Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
Episodes to download
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Front Row from Belfast with writer Paul Lynch and singer Cara Dillon
Tue 17 Oct 2023
Front Row from Belfast with writer Paul Lynch and folk singer Cara Dillon.
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Martin Scorsese film, John le Carré’s legacy, Madonna on Tour
Mon 16 Oct 2023
Martin Scorsese, John le Carré’s legacy, Madonna on Tour.
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Front Row reviews the Frasier reboot and performance from folk musician Martin Hayes
Thu 12 Oct 2023
Front Row reviews the return of Frasier and performance from folk musician Martin Hayes.
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Lubaina Himid, Richard Armitage, David Pountney’s new opera
Wed 11 Oct 2023
Lubaina Himid, Richard Armitage, David Pountney’s new opera.
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Nigel Kennedy, art gallery labels, how do museums recover stolen art?
Tue 10 Oct 2023
Nigel Kennedy, art gallery labels, how do museums recover stolen art?
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Piper Kathryn Tickell performs, film director Terence Davies remembered, author Jhumpa Lahiri, Β£200 million for Heritage Places
Mon 9 Oct 2023
Northumbrian piper Kathryn Tickell performs live from her new album, Cloud Horizons.
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Front Row reviews Philip Guston at the Tate Modern and new film Golda
Thu 5 Oct 2023
Golda reviewed, musician Tim Ridout, Jon Fosse wins the Nobel Prize.
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The Streets, the British Textile Biennial, Kate Prince on her mentor
Wed 4 Oct 2023
The Streets, the British Textile Biennial, Kate Prince on her mentor.
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Patsy Ferran, Rubens & Women, the portrayal of black men in British film
Tue 3 Oct 2023
Samira talks to Patsy Ferran, discusses Rubens' women and explores black British cinema.
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Claudette Johnson, ghosts in literature, the Dutch Golden Age
Mon 2 Oct 2023
Claudette Johnson, ghosts in literature, the Dutch Golden Age.
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VΓkingur Γ“lafsson on Bach’s Goldberg Variations, Ken Loach’s The Old Oak
Thu 28 Sep 2023
VΓkingur Γ“lafsson on Bach’s Goldberg Variations, Ken Loach’s The Old Oak
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James Graham on Boys from the Blackstuff, and are maestros behaving badly?
Wed 27 Sep 2023
Chester Contemporary arts biennial: what is there to see?
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Front Row hosts the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Short Story Award Ceremony
Tue 26 Sep 2023
We announce the winners of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Short Story Award and the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Young Writers' Award
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Philip Barantini on Boiling Point, The Archers cast on Lark Rise to Ambridge
Mon 25 Sep 2023
The Archers cast on Lark Rise to Ambridge; Philip Barantini on Boiling Point
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Live from the Contains Strong Language festival
Thu 21 Sep 2023
Front Row opens the Contains Strong Language festival live from Leeds.
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Marina Abramovic and The Long Shadow reviewed, Dmitry Glukhovsky's The White Factory
Wed 20 Sep 2023
Marina Abramovic and The Long Shadow reviewed; Dmitry Glukhovsky's play The White Factory.
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Carlos Acosta on the Black Sabbath ballet; Birmingham arts funding; the business of British fashion
Tue 19 Sep 2023
Carlos Acosta on Birmingham Royal Ballet's Black Sabbath - The Ballet.
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Jane Austen fashion, poet Daljit Nagra, musician Alice Phoebe Lou performs live
Mon 18 Sep 2023
Jane Austen's fashion, poet Daljit Nagra, musician Alice Phoebe Lou performs live.
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Paul Simon and Charlie Mackesy, the V&A’s Chanel exhibition and author Kamila Shamsie.
Thu 14 Sep 2023
Reviews of Wagner’s Ring Cycle at the Royal Opera House.
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Katherine Rundell on Impossible Creatures, the rise of crafts on social media
Wed 13 Sep 2023
Author Katherine Rundell; how makers engage audiences on social media.
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The impact of the Hollywood strikes, author K Patrick, the iconic chant from the Halo video game
Tue 12 Sep 2023
The impact of the Hollywood strikes, author K Patrick, singing the Halo video game chant.
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The British Museum’s missing gems, a drinking game drama, National Short Story Award
Mon 11 Sep 2023
The British Museum’s missing gems, a drinking game drama, National Short Story Award.
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Lise Davidsen, film Past Lives and Black Atlantic: power, people, resistance exhibition
Thu 7 Sep 2023
The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Short Story with Cambridge University awards shortlist is announced.
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Sir Ken Dodd exhibition; RIBA Stirling Prize for architecture shortlist; A Life on the Farm documentary
Wed 6 Sep 2023
Sir Ken Dodd exhibition; RIBA Stirling Prize shortlist; A Life on the Farm documentary.
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Stephen Lawrence anniversary drama; small publishers; Pablo Larrain on his film El Conde; RAAC in theatres
Tue 5 Sep 2023
A play on a bus marks the 30th anniversary of the racist murder of Stephen Lawrence.
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Anna Wintour on Vogue World; Bloomsbury Group fashion; Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Singers conductor Sofi Jeannin
Mon 4 Sep 2023
Anna Wintour, Bloomsbury Group fashion. Sofi Jeannin of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Singers.
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Front Row reviews new British film Scrapper, French writer director Louis Garrel
Thu 24 Aug 2023
Front Row reviews new British film Scrapper, French writer director Louis Garrel
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Authors Helen Macdonald and Sin BlachΓ©, Stewart Lee on Macbeth, musician Connie Converse rediscovered
Wed 23 Aug 2023
Helen Macdonald and Sin BlachΓ©, Stewart Lee on Macbeth, Connie Converse rediscovered.
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Louise Doughty, sign language at music festivals, The Missing Madonna podcast
Tue 22 Aug 2023
Author Louise Doughty on her new book, signing live music, The Missing Madonna podcast
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Corinne Bailey Rae, playwright Peter Arnott, new short story collections
Mon 21 Aug 2023
Corinne Bailey Rae plays live, Peter Arnott on his new play, short story collections.
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