Front Row Episodes Episode guide
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Football Inspired Art, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Bruntwood Playwriting Prize winner, Chornobyldorf opera
Football inspired exhibitions at the Walker Art Gallery and at Tottenham Hotspur's stadium
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Crime writer Michael Connelly, Folk trio Lady Maisery
Crime writer Michael Connelly, folk trio Lady Maisery, publishing controversial books.
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BBC Centenary, The Art of Radio, Joy Whitby, Climate Fiction
Celebrating the centenary of BBC Radio, Play School creator Joy Whitby, Climate Fiction
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The Crown, Jafar Panahi's No Bears, Jez Butterworth, Goldsmiths Prize
The Crown plus No Bears reviewed; winner of the fiction prize; Jez Butterworth on Mammals
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Black Panther Director Ryan Coogler, Photographer Craig Easton
Black Panther director Ryan Coogler, museums in crisis, photographer Craig Easton.
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Jennifer Lawrence, mandolin player Chris Thile, Chokepoint Capitalism
Jennifer Lawrence and director Lila Neugebauer discuss their new film, Causeway.
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Arts Council Funding, the art of the infographic, film director Tas Brooker
Arts Council funding, the art of the infographic, film director Tas Brooker.
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The English and Living reviewed, Royal Opera's Director of Opera Oliver Mears
'The English', starring Emily Blunt and Chaske Spencer, reviewed.
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Live from Cardiff with Connor Allen, Zoë Skoulding and music from Catrin Finch and Aoife Ni Bhriain
Front Row from Cardiff with music from harpist Catrin Finch and violinist Aoife Ni Bhriain
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Nick Hornby, dancer Cecilia Iliesiu, Derek Owusu and Anthony Anaxagorou
Nick Hornby on Dickens & Prince, Cecilia Iliesiu, poets Derek Owusu & Anthony Anaxagorou
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Alison Lapper on Sarah Biffin, Ric Renton, Plastics at the V&A Dundee
Alison Lapper on Sarah Biffin, Ric Renton on his play One Off, Plastics at the V&A Dundee.
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Tammy Faye musical, Paul Newman's memoir, Daniel Arsham, Simon Armitage
The new musical from Elton John; artist Daniel Arsham; Simon Armitage on the BBC centenary
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Turn It Up: The Power of Music exhibition; The Turner Prize at Tate Liverpool; Linton Kwesi Johnson
Turn It Up: The Power of Music exhibition at Manchester's Science and Industry Museum
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Eliza Carthy, Ruben Östlund, Brutalist Architecture
Eliza Carthy plays live, film director Ruben Östlund on Triangle of Sadness.
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Taylor Swift and Arctic Monkeys
New Taylor Swift and Arctic Monkeys albums reviewed and horror in art and film discussed.
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Front Row reviews popular culture of 1922
To mark the BBC’s centenary, Front Row reviews the popular culture of 1922.
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Martin McDonagh on The Banshees of Inisherin and The Royal National Mòd
Martin McDonagh on The Banshees of Inisherin and The Royal National Mòd.
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New theatre @sohoplace, director Edward Berger, Jenny Beavan on fair pay for costume designers
New London theatre @sohoplace, director Edward Berger, fair pay for costume designers.
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The Booker Prize for Fiction 2022
Samira Ahmed hosts the ceremony live from the Roundhouse in London.
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Hieroglyphs at the British Museum, Emily Brontë biopic, Shehan Karunatilaka
Hieroglyphs at the British Museum, Emily Brontë biopic, Shehan Karunatilaka.
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Live from Belfast with Ruth McGinley, Conor Mitchell, Claire Keegan
Pianist Ruth McGinley on her album AURA and Conor Mitchell on Propaganda: A New Musical.
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Camilla George, Elizabeth Strout and Iranian artist Soheila Sokhanvari
Saxophonist Camilla George, Elizabeth Strout and Iranian artist Soheila Sokhanvari
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Alan Garner Booker Shortlisted, Orfeo Reimagined, Baz Luhrmann on Peter Brook
Alan Garner on his Booker shortlisted novel, Treacle Eater, exploring the nature of time.
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Booker-nominated author Percival Everett, The Lost King reviewed
Front Row reviews The Lost King and the Science Fiction exhibition at the Science Museum.
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Björk, NoViolet Bulawayo, James Bond at 60
Björk on her new album, Booker Prize nominee NoViolet Bulawayo, and Bond, James Bond.
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BBC National Short Story Award and BBC Young Writers' Award winners
We announce the winners of the BBC National Short Story Award and Young Writers’ Award.
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Viola Davis in The Woman King, playwright Rona Munro and artist Amy Sherald
Viola Davis and director Gina Prince-Bythewood discuss historical epic The Woman King.
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Shakespeare North Playhouse and artist Samson Kambalu
A review of A Midsummer Night's Dream, Peaky Blinders as dance, and artist Samson Kambalu.
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The Blackwater Lightship, Filmmaker Kirsty Bell, Black Art
Colm Toibin's novel on stage; debut director of A Bird Flew In; the history of black art.
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Anthony Roth Costanzo, Unboxed's See Monster, and the cost of living crisis
Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo, Unboxed's See Monster, and the cost of living crisis