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Front Row

Blur's New Album, Empire Review, Jim Cartwright, Trollope's Bicentenary

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon discuss the new Blur album, plus a review of US TV show Empire, Little Voice writer Jim Cartwright, and Michael Symmons Roberts on Trollope. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Producer:
Ellie Bury
Interviewed Guest:
Jim Cartwright
Interviewed Guest:
Damon Albarn
Interviewed Guest:
Graham Coxon
Interviewed Guest:
Dreda Say Mitchell
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Symmons Roberts

Front Row

Chris Pratt, London Road, A Damsel in Distress, The Hook

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Arts show, featuring Chris Pratt on Jurassic World, Rufus Norris's film London Road, the first stage musical version of A Damsel in Distress, and Arthur Miller's The Hook reviewed. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Chris Pratt
Interviewed Guest:
Dreda Say Mitchell
Interviewed Guest:
Rob Ashford
Interviewed Guest:
Jeremy Sams
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Hemming

Front Row

Anthony Head, Tamburlaine, Ai Weiwei, Line of Duty

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 actor Anthony Head, who is on stage in Terence Rattigan's Love in Idleness. Plus Tim Marlow on the underground studio of artist Ai Weiwei. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Anthony Head
Interviewed Guest:
Dreda Say Mitchell
Interviewed Guest:
Tim Marlow
Interviewed Guest:
Ng Choon Ping
Interviewed Guest:
Kumiko Mendl
Presenter:
Samira Ahmed

Front Row

Ray Davies; Guerrilla; The Odyssey; Damien Hirst's exhibition

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

From the Kinks to Americana, Ray Davies on his new album; Dreda Say Mitchell on Guerrilla; Daljit Nagra reads his response to The Odyssey; Matthew Collings on the Hirst exhibition. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Ray Davies
Interviewed Guest:
Dreda Say Mitchell
Interviewed Guest:
Daljit Nagra
Interviewed Guest:
Matthew Collings
Presenter:
John Wilson

Front Row

Daniel Mays, Girls Trip, Asifa Lahore's Queer Icon, Young Poets competition

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Actor Daniel Mays on playing gay rights campaigner Peter Wildeblood, Girl Trip reviewed, the UK's first out Muslim drag queen Asifa Lahore, a competition for young poets. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Daniel Mays
Interviewed Guest:
Dreda Say Mitchell
Interviewed Guest:
Asifa Lahore
Interviewed Guest:
Helen Mort
Presenter:
Samira Ahmed

Saturday Review

Hamilton musical, Irish film Sanctuary, Louise Erdrich novel, BBC TV Christmas specials

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Hamilton opens in London. Sanctuary, an Irish film with a cast made up of actors with learning difficulties. Plus a new novel by Louise Erdrich and TV Christmas specials. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Churchwell
Interviewed Guest:
David Benedict
Interviewed Guest:
Dreda Say Mitchell
Producer:
Oliver Jones

Front Row

Kiri, Golden Globes, Gail Honeyman, Contemporary portraiture

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

We review Channel 4 drama Kiri starring Sarah Lancashire and discuss the events of last night's Golden Globes. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Dreda Say Mitchell
Interviewed Guest:
Gail Honeyman
Interviewed Guest:
Anna Smith
Interviewed Guest:
Gary Oldman
Interviewed Guest:
Jonathan Jones
Interviewed Guest:
Frances Borzello
Producer:
Hannah Robins

Front Row

Anne-Marie Duff, Under Milk Wood, The Affair, Fading light

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 Anne-Marie Duff and Marianne Elliot about staging DH Lawrence plays, plus a look at The Affair on television and a new film of Under Milk Wood. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Anne-Marie Duff
Interviewed Guest:
Marianne Elliott
Interviewed Guest:
John Goodby
Interviewed Guest:
Dreda Say Mitchell
Interviewed Guest:
David Sexton
Interviewed Guest:
Briony Hanson
Interviewed Guest:
Jeremy Summerly

Saturday Review

Hateful Eight, Guys and Dolls, Maigret, Crime Museum, Jericho

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

The week's cultural highlights, including Tarantino's Hateful Eight, Guys and Dolls at London's Savoy Theatre, George Simenon's Maigret novels and ITV's historical drama Jericho. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed Guest:
David Schneider
Interviewed Guest:
Sophie Hannah
Interviewed Guest:
Dreda Say Mitchell
Producer:
Oliver Jones

Front Row

Richard Gere in Time Out of Mind, Tanita Tikaram, Look Back in Anger

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Arts news with Samira Ahmed, including a review of Richard Gere's new film Time Out of Mind, Tanita Tikaram on her new album Closer to the People and the play Look Back in Anger. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Dreda Say Mitchell
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Brigham
Interviewed Guest:
Benedict Nightingale
Interviewed Guest:
Tanita Tikaram
Interviewed Guest:
Charlotte Mullins

