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A Very Murray Christmas, Conductor Xian Zhang, Macbeth at Young Vic, Big Bang show

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. Jason Solomons reviews A Very Murray Christmas, and Xian Zhang talks about becoming guest conductor of BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Jason Solomons
Interviewed Guest:
Xian Zhang
Interviewed Guest:
Carrie Cracknell
Interviewed Guest:
Lucy Guerin
Producer:
Elaine Lester

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Director Stephen Daldry on The Crown, Novelist Linda Grant, Nocturnal Animals, Francesca Simon reads The Scarlet Letter

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Director Stephen Daldry talks to Clemency Burton-Hill about The Crown, Linda Grant on her new novel, film Nocturnal Animals reviewed, and Francesca Simon reads The Scarlet Letter. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Stephen Daldry
Interviewed Guest:
Francesca Simon
Interviewed Guest:
Linda Grant
Producer:
Julian May

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Fading Gigolo, Fatboy Slim, Julian Opie, Cannes festival

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Fatboy Slim discusses his new album Bem Brasil, artist Julian Opie on his Bath show, a review of Fading Gigolo starring John Turturro and Woody Allen, and a report from Cannes. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Fatboy Slim undefined
Interviewed Guest:
Larushka Ivan-Zadeh
Interviewed Guest:
Julian Opie
Interviewed Guest:
Jason Solomons
Producer:
Elaine Lester

Front Row

Francis Bacon, Ayad Akhtar, Cannes Film Festival, Mum

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Francis Bacon: Invisible Rooms at Tate Liverpool, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Ayad Akhtar, a report from the Cannes film festival, and new TV comedy series Mum. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Kasia Redzisz
Interviewed Guest:
David Butcher
Interviewed Guest:
Jason Solomons

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Louise Welsh on Penny Dreadful, Oscar Isaac, Nick Payne, and Will Gregory Moog Ensemble

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

With Kirsty Lang, who talks to actor Oscar Isaac, hears news from Cannes and discusses Moog synthesizers with Goldfrapp's Will Gregory. Writer Louise Welsh reviews Penny Dreadful. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Louise Welsh
Interviewed Guest:
Oscar Isaac
Interviewed Guest:
Will Gregory
Interviewed Guest:
Nick Payne
Interviewed Guest:
Jason Solomons

Front Row

Gary Kemp; Mr Turner; Kenneth Clark's legacy

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Gary Kemp on Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be; Mr Turner reviewed; Rachel Johnson and Nicola Beauman discuss the charms of Diary Of A Provincial Lady; the legacy of Kenneth Clark. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Jason Solomons
Interviewed Guest:
Gary Kemp
Interviewed Guest:
Rachel Johnson
Interviewed Guest:
Nicola Beauman
Interviewed Guest:
James Stoughton
Interviewed Guest:
Chris Stephens

Front Row

Placido Domingo, JK Rowling's new novel, Jersey Boys, Ten Pieces

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Placido Domingo on conducting Puccini's Tosca, reviews of JK Rowling's new novel and Clint Eastwood's film Jersey Boys, and Laura Mvula and Julian Lloyd Webber on Ten Pieces. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Placido Domingo
Interviewed Guest:
Alex Clark
Interviewed Guest:
Jason Solomons
Interviewed Guest:
Laura Mvula
Interviewed Guest:
Julian Lloyd Webber

Front Row

Toby Jones; Maps to the Stars review; Rose Tremain; John Lahr on Tennessee Williams

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

With Kirsty Lang. Toby Jones discusses his role in TV drama Marvellous, Rose Tremain talks about her short story The American Lover, and Jason Solomons reviews Maps to the Stars. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Producer:
Ellie Bury
Interviewed Guest:
Toby Jones
Interviewed Guest:
John Lahr
Interviewed Guest:
Rose Tremain
Interviewed Guest:
Jason Solomons

Front Row

Kate Winslet in Triple 9, Nell Gwynn, One Child

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 Kate Winslet on her role as a mafia villain in new heist film Triple 9 and Jessica Swale, the writer of a new play about Nell Gwynn. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Winslet
Interviewed Guest:
Jessica Swale
Interviewed Guest:
Charles Beauclerk
Interviewed Guest:
Guy Hibbert
Interviewed Guest:
Jason Solomons

Front Row

Elena Ferrante, Laila Lalami, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

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 discusses the elusive literary phenomenon Elena Ferrante, as the fourth in her Neopolitan series of novels is published. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Laila Lalami
Interviewed Guest:
Jason Solomons
Interviewed Guest:
Annilese Miskommen

Front Row

Hanif Kureishi, Agnes Martin Exhibition, Tristan and Isolde at 150, Queen and Country

