Front Row

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

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Diane Keaton, Glow, 2017 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Award winners
Diane Keaton on Hampstead, Annie Hall and The Godfather; plus new Netflix drama Glow.
19 Jun 2017,30 mins
Fleet Foxes, Marianne Elliott, Fahrelnissa Zeid
John Wilson talks to Fleet Foxes lead singer Robin Pecknold.
16 Jun 2017,30 mins
Evgeny Kissin; Man Booker International Prize 2017 winners David Grossman and Jessica Cohen; artist David Mach
Israeli author David Grossman on A Horse Walks into a Bar; pianist Evgeny Kissin's memoirs
15 Jun 2017,30 mins
Hamlet - the opera, Novelist Laura Barnett with singer Kathryn Williams, Political docudramas, Blue plaques for music
Hamlet - the opera, a novel with songs, political docudramas and blue plaques for music.
14 Jun 2017,30 mins
Andrew Scott and Robert Icke, Whitney Houston documentary, Amanda Craig
Andrew Scott and Robert Icke on Hamlet, Whitney Houston documentary, author Amanda Craig.
13 Jun 2017,30 mins
Brian Cox; Helen McCrory; Sci-fi at the Barbican; Rebooting film franchises
Brian Cox on playing Churchill and a review of The Barbican's sci-fi exhibition.
12 Jun 2017,30 mins
New York's Fearless Girl, Lawrence Brownlee, Cornelia Parker, Daljit Nagra
Cornelia Parker on being the official election artist, and the Fearless Girl controversy.
09 Jun 2017,30 mins
'My Cousin Rachel' Weisz, Arundhati Roy, Bamber Gascoigne's opera house, Literary agent Ed Victor remembered
Actress Rachel Weisz, author Arundhati Roy, Grange Park opera, Ed Victor remembered.
08 Jun 2017,30 mins
Artist Grayson Perry, Baileys winner, Helen Dunmore's final poem, new Children's Laureate
Grayson Perry, the Baileys prize-winner, Helen Dunmore's last poem and Children's Laureate
07 Jun 2017,30 mins
Steven Moffat at the Hay Festival
Writer Stephen Moffat on a career that has seen him helm two of the BBC's biggest shows.
06 Jun 2017,30 mins
Michael Sheen, Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant's favourite novel and review of television series Ackley Bridge
Michael Sheen on his career, TV drama Ackley Bridge, Robert Plant on his favourite novel.
05 Jun 2017,30 mins
Mondrian - the complete works; Arts and politics; Playwright Alice Birch; 40 years of Bob Marley's Exodus
'The Discovery of Mondrian' with Jonathan Jones and Alice Birch on Anatomy of a Suicide.
02 Jun 2017,30 mins
Salma Hayek, Anna of the Five Towns and Wonder Woman Merchandising
Samira Ahmed talks to Salma Hayek and explores Arnold Bennett country.
01 Jun 2017,30 mins
Pretty Yende, Dennis Lehane, The Handmaid's Tale
South African soprano Pretty Yende, Dennis Lehane on his new novel Since We Fell.
31 May 2017,30 mins
Will Self, My Life as a Courgette, Raphael drawings
My Life as a Courgette reviewed, Will Self on his new novel Phone, Raphael drawings.
30 May 2017,30 mins
Sgt. Pepper at 50; Jimmy McGovern; RIBA North
Sgt. Pepper at 50 arts festival; Jimmy McGovern on his new drama Broken; RIBA North.
29 May 2017,30 mins
Live from Hay Literary Festival - Elizabeth Strout and Julia Donaldson
Hay: Elizabeth Strout; Kully Thiarai; Julia Donaldson; Katherine Rundell; Peter Florence.
26 May 2017,30 mins
Brian May's 3D photos of Queen, Unseen poems by Sylvia Plath, 40 years of Star Wars
3D photos of Queen by Brian May, lost Sylvia Plath poems, Star Wars at 40.
25 May 2017,30 mins
Billy Bragg on skiffle, Hokusai's Great Wave, Capt Jack Sparrow returns, Nicola Benedetti, poetry and atrocity
Billy Bragg, Hokusai's wave, Jack Sparrow returns, Nicola Benedetti, poetry and atrocity.
24 May 2017,30 mins
Tributes to Sir Roger Moore, The return of Twin Peaks, American crime writer Bill Beverly
The return of Twin Peaks, American crime writer Bill Beverly, tributes to Sir Roger Moore.
23 May 2017,30 mins
Denise Gough, Fairport Convention, Leonardo da Vinci
Denise Gough on her TV role in Paula, and 50 years of Fairport Convention.
22 May 2017,30 mins
Clive James, Netflix and Cannes, documentary maker Simon Chinn, Damien Hirst in Venice
The author, critic and poet Clive James on the poems he thought he'd not live to write.
19 May 2017,30 mins
Engelbert Humperdinck on 50 years in music
Engelbert Humperdinck, The Red Turtle, Welsh opera, and literary festivals with F-ratings.
18 May 2017,30 mins
Guy Ritchie on King Arthur, Redwater and television spin-offs, our fascination with true crime dramas, From Shore to Shore
Guy Ritchie on King Arthur, Redwater and spin-offs, true crime dramas, Shore to Shore.
17 May 2017,30 mins
Three Girls, Life of Galileo, Mark Bradford
Three Girls screenwriter Nicole Taylor, American artist Mark Bradford and Life of Galileo.
16 May 2017,30 mins
Conn Iggulden, Timberlake Wertenbaker and virtual reality on radio
Conn Iggulden on St Dunstan, playwright Timberlake Wertenbaker, virtual reality on radio.
15 May 2017,30 mins
The 2017 Venice Biennale, with Phyllida Barlow at the British Pavilion
John Wilson reports from the 57th International Art Exhibition, the Venice Biennale.
12 May 2017,30 mins
Richard III at Hull Truck; Anne With An E; Amy Schumer in Snatched; Tony Kushner
Mat Fraser is Richard III; Anne of Green Gables new adaptation; Amy Schumer; Tony Kushner.
11 May 2017,30 mins
Director John Madden, Pultizer Prize-winning author Richard Ford, Voice coach Barbara Berkery, Edward Kemp, head of RADA
Film director John Madden, the diction controversy, Pultizer-winning author Richard Ford.
10 May 2017,30 mins
King Charles III; Pink Floyd exhibition
The TV adaptation of a controversial play about the Windsors; the Pink Floyd retrospective
09 May 2017,30 mins