Front Row Advent Calendar

Abba’s Benny Andersson explains how he co-wrote The Winner Takes It All

Poet Daljit Nagra reads and rates a volume of Adrian Mole's verse

Matthew Sweet champions whales while Tom Holland is on the side of the dinosaurs

"That kiss is a marvellous lesbionic moment"

Ed Sheeran's manager Stuart Camp explains what it takes to create a pop star

The Hollywood star on having lunch with Hitchcock and how Billy Wilder terrified Monroe

Chris Livett, a Thames Waterman, talks about the river in the time of Handel

Joan Bakewell talks to Kirsty Lang about seeing her affair with Pinter portrayed on stage

Slam poet and playwright Kat Francois creates a 'Golden Shovel' poem

Vladimir & Anton perform Those Were the Days from their album ‘Live’

The actress and singer talks about how she captured the spirit of Billie Holiday on stage

The Gallagher brothers on why we've seen the last of Oasis

Before she was honoured at the Oscars, Viola Davis discusses the importance of awards

"I'm not totally comfortable being gay, whereas he absolutely loves it"

Scottish poet Jackie Kay reads a poem called Would Jane Eyre Come to the Information Desk?

Brian Cox and casting director Leo Davis talk about the challenges of playing real people

Saxophonist and writer John Harle tries his best to pass on the secrets of the saxophone

"Gender doesn't count anymore. What matters is desire in every form"

Phoenix Nights co-writer and comedian Dave Spikey on his lucky underpants

BBC Pidgin reporter Helen Oyibo performs Shakespeare's Sonnet 18

The architect Daniel Libeskind talks about how he was an accordion virtuoso at age 12

How the song inspired Will to come out as a teenager

The world-class soprano Latonia Moore gives her singing tips and names her karaoke song

The bestselling novelist reveals her tried and tested methods to beat writer's block