Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
Episodes to download
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Late-night shows under fire
Mon 22 Sep 2025
Another late-night host gets fired for offending Trump - we discuss the industry fallout.
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Front Row at the Contains Strong Language festival in Bradford
Thu 18 Sep 2025
A special edition of Front Row live from the Contains Strong Language festival in Bradford
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Review Show: Ian McEwan's new novel and Small Acts of Love at Glasgow's Citizens Theatre
Wed 17 Sep 2025
Kirsty Wark and her guests discuss novelist Ian McEwan's latest book, What We Can Know.
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Robert Redford remembered, Mark Ronson and Picasso on stage
Tue 16 Sep 2025
Hollywood icon Robert Redford remembered and hit record producer Mark Ronson on his memoir
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Robert Plant and Alan Moore
Mon 15 Sep 2025
Robert Plant on his new album, and comic book legend Alan Moore gives a rare interview.
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Review Show: David Bowie Centre and the 91¸£ÀûÉç National Short Story Award Shortlist
Thu 11 Sep 2025
Plus the film Spinal Tap II and Jung Chang’s sequel to her best-selling memoir Wild Swans.
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The Grand Finale of Downton Abbey
Wed 10 Sep 2025
The Grand Finale of Downton Abbey. Plus bestselling writer Adam Kay on his debut novel.
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Marks and Gran on Freud and Hitler, Jeneba Kanneh-Mason performance, Medea on stage and screen
Tue 9 Sep 2025
Birds of a Feather creators Marks and Gran on their new play about Freud and Hitler.
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Maxine Peake on Mary Whitehouse, West End star Marisha Wallace
Mon 8 Sep 2025
Maxine Peake, Marisha Wallace, and a rediscovered book about the rise of the Nazis
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Review Show: CMAT's new album, The Office spin-off series The Paper, Jacob Elordi in On Swift Horses
Thu 4 Sep 2025
CMAT's new album Euro-Country, sitcom spin-off The Paper and gay romance On Swift Horses.
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Bryan Adams’ new album, plus writer Damian Barr
Wed 3 Sep 2025
The Canadian rock legend on his new music, and the Maggie & Me author’s latest novel.
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Aaron Sorkin on adapting Harper Lee's novel To Kill Aa Mockingbird for the stage
Tue 2 Sep 2025
Aaron Sorkin on To Kill a Mockingbird, Bradford Live, Toyah Willcox, Raymond Antrobus.
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Sebastian Faulks' memoir
Mon 1 Sep 2025
Sebastian Faulks' memoir, St Etienne play live, the return of sketch show TV.
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Review: Historical TV epic King and Conqueror, and Boudicca's Daughter by Elodie Harper
Thu 21 Aug 2025
Plus film Young Mothers, and the 5-year project celebrating dramatist Brian Friel.
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Indigenous Australian didgeridoo virtuoso William Barton performs live
Wed 20 Aug 2025
The Director of the Edinburgh Comedy Awards reveals this year's shortlist.
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Tom Hiddleston on becoming a dancing accountant in new Stephen King film, The Life of Chuck
Tue 19 Aug 2025
Tom Hiddleston, Sir Anish Kapoor, A Good Yarn in Bradford, Noises Off in Scarborough.
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Should Stephen Fry play Lady Bracknell? Author R.F. Kuang and Marlowe and Shakespeare
Mon 18 Aug 2025
Samira Ahmed talks to Rebecca Kuang and discusses genderblind casting.
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Review show: Brigadoon at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
Thu 14 Aug 2025
Brigadoon in Regent's Park, The Bitter Water of the Lake by Giulia Caminito.
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Our critics' guide to the best theatre at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Wed 13 Aug 2025
Mary Queen of Scots as a punk and a rock star. Plus our critics' picks of the Fringe.
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Norwich Castle reopening, plus director Adrian Noble
Tue 12 Aug 2025
Historian Alice Loxton on Norwich Castle's £27 million revamp. Plus director Adrian Noble.
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Peter Sellers at 100
Mon 11 Aug 2025
The BFI has launched a new season of Peter Sellers films to mark his centenary.
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Review: Alien Earth series plus Rom-Com Materialists
Thu 7 Aug 2025
Noah Hawley on bringing the sci fi-franchise Alien to the small screen as Alien: Earth.
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Special edition from the Edinburgh Festivals with guests including Emmy and Olivier Award-winning actor Brian Cox
Wed 6 Aug 2025
Kirsty Wark with conversation, comedy and music from the Edinburgh Festivals.
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Sean Hayes, from Will & Grace, on his Tony Award-winning stage show Good Night, Oscar
Tue 5 Aug 2025
Sean Hayes' play opens in London and how composer Shostakovich survived Stalin's purges.
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Review Show: The Naked Gun, Madonna, Paul Weller, The Assassin
Thu 31 Jul 2025
The Naked Gun, The Assassin, new albums from Paul Weller and Madonna.
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Artist Andy Goldsworthy on his five-decade retrospective exhibition.
Wed 30 Jul 2025
Artist Andy Goldsworthy on his new exhibition which spans a five-decade career.
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Motherland writer Helen Serafinowicz on making her debut as a playwright with a Liverpool legend
Tue 29 Jul 2025
Booker Prize longlist examined, and the redeveloped National Science and Media Museum.
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Tom Lehrer remembered, plus Nick Drake's unreleased songs
Mon 28 Jul 2025
Tribute to Tom Lehrer by fellow songwriter Richard Stilgoe.
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Review Show: Burlesque the Musical
Thu 24 Jul 2025
Burlesque the Musical, Washington Black on Disney Plus, German black comedy Dying.
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