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:
The acerbic art reviewer Brian Sewell reflects on his experience as a student at the Courtauld Institute, Amy Winehouse's posthumous album Lioness: Hidden Treasures is reviewed and Jason Solomons gives his verdict on the star studded seasonal film New Year's Eve.
Writer and comedy performer John Cleese reflects on his career from Monty Python to his recent show The Alimony Tour.
RSC's family show The Heart of Robin Hood; Scrapheap Orchestra; Tracy Chevalier and Joanna Trollope on mystery portraits; and Turner-Prize-nominated artist George Shaw
Broadway composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz interviewed; The Big Year reviewed by Alex Horne; Following a new report from Arts Council England on Internships in the Arts, Martin Bright, founder of New Deal of the Mind, and Richard Mantle, General Director of Opera North, discuss whether theatres and galleries can afford to pay interns in these cash-strapped times. John Wilson talks to the artist Hilary Lloyd, one of this year's Turner Prize nominees.
Lenny Henry in The Comedy of Errors, Rob Brydon on his memoir, Charlie Brooker's drama series Black Mirror, and Turner-Prize-nominated artist Martin Boyce
With Mark Lawson: Ricky Gervais talks about his TV comedy series Life's Too Short; choreographer Wayne McGregor and composer Mark-Anthony Turnage discuss their new collaboration, Undance; Lucy Kellaway reviews the latest television series about money and personal finance; and John Wilson meets sculptor Karla Black, shortlisted for this year's Turner Prize.
Mark Lawson and Naomi Alderman review Martin Scorsese's first film in 3D and meets the winner of the Sports Book of the Year prize. Mark Kermode pays tribute to Ken Russell, who died yesterday.
Why Shakepeare's First Folio is so attractive to thieves; Desperate Scousewives review; best-selling author David Nicholls on bookslams; Fyfe Dangerfield on writing for theatre
With Kirsty Lang: a review of the film The Deep Blue Sea, directed by Terence Davies and based on the Terence Rattigan play; John Craven talks about forty years of Newsround
Sir Bruce Forsyth looks back on seven decades in show business, Eleanor Oldroyd reviews Brad Pitt's latest film Moneyball and John takes a tour of the new Ancient Egypt and Nubia galleries at the Ashmolean.
Kate Bush talks to John Wilson in a rare interview about her new album 50 Words for Snow. Critic Antonia Quirke reviews the new Kenneth Branagh film My Week with Marilyn and Benedicte Page discusses the publishing phenomenon of the 'lost' novel.
With Kirsty Lang, including The Riots, a new play by Gillian Slovo; Adam Cork on the soundscapes he created for productions including Derek Jacobi's King Lear; a review of the WWII film Resistance; Thomas Messel on his uncle, the celebrated theatrical designer Oliver Messel.
With Kirsty Lang, including an interview with the comedian and composer Tim Minchin; Rihanna re-assessed in the wake of a new album; can African cinema reach a global audience; the Gershwin song that remains a hit 85 years on.
Writer John Harvey reviews the return of the acclaimed Danish TV series The Killing; comedian Sean Hughes discusses how his father's death shaped his latest show; film-maker David Weissman discusses his new documentary; and Kevin LeGendre looks back at the career of jazz saxophonist Joe Harriott.
Robert Lindsay and Joanna Lumley in The Lion In Winter; Ugly Betty's America Ferrera discusses her British stage debut; composer Paul Mealor on his Royal Wedding music.
