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Front Row Episodes

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    James McAvoy in Filth; Dizzee Rascal; director Lucy Walker; young Poets Laureate

    Arts news with John Wilson, including the verdict on James McAvoy in Filth.

  2. Saoirse Ronan; Thatcher meets the Queen; Erotic art from Japan

    Mark Lawson meets actress Saoirse Ronan, who stars in the film How I Live Now.

  3. David Tennant and Gregory Doran; Bill Bryson; Sex on film and TV

    Mark Lawson talks to David Tennant as he prepares to play Richard II at the RSC, Stratford

  4. Sunshine on Leith; Adil Ray; Malcolm Mackay; Art Under Attack

    Mark Lawson reports on Art Under Attack, an exhibition about physical attacks on artworks.

  5. Austenland, Stephen Poliakoff, Hannah Kent, Elmgreen and Dragset

    Kirsty Lang talks to Stephen Poliakoff, and Viv Groskop reviews romantic comedy Austenland

  6. Atlantis; Michael Morpurgo; Hannah Arendt; BBC National Short Story Award

    Arts news with Kirsty Lang, including a review of the new family drama Atlantis.

  7. Johnny Vegas, William Boyd, BBC Short Story Award

    Mark Lawson meets writer William Boyd, as he publishes a new James Bond novel.

  8. Fourth Plinth art; Stephen King reviewed; Alfred and Adrian Brendel; BBC Short Story Award

    Mark Lawson on the artworks competing to occupy the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square.

  9. Hugh Jackman; The Wrong Mans; BBC National Short Story Award 2013

    Mark Lawson reviews Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal in the film thriller Prisoners.

  10. BBC Short Story Award; Jack Vettriano retrospective; poet John Cooper Clarke

    The BBC National Short Story Award 2013 shortlist; Jack Vettriano retrospective review.

  11. Woody Allen interview, with Sally Hawkins and Mike Leigh

    Mark Lawson interviews Woody Allen, whose new film Blue Jasmine stars Cate Blanchett.

  12. David Walliams and Sheridan Smith; poet Dannie Abse at 90; Booker Prize changes

    Mark Lawson talks to David Walliams and Sheridan Smith, on stage in a Shakespeare comedy.

  13. Sting; Australian art at the Royal Academy

    John Wilson reports on a major exhibition of Australian art, on show at the Royal Academy.

  14. Derek Jacobi; Naomi Watts on Diana; Orphan Black

    Mark Lawson talks to actor Derek Jacobi as he publishes his autobiography.

  15. Mark Rylance; prisons on television; actors on songs

    Mark Rylance on directing Vanessa Redgrave and James Earl Jones. Plus TV prison dramas.

  16. Francis Bacon meets Henry Moore; Manic Street Preachers; Jason Byrne; In a World

    Arts news with John Wilson. Francis Bacon and Henry Moore paired in a new exhibition.

  17. Mercury Music Prize, Patrick Leigh Fermor, Dennis Kelly

    Mark Lawson presents news of the shortlist for the Mercury Prize for album of the year.

  18. Lee Evans, White House Down, Man Booker shortlist

    John Wilson with news of the shortlist for the Man Booker Prize for fiction.

  19. Rush; Ian Hislop and Nick Newman; Thomas Pynchon's new novel

    Mark Lawson reviews Rush, a film about the rivalry between Niki Lauda and James Hunt.

  20. Cillian Murphy, Mira Nair, revenge songs, Million Second Quiz

    Cillian Murphy on TV drama Peaky Blinders; director Mira Nair; revenge songs.

  21. Alan Cumming; Marlowe's Edward II; new feminist comedians

    National Theatre's Edward II reviewed; Alan Cumming on his new film; new feminist comedy.

  22. Actress Tamsin Greig; novelist Jonathan Coe; Martin Bailey on Van Gogh's Sunflowers

    Actress Tamsin Greig; novelist Jonathan Coe; Martin Bailey on his Van Gogh discoveries.

  23. Stephen Fry; Liz Lochhead on The Great Tapestry of Scotland; The Great Beauty

    Stephen Fry on Verdi and Wagner; The Great Beauty - acclaimed at Cannes - reviewed.

  24. About Time reviewed; UB40 interview; school documentaries

    Richard Curtis' About Time reviewed; reggae group UB40; documentaries set in schools.

  25. Seamus Heaney tribute

    Mark Lawson and guests reflect on the life and work of poet Seamus Heaney.

  26. Simon Schama, Big Data art, Night of the Demon

    Arts news with Kirsty Lang, including historian Simon Schama on The Story of the Jews.

  27. Conductor Marin Alsop, Philip French, Jean Seberg, returning TV series

    Mark Lawson interviews Marin Alsop, the first woman to conduct the Last Night of the Proms

  28. One Direction film; John Byrne; director Nic Roeg; the comedy 'straight man'

    One Direction film, John Byrne's new mural in Edinburgh, and film director Nic Roeg.

  29. Harrogate Crime Writing Festival

    With Mark Lawson, who reports from the 2013 Harrogate Crime Writing Festival.

  30. We're the Millers; Terry Gilliam; Franz Ferdinand; Bob Dylan portraits

    We're the Millers reviewed, Franz Ferdinand, Terry Gilliam and portraits by Bob Dylan.

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