Front Row Podcast
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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Review show: Childhood in War, Children of Wolves and kids in Luton
Thursday
Lawrence Osborne's new cat-and-mouse thriller and a debut British film.
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How the opiod crisis inspired an opera
Wednesday
Composer Missy Mazzoli on her opera The Galloping Cure.
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Mary Beard reveals the Booker Prize longlist, plus Bill Pullman on taking on Chekhov
Tuesday
Mary Beard, chair of the judges for the 2026 Booker Prize.
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Bill Oddie, remembered by his friend Graeme Garden
Last Monday
Bill Oddie remembered, Frank Miller on Batman and Children's Laureate, Patrice Lawrence.
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Review Show: Trainspotting the Musical, Colson Whitehead's new novel
Thu 23 Jul 2026
Plus fishing romance drama On the Sea.
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Andrew Ridgeley on Wham in China
Wed 22 Jul 2026
Wham's Andrew Ridgeley; The impact of Fleabag on 10 years of TV; The art of costume making
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Ruth Madeley on new TV drama The Rapture, Nadine Shah on her BBC Prom
Tue 21 Jul 2026
Ruth Madeley on starring in new TV thriller The Rapture, and Nadine Shah on her BBC Prom.
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The first PM with an English degree, plus a new museum of WWII espionage
Mon 20 Jul 2026
Samira talks to the man who taught Andy Burnham English Literature.
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Review: Christopher Nolan's film The Odyssey with Matt Damon and Zendaya
Thu 16 Jul 2026
The Oresteia on stage and Avni Doshi's novel The First House.
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Heartstopper creator Alice Oseman
Wed 15 Jul 2026
What made Heartstopper such a phenomenon with young people?
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Christopher Nolan on his film The Odyssey, Little House on the Prairie, novelist Candice Carty-Williams
Tue 14 Jul 2026
Film-maker Christopher Nolan on transforming the ancient Greece epic for the big screen.
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Diane Morgan on playing a robot in TV comedy Ann Droid.
Mon 13 Jul 2026
Diane Morgan on her new BBC comedy, Ann Droid.
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Review Show: The Rolling Stones album Foreign Tongues
Thu 9 Jul 2026
AI and humanity explored in the play Robota and Disney Live Action remakes.
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Lynval Golding of The Specials on the band's swansong album
Wed 8 Jul 2026
The last album from The Specials; Female photographers as social activists.
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Ai Weiwei in Manchester
Tue 7 Jul 2026
Ai Weiwei's largest site-specific show, and Nassim Soleimanpour on his groundbreaking play
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Madonna's Confessions II album, Daphne du Maurier, Sky buying ITV
Mon 6 Jul 2026
Plus the US cultural events to mark 250 years of independence.
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Review Show: Penélope Cruz in The Invite, Pride the Musical
Thu 2 Jul 2026
And debut novel Trouble Was by Charlotte Edwardes.
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Nobel Prize-winning author Kazuo Ishiguro on his passion for films featuring trains
Wed 1 Jul 2026
Kazuo Ishiguro speaks to Kirsty Wark about his fascination for trains
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Dave Eggers on his new novel Contrapposto and Supergirl director Craig Gillespie
Tue 30 Jun 2026
As Michael Caine's Odyssey is released, we discuss actors licencing themselves for AI.
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Penelope Keith tribute, Russell Tovey, Katherine Rundell on fairy tales
Mon 29 Jun 2026
Tribute to Penelope Keith, Russell Tovey, Katherine Rundell on fairy tales.
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Review Show: Frida Kahlo, Mads Mikkelsen in The Last Viking, Museum of the Year
Thu 25 Jun 2026
The Last Viking film and novel Natural Disaster by Lisa Owens. Plus Museum of the Year.
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Lauren Child on 25 years of Charlie & Lola
Wed 24 Jun 2026
Former children's laureate Lauren Child on her new book.
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Bill Nighy on acting, podcasting and style tips
Tue 23 Jun 2026
Bill Nighy on his latest film, and the Carnegie Medal winners for Writing and Illustration
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Linda Perry sings live, and we celebrate Mel Brooks' 100th birthday
Mon 22 Jun 2026
And we mark the work of James Burrows; from Cheers and Friends to The Big Bang Theory
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Review: Anish Kapoor, Virginia Woolf's Night and Day, Toy Story 5
Thu 18 Jun 2026
Tom also talks to Toy Story 5 director Andrew Stanton.
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Katherine Hepburn novel, plus the Obama Presidential Center opens
Wed 17 Jun 2026
Rain at National Library of Scotland, Katharine Hepburn, Obama Presidential Center.
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A new Brian Epstein biography and how Estonia is protecting its cultural treasures from potential attack
Tue 16 Jun 2026
Also, we celebrate the life and work of special effects pioneer Brian Johnson.
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David Hockney special
Mon 15 Jun 2026
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
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Review: Steven Spielberg's alien film Disclosure Day
Thu 11 Jun 2026
Plus TV series Cape Fear, with Amy Adams and Javier Bardem and a M. C. Escher exhibition.
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Scotland's National Poet Peter Mackay honours the country's football team
Wed 10 Jun 2026
Scotland's Makar Peter Mackay; Crime writer Denise Mina; Staging outdoor theatre.
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