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Front Row Episodes

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    The Chicks, Hammed Animashaun, Liz Johnson Artur

    The Chicks, the biggest selling U.S. female band, on their new album Gaslighter.

  2. Anish Kapoor, The Plot Against America, Rachel De-Lahay, drive in comedy

    Review of The Plot Against America, Rachel De-Lahay, Anish Kapoor, Daniel Sloss.

  3. The Kanneh-Masons, Minack Theatre, Imran Perretta

    Isata and Sheku Kanneh-Mason perform live from their family home.

  4. Philip Pullman on Northern Lights 25 years on, Mrs America reviewed, Simon Schama

    Philip Pullman and Northern Lights 25 years on, Simon Schama and a review of Mrs America.

  5. Katori Hall; cinema after lockdown; documenting empty arts spaces

    US playwright Katori Hall; the future of cinema after lockdown.

  6. Rufus Wainwright, Neil Mendoza, Tate Bursaries, Ringo at 80

    Rufus Wainwright, Neil Mendoza, Tate Bursaries and Ringo Starr at 80.

  7. Funding for the arts, Wayne McGregor, Ennio Morricone

    Arts funding - is it enough? Wayne McGregor's new ballet and a tribute to Ennio Morricone.

  8. Theatres in pink, David Pickard on the BBC Proms, Friday Review on Hamilton, Decolonising arts curriculum in school

    Theatres wrapped in pink to campaign for survival.

  9. The Secrets She Keeps, Fyzal Boulifa, Urdu poetry in Bradford

    The Secrets She Keeps, Fyzal Boulifa on his new film Lynn + Lucy, Urdu poetry in Bradford.

  10. Director Werner Herzog, actor Danny Sapani, Watford bookclub

    Werner Herzog on his latest film, Danny Sapani on play Les Blancs, Watford's big bookclub.

  11. The Arts in Crisis

    Simon Rattle and other leading figures discuss the crisis facing the arts.

  12. Kevin Kwan, Annilese Miskimmon of ENO, Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley

    Kevin Kwan, author of the Crazy Rich Asians novels, and ENO's Annilese Miskimmon

  13. Michael Palin, The Last of Us Part II reviewed, Anthony Thwaite, Rethink - Nicola Triscott, Roadmap to Reopening Theatres

    Michael Palin on Waiting for Godot

  14. Crisis in theatre, Stuart Evers new novel, Eurovision the film, Bristol’s Colston statue

    Theatre Royal Plymouth in crisis, Stuart Evers novel, Eurovision the film, Colston statue.

  15. Griselda Pollock

    Griselda Pollock, the first art historian to win the prestigious Holberg Prize.

  16. Rethink The Arts

    Rethinking the arts for a post Covid-19 world.

  17. Talking Heads, Jarvis Cocker, Thomas Clay

    We review the remake of Alan Bennett's Talking Heads and consider the art of the monologue

  18. Rebel Wilson, Ian Holm remembered, Bob Dylan, The Luminaries

    Rebel Wilson on her TV series Last One Laughing, and actor Sir Ian Holm remembered.

  19. Vera Lynn remembered, guitarist Sean Shibe, PlacePrints audio plays reviewed, Poetry from Alison Brackenbury

    Tributes to Dame Vera Lynn, guitarist Sean Shibe and PlacePrints audio plays reviewed.

  20. Judd Apatow, Carnegie and Greenaway Medals for children's literature, job losses in theatre, Alison Brackenbury

    Judd Apatow on The King of Staten Island, and the Carnegie and Greenaway winners announced

  21. Jean Toomer's Cane adapted, Bloomsday, Alison Brackenbury, Museums in lockdown

    Jean Toomer's Cane adapted, Bloomsday, Alison Brackenbury, Museums in lockdown

  22. Tracey Emin, Alison Brackenbury, Book Covers

    Tracey Emin on the artworks she has produced during lockdown.

  23. The Salisbury Poisonings, Víkingur Ólafsson, Walter Scott Prize, Pilgrims

    TV drama The Salisbury Poisonings, and Víkingur Ólafsson's final performance for Front Row

  24. Simon Bird, Whiteness, Ruth Patterson, Tony Walsh

    Simon Bird on Days of the Bagnold Summer, Whiteness discussed, Ruth Patterson, Tony Walsh

  25. Robert Lindsay, Tony Hall, How to make a new musical

    Robert Lindsay on his first acting job 50 years ago. Plus BBC DG Tony Hall.

  26. Spike Lee; Hope Mirrlees' Paris - A Poem; and are we being more creative in lockdown?

    Spike Lee on Da 5 Bloods, his film about African American veterans returning to Vietnam.

  27. Michaela Coel, The Comedy Women in Print Prize, Bristol's Colston statue

    Actor and writer Michaela Coel on I May Destroy You, and Bristol's Colston statue.

  28. Víkingur Ólafsson, David Greig, El Presidente, Inclusive publishing

    Víkingur Ólafsson performs Bach. Plus David Greig's new play.

  29. Andrew Patterson, Writing about Race, Mark Damazer Chair of Booker Prize Foundation

    Andrew Patterson on The Vast of Night, an homage to 50s sci-fi TV.

  30. David Tennant and Michael Sheen in Staged, Ethiopian poetry, Talking About Race

    Staged, starring David Tennant and Michael Sheen, and an anthology of Ethiopian poetry.

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