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Jess Glynne, Don Paterson, Danny and the Human Zoo, Cradle to Grave

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 with John Wilson, including singer Jess Glynne, poet Don Paterson and reviews of Danny and the Human Zoo, and Cradle to Grave. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Julia Raeside
Interviewed Guest:
Don Paterson
Interviewed Guest:
Jess Glynne
Interviewed Guest:
Charlotte Eagar
Producer:
Jack Soper

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Emergency services on screen; plus Sally Hawkins, Josette Bushell-Mingo, and Damian Barr

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

How fly-on-the-wall programme makers document the work of the emergency services; plus actress Sally Hawkins, singer Josette Bushell-Mingo, and Damian Barr's Queen Icons choice. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Simon Dickson
Interviewed Guest:
Edmund Coulthard
Interviewed Guest:
Damian Barr
Interviewed Guest:
Sally Hawkins
Interviewed Guest:
Josette Bushell-Mingo
Presenter:
John Wilson
Producer:
Jack Soper

Front Row

Adrian Lester and Deborah Kermode, Frog Stone, Kim Stanley Robinson

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Adrian Lester and Deborah Kermode on arts funding cuts; actress and writer Frog Stone discusses her new comedy Bucket; Kim Stanley Robinson on his latest novel, New York 2140. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Deborah Kermode
Interviewed Guest:
Adrian Lester
Interviewed Guest:
Frog Stone
Interviewed Guest:
Kim Robinson
Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Producer:
Jack Soper

Front Row

Levi David Addai, Kit de Waal, Flaming June, The art of fireworks.

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Levi David Addai on Our Loved Boy, a new drama about the murder of Damilola Taylor. Plus Flaming June returns home, and Kit de Waal confesses to a classic book she hasn't read. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Levi David Addai
Interviewed Guest:
Daniel Robbins
Interviewed Guest:
Rupert Mass
Interviewed Guest:
Kit de Waal
Interviewed Guest:
Louisa Buck
Presenter:
John Wilson
Producer:
Jack Soper

Free Thinking

William Kentridge, William Boyd, Photography

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Presented by Philip Dodd. With artist William Kentridge, William Boyd discussing his new novel, and New Generation Thinker Zoe Norridge and documentary photographer Anna Fox. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
William Kentridge
Presenter:
Philip Dodd
Interviewed Guest:
William Boyd
Interviewed Guest:
Zoe Norridge
Interviewed Guest:
Anna Fox
Producer:
Jack Soper
Editor:
Robyn Read

Front Row

Man Booker Prize longlist, Death of a Gentleman, Game of Thrones aesthetics

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Kirsty Lang discusses the Man Booker Prize longlist with chair of judges Michael Wood. Plus cricket documentary Death of a Gentleman, and the aesthetics TV series Game of Thrones. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Wood
Interviewed Guest:
Kamila Shamsie
Interviewed Guest:
Gemma Jackson
Interviewed Guest:
Michele Clapton
Interviewed Guest:
Leslie Felperin
Producer:
Jack Soper

Front Row

Anomalisa, Seamus Heaney's The Aeneid, Handel at Vauxhall, In the Age of Giorgione

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 Anomalisa, Seamus Heaney's The Aeneid, Handel at Vauxhall's Pleasure Gardens and Venetian painter Giorgione's influence. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Catherine Heaney
Interviewed Guest:
Matthew Hollis
Interviewed Guest:
Jenny McCartney
Interviewed Guest:
David Coke
Interviewed Guest:
Bridget Cunningham
Interviewed Guest:
Per Rumberg
Producer:
Jack Soper

Front Row

Howard Brenton, Knight of Cups, Olafur Eliasson, Dorothy Bohm

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. Howard Brenton on Lawrence After Arabia, Christian Bale in Knight Of Cups, photographer Dorothy Bohm and Danish artist Olafur Eliasson. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Howard Brenton
Interviewed Guest:
Kate Muir
Interviewed Guest:
Dorothy Bohm
Interviewed Guest:
Olafur Eliasson
Presenter:
John Wilson
Producer:
Jack Soper

Front Row

Artist Keith Tyson, dark comedy Prevenge, novelist John Boyne, Shostakovich Symphony No 12

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Alice Lowe in Prevenge; John Boyne's novel The Heart's Invisible Furies; Turner prize-winner Keith Tyson on his new exhibition; Vasily Petrenko on the Russian Revolution at 100. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Meryl O'Rourke
Interviewed Guest:
John Boyne
Interviewed Guest:
Keith Tyson
Interviewed Guest:
Vasily Petrenko
Interviewed Guest:
Raymond Briggs
Producer:
Jack Soper

Front Row

23/03/2017

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Charlotte Rampling discusses her new memoir, Moira Buffini on new drama Harlots, post apocalyptic art at Compton Verney, and the latest political controversy for Eurovision. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Charlotte Rampling
Interviewed Guest:
Moira Buffini
Interviewed Guest:
Alex Hartley
Interviewed Guest:
Tom James
Interviewed Guest:
William Lee Adams
Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Producer:
Jack Soper

