Front Row

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

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Peter Shaffer remembered, Don DeLillo, Anthony Horowitz on New Blood, Beth Orton
Peter Shaffer remembered, Don DeLillo on novel Zero K and Anthony Horowitz on New Blood.
06 Jun 2016,30 mins
Jimmy McGovern, James Schamus, Alexi Kaye Campbell
Jimmy McGovern on his TV drama Reg, and independent film-maker James Schamus.
03 Jun 2016,30 mins
Nile Rodgers, Jesse Eisenberg, Kunal Nayyar, Surrealists
John Wilson talks to Nile Rodgers, on the eve of BBC Music Day.
02 Jun 2016,30 mins
Versailles, Louisa Young, Museum of the Year contender, TV drama music
TV drama series Versailles reviewed, and Louisa Young on her new novel Devotion.
01 Jun 2016,30 mins
Nina Stibbe, Moby, The Nice Guys, Michael Pennington
Author Nina Stibbe, musician Moby, The Nice Guys reviewed, Michael Pennington on King Lear
31 May 2016,30 mins
Front Row at The Royal Court Theatre
The value of new writing for theatre: Front Row marks 60 years of the Royal Court.
30 May 2016,30 mins
From Hay: Charlotte Church, Tracy Chevalier and Lionel Shriver, YA Fiction, Welsh-Appalachian Music Mashup
Charlotte Church discusses her 'musical fairy tale' which tackles contemporary issues.
27 May 2016,30 mins
Wilko Johnson, Romeo and Juliet review, Walter de Maria
With guitarist and songwriter Wilko Johnson talking about surviving terminal cancer.
26 May 2016,30 mins
Neil Gaiman, Liz Lochhead, Roy Williams
Neil Gaiman on his Likely Stories, poet Liz Lochhead, and playwright Roy Williams.
25 May 2016,30 mins
Sue Johnston, Burt Kwouk remembered, Yayoi Kusama, Simon Stone, Philip Venables
The Royle Family's Sue Johnston on Rovers, and Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama reviewed.
24 May 2016,30 mins
Russell T Davies, Love and Friendship review, Rufus Norris, Thelma and Louise 25 years on
Russell T Davies, Love and Friendship, Rufus Norris, and Thelma and Louise 25 years on.
23 May 2016,30 mins
Jack O'Connell, Cannes Film Festival, Seeing Round Corners, Spymonkey
British actor Jack O'Connell discusses his latest film, financial thriller Money Monster.
20 May 2016,30 mins
A Hologram For The King, Running Wild, Brigitte Fassbaender, Going Forward
A review of Tom Hanks as a stressed executive in Saudi Arabia in A Hologram For The King.
19 May 2016,30 mins
Ian McMillan, Black Chronicles, Janet Suzman, TV drama endings
John Wilson talks to poet Ian McMillan. And TV drama endings - too many loose ends?
18 May 2016,30 mins
Sunken Cities, Han Kang, Sing Street, Christian Blackshaw
Sunken Cities, Han Kang's The Vegetarian, Sing Street's John Carney, Christian Blackshaw.
17 May 2016,30 mins
Yinka Shonibare, BBC Young Musician, X-Men: Apocalypse director, Dylan Thomas Prize winner
BBC Young Musician of the Year winner discusses Shostakovich and Britain's Got Talent.
16 May 2016,30 mins
Francis Bacon, Ayad Akhtar, Cannes Film Festival, Mum
Francis Bacon retrospective in Liverpool, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Ayad Akhtar.
13 May 2016,30 mins
Mark Billingham, Turner Prize, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot review, Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla
Samira Ahmed with novelist Mark Billingham, Turner Prize shortlist, Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla.
12 May 2016,30 mins
Laurie Anderson, AL Kennedy, Mustang
Laurie Anderson on the Brighton Festival, and AL Kennedy on our search for kindness.
11 May 2016,30 mins
Damian Lewis in Billions, Hugh Bonneville, Olivia Chaney, Bryan and Mary M Talbot
A review of TV drama Billions, starring Damian Lewis, and Hugh Bonneville on Malvolio.
10 May 2016,30 mins
Lionel Shriver, Radiohead, Richard Linklater, Tate Britain exhibition
Lionel Shriver's latest novel; Richard Linklater's new film; Radiohead's album reviewed.
09 May 2016,30 mins
Tom Hiddleston, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Andrey Kurkov
Tom Hiddleston talks to Kirsty Lang about his new role as Hank Williams.
06 May 2016,30 mins
Ewan McGregor, Upstart Crow, Katie Paterson, Frankenstein ballet
Kirsty Lang talks to Ewan McGregor, and Ben Elton writes a TV a comedy about Shakespeare.
05 May 2016,30 mins
Howard Brenton, Knight of Cups, Olafur Eliasson, Dorothy Bohm
Howard Brenton, Terrence Malick's Knight of Cups, Olafur Eliasson, Dorothy Bohm.
04 May 2016,30 mins
Mona Hatoum, The Windsors, Alexander Masters, Charles Dance
Alexander Masters on his book A Life Discarded, plus artist Mona Hatoum.
03 May 2016,30 mins
Capability Brown
Capability Brown, born 300 years ago this year, changed the landscape of Georgian England.
02 May 2016,30 mins
Ricky Gervais, The Secret, Mark Elder, The return of the repertory company
Ricky Gervais discusses his latest projects including his film Special Correspondents.
29 Apr 2016,30 mins
Mark Gatiss on Doctor Who, Brideshead Revisited, Pleasure, Demolition
Mark Gatiss on the novelisations of Doctor Who, and Bryony Lavery on Brideshead Revisited.
28 Apr 2016,30 mins
Hugh Bonneville on Ibsen, Captain America directors, Juliet Stevenson
Samira Ahmed talks to Hugh Bonneville about Ibsen's play An Enemy of the People.
27 Apr 2016,30 mins
Alain de Botton, Son of Saul, Josie Rourke and Nick Payne, Jazz biopics
Alain de Botton, Son of Saul, Josie Rourke and Nick Payne, jazz biopics.
26 Apr 2016,30 mins