Front Row
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Front Row
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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W1A writer John Morton on his new series Twenty Twenty Six
Writer and director John Morton, one of the team behind 2012 and W1A, on the new comedy Twenty Twenty Six, set in the run up to this year's football W...
A darker side of a royal marriage
Writer Daisy Goodwin on Victoria: A Queen Unbound. Was the marriage between Victoria and Albert as idyllic as it has been portrayed? Her new play expl...
The Birth of Television: A Forgotten History
100 years ago, inventor John Logie Baird demonstrated his new 'televisor' to the public for the first time. In this special edition of Front Row, Sami...
Review: The Drama starring Robert Pattinson and Zendaya
Tom Sutcliffe is joined by critics Tim Robey and Nancy Durrant to review:
Robert Pattinson and Zendaya's new film The Drama about a young couple...
Trash Cinema Icon Mink Stole
In venues around the UK and here on BBC Radio 4 and on BBC Sounds, it’s Live Comedy Day today – a celebration of live comedy and grassroots clubs. We...
Robert MacFarlane on the revelations to be found underground
Writer Robert MacFarlane on the world underground as a new documentary, Underland, inspired by his award-winning book of the same name is released in...
Lesley Manville, and Art in Space
Lesley Manville, on appearing in Les Liaisons Dangereuses at London's National Theatre
Art In Space: As Nasa prepares to send people back to the...
Review: Riz Ahmed comedy Bait, Schiaparelli at the V&A
On this week's review show, critic and broadcaster Rhianna Dhillon and fashion historian and writer Amber Butchart join Tom Sutcliffe to discuss Riz A...
Actor Forbes Masson on the stage production of cult sitcom The High Life
Actor Forbes Masson on the National Theatre of Scotland's stage musical revival of cult sitcom The High Life in which he starred alongside Alan Cummin...
Noah Wyle on hit hospital drama The Pitt
The much anticipated, Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning medical drama The Pitt finally hits HBO max screens in the UK this week. Samira talks to le...
Saturday Night Live arrives in the UK
The UK now has its own SNL, 50 years after the US original. But is it funny? Culture journalist Natalie Jamieson gives her verdict.
As the BFI...
Review: La Grazia, the latest film from The Great Beauty director Paolo Sorrentino
Writer Alexander Larman and journalist Zoe Williams join Tom Sutcliffe to discuss the film La Grazia - which was written and directed by The Great Bea...
The Daffodil Days - Author Helen Bain on her book inspired by Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath's year in Devon
From bellringing to beekeeping - Author Helen Bain talks about the highly detailed research she conducted for the writing of her The Daffodil Days, in...
17/03/2026
Anne Lister, the 19th century landowner and diarist, better known by her nickname, Gentleman Jack, has inspired folksongs, television dramas, and now...
The Oscars, Ryan Gosling, Self Esteem
Self Esteem, aka Rebecca Lucy Taylor, performs her new song written for David Hare’s play Teeth 'n' Smiles.
We bring you a roundup of the 2026 A...
Review: David Hockney: A Year in Normandie and Some Other Thoughts about Painting at Serpentine North
Art critic Ben Luke and writer Sarah Crompton join Samira Ahmed to review David Hockney’s first exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery in London: A Year...
James McAvoy on his directorial debut, California Schemin'
Actor James McAvoy who has starred in everything from Shameless to X Men talks about turning director for his debut feature, California Schemin'. The...
Howard Jacobson's new book, Howl
Booker Prize-winning author Howard Jacobson discusses his new novel, Howl.
Musician Thea Gilmore talks about her latest project The Echo Line, w...
Cillian Murphy, Timothee Chalamet's opera comments, Deepa Anappara, and are non-fiction books dead?
Cillian Murphy talks to Samira Ahmed about the return of Tommy in new film Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man.
Timothee Chalamet's disparaging co...
Review: The Bride! Maggie Gyllenhaal's film about the bride of Frankenstein
Writer Rebecca Stott and Telegraph film critic Robbie Collin join Tom to discuss The Bride! Maggie Gyllenhaal's film about the bride of Frankenstein,...
