Front RowEpisodes Episode guide
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20/08/2026
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
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19/08/2026
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
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18/08/2026
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
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17/08/2026
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
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13/08/2026
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
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12/08/2026
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
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11/08/2026
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
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10/08/2026
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
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06/08/2026
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
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Live from the Edinburgh Festivals: Stockard Channing on directing Krapp's Last Tape
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
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04/08/2026
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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03/08/2026
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
Lawrence Osborne's new cat-and-mouse thriller and a debut British film.
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How the opiod crisis inspired an opera
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
Mary Beard, chair of the judges for the 2026 Booker Prize.
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Bill Oddie, remembered by his friend Graeme Garden
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
Plus fishing romance drama On the Sea.
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Andrew Ridgeley on Wham in China
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
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
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
The Oresteia on stage and Avni Doshi's novel The First House.
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Heartstopper creator Alice Oseman
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
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.
Diane Morgan on her new BBC comedy, Ann Droid.
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Review Show: The Rolling Stones album Foreign Tongues
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
The last album from The Specials; Female photographers as social activists.
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Ai Weiwei in Manchester
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
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
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
Kazuo Ishiguro speaks to Kirsty Wark about his fascination for trains
