Front Row

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Review Show: Pulp's new album More
Plus reviews of Edward Burra and Ithell Colquhoun at Tate Britain.
12 Jun 2025,42 mins
Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys remembered.
Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys remembered.
11 Jun 2025,42 mins
Was 1975 the best year for music?
Sarah Moss, the latest on the Elgin Marbles, was 1975 the best year for music?
10 Jun 2025,42 mins
Twin Peaks creator plus Ian Rankin on Frederick Forsyth
Discussing the legacy of David Lynch's ground-breaking cult television series
09 Jun 2025,42 mins
Review show: Paris Lees drama What It Feels Like for a Girl
Plus reviews of Lollipop movie and Atmosphere, the new novel from Taylor Jenkins Reid.
05 Jun 2025,42 mins
Daisy Goodwin on her play about the late Queen and her dresser
Daisy Goodwin on her play about the late Queen and her dresser, By Royal Appointment.
04 Jun 2025,42 mins
Nick Mohammed on comedy and improvisation
Nick Mohammed talks about his comedy stand-up show and new film Deep Cover.
03 Jun 2025,42 mins
Fiddler on the Roof returns to the stage
Samira discusses the Olivier award-winning production of Fiddler on the Roof.
02 Jun 2025,42 mins
Imelda Staunton in Mrs Warren's Profession
Samira Ahmed and guests review Imelda Staunton in Mrs Warren's Profession
29 May 2025,42 mins
Paul Hartnoll of Orbital on the band's Brown album, and a new biography of Muriel Spark.
Paul Hartnoll of Orbital on the band's Brown album, and a new biography of Muriel Spark.
28 May 2025,42 mins
Will Butler formerly of Arcade Fire on his play set in a recording studio
Stereophonic play, Skin from Skunk Anansie on their new album, Joseph Wright exhibition.
27 May 2025,42 mins
Alison Steadman live from Hay Festival
Live from the Hay Festival, Alison Steadman talks to Samira about her career
26 May 2025,42 mins
Mission Impossible & Benicio Del Toro
Benicio Del Toro on his role in Wes Anderson's film The Phoenician Scheme.
22 May 2025,42 mins
Shirley Manson of Garbage
Shirley Manson of Garbage, Winner of the International Booker Prize, Artist Jeremy Deller.
21 May 2025,42 mins
Musician Rhiannon Giddens on returning to her North Carolina roots after working with Beyoncé
Musician Rhiannon Giddens returns to her North Carolina roots after working with Beyoncé.
20 May 2025,42 mins
Joanne Harris on the return of Chocolat
Joanne Harris on the return of Chocolat, Cannes Film Festival, and art from ancient India.
19 May 2025,42 mins
Review: Sondheim's final musical Here We Are, The Marching Band, Daniel Kehlmann's The Director
Stephen Sondheim's final musical, Here We Are, is one of the week's highlights reviewed.
15 May 2025,42 mins
Ocean with Attenborough, Garden Design, Turning Contemporary Politics into Opera
Ocean with Attenborough, the history and future of gardens, new opera inspired by politics
14 May 2025,42 mins
Morcheeba perform, Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway 100th anniversary
Writer Elif Şhafak on Mrs Dalloway at 100, Morcheeba's acoustic version of Call For Love.
13 May 2025,42 mins
Suzanne Vega sings in the studio, P Diddy trial, Mother Courage in County Durham
Suzanne Vega performs a track from her new album, in the Front Row studio.
12 May 2025,42 mins
Review, The Wedding Banquet, Isabel Allende, The Brightening Air
Reviews of a new remake of The Wedding Banquet, and a new Isabel Allende novel.
08 May 2025,42 mins
Leni Riefenstahl, Queen Elizabeth Memorial, Keli
Leni Riefenstahl documentary, digital designs for Queen Elizabeth's memorial and Keli.
07 May 2025,42 mins
Hamlet Radiohead mashup, Stoke-on-Trent pottery in crisis
A new production of Hamlet created in collaboration with Thom Yorke from Radiohead
06 May 2025,42 mins
A snapshot of culture on VE Day 1945
The music, books, films and theatre that defined VE Day 1945.
05 May 2025,42 mins
Review: John Lennon docs, Tina Fey's The Four Seasons and The Great Gatsby musical
John Lennon's life after The Beatles explored in two documentaries, plus The Great Gatsby.
01 May 2025,41 mins
King James VI & I, Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes, The Extraordinary Miss Flower
An exhibition about James VI of Scotland and I of England sheds new light on the monarch.
30 Apr 2025,41 mins
Noddy Holder of Slade, Stephen Rea and Simone de Beauvoir
Stephen Rea on performing Beckett, and Noddy Holder discusses cult film Slade in Flame.
29 Apr 2025,41 mins
Universal Theme Park, Olivier award-winning play Giant, Two to One
Mark Rosenblatt talks about his Olivier award-winning play about Roald Dahl, Giant.
28 Apr 2025,42 mins
Review: Self Esteem's album A Complicated Woman; RSC's Much Ado About Nothing; Julie Keeps Quiet tennis film
Reviews of Self Esteem's third album and the RSC's football-themed Much Ado About Nothing.
24 Apr 2025,42 mins
The ethics of publishing posthumous diaries, Pianist Igor Levit, and Memorials to great women.
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
23 Apr 2025,42 mins