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:
With Kirsty Lang: Jeff Wayne on his new version of The War Of The Worlds, starring Liam Neeson; NJ Cooper reviews TV drama, Crime Stories; RSC's The Orphan Of Zhao reviewed
The verdict on Alan Bennett's new play People and Michael Winterbottom's film Everyday. An interview with Ukrainian writer Andrey Kurkov; and the British Library's Mughal India exhibition.
Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood reflect on life in The Rolling Stones, as they prepare to return to the stage next month. It's now 50 years since the band's first performance, and they discuss at their early shared love of the blues, the experience of rehearsing and performing, and the future.
Mark Lawson meets director Michael Haneke, whose film Amour won the Palme d'Or at this year's Cannes Festival; the art of crying on stage and screen; adult TV cartoon Full English reviewed; and a tribute to composer Elliott Carter.
Anna Friel in Chekhov's Uncle Vanya; Kamila Shamsie on modern re-workings of great literature; letters from the Mary Whitehouse archive; and Chris O'Dowd in the film The Sapphires
The Shining - an extended version in cinemas more than 30 years after the film's UK release; playwright Lucy Kirkwood; author Colm Toibin and TV drama series Some Girls
Actor John Goodman, who stars in Argo, directed by Ben Affleck; Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk; Andrew Rawnsley on Secret State; and the Vatican's approval of James Bond.
Marion Cotillard stars in award-winning film Rust and Bone; Joe Perry and Steven Tyler discuss Aerosmith's new album; a report on a new exhibition of art crafted from paper and iconic screen hotels; which ones would you want to stay in?
With Mark Lawson. Author Lionel Shriver reviews new film The Master; a rare interview with composer Thomas Ades; the National Gallery’s first major photography exhibition; and the most desirable film locations.
Mark Lawson meets Tom Wolfe and discusses politics, pornography and his chances of winning a Nobel Prize
Dramatist Jez Butterworth talks about the pressures of following on from the success of his play Jerusalem; Doctor Who and Sarah Jane Adventures writers Russell T Davies and Phil Ford have created a new action thriller, Wizards vs Aliens - novelist Matt Thorne and his son review it and Portishead guitarist Adrian Utley and composer Philip Sheppard discuss the art of responding in music to very specific locations
Mark Gatiss as King Charles I, cartoonist and writer Posy Simmonds whose creations include Tamara Drewe, Derry~Londonderry City of Culture 2013, and why Harvey Weinstein's new film for US TV could swing the presidential election
With Mark Lawson. Booker Prize winning author Thomas Keneally discusses his new novel, Downton Abbey actor Dan Stevens makes his Broadway debut and 25 years of Michael Palin's travels.
With Kirsty Lang: poet Sharon Olds on her new volume charting the end of her marriage; the band Squeeze on their new tour; Elena, a Russian take on classic film noir, is reviewed
Kirsty Lang meets Sam Mendes, director of the James Bond film Skyfall; Kevin Costner in TV series Hatfields & McCoys; and biographer Tom Reiss on the real Count Of Monte Cristo.
