Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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David Oyelowo, Regulating the entertainment industry, Ralph Steadman
Mon 30 Sep 2024
David Oyelowo on the Shakespearean role he's always wanted to play, Coriolanus.
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Review: art - Monet; book: Intermezzo by Sally Rooney; Joe Lycett's art book
Thu 26 Sep 2024
Intermezzo by Sally Rooney, Monet in London exhibition, Megalopolis film plus Joe Lycett.
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David Mitchell on Ludwig, poet Kathleen Jamie and the world premiere of Helen Grime's Folk
Wed 25 Sep 2024
David Mitchell on Ludwig, poet Kathleen Jamie and the world premiere of Helen Grime's Folk
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Chilly Gonzales performs, Dickens adaptations, Horror films
Tue 24 Sep 2024
Pianist and rapper Chilly Gonzales, Radio 4's Dickens season, why we love horror films.
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John Boorman, Anya Gallaccio, The Halfway Kid performs
Mon 23 Sep 2024
John Boorman on Zardoz - the 1974 cult sci-fi film starring Sean Connery.
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Review: film The Substance, Art Michael Craig-Martin, Book The Empusium
Thu 19 Sep 2024
The Substance film, Olga Tokarczuk's The Empusium, Michael Craig-Martin's RA exhibition.
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A Very Royal Scandal, Glasgow Cathedral Festival & crime writer Peter May.
Wed 18 Sep 2024
A Very Royal Scandal, Glasgow Cathedral Festival & crime writer Peter May.
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David Peace, new plays crisis, Booker Prize 2024 shortlist
Tue 17 Sep 2024
David Peace on his new novel, Munichs, about the plane crash that transformed Man Utd.
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Edward Enninful, Lady Blackbird performs, Booker prize shortlist
Mon 16 Sep 2024
The fashion editor on the In Vogue doc, live music from Slang Spirituals & Booker Prize.
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REVIEW: Film: The Critic, Exhibition: Van Gogh, Book: Garth Greenwell's Small Rain
Thu 12 Sep 2024
Van Gogh exhibition and The Critic reviewed plus the National Short Story Award shortlist.
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Jacqueline Wilson, JRR Tolkien poetry, 大象传媒 TV thriller Nightsleeper
Wed 11 Sep 2024
Jacqueline Wilson her latest book, and two of the stars of 大象传媒 One's Nightsleeper.
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Australian Front Row with Paul Kelly, Simon Armitage, Jazz Money and Shankari Chandran
Tue 10 Sep 2024
Front Row recorded at the 大象传媒's Contains Strong Language poetry festival in Sydney.
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Richard O'Brien & Jason Donovan on 50 years of Rocky Horror, Bella Mackie
Mon 9 Sep 2024
Bella Mackie on her second novel and the formation of a privately funded orchestra.
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REVIEW: Film: Firebrand; BOOK: Rachel Kushner鈥檚 Creation Lake; TV: Kaos
Thu 5 Sep 2024
Reviews of black comedy Kaos, Rachel Kushner's Creation Lake, historical drama Firebrand.
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Jeremy Denk, Scottish Arts Crisis, Harry Mould
Wed 4 Sep 2024
Scotland's cultural funding controversy, and leading American pianist Jeremy Denk.
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TV: Colin from Accounts; Musical: Why Am I So Single? Hak Baker performs
Tue 3 Sep 2024
The writers of Why Am I So Single? and SIX talks about writing hit musicals.
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Michael Keaton; The The play live; Tim Minchin on life, art and success
Mon 2 Sep 2024
Tim Minchin, The The performing live in the studio and Michael Keaton
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Review: film: Kneecap, TV: Bad Monkey, book: Ootlin by Jenni Fagan
Thu 22 Aug 2024
Kneecap, Ootlin, Bad Monkey reviewed. George Orwell archive sale.
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James Graham, Alexander McCall Smith, the art of Wilhelmina Barns-Graham
Wed 21 Aug 2024
Sherwood creator James Graham on TV's problem with working class representation
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Fran Healy, affordable artists' studios, climate change storytelling
Tue 20 Aug 2024
Fran Healy on Travis's new album, climate change storytelling, making spaces for artists
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Pat Barker, the films of Alain Delon, Proms played by memory, Orlando Weeks
Mon 19 Aug 2024
Pat Barker, Alain Delon, Proms from memory, Orlando Weeks
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The Outrun, Gwyneth Paltrow dramas, Comedy Roundup, Rebels & Patriots
Thu 15 Aug 2024
Kirsty Wark reviews highlights from the Edinburgh Festival.
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David Morrissey, Relaxed performances, Alien: Romulus
Wed 14 Aug 2024
David Morrissey - Daddy Issues, relaxed performances, Alien: Romulus director Fede 脕lvarez
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Nish Kumar, Miriam Margolyes, Rose Matafeo, Teenage Fanclub
Tue 13 Aug 2024
Kirsty Wark presents Front Row live from the Edinburgh Festival.
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Emily Tesh and the Hugo Awards; Dating shows; Kelly Jones
Mon 12 Aug 2024
Emily Tesh on her Hugo Award winning book, Some Desperate Glory.
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Pericles, Babes, Michael Longley
Thu 8 Aug 2024
Pericles, Babes and Michael Longley's poetry collection reviewed.
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Sky Peals film, documentary Doom Scroll, & could a book written 100 years ago be the ultimate millennial read?
Wed 7 Aug 2024
Jazz age novel, Ex-Wife - have we rediscovered a classic?
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Joan Baez, Shakespeare in British Sign Language, Charlotte Mendelson
Tue 6 Aug 2024
Joan Baez on her poems inspired by her multiple personality disorder.
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Kensuke Kingdom, best Young Adult Fiction reads, do film trailers reveal too much?
Mon 5 Aug 2024
Animation Kinsuke's Kingdom, Young Adult fiction, movie trailers, Christopher Hall.
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Didi and Echoes by Evie Wyld reviewed; Benjamin Grosvenor performs Busoni
Thu 1 Aug 2024
Reviews of the film Didi and book Echoes, and Benjamin Grosvenor plays live.
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