Front Row

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

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Hugh Grant, Wellcome Prize winner, Lisa Jen, Pablo Bronstein
Kirsty Lang talks to Hugh Grant about his new film Florence Foster Jenkins.
25 Apr 2016,30 mins
400 years of Shakespeare with Rufus Wainwright, Kim Cattrall, Dominic Cooke and William Leahy
Shakespeare died 400 years ago this week. John Wilson marks this anniversary.
22 Apr 2016,30 mins
Remembering Prince, Opera North's Ring Cycle, novelist Georgina Harding
Mica Paris, biographer Matt Thorne and journalist Kevin Le Gendre on the legacy of Prince.
21 Apr 2016,30 mins
Victoria Wood remembered, Curtis Sittenfeld, Maya Sondhi, Lucian Msamati
Producer Geoff Posner remembers Victoria Wood. Plus Lucian Msamati on Iago.
20 Apr 2016,30 mins
Sharpe on Flowers, Don Warrington on Lear, Yvvette Edwards
Samira Ahmed talks to Will Sharpe about his TV show Flowers. Plus Don Warrington on Lear.
19 Apr 2016,30 mins
Malorie Blackman, Bastille Day, Sam Gold, Simon Russell Beale
Arts news, interviews and reviews.
18 Apr 2016,30 mins
Kevin Costner in Criminal, Kenneth Branagh, The Comedy About A Bank Robbery, Laika the spacedog
Criminal and why London attracts so many film-makers. Plus The Comedy About A Bank Robbery
15 Apr 2016,30 mins
Peter Greenaway, George Shaw, Zoe Wanamaker, Chloe Esposito
Eisenstein in Guanajuato, a provocative film by Peter Greenaway, and artist George Shaw.
14 Apr 2016,30 mins
PJ Harvey's new album, Arnold Wesker, 2016 Proms, Wellcome exhibition
Featuring a review of PJ Harvey's first new album in five years. John Wilson presents.
13 Apr 2016,30 mins
The Jungle Book, Lindsey Davis, Wellington Arch Sculpture, Romola Garai, Goosebumps Alive
Including a review of a new, live-action version of The Jungle Book. Samira Ahmed presents
12 Apr 2016,30 mins
Adrian Lester on Othello, Baileys Shortlist, Conceptual Art, Nicolas Kent
Samira Ahmed reveals the shortlist for 2016's Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction.
11 Apr 2016,30 mins
Helen Mirren, Cyprus Avenue and X, Barrie Rutter, Jem Lester
News, reviews and interviews from the worlds of art, literature, film and music.
08 Apr 2016,30 mins
Palme d'Or winner Dheepan, Diana Damrau, Noma Dumezweni, Garth Greenwell
A review of the Palme d'Or-winning film Dheepan plus German soprano Diana Damrau.
07 Apr 2016,30 mins
Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art
Duncan Campbell, Muriel Gray, and Claire Barclay on why Glasgow inspires so many artists.
06 Apr 2016,30 mins
Timothy Spall, Catherine Tate, 11.22.63, Dutch flowers.
Timothy Spall in The Caretaker, Catherine Tate, 11.22.63 reviewed, Dutch flowers.
05 Apr 2016,30 mins
The Rolling Stones Exhibitionism, Hans Rosenfeldt, Alex Turner, Ian McKellen
Exhibitionism: The Rolling Stones, Hans Rosenfeldt, Alex Turner, Ian McKellen.
04 Apr 2016,30 mins
Adrian Lester on Undercover, National Poetry Competition, Victoria, James Shapiro
Kirsty Lang talks to Adrian Lester and Peter Moffat about new TV drama Undercover.
01 Apr 2016,30 mins
David Tennant, Eddie the Eagle, Alison Brackenbury, Jeff Nichols, Evelyn Glennie
Kirsty Lang talks to Jeff Nichols about his new film Midnight Special.
30 Mar 2016,30 mins
Judi Dench Launches Shakespeare's People
Dame Judi Dench chooses Lady Macbeth to launch Shakespeare's People.
29 Mar 2016,30 mins
Pet Shop Boys Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe
Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe look back over three decades as Pet Shop Boys.
28 Mar 2016,30 mins
Kirsty Lang interviews theatre producer Sonia Friedman
Kirsty Lang talks to theatre producer Sonia Friedman about staging Harry Potter.
25 Mar 2016,30 mins
The Passion, Zootropolis, Max Stafford Clark, Blue Eyes
Samira Ahmed on a new version of Bach's St Matthew Passion sung by homeless people.
24 Mar 2016,30 mins
The RSC's Hamlet, Culture Minister Ed Vaizey, Batman v Superman, Underworld
The RSC's Hamlet, Ed Vaizey on the Culture White Paper, Batman v Superman, Underworld.
23 Mar 2016,30 mins
Glenn Close in Sunset Boulevard, Maigret with Rowan Atkinson, Sunken Cities
Glenn Close discusses her role as Norma Desmond in hit musical Sunset Boulevard.
22 Mar 2016,30 mins
The A Word, Neil LaBute, Remembering Barry Hines, Ottessa Moshfegh
Kirsty Lang is joined in the studio by Peter Bowker, writer of new drama The A Word.
21 Mar 2016,30 mins
Jeremy Irons and Richard Eyre celebrate Bristol Old Vic's 250th, Disorder, 10 Cloverfield Lane
Jeremy Irons discusses his new play Long Day's Journey into Night. John Wilson presents.
18 Mar 2016,30 mins
The Painkiller, Follow the Money, Maylis de Kerangal, The Gloaming
Including a look at the Painkiller, starring Kenneth Branagh and Rob Brydon.
17 Mar 2016,30 mins
Jane Horrocks, High-Rise, Russia and the Arts, Remembering Sylvia Anderson
In a new show Jane Horrocks sings a selection of new wave hits. Plus a review of High-Rise
16 Mar 2016,30 mins
Antonio Pappano, Marguerite reviewed, Photographer Paul Strand
Petroc Trelawny reviews Marguerite, a satirical comedy set in 1920s France.
15 Mar 2016,30 mins
Composer Peter Maxwell Davies, singer Iggy Pop, novelist Jim Powell
Live daily magazine programme covering arts, literature, film, media and music.
14 Mar 2016,30 mins