Front Row

A Hologram For The King, Running Wild, Brigitte Fassbaender, Going Forward

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Tom Hanks stars as a stressed executive trying to land an IT deal in Saudi Arabia, in A Hologram For The King. And Jo Brand returns as nurse Kim Wilde in Going Forward. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Sue Turton
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Morpurgo
Interviewed Guest:
Timothy Sheader
Interviewed Guest:
Toby Olie
Interviewed Guest:
Dreda Say Mitchell
Interviewed Guest:
Brigitte Fassbaender
Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Producer:
Angie Nehring

Saturday Review

Hisham Matar, Faith Healer, The Colony, David Hockney, Brief Encounters

Duration: 45 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Emma Watson in Chile-based thriller The Colony, Faith Healer at London's Donmar, Hisham Matar's latest book The Return, David Hockney's iPad work, ITV's Brief Encounters. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed Guest:
Stephanie Merritt
Interviewed Guest:
Dreda Say Mitchell
Interviewed Guest:
Pat Kane
Producer:
Oliver Jones

Front Row

Mrs Brown's Boys D'Movie; Arcade Fire; Richard Wilson

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Mrs Brown's Boys D'Movie reviewed; Arcade Fire at Glastonbury; Richard Wilson on Krapp's Last Tape; Michelle Magorian on Goodnight Mister Tom; how artists respond to bridges. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Dreda Say Mitchell
Interviewed Guest:
Richard Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Will Butler
Interviewed Guest:
Michelle Magorian
Interviewed Guest:
Francis Marshall
Interviewed Guest:
Lucinda Grange

Front Row

Julian Lloyd Webber; Andrew Graham-Dixon; The Galapagos Affair

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 Julian Lloyd Webber about competitions and retiring from performing; Andrew Graham-Dixon on his new series about the Art of China; The Galapagos Affair review. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Julian Lloyd Webber
Interviewed Guest:
Andrew Graham-Dixon
Interviewed Guest:
Jennifer Haley
Interviewed Guest:
Dreda Say Mitchell

Front Row

Ricky Tomlinson; The Driver; Francesca Rhydderch; Anselm Kiefer

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Ricky Tomlinson and playwright Neil Gore talk to John Wilson about United We Stand, BBC1's The Driver is reviewed, and writer Francesca Rhydderch on her short story award entry. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Ricky Tomlinson
Interviewed Guest:
Neil Gore
Interviewed Guest:
Dreda Say Mitchell
Interviewed Guest:
Francesca Rhydderch
Interviewed Guest:
Kathleen Soriano

Front Row

Aaron Sorkin; Leighton House; Goldsmiths Prize; Dreda Say Mitchell

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

The West Wing creator, Aaron Sorkin, on The Newsroom; Leighton House welcomes paintings from The Perez Simon Collection; the Goldsmiths Prize winner; and writer Dreda Say Mitchell. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Producer:
Sarah Johnson
Interviewed Guest:
Daniel Robbins
Interviewed Guest:
Veronique Gerard Powell
Interviewed Guest:
Aaron Sorkin
Interviewed Guest:
Dreda Say Mitchell

Front Row

John Tavener; Poirot's Last Case; Don Jon review

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Arts news. Mark Lawson discusses the music of John Tavener, the final Poirot episode and Georges Simenon's first Maigret novel. Plus Bel Mooney reviews the film Don Jon. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Mark Lawson
Interviewed Guest:
Bel Mooney
Interviewed Guest:
Nicholas Kenyon
Interviewed Guest:
Dreda Say Mitchell
Interviewed Guest:
Natasha Cooper
Interviewed Guest:
Jeff Park

Front Row

Martin Freeman; American Psycho; Crime books round-up

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Arts news. Mark Lawson talks to Martin Freeman, star of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, and reviews the new musical American Psycho, in which Matt Smith plays a serial killer. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Mark Lawson
Interviewed Guest:
Martin Freeman
Interviewed Guest:
Dreda Say Mitchell
Interviewed Guest:
Ravi Mirchandani
Interviewed Guest:
Jeff Park

Saturday Live

Dreda Say Mitchell, Ed Smith, Doreen Lawrence

Duration: 1 hour, 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Richard Coles and Suzy Klein are joined by author and educational adviser Dreda Say Mitchell, with the Inheritance Tracks of Doreen Lawrence. Show more

Front Row

Wilko Johnson and Roger Daltrey; Barkhad Abdi; Salamander

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

John Wilson talks to Roger Daltrey and Wilko Johnson about their joint project, and hears from Oscar-nominated actor Barkhad Abdi on playing a Somali pirate in Captain Phillips. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Wilko Johnson
Interviewed Guest:
Roger Daltrey
Interviewed Guest:
Barkhad Abdi
Interviewed Guest:
Dreda Say Mitchell
Interviewed Guest:
Hans Haacke
Interviewed Guest:
David Shrigley