors Matthew McConaughey and Harris Dickinson on their latest films
Actors Matthew McConaughey and Harris Dickinson on their latest films.
29 Sep 2025,42 mins
Leonardo DiCaprio comes on Front Row to talk about One Battle After Another
Leonardo DiCaprio and director Paul Thomas Anderson on their film One Battle After Another
25 Sep 2025,42 mins
Will & Grace star Eric McCormack on his latest TV role.
Eric McCormack on his role in the BBC thriller series Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue.
24 Sep 2025,42 mins
Stephen Knight on House of Guinness
Stephen Knight on his new House of Guinness TV series, Roddy Doyle on the Booker Shortlist
23 Sep 2025,42 mins
Late-night shows under fire
Another late-night host gets fired for offending Trump - we discuss the industry fallout.
22 Sep 2025,42 mins
Front Row at the Contains Strong Language festival in Bradford
A special edition of Front Row live from the Contains Strong Language festival in Bradford
18 Sep 2025,42 mins,
Review Show: Ian McEwan's new novel and Small Acts of Love at Glasgow's Citizens Theatre
Kirsty Wark and her guests discuss novelist Ian McEwan's latest book, What We Can Know.
17 Sep 2025,41 mins
Robert Redford remembered, Mark Ronson and Picasso on stage
Hollywood icon Robert Redford remembered and hit record producer Mark Ronson on his memoir
16 Sep 2025,42 mins
Robert Plant and Alan Moore
Robert Plant on his new album, and comic book legend Alan Moore gives a rare interview.
15 Sep 2025,42 mins
Review Show: David Bowie Centre and the BBC National Short Story Award Shortlist
Plus the film Spinal Tap II and Jung Chang’s sequel to her best-selling memoir Wild Swans.
11 Sep 2025,42 mins
The Grand Finale of Downton Abbey
The Grand Finale of Downton Abbey. Plus bestselling writer Adam Kay on his debut novel.
10 Sep 2025,42 mins
Marks and Gran on Freud and Hitler, Jeneba Kanneh-Mason performance, Medea on stage and screen
Birds of a Feather creators Marks and Gran on their new play about Freud and Hitler.
09 Sep 2025,42 mins
Maxine Peake on Mary Whitehouse, West End star Marisha Wallace
Maxine Peake, Marisha Wallace, and a rediscovered book about the rise of the Nazis
08 Sep 2025,42 mins
Review Show: CMAT's new album, The Office spin-off series The Paper, Jacob Elordi in On Swift Horses
CMAT's new album Euro-Country, sitcom spin-off The Paper and gay romance On Swift Horses.
04 Sep 2025,42 mins
Bryan Adams’ new album, plus writer Damian Barr
The Canadian rock legend on his new music, and the Maggie & Me author’s latest novel.
03 Sep 2025,42 mins
Aaron Sorkin on adapting Harper Lee's novel To Kill Aa Mockingbird for the stage
Aaron Sorkin on To Kill a Mockingbird, Bradford Live, Toyah Willcox, Raymond Antrobus.
02 Sep 2025,42 mins
Sebastian Faulks' memoir
Sebastian Faulks' memoir, St Etienne play live, the return of sketch show TV.
01 Sep 2025,42 mins
Review: Historical TV epic King and Conqueror, and Boudicca's Daughter by Elodie Harper
Plus film Young Mothers, and the 5-year project celebrating dramatist Brian Friel.
21 Aug 2025,42 mins
Indigenous Australian didgeridoo virtuoso William Barton performs live
The Director of the Edinburgh Comedy Awards reveals this year's shortlist.
20 Aug 2025,42 mins
Tom Hiddleston on becoming a dancing accountant in new Stephen King film, The Life of Chuck
Tom Hiddleston, Sir Anish Kapoor, A Good Yarn in Bradford, Noises Off in Scarborough.
19 Aug 2025,42 mins
Should Stephen Fry play Lady Bracknell? Author R.F. Kuang and Marlowe and Shakespeare
Samira Ahmed talks to Rebecca Kuang and discusses genderblind casting.
18 Aug 2025,42 mins
Review show: Brigadoon at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
Brigadoon in Regent's Park, The Bitter Water of the Lake by Giulia Caminito.
14 Aug 2025,42 mins
Our critics' guide to the best theatre at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Mary Queen of Scots as a punk and a rock star. Plus our critics' picks of the Fringe.
13 Aug 2025,42 mins
Norwich Castle reopening, plus director Adrian Noble
Historian Alice Loxton on Norwich Castle's £27 million revamp. Plus director Adrian Noble.
12 Aug 2025,42 mins
Peter Sellers at 100
The BFI has launched a new season of Peter Sellers films to mark his centenary.
11 Aug 2025,42 mins
Review: Alien Earth series plus Rom-Com Materialists
Noah Hawley on bringing the sci fi-franchise Alien to the small screen as Alien: Earth.
07 Aug 2025,41 mins
Special edition from the Edinburgh Festivals with guests including Emmy and Olivier Award-winning actor Brian Cox
Kirsty Wark with conversation, comedy and music from the Edinburgh Festivals.
06 Aug 2025,42 mins
Sean Hayes, from Will & Grace, on his Tony Award-winning stage show Good Night, Oscar
Sean Hayes' play opens in London and how composer Shostakovich survived Stalin's purges.
05 Aug 2025,42 mins