Front Row

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

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The Ones Below, Sonita, Tate funding, Comedy Playhouse, War Horse music
The Ones Below, Afghan rapper Sonita, Tate funding, Comedy Playhouse, War Horse music.
11 Mar 2016,30 mins
Martin Parr's exhibitions, Assemble at Tate Liverpool, Bradford Media Museum controversy, Morrissey as London's mayor
Nick Hytner on Ken Adam. Plus Martin Parr, Assemble and Bradford museum controversy.
10 Mar 2016,30 mins
Remembering George Martin, Anna Meredith, Motown the Musical, The Witch
Composer David Arnold and comedian Bernard Cribbins on the late producer George Martin.
09 Mar 2016,30 mins
Anomalisa, Seamus Heaney's The Aeneid, Handel at Vauxhall, In the Age of Giorgione
With Samira Ahmed, including a review of Anomalis and a look at Seamus Heaney's The Aeneid
08 Mar 2016,30 mins
07/03/2016
Arts news, interviews and reviews.
07 Mar 2016,30 mins
Hail, Caesar!, Don Quixote, Thirteen, English Touring Opera
Including a review of the Coen brothers' Hail, Caesar!. Kirsty Lang presents.
04 Mar 2016,30 mins
Richard Gere in Time Out of Mind, Tanita Tikaram, Look Back in Anger
A review of Time Out of Mind, starring Richard Gere as a homeless man. Plus Tanita Tikaram
03 Mar 2016,30 mins
Botticelli, Gillian Slovo, Tony Warren remembered, Dr Thorne
Gillian Slovo's new novel, Botticelli Reimagined, Tony Warren obituary, Dr Thorne review.
02 Mar 2016,30 mins
Peter Cook, Hitchcock/Truffaut, Tabletop Shakespeare, Tim Sayer
Architect Peter Cook designs his first building in the UK. John Wilson presents.
01 Mar 2016,30 mins
The Brontes, Malian kora player Ballake Sissoko and French cellist Vincent Segal, Truth reviewed
AS Byatt discusses the enduring legacy of the Bronte's juvenilia. Samira Ahmed presents.
29 Feb 2016,30 mins
Woodstock, Birger Larsen on Murder, Hacks in the spotlight, Trouble at the opera
John Wilson talks to Barney Hoskyns about his book on Woodstock - the town.
26 Feb 2016,30 mins
The Maids, Tim Parks, Shetland weaving
Kirsty Lang talks to The Maids actresses Uzo Aduba, Laura Carmichael and Zawe Ashton.
25 Feb 2016,30 mins
Grimsby, Dominic Dromgoole, Poems that Make Grown Women Cry
Sacha Baron Cohen's new film Grimsby reviewed and the Globe theatre's Dominic Dromgoole.
24 Feb 2016,30 mins
Churchill's Secret, Artist Jonathan Yeo, King Jack, Author Clare Morrall
Including a review of feature-length ITV drama Churchill's Secret. Samira Ahmed presents.
23 Feb 2016,30 mins
Secret in Their Eyes, Katie Mitchell, AB Yehoshua, Stutterer
Katie Mitchell on directing Cleansed, Secret in Their Eyes review, and AB Yehoshua's novel
22 Feb 2016,30 mins
Harper Lee remembered, The Night Manager, Simon Armitage, Zelda
Harper Lee remembered, and John le Carre's The Night Manager adapted for TV.
19 Feb 2016,30 mins
David McCallum, Marjorie Owens as Norma, Ashvin Kumar
Presented by Samira Ahmed. David McCallum looks back at his career.
18 Feb 2016,30 mins
Freeheld review, Anna Hope, Jack Garratt, Unexpected Eisenstein
Julianne Moore in Freeheld, novelist Anna Hope and singer Jack Garratt.
17 Feb 2016,30 mins
Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie, Steven Isserlis, Amalia Ulman
Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie discusses the band's new album. John Wilson presents.
16 Feb 2016,30 mins
Yann Martel, Love, Delacroix, Mark Wallinger
Mark Wallinger shows John Wilson his art studio, and Yann Martel discusses his new novel.
15 Feb 2016,30 mins
The People v OJ Simpson, Figaro, Pre-Raphaelites, 14 Bottoms
Kirsty Lang discusses The People v OJ Simpson and the Pre-Raphaelites in Liverpool.
12 Feb 2016,30 mins
The Survivalist, Mark-Anthony Turnage, Shakespeare in the Royal Library, The Massive Tragedy of Madame Bovary!
Portraying post-apocalyptic worlds in The Survivalist and a ballet inspired by a portrait.
11 Feb 2016,30 mins
Kate Winslet in Triple 9, Nell Gwynn, One Child
Kate Winslet talks to John Wilson about her role as a mafia villain in new film Triple 9.
10 Feb 2016,30 mins
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Steve Coogan, Leonardo da Vinci, Chinelo Okparanta
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies reviewed and Alan Partridge revived, with Samira Ahmed.
09 Feb 2016,30 mins
Vinyl, A Bigger Splash, Margaret Forster, Louis Andriessen, Theatre at the V&A
Reviews of Vinyl and A Bigger Splash, and Melvyn Bragg remembers Margaret Forster.
08 Feb 2016,30 mins
Jimi Hendrix's flat, Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig, Nick Danziger
Jimi Hendrix's flat opens to the public, and Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig on Zoolander 2.
05 Feb 2016,30 mins
Peter Brook, Howard Jacobson, Angel Costumiers and Hamlet in the Jungle
Arts news, interviews and reviews.
04 Feb 2016,30 mins
Bryan Cranston, David Hare, Nikolai Astrup, States of Mind
Breaking Bad's Bryan Cranston on playing Dalton Trumbo, and David Hare discusses Ibsen.
03 Feb 2016,30 mins
Adrian Lester in Red Velvet, Zaha Hadid, John Irving, Bruegel
A review of Red Velvet and interviews with Zaha Hadid and John Irving. With John Wilson.
02 Feb 2016,30 mins
Dad's Army, Annie Nightingale on Janis Joplin, Dawn Walton, Hieronymus Bosch
Oliver Parker and Hamish McColl tell Kirsty Lang about the new Dad's Army film.
01 Feb 2016,30 mins