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:
Christos Tsiolkas, author of the Man Booker-longlisted The Slap, discusses his new novel Barracuda; new film Tim's Vermeer; violinist Maxim Vengerov; and two new US TV cop shows
The Coen Brothers; The Wolf of Wall Street; T S Eliot Prize winner; playwright John Donnelly.
Colin Firth on The Railway Man; new TV drama series Hostages is reviewed; Sam Smith, winner of BBC's Sound Of 2014; stage-designer Es Devlin gives Kirsty a tour of her studio
John Wilson reports from Istanbul, including Nobel Prize winning author Orhan Pamuk, hit TV drama Magnificent Century, Turkish films and the band Baba Zula.
The creator of The Bletchley Circle Guy Burt on series two of his drama, Author Donal Ryan on his second novel, Molly Dineen reviews two documentaries, The Square and Kiss the Water, and Nollywood director Obi Emelonye on the Nigerian film industry.
Author Graeme Simsion on the surprise success of his book, The Rosie Project; a review of the film Delivery Man; an assessment of stand-up comedy and popular music in Indonesia
We reveal the Costa Book Awards Category Winners; Steve McQueen talks about 12 Years A Slave; and the first in a series looking at culture in emerging economies - today Mexican cinema.
Naomie Harris discusses playing Winnie Mandela; Nigella Lawson's new show The Taste reviewed; Iranian harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani; critics look ahead to the arts in 2014.
Jarvis Cocker and Martin Wallace on their film The Big Melt, novelist Elizabeth Jane Howard remembered, artist Tom Price on his exhitibion at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Last Vegas reviewed and a look ahead to the potential big albums of 2014.
Kirsty Lang presents a special edition on Binge TV and the different ways we watch television
Citizen Khan's Adil Ray, actors Helen Lederer and Jackie Clune; and playwright Mark Ravenhill are led by team captains Natalie Haynes and Mark Billingham in the Front Row Quiz.
This year the shelf of great American authors unexpectedly lengthened when a novel called Stoner by John Williams, forgotten since its first appearance five decades ago, was republished to widespread acclaim. At the same time two neglected novels by Renata Adler received enthusiastic reviews when brought back into print after thirty years and two little known writers, 89 year old James Salter and 76 year old Edith Pearlman, were hailed as newly discovered geniuses. Salter, Pearlman and Adler reflect on literary resurrection and Julian Barnes and Ruth Rendell discuss the comeback of Stoner.
Naomi Alderman explores the creative legacy of the cult TV series Buffy The Vampire Slayer, with help from Joss Whedon, Anthony Head, Neil Gaiman, Rhianna Pratchett and other fans
Front Row's People of the Year 2013. Mark Lawson talks to David Tennant, Helen Mirren, Stephen Frears, Olivia Colman and Clio Barnard in the second of two special programmes.
Front Row's People of the Year: Mark Lawson talks to David Suchet, Eleanor Catton, Hilary Mantel, Andrea Kirkwood, Zawe Ashton and Marin Alsop.
