Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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Review: Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, TS Eliot prize poetry, Italian wartime film Vermiglio
Thursday
Lemn Sissay and Rhianna Dhillon review this week's cultural highlights.
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Franz Ferdinand play in the studio, Richard Price on his new novel Lazarus Man, verdict on BAFTA nominations
Wednesday
Franz Ferdinand play live, author Richard Price and news of this year's BAFTA nominations.
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Vivaldi's Four Seasons reimagined, impact of L.A. fires on culture, Leigh Whannell's new horror film, Dead Ink Books
Last Tuesday
Vivaldi's Four Seasons reimagined, LA fires, Leigh Whannell's new horror, Dead Ink Books
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Michael Sheen, Matthew Bourne on Oliver! and ghostwriting
Last Monday
Samira Ahmed talks to Michael Sheen about his plans for the Welsh National Theatre.
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Review: Angelina Jolie's Maria, AL Kennedy's novel Alive in the Merciful Country, Architecton documentary
Thu 9 Jan 2025
Review: Maria, A.L. Kennedy's Alive in the Merciful Country and Architecton.
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Asif Kapadia's dystopian film 2073, anthology comic marks 25 years since armed forces "gay ban" lifted, Nick Frost in Get Away
Wed 8 Jan 2025
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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Jesse Eisenberg & Kieran Culkin on their film A Real Pain, improving visual literacy in school, how Jerry Springer changed TV
Tue 7 Jan 2025
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
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Nicole Kidman on Babygirl, Brian Eno on art and Herod
Mon 6 Jan 2025
Nicole Kidman, Brian Eno, and the life and reputation of Herod.
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Review: Nosferatu, Lockerbie, Nickel Boys
Thu 2 Jan 2025
Tom is joined by Peter Bradshaw and Bidisha to review the highlights of the week.
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Front Row on the Shipping Forecast, at the Cutty Sark
New Year's Day 2025
Samira Ahmed with a special edition of the arts programme exploring the Shipping Forecast.
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Front Row Hogmanay live from Glasgow
Tue 31 Dec 2024
Kirsty Wark hosts a Hogmanay show from Glasgow. Featuring The Bluebells and Alan Cumming.
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Bradford UK City of Culture 2025
Mon 30 Dec 2024
Front Row visits Bradford as it prepares for its year as UK City of Culture 2025
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Review: Better Man, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and How to make Millions before Grandma Dies
Thu 19 Dec 2024
Tom Sutcliffe is joined by Arifa Akbar and Boyd Hilton to review the latest releases.
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Chris McCausland, Lauren Mayberry and Barry Jenkins
Wed 18 Dec 2024
Chris McCausland, Lauren Mayberry and Barry Jenkins.
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Simon Russell Beale, Rufus Wainwright and Kate Garner
Tue 17 Dec 2024
Actor Simon Russell Beale, songwriter Kate Garner and Rufus Wainwright on his Requiem
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Call The Midwife creator Heidi Thomas, Nick Park on new Wallace & Gromit film, Organs discussion
Mon 16 Dec 2024
Call The Midwife creator Heidi Thomas, Nick Park on the new Wallace & Gromit film, Organs.
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Review: The Devil Wears Prada, 100 Years of Solitude, The Universal Theory
Thu 12 Dec 2024
Novelist Linda Grant and critic Jason Solomons join Samira for our review edition.
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Jesus and Mary Chain, The politics of pantomime & Video games of the year
Wed 11 Dec 2024
Jesus and Mary Chain talk to Kirsty Wark about their career. Plus the politics of panto.
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Daniel Craig and Luca Guadagnino, Public Service Broadcasting perform live
Tue 10 Dec 2024
The star and director of the film Queer, Public Service Broadcasting, AI and audio books
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Kelsey Mann on Inside Out 2, Humphrey Bogart documentary, Susan Chardy
Mon 9 Dec 2024
Kathryn Ferguson on her new Bogart doc plus Peter Bradshaw on the Golden Globe nominations
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Review: Rumours, The Importance of Being Earnest, Grand Theft Hamlet
Thu 5 Dec 2024
Review: The Importance of Being Earnest play and films Rumours and Grand Theft Hamlet.
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New Makar, future of musical theatre, arts funding in Scotland
Wed 4 Dec 2024
Kirsty Wark speaks to Scotland's new Makar and discusses new musical theatre initiatives.
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Richard Curtis's new film, Purple Heart Warriors audio drama, Turner Prize announcement
Tue 3 Dec 2024
Richard Curtis on loving Christmas, and who will win the Turner Prize?
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Reopening of Notre-Dame, Jacob Collier, Marshall Brickman, King Winter's Birthday
Mon 2 Dec 2024
Agnes Poirier on the five-year restoration of Notre-Dame de Paris.
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Review: Beatles 64, Electric Dreams @ Tate Modern, The Agency
Thu 28 Nov 2024
Beatlemania hits America in Beatles '64, art meets tech in Electric Dreams and The Agency.
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Donny Osmond, Orhan Pamuk, Puccini's centenary
Wed 27 Nov 2024
Kate Molleson speaks to Nobel Prize-winning writer Orhan Pamuk and to Donny Osmond.
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Edward Berger on Conclave, Ganavya performs, Tim Robey on film flops
Tue 26 Nov 2024
Conclave director Edward Berger, Tim Robey on cinematic disasters, Ganavya performs
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Sigourney Weaver & Selina Cadell, Art forgery on the rise? Nitin Sawhney
Mon 25 Nov 2024
Sigourney Weaver and Selina Cadell on Shakepeare's The Tempest and 50 years friendship.
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Review: Wicked, Cher's memoir, Maddaddam ballet
Thu 21 Nov 2024
Natalie Jamieson and Matt Cain join Tom to review Cher: The Memoir, Wicked and Maddaddam.
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Bobby Gillespie of Primal Scream, Celebrity Children's Books and the Art and Writing of Maud Sulter
Wed 20 Nov 2024
Bobby Gillespie of Primal Scream, and celebrity children's books.
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