Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
Episodes to download
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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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Dramatizing MPs, Jon Savage on LGBTQ and music, Stirling Prize shortlist, Screenwriters v AI
Wed 31 Jul 2024
Dramatizing MPs, Jon Savage on LGBTQ and music, Stirling Prize, Screenwriters v AI.
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Deadpool v Wolverine, Cherry Jones, Leyla McCalla
Tue 30 Jul 2024
Cherry Jones on staging John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath.
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Deadpool & Wolverine, Cherry Jones, Leyla McCalla
Tue 30 Jul 2024
Cherry Jones on staging John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath today
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James Baldwin Centenary Special
Mon 29 Jul 2024
Colm Toibin, Bonnie Greer and Mendez celebrate the life and work of writer James Baldwin.
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Review: theatre: Hello Dolly; TV: The Decameron; film: About Dry Grasses
Thu 25 Jul 2024
Tom Sutcliffe and guests review the week's cultural highlights.
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Keanu Reeves & China Mi茅ville, The Cultural Olympiad in Paris, Making in Blackburn
Wed 24 Jul 2024
The actor and author on their new sci-fi book, and the Cultural Olympiad in Paris.
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Arts Sponsorship in Crisis?
Tue 23 Jul 2024
Samira Ahmed looks at the perilous situation facing arts sponsorship in the UK.
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Fangirls musical, countertenor Jakub Jozef Orlinski, Sam West
Mon 22 Jul 2024
Tom talks to the creators of the hit new musical Fangirls.
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Review: TV: Those About To Die, Film: Thelma, Theatre: ECHO
Thu 18 Jul 2024
Review Show: Those About to Die TV series, the film Thelma and play Echo.
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Danny Dyer and Pete Bellotte on his hits for Donna Summer
Wed 17 Jul 2024
The cultural impact of the Olympics in Paris 1924 and a look at new series Mr Bigstuff.
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Disco Prom, fast-food themed immersive art, arts funding crisis in Wales, Bill Viola remembered
Tue 16 Jul 2024
Disco at the Proms, Sweet Dreams in Manchester, arts funding crisis in Wales, Bill Viola.
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Anne-Marie Duff, Al Murray, Melvyn Hayes, Billboard art
Mon 15 Jul 2024
Anne-Marie Duff, World War 2 on Film, Melvyn Hayes, Billboard art.
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