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Hanif Kureishi on his new collection of short stories, Agnes Martin at Tate Modern, Wagner's Tristan and Isolde 150 years after its premiere and John Boorman's Queen and Country. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Producer:
Ellie Bury
Interviewed Guest:
Hanif Kureishi
Interviewed Guest:
Charlotte Mullins
Interviewed Guest:
Jason Solomons
Interviewed Guest:
Julian Anderson
Interviewed Guest:
John Deathridge

Front Row

The Hepworth Prize, New Art Gallery Walsall, Indignation, Don Giovanni

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

The winner of the Hepworth Prize for Sculpture; the director of The New Art Gallery Walsall; how Philip Roth's novels translate to the screen; opera director Oliver Mears. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Stephen Snoddy
Interviewed Guest:
Oliver Mears
Interviewed Guest:
Leslie Felperin
Interviewed Guest:
Jason Solomons
Presenter:
John Wilson
Producer:
Angie Nehring

Front Row

Reading prison and Oscar Wilde, The Collection, Venice Film Festival, Bjork digital

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Art inspired by Reading Gaol's most famous inmate, Oscar Wilde; Bjork goes digital at Somerset House; best of Venice Film Festival; and court-room drama on trial. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Lisa Armstrong
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Mossman
Interviewed Guest:
Jason Solomons
Interviewed Guest:
Denise Mina

Front Row

The Jungle Book, Lindsey Davis, Wellington Arch Sculpture, Romola Garai, Goosebumps Alive

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 The Jungle Book, Lindsey Davis and her editor on working together and the restoration of the Wellington Arch sculpture. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Jason Solomons
Interviewed Guest:
Lindsey Davis
Interviewed Guest:
Oliver Johnston
Interviewed Guest:
Steven Brindle
Interviewed Guest:
Katrina Redmond
Interviewed Guest:
Romola Garai
Interviewed Guest:
Tom Salamon

Front Row

Alain de Botton, Son of Saul, Josie Rourke and Nick Payne, Jazz biopics

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Alain de Botton on The Course of Love, a review of Holocaust film Son of Saul, playwright Nick Payne and director Josie Rourke on Elegy, and Kevin Le Gendre on the jazz biopic. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Alain de Botton
Interviewed Guest:
Jason Solomons
Interviewed Guest:
Nick Payne
Interviewed Guest:
Josie Rourke
Interviewed Guest:
Kevin Le Gendre
Producer:
Ellamai Robey

Front Row

Jack O'Connell, Cannes Film Festival, Seeing Round Corners, Spymonkey

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

British actor Jack O'Connell discusses his latest film, Money Monster, in which he plays a disgruntled New Yorker who takes George Clooney's character hostage. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Jack O'Connell
Interviewed Guest:
Richard Cork
Interviewed Guest:
Jason Solomons
Interviewed Guest:
Toby Park
Interviewed Guest:
Tim Crouch
Presenter:
Kirsty Lang

Front Row

Brighton Festival, Laurie Anderson on the poetry of Lou Reed, Cannes Film Festival

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Laurie Anderson and the poetry of Lou Reed, events from the Brighton Festival including Three Score Dance, Morag Myerscough and the art of Corita Kent, plus film news from Cannes. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Jason Solomons
Interviewed Guest:
Laurie Anderson
Interviewed Guest:
Three Score Dance
Interviewed Guest:
Morag Myerscough

Front Row

Proms at Alexandra Palace, Venice Film Festival, Inspire - myths and legends

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Proms at Alexandra Palace in the newly restored theatre that has been closed 80 years, Joanne Harris and Natalie Haynes on myths as inspiration, and the Venice Film Festival. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Emma Dagnes
Interviewed Guest:
Jane Glover
Interviewed Guest:
Jason Solomons
Interviewed Guest:
Joanne Harris
Interviewed Guest:
Natalie Haynes
Producer:
Sarah Johnson

Front Row

Clive James, Netflix and Cannes, documentary maker Simon Chinn, Damien Hirst in Venice

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

The author Clive James on the poems he thought he'd not live to write, producer Simon Chinn on when a film is not a film, and curator Elena Geuna on Damien Hirst's show in Venice. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Clive James
Interviewed Guest:
Jason Solomons
Interviewed Guest:
Simon Chinn
Interviewed Guest:
Elena Geuna
Presenter:
John Wilson

Front Row

Brian May's 3D photos of Queen, Unseen poems by Sylvia Plath, 40 years of Star Wars

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Brian May shows us 3D photos he took touring with Queen; lost Sylvia Plath poems; Kick-Ass creator Mark Miller on 40 years since the first Star Wars; Cannes Film Festival. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Brian May
Interviewed Guest:
Gail Crowther
Interviewed Guest:
Mark Miller
Interviewed Guest:
Mark Eccleston
Interviewed Guest:
Jason Solomons
Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Producer:
Marilyn Rust