Front Row

Original version

BBC Radio 4 FM

BBC Radio 4 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967. It replaced BBC Home Service.

BBC Radio 4

Radio 4

Radio 4 (FM)

Magazines & Reviews

Factual: Arts, Culture & the Media

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

BBC Radio 4 LW

Front Row: Tim Foley, Heartstopper, The Proms, Lawrence Power performs

26/04/2022

Tim Foley, Heartstopper, The Proms, Lawrence Power performs

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Tim Foley, Heartstopper, The Proms, Lawrence Power performs

Tim Foley discusses his award winning play, Electric Rosary, Heartstopper reviewed, Jessica Duchen on The Proms announcement, Lawrence Power performs live.

Emerging playwright Tim Foley is in the distinctive position of having won a prize for every play of his that has been staged.  He joins Front Row to discuss his third play, Electric Rosary – a sci-fi exploration of religion and science in the company of a group of nuns and a robot -  which has just opened at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester.

Based on the graphic novel by Alice Oseman, Heartstopper is the new Netflix LGBTQ+ drama set in a British high school about teen friendship and young romance. Jack Remmington is in the studio to review.

Music critic and author Jessica Duchen picks out some of the highlights in the Proms 2022 season and gives us her thoughts on the programme.

Viola player Lawrence Power performs live.

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Front Row

Tim Foley, Heartstopper, The Proms, Lawrence Power performs

Genres

Brand

BBC Radio 4 FM

About BBC Radio 4