Front Row

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Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music

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Thursday · 42 min
Review Show: Kristin Scott Thomas in Chekhov's play The Cherry Orchard
Plus survival thriller Whalefall and Elif Shafak's novel about Gustave Flaubert.
Wednesday · 42 min
Comedian Leo Reich on his Channel 4 sitcom It Gets Worse
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
Tuesday · 42 min
Anne-Marie Duff, M John Harrison, Bayreuth 150th anniversary
Samira talks to Anne-Marie Duff and M John Harrison, the 150th anniversary of Bayreuth.
October 12 · 42 min
Christine Baranski and Richard E Grant on Hay Fever
Also Douglas Stuart, London Film Festival and AI writing prize-winning books.
October 8 · 42 min
Review Show: The Social Reckoning, The 90s at Tate Britain and reaction to Nobel Prize winner Anne Carson
Plus Barbara Kingsolver's new novel Partita.
October 7 · 42 min
Does the discovery of a 'talkie' made in 1926 change cinema history?
News of a film made in 1926 which pioneered the use of new sound and audio technology.
October 6 · 42 min
Johnny Marr on his new album
Monet's letters and Booker shortlisted author Rebecca Perry.
October 5 · 42 min
SNL, Paul Greengrass, The Bayeux Tapestry and Sarah Hall
Saturday Night Live, film director Paul Greengrass, Booker-nominated novelist Sarah Hall
October 1 · 42 min
Review Show: Tom Cruise in the film Digger
Sienna Miller and Dominic West in Sky legal drama War and The Standard of Living play.
September 30 · 42 min
Actors David Harewood and Sir Simon Russell Beale
Simon Russell Beale on playing Liberace on stage and David Harewood on his new legal drama
September 29 · 42 min
BBC National Short Story Award and Young Writers Award 2026
The winners of both prizes are announced live from BBC Broadcasting House.
September 28 · 42 min
Es Devlin retrospective, Sebastian Faulks, Turner Prize, Apple Music Hall
Stage designer Es Devlin, novelist Sebastian Faulks, the Turner Prize and Apple Music Hall
September 24 · 42 min
Front Row at the Contains Strong Language festival
A special edition of Front Row from the BBC's Contains Strong Language festival
September 23 · 42 min
Review Show: Exit Party by Emily St John Mandel, South Korean alien invasion thriller Hope and an adaptation of 1984.
Our critics review three new dystopian thrillers - in novel form, on screen and on stage.
September 22 · 42 min
Comedian Russell Kane on playing an older Romeo
John Coltrane's centenary and the Booker Prize shortlist 2026.
September 21 · 42 min
Roger Taylor, drummer from the super band Queen, on his latest album
Plus the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, and ex-politicans under pressure in The Wargame.
September 17 · 42 min
Review Show: Rose Tremain’s The Housekeeper, inspired by Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca
Plus film Queen at Sea starring Juliette Binoche and Thelma & Louise the musical.
September 16 · 42 min
The Proclaimers on their new album, You May Offend
Novelist Kate Atkinson on her new novel, Our Noble Selves.
September 15 · 42 min
Hermione Lee on her biography of the notoriously private author Anita Brookner
Plus Ian McCulloch on Echo & the Bunnymen's new album.
September 14 · 42 min
The Beatles' early days, Juliette Binoche's directorial debut, Jack Thorne
Samira talks to Hunter Davies, Juliette Binoche, Jack Thorne and Lucy Caldwell.

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