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:
William Boyd responds to a major exhibition of landscape paintings by David Hockney; a review of Steven Soderbergh's new film Haywire; and music from Carolina Chocolate Drops.
John Wilson with a review of Leonardo DiCaprio as FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, in Clint Eastwood's film; the 2012 T S Eliot poetry prize winner, live from the ceremony.
With John Wilson. Screenwriter Heidi Thomas on her new TV drama series, Call The Midwife; trumpeter Alison Balsom on her CD showcasing twentieth century works for trumpet
Artists Jonathan Yeo and John Keane on painting Tony Blair; Antony Gormley and Hofesh Shechter on their dance collaboration; a short history of eating at the cinema
Musician Emeli Sande discusses her unusual career path from student doctor to Brit Award winner, photographer Guy Martin reflects on working under fire during last year's Arab Spring, historian Thomas Asbridge explains how his new BBC series examines the Crusades from both the Christian and Muslim perspectives and Adrian Wootton of Film London reveals the unlikely downsides to urban gentrification.
J C Chandor discusses his feature debut Margin Call, starring Kevin Spacey and Demi Moore. Plus a review of Freddie Flintoff's documentary on depression in sport.
Mark Lawson talks to film-maker Steven Spielberg as he releases War Horse, Archie Burnett discusses his collection of Philip Larkin's poetry, and the audio version of cultural theorist Marshall McLuhan's most famous work, re-titled The Medium Is The Massage, reviewed.
Kirsty Lang reports on the increasing prominence of puppets in theatrical performance.
Mark Lawson reviews two new TV comedies which focus on a central female role; director Tom Hooper on his next project after The King's Speech; new film Mother and Child reviewed; and American writer Padgett Powell.
Actor Michael Fassbender; Julian Lloyd Webber and Tasmin Little on Delius; Richard Bean and Nicholas Hytner on One Man, Two Guvnors; and review of new Sam West TV drama Eternal Law
Mark Lawson with news of the Costa Book Awards category winners. Tony Marchant on his TV drama Public Enemies. Ralph Steadman and Posy Simmonds pay tribute to Ronald Searle .
Mark Lawson reports on the authors who have taken on another novelist's characters, with guests including P D James, Anthony Horowitz, Jeffery Deaver and Frank Cottrell Boyce.
John Wilson talks to musicians including Kate Bush, Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys, Pink Floyd's Nick Mason and Ray Davies, as they return to their archives and past recordings.
John Wilson talks to singers Tony Bennett, Johnny Mathis, Jack Jones and Bruce Forsyth, whose careers began before rock and roll. Their combined experience totals over 200 years
Kirsty Lang explores how writers from India and Pakistan are tackling social and political shifts, with Booker-winner Aravind Adiga, Aatish Taseer, Mohammed Hanif and Moni Mohsin.