Will Self on The Quantity Theory of Morality
Will Self dives in to his latest satirical novel in which he looks at the alienation of modern life, and takes a stab at middle-class life. He discuss...
Author Julia Quinn on Bridgerton
Author Julia Quinn published The Duke and I, the first novel in her eight-part Bridgerton series, in 2000. Twenty years later the adaption of her book...
Pixar at 40
Media journalist Al Horner discusses the latest twist in Warner Bros sale.
Pixar's chief creative officer Pete Docter on the inner workings of t...
Review: Tracey Emin: A Second Life at Tate Modern
Art critic Louisa Buck and writer Chris Power giving their verdicts on Tracey Emin: a second life at Tate Modern. This landmark exhibition spans 40 ye...
Arthur Sze, the poet laureate of the United States, and award-winning director Felipe Bustos Sierra
Poet Laureate of the United States, Arthur Sze is one of the most admired poets of the past five decades influencing the work of Poet Laureates and No...
Ukraine Unbroken - New Plays Responding to the War
The full scale invasion of Ukraine began four years ago today. Ukraine Unbroken is an evening of five new plays written in response to the war. David...
Neve Campbell on being Hollywood's Scream Queen, and BAFTAs lowdown
Fifty years on from the death of painter LS Lowry, the BBC has made a documentary featuring recently discovered recordings made in the last years of h...
Review: Cynthia Erivo in Dracula, Charli XCX mockumentary, The Secret Agent
Poet, playwright and curator Inua Ellams and film critic Hanna Flint join Tom Sutcliffe for this week's reviews.
Riding high after the huge suc...
Amanda Seyfried and Mona Fastvold on their film The Testament of Ann Lee
Director Mona Fastvold and actor Amanda Seyfried discuss their film The Testament of Ann Lee, a musical history about the life of the founder of The S...
Playwright Jim Cartwright on his groundbreaking debut play Road
In 1986 Jim Cartwright's debut play, Road, was the theatrical sensation of the year and its reputation has only grown in the decades that have followe...
Baz Luhrman on Elvis in concert, and 75 Years of The Archers
Baz Luhrman's newest film is recently rediscovered footage showing Elvis Presley, live in concert at the height of his fame. We speak with Baz about h...
Review: Wuthering Heights film and Jack Thorne's Lord of the Flies
Anne Brontë biographer Samantha Ellis and writer Stephanie Merritt join Tom to discuss Emerald Fennell's racy adaptation of Wuthering Heights starring...
Derry Girls creator Lisa McGee on her new series
LIsa McGee on her fresh spin on the murder mystery genre How To Get to Heaven from Belfast, and on the impact of the Derry Girls phenomenon.
At...
Yes Minister creator Jonathan Lynn on revisiting the characters in his new play
The creator of Yes Minister - Jonathan Lynn - on his new play I’m Sorry Prime Minister. Griff Rhys Jones plays Jim Hacker, the octogenarian former Pri...
Kristen Stewart on her directorial debut, The Chronology of Water
Hollywood star Kristen Stewart talks about her directorial debut, The Chronology of Water, which is a searing portrait of childhood abuse and redempti...
Review: Mark Haddon's memoir - Leaving Home, Twinless film, Mackenzie Crook's Small Prophets
Tom is joined by reviewers Tristram Fane Saunders and Natalie Jamieson to discuss...
Mark (The Curious Incident of The Dog in the Night-time) Ha...
Musician Martin Carthy on retiring from performing live
Folk musician Martin Carthy speaks about his long career and about his recent decision to retire from live performance following a diagnosis of late-o...
Jared Bush, head of Walt Disney Animation Studios, on his record-breaking film Zootropolis 2
Jared Bush, head of Walt Disney Animation Studios, on his record-breaking film Zootropolis 2.
Alex Tadros, owner of Mars Tapes, the last cassett...
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry - on stage
Author Rachel Rachel Joyce and musician Passenger discuss the new musical based on Rachel's hit book The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry.
Eric...
Reviewing Is This Thing On? Guess How Much I Love You? and George Saunders
Tom Sutcliffe and guests Viv Groskop and Dorian Lynskey, review Bradley Cooper's film Is This Thing On? - about a marriage in crisis and a comedian on...