Front Row Daily
Summary: Interviews with leading novelists, musicians, film directors, artists and more, from Radio 4's flagship arts show, presented by Mark Lawson, Kirsty Lang and John Wilson. Front Row is broadcast on BBC Radio 4 each weekday evening at 7.15 - 7.45pm. New editions will be available each night following the live broadcast.
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Podcasts:
Writer Kay Mellor on series two of BBC drama The Syndicate and working with Steven Spielberg, new film Compliance reviewed and playwrights and directors discuss re-working classic Scandinavian dramas.
With Mark Lawson - who speaks to conductor Sir John Eliot Gardiner as he prepares for a Bach Marathon, reviews Jack the Giant Slayer, discusses Shakespeare's attitude to marriage and weddings and Philip Roth at 80.
American poet John Ashbery discusses his latest collection; Michael Waldman on gaining access to the Royal Family for ITV's Our Queen documentary; Romanian film Beyond the Hills reviewed.
Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel on his London residency with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and his work with the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra and El Sistema
Details of a new literary prize for writers from all over the world; a sneak peek at the British Museum's new Pompeii exhibition; In the Flesh reviewed; a report on the maths within music.
Edmund de Waal, the author of the bestselling Hare with the Amber Eyes, on publishing his grandmother's novel. The Paperboy reviewed; the art of George Bellows. Plus, bookshops fight back.
Twilight creator Stephenie Meyer; The Incredible Burt Wonderstone reviewed; Simon Starling on his new work for Tate Britain
William Boyd's palywriting debut , Longing. Marianne Faithfull, Soweto Kinch, Paul Heaton and Andre de Ridder on the seven deadly sins in music. Hilary Mantel on winning the David Cohen prize.
Tony Parsons, Miranda Sawyer and La Roux's Elly Jackson discuss David Bowie's music and influence, in the light of his new album, The Next Day, and a major retrospective at the V&A. Presenter John Wilson also draws on his own archive of interviews with Bowie.
Actor Mark Strong on new British thriller Welcome to the Punch, Tash Aw talks about his novel Five Star Billionaire and comedy double act Anna Crilly and Katy Wix discuss their new Channel 4 series, Anna & Katy.
John Wilson meets artist Chuck Close; writers James Cary and Richard Hurst discuss their sitcom about bomb-disposal; reviews of the film Side Effects and the new Tomb Raider game.
Mark Lawson reviews Sam Raimi film, Oz The Great and Powerfuland talks to George Benjamin and Martin Crimp about their opera Written on Skin, and to Julia O'Faolain about her Memoir , Trespassers.
Artist Yinka Shonibare discusses his exhibition at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park; Haydn Gwynne, Paul Ritter and Nathaniel Parker reflect on the process of portraying prime ministers on stage in Peter Morgan's new play The Audience; a report on attitudes to film classification.
Best-selling British solo artist Robbie Williams reflects on revealing too much in his songs, his drive to be a pop-star and his boredom at the Brit Awards ceremony.
Writer Edith Pearlman discusses the appeal of the short story form; two new TV crime dramas reviewed; Joe Wright's stage directing debut Trelawny of the Wells; how the Pope has been depicted in fiction.
