A review of the week's arts events. Darcey Bussell celebrates the legacy of Kenneth MacMillan, Stig Abell talks to Philip Pullman and Ghostpoet performs live. Show more
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David Dimbleby presents topical debate from Stoke-on-Trent. The panellists are Sajid Javid MP, Lucy Powell MP, Paul Nuttall MEP, Paris Lees and Stig Abell. Show more
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Playing Linda Loman, Informer, Geology-inspired art, Ciarán Hodgers
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Maureen Beattie and Marion Bailey discuss playing Linda Loman, AA Dhand reviews Informer, Artist Dan Holdsworth and Cherie Frederico on art inspired by geology, and Ciarán Hodgers. Show more
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Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman, S-Town reviewed, Queer British art and gender neutral awards
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Veteran actors Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman discuss their heist movie Going in Style, podcast S-Town is reviewed and Tate Britain's Queer British Art 1861-1967. Show more
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Darcey Bussell, Philip Pullman, Armando Iannucci and Ghostpoet
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Darcey Bussell celebrates her mentor choreographer Kenneth MacMillan, Stig Abell talks to author Philip Pullman, Armando Iannucci is on the sofa and Ghostpoet performs live. Show more
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Matt Lucas on his memoir, Tamsin Greig and Martin Freeman on Labour of Love
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Matt Lucas talks to Stig Abell about his memoir. And Tamsin Greig and Martin Freeman discuss Labour of Love, a new play by James Graham about the Labour Party. Show more
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Kit Harington, Kele Okereke, Dynasty, Porridge
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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
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St Vincent, Andrew Michael Hurley, The Tin Drum, Daljit Nagra
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St Vincent discusses her new album Masseduction; poet Daljit Nagra on poetry in TV and radio adverts; novelist Andrew Michael Hurley; and Gunter Grass's The Tin Drum on stage. Show more
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Authors' better, but not-so-famous, books; Kathryn Bigelow; Eric Ravilious; a Shakespeare Sonnet in Pidgin
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A discussion of books better than their authors' best known; Kathryn Bigelow on why her new film, set in 1967, is urgent now; the English artist Eric Ravilious; a poem in Pidgin. Show more
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Sheridan Smith, Fred D'Aguiar, Maxine Peake play, UNESCO Creative Cities
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Sheridan Smith on her solo album, Sheridan, Maxine Peake's play on Hull heroine Lillian Bilocca, UNESCO Creative Cities assessed, and Fred D'Aguiar on Martin Luther King. Show more
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Sir Michael Parkinson, Wonder, A Christmas Carol
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Sir Michael Parkinson reveals his choice for a CD of the American Songbook, Lisa Hammond reviews Wonder and a look at three adaptations of A Christmas Carol playing in UK theatres. Show more
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The Hayward Gallery reopening, Emily Wilson, The art of literary translation
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News, reviews and interviews from the worlds of art, literature, film and music. The art of literary translation. Plus the Hayward Gallery reopens. Show more
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Benjamin Clementine performs live
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Benjamin Clementine plays from his second album I Tell a Fly. We assess Oscar Wilde for modern times. And celebrity photographer David LaChapelle talks about nudity and glitter. Show more
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Last Flag Flying director, literary fiction in decline, poet Danez Smith
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Film director Richard Linklater on Last Flag Flying, plus why literary fiction is in decline and what can be done to reverse the trend. Show more
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Chadwick Boseman, The Black Panther, Shakespeare for Children, Welsh Music - In Welsh
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Chadwick Boseman on playing the first black mainstream super-hero, the status of the black super hero discussed, how to introduce children to Shakespeare and Welsh music in Welsh. Show more
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Art in response to trauma: Louise Allen and Maude Julien
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Louise Allen and Maude Julien discuss their new memoirs, in which they look back at their abusive childhoods and how art and literature provided a lifeline in very dark times. Show more
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Picasso at the Tate, David Oyelowo
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is back on Radio 4, Picasso's grandson on the major exhibition of the artist's works at Tate Modern plus David Oyelowo on his new film, Gringo. Show more
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Mary Magdalene, Icelandic fiction, Joseph Morpurgo, Stephen Hawking in culture
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A review of film Mary Magdalene, a discussion on the state of Icelandic fiction, Joseph Morpurgo on his new one-man show, Hammerhead, and Stephen Hawking in popular culture. Show more
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Fenella Fielding, Gluck, Mona Arshi, Call of Duty
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Fenella Fielding on the Carry On films, Morecambe and Wise, and Henrik Ibsen. Plus the painter Gluck, famous for fashion and self-portraits with her lovers. Show more
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Costa Book Awards winners, Elizabeth Friedlander, musical interpolation
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The category winners of the Costa Book Awards 2017 are announced exclusively on Front Row, plus Stig speaks to the winner of the Best Novel Prize. Show more