Front Row

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Anthony Head, Tamburlaine, Ai Weiwei, Line of Duty
Arts news, interviews and reviews. Samira Ahmed talks to actor Anthony Head.
27 Mar 2017,30 mins
Jake Gyllenhaal, Pauline Black, Christopher Wheeldon and the business of musicals
The Hollywood actor discusses his sci-fi movie Life and singing on Broadway.
24 Mar 2017,30 mins
23/03/2017
Charlotte Rampling, Moira Buffini, The Clearing, and the politics of Eurovision.
23 Mar 2017,30 mins
Paula Rego, Danny Huston, Ghetto Film School
Nick Willing on his mother, the artist Paula Rego; Actor Danny Huston; Ghetto Film School.
22 Mar 2017,30 mins
Soaps and social issues, Jarvis Cocker and Chilly Gonzalez, Colin Dexter remembered
Jarvis Cocker and Chilly Gonzalez on the ghosts of the Chateau Marmont Hotel.
21 Mar 2017,30 mins
Chuck Berry remembered, The Lost City of Z, Howard Hodgkin portraits, Poem for the Spring equinox
Ray Mears reviews the film The Lost City of Z. Chuck Berry remembered.
20 Mar 2017,30 mins
Derek Walcott, Costume Designer Jenny Beavan, Playlists
Kirsty Lang discusses the work of the Nobel Prize-winning poet Derek Walcott.
17 Mar 2017,30 mins
Get Out, Lost Without Words, Compton Verney, Music Streaming
Get Out reviewed,Joan Bakewell on older actors,Compton Verney's Creating The Countryside
16 Mar 2017,30 mins
Beauty and the Beast, Dave Spikey, Big Bang Theory prequel, Josef Locke
Bill Condon on making Beauty and the Beast, comedian Dave Spikey's unusual lucky mascot.
15 Mar 2017,30 mins
Saxophonist John Harle, The Salesman reviewed, Singer-songwriter ESKA
John Harle on how to play the saxophone, The Salesman, singer-songwriters.
14 Mar 2017,30 mins
Professor Brian Cox, Sarah Dunant on Michelangelo, My Country, The UK charts
Turning science into an art form with Brian Cox, and Sarah Dunant responds to Michelangelo
13 Mar 2017,30 mins
Paul Weller, Duncan Macmillan on City of Glass, Catfight, My Feral Heart
Paul Weller on composing his first film score, Duncan Macmillan on adapting Paul Auster.
10 Mar 2017,30 mins
Howard Hodgkin remembered; Imogen Cooper; Edward Albee
Classical pianist Imogen Cooper plays live in the studio.
09 Mar 2017,30 mins
Roger McGough and Brian Patten on 50 years of The Mersey Sound, Lizzie Nunnery, Andrew McMillan
Roger McGough and Brian Patten on The Mersey Sound, Lizzie Nunnery, Andrew McMillan.
08 Mar 2017,30 mins
Judith Kerr on The Cat in the Hat; Wolfgang Tillmans; Snow in Midsummer
Authors Judith Kerr and Chris Riddell discuss Dr Seuss; artist Wolfgang Tillmans.
07 Mar 2017,30 mins
Sean Foley directs The Miser, Kate Whitley sets Malala's speech to music, Sonia Friedman and David Babani
Sean Foley directs Moliere, Malala's UN speech as a choral piece.
06 Mar 2017,30 mins
Stormzy, Cornelia Parker, Krzysztof Penderecki
British grime and hip hop artist Stormzy on his new album.
03 Mar 2017,30 mins
Tom Hiddleston, This Country, Certain Women, Gustav Metzger remembered
Tom Hiddleston on Kong: Skull Island; Charlie and Daisy May Cooper on BBC3's This Country.
02 Mar 2017,30 mins
Hugh Jackman, National Poet of Wales Ifor ap Glyn, Richard Bean
Kirsty Lang talks to Hugh Jackman about the film Logan.
01 Mar 2017,30 mins
Jojo Moyes, Prime Suspect 1973, Independent bookstores, Swan Lake in Hull
It took nine novels before Jojo Moyes found success; fancy being a cygnet in Hull?
28 Feb 2017,30 mins
Moonlight at the Oscars, Mary Beard, Author Ross Raisin, Mary Magdalene in art
Moonlight at the Oscars, Mary Beard, author Ross Raisin, Mary Magdalene in art.
27 Feb 2017,30 mins
Sadiq Khan, Jake Arnott, The Tale of Januarie opera
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, Jake Arnott on The Fatal Tree, The Tale of Januarie opera.
24 Feb 2017,30 mins
John Cleese, A first for Jay Z, Electricity: The spark of life
Monty Python's John Cleese on farce. Jay Z is inducted to the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
23 Feb 2017,30 mins
David Tennant, second novels, Brits and Oscars - who are they for?
David Tennant on Broadchurch, Britain's favourite second novel and are awards irrelevant?
22 Feb 2017,30 mins
Gurinder Chadha on Viceroy's House, America after the Fall, Christopher Bailey
Gurinder Chadha on her film Viceroy's House, and American Gothic at the Royal Academy.
21 Feb 2017,30 mins
Patriots Day, Stephen Karam, EU Baroque Orchestra, Syria documentaries
Patriots Day, playwright Stephen Karam, EU Baroque Orchestra, documentaries about Syria.
20 Feb 2017,30 mins
Gary Barlow's The Girls, SS-GB, Sidney Nolan, The Great Wall
Reassessing body confidence with Gary Barlow as The Girls, his first musical, opens.
17 Feb 2017,30 mins
The Founder, Neil Jordan, See Me Now, Luke Jerram's Treasured City
Neil Jordan, See Me Now, Luke Jerram's Treasured City, Robert Siegel on The Founder.
16 Feb 2017,30 mins
John Adams
John Wilson talks to the American composer John Adams about his life and work.
15 Feb 2017,30 mins
Eduardo Paolozzi, Self-publishing, Neil Gaiman
John Wilson explores the work of the artist Eduardo Paolozzi.
14 Feb 2017,30 mins