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A War, Maigret, Guys and Dolls, Frances Hardinge, The missing Hong Kong booksellers

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Tim Collins reviews Danish film A War, Guys and Dolls reviewed, crime writer Natasha Cooper on the return of Maigret and Costa Children's Book Award winner Frances Hardinge. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Tim Collins
Interviewed Guest:
John Simenon
Interviewed Guest:
Natasha Cooper
Interviewed Guest:
David Benedict
Interviewed Guest:
Gregory Lee
Interviewed Guest:
Frances Hardinge
Producer:
Angie Nehring

Front Row

George RR Martin; Alison Jackson; The Congress

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Kirsty Lang talks to Game of Thrones creator George RR Martin, plus a review of The Congress, photographer Alison Jackson on her first opera, and Terry Gilliam on Robin Williams. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
George RR Martin
Interviewed Guest:
Alison Jackson
Interviewed Guest:
Viv Groskop
Interviewed Guest:
Terry Gilliam
Producer:
Ellie Bury

Front Row

Jim Broadbent; Young Adult Fiction; Tena Stivicic; Comedy DVDs

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Jim Broadbent on playing Father Christmas in Get Santa, plus young adult fiction, the Elgin Marbles, Croatian playwright Tena Stivicic, and Stephen Armstrong's pick of comedy DVDs. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Jim Broadbent
Interviewed Guest:
Matt Haig
Interviewed Guest:
Katherine Woodfine
Interviewed Guest:
Peter Aspden
Interviewed Guest:
Tena Stivicic
Interviewed Guest:
Stephen Armstrong

Front Row

We're Doomed, The Dazzle, The Waterstone's Book of the Year, The impact of touring musicals on original regional theatre

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Kirsty Lang sees We're Doomed, a programme about the making of Dad's Army. She also talks to Coralie Bickford-Smith, who won the Waterstones Book of the Year. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Chris Dunkley
Interviewed Guest:
Coralie Bickford-Smith
Interviewed Guest:
Simon Evans
Interviewed Guest:
Ben Stones

Front Row

Civilisations, Wendy Cope, Contemporary Chinese Art

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

We review new TV series Civilisations, poet Wendy Cope on her new collection and how political is contemporary Chinese art? Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Chris Dunkley
Interviewed Guest:
Natalie Haynes
Interviewed Guest:
Tiffany Leung
Interviewed Guest:
Wendy Cope
Interviewed Guest:
Aowen Jin
Producer:
Harry Parker

Front Row

National Theatres, Mark Morris, It Must Schwing!

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LWLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

The leaders of the UK's four national theatres discuss the place of their companies in the UK’s civic and cultural life. Plus a chat with choreographer Mark Morris. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Producer:
Ekene Akalawu
Interviewed Guest:
Mark Morris
Interviewed Guest:
Rufus Norris
Interviewed Guest:
Arwel Gruffydd
Interviewed Guest:
Jackie Wylie
Interviewed Guest:
Kully Thiarai
Interviewed Guest:
Matthew Halsall

Front Row

Dylan Moran and Igor Meerson; Jung Chang; Todd Miller; Referendum theatre

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Kirsty Lang talks to author Jung Chang, comedians Dylan Moran and Igor Meerson, and documentary director Todd Miller. Plus Edinburgh Festival plays about the Scottish Referendum. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Dylan Moran
Interviewed Guest:
Igor Meerson
Interviewed Guest:
Jung Chang
Interviewed Guest:
Todd Miller
Interviewed Guest:
Joyce McMillan

Front Row

Stephen Fry, Tony Benn documentary, Kei Miller, Gothic exhibition

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

With Kirsty Lang. Stephen Fry discusses his latest book, Polly Toynbee reviews the new Tony Benn documentary, and Tim Pye shows Kirsty the gothic exhibition at the British Library. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Stephen Fry
Interviewed Guest:
Polly Toynbee
Interviewed Guest:
Kei Miller
Interviewed Guest:
Tim Pye

Front Row

Rosamund Pike, The Girl of the Golden West, Young Poet Laureate Aisling Fahey, Grantchester

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Kirsty Lang talks to actress Rosamund Pike about her emotionally and physically demanding role in the screen adaptation of best-selling crime thriller Gone Girl. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Rosamund Pike
Interviewed Guest:
Richard Jones
Interviewed Guest:
Keri-Lynn Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Aisling Fahey
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Crompton
Producer:
Sarah Johnson

Front Row

Willy Russell switches on the Front Row neon artwork, Kon-Tiki review, Dementia-friendly theatre

