Front RowEpisodes Episode guide
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27/08/2026
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
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26/08/2026
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
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25/08/2026
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
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20/08/2026
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
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19/08/2026
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
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18/08/2026
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
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17/08/2026
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
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13/08/2026
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
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The best theatre at this year's Edinburgh Festivals
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
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11/08/2026
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
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10/08/2026
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
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Review Show: Irvine Welsh's new novel and Glenn Close's new film
Richard Dadd at the Royal Academy and AI companies shredding rare books.
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Live from the Edinburgh Festivals: Stockard Channing on directing Krapp's Last Tape
Actress Stockard Channing on her directorial debut at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
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John Hannah on his new comedy crime drama set in Benidorm
John Hannah on Benidorm is Murder and a look at Hull's newly refurbished Maritime Museum.
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Magic live in the studio
Magic live in the studio, author Jacqueline Crooks and French museum security.
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Review show: Childhood in War, Children of Wolves and kids in Luton
Lawrence Osborne's new cat-and-mouse thriller and a debut British film.
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How the opiod crisis inspired an opera
Composer Missy Mazzoli on her opera The Galloping Cure.
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Mary Beard reveals the Booker Prize longlist, plus Bill Pullman on taking on Chekhov
Mary Beard, chair of the judges for the 2026 Booker Prize.
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Bill Oddie, remembered by his friend Graeme Garden
Bill Oddie remembered, Frank Miller on Batman and Children's Laureate, Patrice Lawrence.
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Review Show: Trainspotting the Musical, Colson Whitehead's new novel
Plus fishing romance drama On the Sea.
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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
