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:
Terence Conran looks back on six decades of design on his 80th birthday; Mark Lawson announces and discusses the 2011 Costa Book Awards shortlists; and a review of Welcome to the Rileys.
Playwright and film director Neil LaBute discusses his new play Reasons to be Pretty; Ian Rankin reviews new undercover TV cop shows; and a review of new Nicolas Cage film Justice.
Pan Am is a new US drama set in the 1960's, Janet Street-Porter gives her verdict. Plus interviews with baritone Simon Keenlyside and Kenyan writer Binyavanga Wainaina and a review of The Awakening starring Dominic West and Rebecca Hall.
With Mark Lawson, including the verdict on Michael Sheen as Hamlet; a review of the documentary Tabloid; and an interview with Jeffrey Eugenides
With John Wilson, including a review of Rum Diary; an interview with musician and producer Nile Rodgers; writers Joanne Harris and Francesca Simon on the appeal of Norse mythology; and Lou Reed on his recent collaboration with Metallica.
With Mark Lawson, including the new Leonardo da Vinci exhibition; Maltese tenor Joseph Calleja, and linguist David Crystal on 100 notable English words.
Mark Lawon reviews Andrea Arnold's latest film Wuthering Heights; interviews with screenwriter Peter Morgan and author Peter James and a visit to The Royal Artillery First World War War Memorial, with Art Critic Richard Cork.
R.E.M. interviewed, the Olympic Posters reviewed, the popularity of reality TV focusing on the super-rich.
Anthony Horowitz on his new Sherlock Holmes novel; David Edgar on his latest play: Written on the Heart, a review of Tate Liverpool's Alice in Wonderland exhibition; and film critic Mark Ecclestone and writer David Crystal on the latest Bond film title: Skyfall.
P D James on following in the footsteps of Jane Austen; a review of John Hodge's play Collaborators starring Simon Russell Beale; cellist Steven Isserlis and tenor Mark Padmore.
A review of the film In Time, starring Justin Timberlake; David Bowie and his influence in the 1970s; how singers can protect their voices and the return for second series of BBC Three's Him and Her and E4's PhoneShop.
Writer Ronan Bennett, whose new TV drama Top Boy focuses on young drug dealers in Hackney; Andrew Lloyd Webber on the English Heritage Angel Awards; Andrew Collins reviews Jack Goes Boating; and spooky music for Halloween.
Yo-Yo Ma on his latest album of bluegrass music and a round up of some of the week's biggest music releases: from Coldplay to Tom Waits. Plus we examine the enduring appeal of Johnny Hallyday and novelist Emma Donoghue on her latest book.
With Kirsty Lang, who is joined by historian Juliet Gardiner to review The Last of the Duchess. Plus actor Gerard Butler on his latest film, Machine Gun Preacher; choreographer Kate Prince, founder of Zoo Nation, on improving the image of hip hop; and Kirsty visits a new sound installation at Jodrell Bank Observatory.
Jeanette Winterson on her memoir, Sir David Attenborough on his latest series Frozen Planet; and reviews of The Ides of March and Mike Bartlett's new play 13.
