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Front Row at the Edinburgh Festival
BBC Radio 4's flagship arts programme live from the BBC's Potterrow venue.
  1. Front Row at the Edinburgh Festival
    27:30
    Front Row at the Edinburgh Festival
  2. Howard Jacobson on literature and political correctness
    00:01
    Howard Jacobson on literature and political correctness
  3. Allan Little and Sheena MacDonald read a passage by Michael Frayn
    02:54
    Allan Little and Sheena MacDonald read a passage by Michael Frayn
  4. Anneka Rice talks to Simon McBurney
    09:27
    Anneka Rice talks to Simon McBurney
  5. Alexander McCall Smith reads from The Revolving Door of Life
    03:11
    Alexander McCall Smith reads from The Revolving Door of Life
  6. Maggie O’Farrell on the books that inspired her childhood
    02:05
    Maggie O’Farrell on the books that inspired her childhood
  7. Sylvie Guillem
    56:16
    Sylvie Guillem
  8. Fred MacAulay's five festival picks
    01:31
    Fred MacAulay's five festival picks
  9. Liz Lochhead: Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off
    03:14
    Liz Lochhead: Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off
  10. Michael Frayn on the idiosyncratic reactions of theatre audiences
    03:37
    Michael Frayn on the idiosyncratic reactions of theatre audiences
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