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Front Row

Composer Alma Deutscher, Bake Off's return, Controversial statues, Last Days of June

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Twelve-year-old composer, pianist and violinist Alma Deutscher tells Kirsty Lang about her new piano concerto and opera Cinderella. Plus a review of the game Last Days of June. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Alma Deutscher
Interviewed Guest:
Stephen Armstrong
Interviewed Guest:
Lucy Mangan
Interviewed Guest:
Jordan Erica Webber
Interviewed Guest:
Afua Hirsch
Interviewed Guest:
Griselda Pollack
Presenter:
Kirsty Lang

Front Row

Fran Healey from Travis; Simon Bird and Jonny Sweet on Chickens; Identity theft in crime fiction

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Fran Healy of Travis, back with a new album after a six-year gap; Simon Bird and Jonny Sweet on their TV comedy Chickens; crime writers discuss how to make characters disappear. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Mark Lawson
Interviewed Guest:
Fran Healy
Interviewed Guest:
Simon Bird
Interviewed Guest:
Jonny Sweet
Interviewed Guest:
Lottie Moggach
Interviewed Guest:
Colette McBeth
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Robotham

This Cultural Life

Evelyn Glennie

Duration: 26 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC News Latin AmericaLatest broadcast: on BBC News Africa

The world's leading classical solo percussionist Evelyn Glennie talks to John Wilson about her career and picks out some of the key influences on her artistic path. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Evelyn Glennie
Editor:
Robin Keam
Series Editor:
Timothy Prosser
Producer:
Edwina Pitman
Director:
Mark Ward

Front Row

Roy Hudd

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Samira Ahmed talks to the comedian, actor and music hall veteran, Roy Hudd, as he approaches his 80th birthday by playing a dame for the first time in Panto. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Roy Hudd

Front Row

Emma Donoghue on Room, Grey Gardens, Andrew Michael Hurley, Occupied

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Emma Donoghue talks to Kirsty Lang about adapting her novel Room into a Bafta-nominated film. Plus Costa winner Andrew Michael Hurley discusses his first novel The Loney. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Emma Donoghue
Interviewed Guest:
Matt Wolf
Interviewed Guest:
Andrew Hurley
Interviewed Guest:
Bridget Kendall

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

Peter Firmin on The Clangers; The forgotten Bronte; Winter Sleep

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 artist and puppet-maker Peter Firmin, whose iconic children's TV characters include Bagpuss, Basil Brush and The Clangers. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Pete Firmin
Interviewed Guest:
Robert Edric
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Muir
Interviewed Guest:
Jan Patience

Front Row

Hull Blade, Manchester By the Sea, John Lockwood Kipling, Francis Spufford

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Samira Ahmed on The Blade, a major artwork installed in the heart of Hull as part of UK City of Culture 2017. Plus a review of the film Manchester By the Sea. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Briony Hanson
Interviewed Guest:
Francis Spufford
Presenter:
Samira Ahmed

Front Row

Salman Rushdie, Pasolini, Cyndi Lauper

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. Samira Ahmed talks to Salman Rushdie about his new novel Two Years Eight Months, and Cyndi Lauper discusses her new musical Kinky Boots. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Salman Rushdie
Interviewed Guest:
Cyndi Lauper
Interviewed Guest:
Jenny McCartney

Front Row

Tom Jones, The Lobster, Abraham Cruzvillegas

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. John Wilson talks to Sir Tom Jones as he publishes his autobiography and releases a new album. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Tom Jones
Interviewed Guest:
Antonia Quirke

Front Row

Jon Ronson; Julian Anderson; 24; Comics Unmasked

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Matthew d'Ancona talks to Jon Ronson about the film Frank, reviews 24, speaks to Julian Anderson about his opera Thebans, and discusses Comics Unmasked at the British Library. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Jon Ronson
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Crompton
Interviewed Guest:
Julian Anderson

Front Row

Guy Garvey, Bailey's Prize winner, The Go-Between

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Guy Garvey talks to John Wilson about the Meltdown festival he is curating at London's Southbank Centre. Plus a review of The Go-Between musical, starring Michael Crawford. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Guy Garvey
Interviewed Guest:
Lisa McInerney
Interviewed Guest:
Matt Wolf
Interviewed Guest:
Pablo Leon de la Barra

Front Row

Michael Kiwanuka, War movies, Lyndon B Johnson, Scotty Moore

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Arts news, interviews and reviews. John Wilson talks to musician Michael Kiwanuka about his new album. Plus a look at the depiction of war in films. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Tim Robey
Interviewed Guest:
Richard Hawley
Interviewed Guest:
Kit Davis
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Kiwanuka

Front Row

The Danish Girl, Bach's Magnificat, Deutschland 83

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Samira Ahmed talks to Oscar-winning director Tom Hooper about his new film The Danish Girl, starring Eddie Redmayne. Plus a reconstruction of JS Bach's first Christmas in Leipzig. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Tom Hooper
Interviewed Guest:
Nina Ramirez
Interviewed Guest:
Philip Hensher

Front Row

Dad's Army, Annie Nightingale on Janis Joplin, Dawn Walton, Hieronymus Bosch

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Oliver Parker and Hamish McColl tell Kirsty Lang about the new Dad's Army film, plus Annie Nightingale on Janis Joplin and Dawn Walton on A Raisin In The Sun. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Oliver Parker
Interviewed Guest:
Hamish McColl
Interviewed Guest:
Annie Nightingale
Interviewed Guest:
Dawn Walton

Front Row

Hugh Jackman; The Wrong Mans; BBC National Short Story Award 2013

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Hugh Jackman discusses his role in the film thriller Prisoners; the verdict on TV comedy The Wrong Mans, starring James Corden and Mathew Baynton; BBC National Short Story Award. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Mark Lawson
Interviewed Guest:
Lisa Blower
Interviewed Guest:
Ted Sarandos

Front Row

Naughty Boy; Lovelace; Elmore Leonard

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Arts news with John Wilson, including Naughty Boy, Lovelace reviewed, Harry Nilsson's biographer and Front Row's 2002 interview with Elmore Leonard whose death was announced today. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
undefined Naughty Boy
Interviewed Guest:
Elmore Leonard
Interviewed Guest:
Alyn Shipton

Front Row

Mercury Music Prize, Patrick Leigh Fermor, Dennis Kelly

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Arts news with Mark Lawson, including news of the shortlist for the Mercury Prize for album of the year. Plus the long-awaited final book in Patrick Leigh Fermor's travel trilogy. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Mark Lawson
Interviewed Guest:
Artemis Cooper
Interviewed Guest:
Colin Thubron
Interviewed Guest:
Dennis Kelly

Front Row

Oscar Nominations Special

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

News of the nominations for the 2015 Oscars, including interviews with nominees and analysis of the runners and riders. Presented by John Wilson. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Eddie Redmayne
Interviewed Guest:
Felicity Jones
Interviewed Guest:
Alexandre Desplat
Interviewed Guest:
Larushka Ivan-Zadeh

Front Row

Kit Harington, Kele Okereke, Dynasty, Porridge

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Kit Harington talks about playing his own ancestor in the new BBC1 drama series about the Gunpowder Plot. Arts news, reviews and interviews, presented by Stig Abell. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Stig Abell
Interviewed Guest:
Kit Harington
Interviewed Guest:
Kele Okereke
Interviewed Guest:
Karen Krizanovich