Front RowEpisodes Episode guide
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06/08/2026
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
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05/08/2026
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
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04/08/2026
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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03/08/2026
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
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30/07/2026
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
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29/07/2026
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
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28/07/2026
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
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27/07/2026
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
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23/07/2026
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
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Andrew Ridgeley on Wham in China
Wham's Andrew Ridgeley; The impact of Fleabag on 10 years of TV; The art of costume making
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Ruth Madeley on new TV drama The Rapture, Nadine Shah on her BBC Prom
Ruth Madeley on starring in new TV thriller The Rapture, and Nadine Shah on her BBC Prom.
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The first PM with an English degree, plus a new museum of WWII espionage
Samira talks to the man who taught Andy Burnham English Literature.
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Review: Christopher Nolan's film The Odyssey with Matt Damon and Zendaya
The Oresteia on stage and Avni Doshi's novel The First House.
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Heartstopper creator Alice Oseman
What made Heartstopper such a phenomenon with young people?
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Christopher Nolan on his film The Odyssey, Little House on the Prairie, novelist Candice Carty-Williams
Film-maker Christopher Nolan on transforming the ancient Greece epic for the big screen.
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Diane Morgan on playing a robot in TV comedy Ann Droid.
Diane Morgan on her new BBC comedy, Ann Droid.
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Review Show: The Rolling Stones album Foreign Tongues
AI and humanity explored in the play Robota and Disney Live Action remakes.
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Lynval Golding of The Specials on the band's swansong album
The last album from The Specials; Female photographers as social activists.
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Ai Weiwei in Manchester
Ai Weiwei's largest site-specific show, and Nassim Soleimanpour on his groundbreaking play
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Madonna's Confessions II album, Daphne du Maurier, Sky buying ITV
Plus the US cultural events to mark 250 years of independence.
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Review Show: Penélope Cruz in The Invite, Pride the Musical
And debut novel Trouble Was by Charlotte Edwardes.
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Nobel Prize-winning author Kazuo Ishiguro on his passion for films featuring trains
Kazuo Ishiguro speaks to Kirsty Wark about his fascination for trains
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Dave Eggers on his new novel Contrapposto and Supergirl director Craig Gillespie
As Michael Caine's Odyssey is released, we discuss actors licencing themselves for AI.
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Penelope Keith tribute, Russell Tovey, Katherine Rundell on fairy tales
Tribute to Penelope Keith, Russell Tovey, Katherine Rundell on fairy tales.
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Review Show: Frida Kahlo, Mads Mikkelsen in The Last Viking, Museum of the Year
The Last Viking film and novel Natural Disaster by Lisa Owens. Plus Museum of the Year.
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Lauren Child on 25 years of Charlie & Lola
Former children's laureate Lauren Child on her new book.
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Bill Nighy on acting, podcasting and style tips
Bill Nighy on his latest film, and the Carnegie Medal winners for Writing and Illustration
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Linda Perry sings live, and we celebrate Mel Brooks' 100th birthday
And we mark the work of James Burrows; from Cheers and Friends to The Big Bang Theory
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Review: Anish Kapoor, Virginia Woolf's Night and Day, Toy Story 5
Tom also talks to Toy Story 5 director Andrew Stanton.
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Katherine Hepburn novel, plus the Obama Presidential Center opens
Rain at National Library of Scotland, Katharine Hepburn, Obama Presidential Center.
