Front Row Episodes Episode guide
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Michael Sheen, Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant's favourite novel and review of television series Ackley Bridge
Michael Sheen on his career, TV drama Ackley Bridge, Robert Plant on his favourite novel.
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Mondrian - the complete works; Arts and politics; Playwright Alice Birch; 40 years of Bob Marley's Exodus
'The Discovery of Mondrian' with Jonathan Jones and Alice Birch on Anatomy of a Suicide.
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Salma Hayek, Anna of the Five Towns and Wonder Woman Merchandising
Samira Ahmed talks to Salma Hayek and explores Arnold Bennett country.
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Pretty Yende, Dennis Lehane, The Handmaid's Tale
South African soprano Pretty Yende, Dennis Lehane on his new novel Since We Fell.
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Will Self, My Life as a Courgette, Raphael drawings
My Life as a Courgette reviewed, Will Self on his new novel Phone, Raphael drawings.
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Sgt. Pepper at 50; Jimmy McGovern; RIBA North
Sgt. Pepper at 50 arts festival; Jimmy McGovern on his new drama Broken; RIBA North.
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Live from Hay Literary Festival - Elizabeth Strout and Julia Donaldson
Hay: Elizabeth Strout; Kully Thiarai; Julia Donaldson; Katherine Rundell; Peter Florence.
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Brian May's 3D photos of Queen, Unseen poems by Sylvia Plath, 40 years of Star Wars
3D photos of Queen by Brian May, lost Sylvia Plath poems, Star Wars at 40.
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Billy Bragg on skiffle, Hokusai's Great Wave, Capt Jack Sparrow returns, Nicola Benedetti, poetry and atrocity
Billy Bragg, Hokusai's wave, Jack Sparrow returns, Nicola Benedetti, poetry and atrocity.
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Tributes to Sir Roger Moore, The return of Twin Peaks, American crime writer Bill Beverly
The return of Twin Peaks, American crime writer Bill Beverly, tributes to Sir Roger Moore.
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Denise Gough, Fairport Convention, Leonardo da Vinci
Denise Gough on her TV role in Paula, and 50 years of Fairport Convention.
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Clive James, Netflix and Cannes, documentary maker Simon Chinn, Damien Hirst in Venice
The author, critic and poet Clive James on the poems he thought he'd not live to write.
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Engelbert Humperdinck on 50 years in music
Engelbert Humperdinck, The Red Turtle, Welsh opera, and literary festivals with F-ratings.
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Guy Ritchie on King Arthur, Redwater and television spin-offs, our fascination with true crime dramas, From Shore to Shore
Guy Ritchie on King Arthur, Redwater and spin-offs, true crime dramas, Shore to Shore.
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Three Girls, Life of Galileo, Mark Bradford
Three Girls screenwriter Nicole Taylor, American artist Mark Bradford and Life of Galileo.
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Conn Iggulden, Timberlake Wertenbaker and virtual reality on radio
Conn Iggulden on St Dunstan, playwright Timberlake Wertenbaker, virtual reality on radio.
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The 2017 Venice Biennale, with Phyllida Barlow at the British Pavilion
John Wilson reports from the 57th International Art Exhibition, the Venice Biennale.
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Richard III at Hull Truck; Anne With An E; Amy Schumer in Snatched; Tony Kushner
Mat Fraser is Richard III; Anne of Green Gables new adaptation; Amy Schumer; Tony Kushner.
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Director John Madden, Pultizer Prize-winning author Richard Ford, Voice coach Barbara Berkery, Edward Kemp, head of RADA
Film director John Madden, the diction controversy, Pultizer-winning author Richard Ford.
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King Charles III; Pink Floyd exhibition
The TV adaptation of a controversial play about the Windsors; the Pink Floyd retrospective
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Alien: Covenant, Giacometti retrospective, How should museums reflect changing social attitudes, Jamestown
Review of Alien: Covenant; how might museums reflect changing social attitudes.
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Mervyn Morris, French cultural landscape, Monochrome films
Jamaican poet Mervyn Morris, and the future cultural landscape of France.
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Samantha Spiro as Barbara Windsor, Lost sculpture of the Festival of Britiain and a retro album from Danger Mouse
John Wilson talks to Samantha Spiro about playing Barbara Windsor in the biopic Babs.
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Jude Law, Woody Harrelson, Timothy Spall with Colm Meaney, Turner Prize Shortlist
Jude Law, Woody Harrelson, Timothy Spall with Colm Meaney, and the Turner Prize Shortlist.
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Angels in America, Mindhorn, Storytelling in Greek myths
Mindhorn, Tony Kushner on Angels in America, Natalie Haynes and Madeline Miller.
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Oliver Beer, Nicola LeFanu, Grace Evangeline Mason, May Day poems
Sound artist and composer Oliver Beer shows John how to make ancient pots sing.
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Christian Bale, Ella Fitzgerald, Theatre artistic directors
Kirsty Lang looks at the careers of Christian Bale and Ella Fitzgerald.
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British Museums special
Special programme live from the British Museum.
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Judi Dench on John Gielgud, Granta Best of Young American Novelists
Dame Judi Dench discusses the life and work of acting giant Sir John Gielgud.
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Thomas Ades, Patricia Lockwood, James Gunn
Thomas Ades on The Exterminating Angel, poet Patricia Lockwood, director James Gunn.