Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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Jessie Buckley on her starring role in the film Hamnet
Thursday
Plus reviews of the novel Palaver by Bryan Washington and Sheridan Smith in Woman in Mind.
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Film-maker Ira Sachs on his latest screen project: Peter Hujar's Day
Wednesday
Film-maker Ira Sachs on his Peter Hujar film. Plus, Pianist RIOPY shares his new album.
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Innovations in book clubs, sitcoms by women and a new BBC One prison drama
Tuesday
Dennis Kelly (Matilda the Musical) on his new BBC prison series.
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David Bowie's late-career renaissance
Last Monday
Ten years on from his death, we re-assess David Bowie's legacy.
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Hogmanay live from Glasgow with Belle & Sebastian
Wed 31 Dec 2025
Kirsty Wark is joined ahead of the bells by poet Michael Mullen and Belle & Sebastian.
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Joachim Trier on Sentimental Value, plus the films of Brigitte Bardot
Tue 30 Dec 2025
Joachim Trier on his acclaimed Norwegian film Sentimental Value
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Who are the Founding Fathers and Mothers of American Culture?
Mon 29 Dec 2025
250 years after American Independence, who are key figures that shaped American culture?
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Reviews of the film Marty Supreme, Into the Woods on stage and Natalie Haynes on Immersive Exhibitions
Thu 18 Dec 2025
Plus we review the film Sentimental Value starring Stellan Skarsgård.
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Actor Will Sharpe on playing Mozart in Amadeus
Wed 17 Dec 2025
A new TV adaptation of Peter Shaffer's Mozart.
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Jane Austen at 250 special
Tue 16 Dec 2025
Samira Ahmed and guests discuss one of the English language's most important novelists.
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The great works of Rob Reiner
Mon 15 Dec 2025
Celebrating the career of Hollywood giant Rob Reiner, who was found dead this morning.
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Reviewing Ella McCay plus the film's Oscar-winning writer and director James L. Brooks
Thu 11 Dec 2025
Tom and guests also review the film Lurker, and a short story collection by Joy Williams.
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96-year-old actress June Squibb on her lead role in Scarlett Johansson's Eleanor the Great
Wed 10 Dec 2025
Actress June Squibb on her role in Eleanor The Great; The spate of museum heists in 2025.
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2025 Turner Prize winner; remembering Martin Parr; Bradford’s year as the UK City of Culture
Tue 9 Dec 2025
Turner Prize winner; remembering Martin Parr; Bradford’s year as the UK City of Culture.
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Kate Winslet on Goodbye June
Mon 8 Dec 2025
Kate Winslet on her directorial debut, Goodbye June, starring Helen Mirren.
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Reviewing Paddington The Musical, Jafar Panahi's latest film, and Russell Tovey meets the Sea Devils
Thu 4 Dec 2025
Paddington The Musical, Jafar Panahi's latest film, and Russell Tovey meets the Sea Devils
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Composer Sir John Rutter
Wed 3 Dec 2025
Sir John Rutter on his first purely orchestral album in almost 60 years.
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Updating A Christmas Carol; new sculpture exhibition by blind artists and curators; 2025’s funniest novel
Tue 2 Dec 2025
Updating A Christmas Carol; new exhibition by blind artists; 2025’s funniest novel.
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Front Row remembers Tom Stoppard
Mon 1 Dec 2025
A tribute to the playwright Sir Tom Stoppard, who died on the weekend age 88.
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Review Show: Blue Moon film plus Turner and Constable at Tate Britain
Thu 27 Nov 2025
Tom and guests also discuss Pillion, a film adaptation of Adam Mars-Jones’ novel Box Hill.
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The lead writer of Grand Theft Auto, Dan Houser, on his debut novel.
Wed 26 Nov 2025
Dan Houser, lead writer of Grand Theft Auto, on his book about a game which goes wrong.
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Sydney Sweeney and Pasolini
Tue 25 Nov 2025
Sydney Sweeney on her boxing film Christie. And the life and unsolved death of Pasolini.
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Stranger Things creators The Duffer Brothers on the show's final season
Mon 24 Nov 2025
Stranger Things, fake memoirs and remembering Jimmy Cliff.
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Review Show: The Death of Bunny Munro; TV adaptation of Nick Cave's novel
Thu 20 Nov 2025
The Ice Tower starring Marion Cotillard and Bridget Riley's Learning to See exhibition.
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Actor Joel Edgerton on his new film Train Dreams
Wed 19 Nov 2025
Joel Edgerton on his role as an itinerant logger in Clint Bentley's Train Dreams.
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Vince Gilligan on creating Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, and Pluribus
Tue 18 Nov 2025
Screenwriter Vince Gilligan on creating Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, and now Pluribus
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Actors Bryan Cranston and Marianne Jean-Baptiste. Also, director Jon M Chu
Mon 17 Nov 2025
Actors Bryan Cranston and Marianne Jean-Baptiste. Also, director Jon M Chu.
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We review The Hunger Games on stage, Nuremberg on film and Wild Cherry on TV
Thu 13 Nov 2025
We review The Hunger Games on stage, Nuremberg on film and Wild Cherry on TV.
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Actor Fiona Shaw on her new film Park Avenue
Wed 12 Nov 2025
Actor Fiona Shaw on her new film Park Avenue, plus 50 years of Sex Pistols
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Edgar Wright on The Running Man
Tue 11 Nov 2025
Edgar Wright on The Running Man. Plus Andrew Graham-Dixon on Vermeer.
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