Front Row Episodes Episode guide
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William Boyd's first play; Hilary Mantel; Seven Deadly Sins
William Boyd's first stage play; Hilary Mantel; musicians take on the Seven Deadly Sins.
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David Bowie - the Return
John Wilson assesses David Bowie's music and influence in the light of a new album.
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Mark Strong: comedy duo Anna and Katy; Tash Aw
Actor Mark Strong on Welcome to the Punch; comedy duo Anna and Katy; author Tash Aw.
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Side Effects; Lara Croft's comeback
Side Effects reviewed; Lara Croft's comeback; artist Chuck Close; bomb disposal comedy.
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Oz the Great and Powerful; Julia O'Faolain; Written on Skin
Oz the Great and Powerful; George Benjamin and Martin Crimp on their opera Written on Skin
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Yinka Shonibare; playing prime ministers on stage; film classification
Artist Yinka Shonibare, portraying the PM on stage, and UK attitudes to film censorship.
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Best-selling British solo artist Robbie Williams
John Wilson talks to Robbie Williams, who reflects on the highs and lows of his career.
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Edith Pearlman; Trelawny of the Wells review; crime TV
Joe Wright's stage debut Trelawny of the Wells; author Edith Pearlman; new TV crime dramas
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Claire Foy, Dinos Chapman and The Bay
Claire Foy on playing Lady Macbeth; Dinos Chapman turns to music; eco-horror The Bay.
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Sue Perkins, Brett Anderson, and Arbitrage reviewed
Sue Perkins, Brett Anderson from Suede, and a review of Richard Gere in Arbitrage.
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Damien Hirst; To the Wonder
Damien Hirst on humour in art, To the Wonder review, RB Kitaj, Marc Isaacs on The Road.
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Jacksons interview; Banksy auction
Jackson brothers Jackie, Marlon and Tito; Meera Syal in a new global debt play.
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A Chorus Line: Song for Marion; new play about football pioneer Walter Tull
A Chorus Line; new film Song for Marion reviewed; footballer Walter Tull's life on stage.
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Nicole Kidman, Margaret Forster, Cloud Atlas
Mark Lawson talks to Nicole Kidman and Margaret Forster and reviews the film Cloud Atlas.
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Paul Abbott; the art of Roy Lichtenstein; tribute to Richard Briers
Mark Lawson visits a major exhibition of work by pioneering pop artist Roy Lichtenstein.
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Simon Beaufoy; Rokia Traore and Salif Keita; novelist John Green
Screenwriter Simon Beaufoy, Malian musicians Rokia Traore and Salif Keita, and John Green.
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Skyfall title sequence; Picasso show; Nairobi crime fiction
Creating the title sequence for Skyfall; Picasso's breakthrough year; a Nairobi detective.
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Duchamp, Mark Ravenhill goes running, and actor David Oyelowo
Marcel Duchamp, Mark Ravenhill goes running, actor David Oyelowo and dangling storylines.
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Mea Maxima Culpa, Ray Cooney, Marianne Elliott
Catholic documentary Mea Maxima Culpa reviewed; director Marianne Elliott; Ray Cooney.
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Ben Affleck, Jonathan Miller and Barrie Rutter, This Is 40
Ben Affleck, Jonathan Miller on his return to the stage, and the verdict on This Is 40.
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Tracey Thorn; Gael García Bernal; Warm Bodies; Show tunes
Gael García Bernal in Pinochet's Chile, singer Tracey Thorn, and zom-rom-com Warm Bodies.
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David Morrissey, Jake Bugg, Glam! at Tate Liverpool
John Wilson reports on Glam! at Tate Liverpool; actor David Morrissey; singer Jake Bugg.
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Comedian Harry Hill and Hollywood actor John C Reilly
Harry Hill on his return to stand-up comedy, plus Hollywood actor John C Reilly.
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Hopkins as Hitchcock, Ice Age, Antony Sher
Ice Age artefacts, Anthony Hopkins as Hitchcock, Antony Sher on Richard III's skeleton.
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Terry and Bill Jones, Chiwetel Ejiofor, I Give It a Year
Includes Terry and Bill Jones on Graham Chapman, actor Chiwetel Ejiofor, I Give It a Year.
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Charles Dance, author John Green, French cinema's forgotten man
Actor Charles Dance, theatre in tunnels beneath London, and French cinema's forgotten man.
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Lesley Garrett, British Sea Power and House of Cards
Lesley Garrett back on the opera stage, plus a new American version of House of Cards.
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Rowan Atkinson on stage, Costa winner Hilary Mantel, and Samuel West
Rowan Atkinson on stage, Costa-winner Hilary Mantel and Samuel West in Hyde Park on Hudson
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Light Show; the life of Benjamin Britten; Port reviewed
The art of light; Benjamin Britten's latest biographer; new play set in Stockport reviewed
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Kristin Scott Thomas and Lia Williams; Kurt Schwitters exhibition
Kristin Scott Thomas and Lia Williams on performing Pinter; the art of Kurt Schwitters.