Front Row

Poldark screenwriter Debbie Horsfield, 150 years of HG Wells, punk activist Joe Corré

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Poldark screenwriter Debbie Horsfield, the contemporary appeal of HG Wells, punk activist and entrepreneur Joe Corre and Antarctic artist in residence Lucy Carty. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Debbie Horsfield
Interviewed Guest:
Fern Riddell
Interviewed Guest:
Simon Guerrier
Interviewed Guest:
Joe Corre
Interviewed Guest:
Lucy Carty
Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Producer:
Jack Soper

Front Row

Cultural Philanthropy

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Kirsty Lang speaks to key cultural philanthropists about the part they play in funding artistic endeavour. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Interviewed Guest:
Paul Ruddock
Interviewed Guest:
Vivien Duffield
Interviewed Guest:
Hannah Rothschild
Interviewed Guest:
David Speller
Interviewed Guest:
Lloyd Dorfman
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Oglesby
Interviewed Guest:
Robert Hewison
Producer:
Jack Soper

Front Row

Freeheld review, Anna Hope, Jack Garratt, Unexpected Eisenstein

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 Julianne Moore and Ellen Page in Freeheld, novelist Anna Hope on her new book, and singer and multi-instrumentalist Jack Garratt. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Stella Duffy
Interviewed Guest:
Anna Hope
Interviewed Guest:
Jack Garratt
Interviewed Guest:
Ian Christie
Producer:
Jack Soper

Front Row

Get Out, Lost Without Words, Compton Verney, Music Streaming

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Daniel Kaluuya in Get Out, Joan Bakewell discusses older people on stage, Creating The Countryside at Compton Verney and could streaming services be changing the music we hear? Show more

Contributors

Producer:
Jack Soper
Interviewed Guest:
Ashley Clark
Interviewed Guest:
Phelim McDermott
Interviewed Guest:
Anna Calder-Marshall
Interviewed Guest:
Joan Bakewell
Interviewed Guest:
Alex Hartley
Interviewed Guest:
Tom James
Interviewed Guest:
Laura Snapes

Front Row

Sylvie Guillem

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

The acclaimed ballet and contemporary dancer Sylvie Guillem reflects on her career, which spans almost 35 years, and tells John Wilson about her final programme of work. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Sylvie Guillem
Producer:
Jack Soper

Front Row

Baz Luhrmann's The Get Down, Krys Lee, Allegro at 70, Windsor racecourse's resident artist

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Baz Luhrmann's The Get Down, Krys Lee's novel How I Became A North Korean, Rodgers and Hammerstein's Allegro 70 years on, and the artist in residence at Royal Windsor racecourse. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Producer:
Jack Soper
Interviewed Guest:
Kevin LeGendre
Interviewed Guest:
Krys Lee
Interviewed Guest:
Thom Southerland
Interviewed Guest:
Matt Wolf
Interviewed Guest:
Elizabeth Armstrong

Front Row

Emma Rice to leave The Globe, plus Boyz n the Hood director John Singleton and the new Design Museum

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Reactions to the news that Emma Rice is to leave Shakespeare's Globe. A visit to London's new Design Museum as it prepares to open. Director John Singleton on Boyz n the Hood. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Hemming
Interviewed Guest:
Ann Treneman
Interviewed Guest:
John Pawson
Interviewed Guest:
Dejan Sudjic
Interviewed Guest:
John Singleton
Producer:
Jack Soper

Front Row

Jodie Whittaker, Nicola Barker, Jason Bateman - plus Tony Kushner's Queer Icon

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Nicola Barker on her new novel H(a)ppy, and Tony Kushner on Alison Bechdel's Fun Home. Plus Jason Bateman on Ozarks, and Jodie Whittaker shares her podcast and music highlights. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Nicola Barker
Interviewed Guest:
Tony Kushner
Interviewed Guest:
Jason Bateman
Interviewed Guest:
Jodie Whittaker
Producer:
Jack Soper

Front Row

Hari Kunzru, Mica Levi, Patrick Marber, Turner Prize

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Hari Kunzru on his new novel White Tears, Bafta- and Oscar- nominated musician Mica Levi, Patrick Marber on his reworking of Don Juan in Soho, and changes to the Turner Prize. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Hari Kunzru
Interviewed Guest:
Mica Levi
Interviewed Guest:
Patrick Marber
Interviewed Guest:
Louisa Buck
Presenter:
John Wilson
Producer:
Jack Soper

Front Row

David Vann, Terence Davies, Albert Moore

Duration: 30 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Novelist David Vann on retelling the Medea myth, Terence Davies on his film about American poet Emily Dickinson, a new exhibition about British abstract artist Albert Moore. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
David Vann
Interviewed Guest:
Terence Davies
Interviewed Guest:
Elizabeth Prettejohn
Presenter:
Kirsty Lang
Producer:
Jack Soper