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Arts news, interviews and reviews. Willy Russell switches on the Front Row neon artwork. Plus a review of Kon-Tiki, and dementia-friendly theatre in Yorkshire. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Willy Russell

Front Row

Rory Bremner, Jacqueline Wilson, Anish Kapoor

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Arts news. Kirsty Lang talks to satirist Rory Bremner as he takes to the London stage, and bestselling novelist Jacqueline Wilson takes us on a tour of her childhood bedrooom. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Rory Bremner
Interviewed Guest:
Jacqueline Wilson

Front Row

Terry Gilliam and Edward Gardner, Joshua Ferris, Clean Bandit

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Kirsty Lang with author Joshua Ferris, pop group Clean Bandit, Terry Gilliam and Edward Gardner on their new opera Benvenuto Cellini, and a review of Fruitvale Station. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Terry Gilliam
Interviewed Guest:
Edward Gardner
Interviewed Guest:
Joshua Ferris
Interviewed Guest:
Grace Chatto
Interviewed Guest:
Jack Patterson
Interviewed Guest:
Gaylene Gould

Front Row

Roger Graef, Belle reviewed; The art of Dazzle Ships

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Arts news, reviews and interviews. Kirsty Lang talks to documentary maker Roger Graef, hears the verdict on the film Belle and explores the art of Dazzle Ships. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Roger Graef
Interviewed Guest:
Tom Rachman
Interviewed Guest:
Amanda Vickery
Interviewed Guest:
Jennifer Waldman
Interviewed Guest:
Eric Grove

Front Row

Lesley Manville and Richard Eyre, James Patterson, Nicholas Hytner, Ming

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Kirsty Lang talks to Lesley Manville and Richard Eyre about filming their play, Ghosts, and bestselling author James Patterson on giving money away to UK bookshops. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Lesley Manville
Interviewed Guest:
Richard Eyre
Interviewed Guest:
James Patterson
Interviewed Guest:
Nicholas Hynter
Interviewed Guest:
Duncan McMillan

Front Row

Metallica, Scottish Art, Dr Zhivago, Beggar's Opera

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Kirsty Lang discusses a huge exhibition of Scottish contemporary art, Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich on headlining Glastonbury and the novel Dr Zhivago as ideological weapon. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Lars Ulrich

Front Row

Porgy and Bess; Liverpool giant puppets; Gerald Seymour

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Giant puppets return to Liverpool; thriller writer Gerald Seymour (Harry's Game) on Irish politics; the two stars of Porgy and Bess; the South American artistry of Gego reviewed. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Guenaelle Raux
Interviewed Guest:
Andy McNicholl
Interviewed Guest:
Gerald Seymour
Interviewed Guest:
Griselda Pollock
Interviewed Guest:
Rufus Bonds Jr
Interviewed Guest:
Nicola Hughes

Front Row

Loudon Wainwright III, Guardians of the Galaxy, Japanese fiction

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Arts news with Kirsty Lang, including musician Loudon Wainwright III, Japanese fiction and the new Haruki Murakami novel, and Guardians of the Galaxy reviewed. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Loudon III
Interviewed Guest:
Briony Hanson
Interviewed Guest:
Stephen Snyder
Interviewed Guest:
Steven Poole
Interviewed Guest:
David Anderson
Interviewed Guest:
David Mackintosh

Front Row

Christina Hendricks; Sinead O'Connor; Spectra

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Christina Hendricks on God's Pocket and Philip Seymour Hoffman; Sinead O'Connor on her new album; the artist behind Spectra, London's giant light beam; paintings that evoke summer. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Christina Hendricks
Interviewed Guest:
Sinead O'Connor
Interviewed Guest:
Ryoji Ikeda
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Morris
Interviewed Guest:
Jenny Waldman
Interviewed Guest:
William Feaver

Front Row

Alan Ayckbourn, Omid Djalili, Venice Film Festival

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Playwright Alan Ayckbourn on his 78th play, Roundelay; comedian Omid Djalili on his memoir; the new 'video games' that only use audio; news from the Venice Film Festival. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Alan Ayckbourn
Interviewed Guest:
Omid Djalili
Interviewed Guest:
Catherine Bray
Interviewed Guest:
Paul Bennun
Interviewed Guest:
Pierre-Alain Gagne

Front Row

Will Self; Little Revolution; Tony Bennett

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Kirsty Lang talks to Will Self about his shark-inspired novel, reviews London riots play Little Revolution, and speaks to Tony Bennett about his career and Lady Gaga collaboration. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Tony Bennett
Interviewed Guest:
Will Self
Interviewed Guest:
Susannah Clapp
Interviewed Guest:
Katie Puckrik