Front Row Episodes Episode guide
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Steve Carell, Brian Tyler, London Borough of Culture
Steve Carell discusses new film Beautiful Boy, a father and son story plagued by addiction
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Octavian, The Killing creator Soren Sveistrup, TS Eliot Prize-winner
Octavian - BBC Music's Sound of 2019, and Soren Sveistrup, creator of The Killing
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Steve Coogan and John C Reilly, Costa First Novel winner Stuart Turton
Steve Coogan and John C Reilly on playing Laurel and Hardy in Stan & Ollie
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Hugh Jackman on The Front Runner, Costa Biography Award winner Bart van Es, Da Vinci loan refusal
Hugh Jackman on playing scandal-hit 1988 US presidential hopeful Gary Hart.
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Comedian Nish Kumar, Acoustics in architecture, 2018 Costa Children’s Book Award winner Hilary McKay
Comedian Nish Kumar, from The Mash Report, on why his new tour is his most political yet.
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Keira Knightley, Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney, Costa Poetry Winner
Keira Knightley on Colette, Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney, Costa Poetry Award winner
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Charlie Brooker on Bandersnatch, Sophie Raworth reveals the Costa Book Award Winners
Charlie Brooker on his ground-breaking new interactive film, Bandersnatch
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Robert Zemeckis, Poet Laureate, The Victorian House of Arts and Crafts
Robert Zemeckis on new film Welcome to Marwen
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Brexit: The Uncivil War, JD Salinger Centenary, Tracy-Ann Oberman
New Brexit drama starring Benedict Cumberbatch as leader of the Leave campaign reviewed.
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Olivia Colman, Luther, Surgery and embroidery
Olivia Colman on her new film The Favourite, and Luther reviewed
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Keeley Hawes
From Bodyguard and The Durrells to Spooks, Keeley Hawes looks back on her career.
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Cultural Quiz of the Year
We test our guests' knowledge of 2018 in the arts.
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An appreciation of the late Amos Oz the Israeli novelist who died today
Amos Oz, a look ahead to the arts events of 2019, Spiderman creator Stan Lee.
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As a generation of choreographers pass, we hear from the new generation rising
Front Row marks the deaths of three great choreographers and hears from the new generation
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Slow radio: Land artist Chris Drury's Morecambe Bay project
Land artist Chris Drury visits his Horizon Line Chamber at Morecambe Bay
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Choirs - a celebration of singing together
A special programme exploring the benefits of choral singing.
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Les Misérables discussed by Andrew Davies, adapter of a new TV version
Screenwriter Andrew Davies on Les Misérables; Christmas literature; Yuletide poems
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Ben Elton on Shakespeare, Call to Action Art, Vanessa Kisuule
Ben Elton on his fascination with Shakespeare. Plus is art becoming more political?
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Lin-Manuel Miranda in Mary Poppins Returns, Hip Hop Musicals, Richard Sherman
Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda on his starring role in Mary Poppins Returns.
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Eileen Atkins, Penny Marshall remembered, The Shining, Sister Bliss
Eileen Atkins looks back over her career, and director Penny Marshall remembered
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John Malkovich on playing Poirot, Why we cry at films, True crime podcasts
John Malkovich plays Poirot, why we cry at films and the phenomenon of crime podcasts.
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The Archers' Canterbury Tales, Watership Down, Gremlins - alternative Christmas film, Putin and Rap
Carole Boyd, Lynda Snell in The Archers, on The Canterbury Tales, with the Ambridge cast.
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Rita Ora, Writing About Sex, Die Hard at 30
Rita Ora on her six-year journey to release her second album, Phoenix.
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Lee Mack, Magic Mike on stage, Prose poetry
Not Going Out's Lee Mack, and Magic Mike on stage
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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Aquaman, Mike Bartlett
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and Aquaman reviewed, and playwright Mike Bartlett
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Mortal Engines, Tenancy, Ren Hang, Martin Jenkinson
Mortal Engines reviewed, photographers Ren Hang and Martin Jenkinson discussed.
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Tamara Lawrance, The 1975's Matty Healy, Meet Vermeer
Actress Tamara Lawrance on BBC One's adaption of Andrea Levy novel The Long Song
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Springsteen on Broadway, Disfigured Villains, Beautiful Books for Christmas
Review of Bruce Springsteen's new film Springsteen on Broadway
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Jimmy McGovern, Tania Bruguera, Arts and insomnia
Screenwriter Jimmy McGovern on his new BBC One drama Care, Cuban artist Tania Bruguera
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Maggi Hambling, Ellie Kendrick, Beastie Boys
Maggi Hambling on her portraits of artists, and Beastie Boys on 40 years in hip hop