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Front Row

Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music

Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music

 

#2000

Reviewing Ella McCay plus the film's Oscar-winning writer and director James L. Brooks

Film producer Jason Solomons and literary journalist Suzi Feay join Tom Sutcliffe to discu... more

Yesterday

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42:21

Yesterday


#1999

96-year-old actress June Squibb on her lead role in Scarlett Johansson's Eleanor the Great

Actress June Squibb on her lead role in Scarlett Johansson's debut feature Eleanor the Gre... more

10 Dec 2025

42 MINS

42:26

10 Dec 2025


#1998

2025 Turner Prize winner; remembering Martin Parr; Bradford’s year as the UK City of Culture

Tonight, the winner of the 2025 Turner Prize will be announced in Bradford, this year’s Ci... more

09 Dec 2025

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43:00

09 Dec 2025


#1997

Kate Winslet on Goodbye June

Kate Winslet speaks to Samira Ahmed about her directorial debut, Goodbye June. With a scre... more

08 Dec 2025

42 MINS

42:14

08 Dec 2025


#1996

Reviewing Paddington The Musical, Jafar Panahi's latest film, and Russell Tovey meets the Sea Devils

Tom and guests Arifa Akbar and Nick Hilton consider Paddington The Musical. It's the lates... more

05 Dec 2025

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41:14

05 Dec 2025


#1995

Composer Sir John Rutter

John Rutter on his first purely orchestral album in almost 60 years, which also marks the ... more

03 Dec 2025

42 MINS

42:34

03 Dec 2025


#1994

Updating A Christmas Carol; new sculpture exhibition by blind artists and curators; 2025’s funniest ...

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens has been transformed into a piece of hip hop dance at... more

02 Dec 2025

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42:17

02 Dec 2025


#1993

Front Row remembers Tom Stoppard

A celebration of the life and work of one of Britain’s greatest modern playwrights, Sir To... more

01 Dec 2025

42 MINS

42:18

01 Dec 2025


#1992

Review Show: Blue Moon film plus Turner and Constable at Tate Britain

Nancy Durrant and Michael Donkor join Tom Sutcliffe to review Richard Linklater’s Broadway... more

27 Nov 2025

42 MINS

42:28

27 Nov 2025


#1991

The lead writer of Grand Theft Auto, Dan Houser, on his debut novel.

Dan Houser, lead writer of Grand Theft Auto, on his debut dystopian novel A Better Paradis... more

26 Nov 2025

42 MINS

42:27

26 Nov 2025


#1990

Sydney Sweeney and Pasolini

Actor Sydney Sweeney on her role in the boxing biopic Christie. Olivia Laing, author of T... more

25 Nov 2025

42 MINS

42:33

25 Nov 2025


#1989

Stranger Things creators The Duffer Brothers on the show's final season

Show creators Matt and Ross Duffer talk to Samira Ahmed about the final season of Stranger... more

24 Nov 2025

42 MINS

42:14

24 Nov 2025


#1988

Review Show: The Death of Bunny Munro; TV adaptation of Nick Cave's novel

Louisa Buck and Robbie Collin join Tom Sutcliffe to review the TV adaptation of Nick Cave’... more

20 Nov 2025

42 MINS

42:32

20 Nov 2025


#1987

Actor Joel Edgerton on his new film Train Dreams

Actor Joel Edgerton on his role as an itinerant lumberjack in 1900s Idaho, in Clint Bentle... more

19 Nov 2025

42 MINS

42:41

19 Nov 2025


#1986

Vince Gilligan on creating Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, and Pluribus

Screenwriter Vince Gilligan is the creative mind behind the multi-awardwinning television ... more

18 Nov 2025

42 MINS

42:38

18 Nov 2025


#1985

Actors Bryan Cranston and Marianne Jean-Baptiste. Also, director Jon M Chu

Actors Bryan Cranston and Marianne Jean-Baptiste discuss their production of Arthur Miller... more

17 Nov 2025

42 MINS

42:21

17 Nov 2025


#1984

We review The Hunger Games on stage, Nuremberg on film and Wild Cherry on TV

Tom and guests review The Hunger Games... now a stage play at a brand new theatre in Londo... more

13 Nov 2025

42 MINS

42:24

13 Nov 2025


#1983

Actor Fiona Shaw on her new film Park Avenue

Actor Fiona Shaw discusses her latest film Park Avenue, director Gaby Dellal's 'tense and ... more

12 Nov 2025

42 MINS

42:33

12 Nov 2025


#1982

Edgar Wright on The Running Man

Do Vermeer's paintings contain hidden religious symbolism? Art historian Andrew Graham-Dix... more

11 Nov 2025

42 MINS

42:17

11 Nov 2025


#1981

Winner of the 2025 Booker Prize announced live from the ceremony

Samira Ahmed presents live from Old Billingsgate in London, where the announcement of the ... more

10 Nov 2025

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29:11

10 Nov 2025