Front Row

BBC Radio 4

Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music

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20 episodes
Updated Thursday

Episodes20

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Thursday · 42 min
Review show: Childhood in War, Children of Wolves and kids in Luton
Lawrence Osborne's new cat-and-mouse thriller and a debut British film.
Wednesday · 42 min
How the opiod crisis inspired an opera
Composer Missy Mazzoli on her opera The Galloping Cure.
Tuesday · 42 min
Mary Beard reveals the Booker Prize longlist, plus Bill Pullman on taking on Chekhov
Mary Beard, chair of the judges for the 2026 Booker Prize.
July 27 · 42 min
Bill Oddie, remembered by his friend Graeme Garden
Bill Oddie remembered, Frank Miller on Batman and Children's Laureate, Patrice Lawrence.
July 23 · 42 min
Review Show: Trainspotting the Musical, Colson Whitehead's new novel
Plus fishing romance drama On the Sea.
July 22 · 42 min
Andrew Ridgeley on Wham in China
Wham's Andrew Ridgeley; The impact of Fleabag on 10 years of TV; The art of costume making
July 21 · 42 min
Ruth Madeley on new TV drama The Rapture, Nadine Shah on her BBC Prom
Ruth Madeley on starring in new TV thriller The Rapture, and Nadine Shah on her BBC Prom.
July 20 · 42 min
The first PM with an English degree, plus a new museum of WWII espionage
Samira talks to the man who taught Andy Burnham English Literature.
July 16 · 42 min
Review: Christopher Nolan's film The Odyssey with Matt Damon and Zendaya
The Oresteia on stage and Avni Doshi's novel The First House.
July 15 · 42 min
Heartstopper creator Alice Oseman
What made Heartstopper such a phenomenon with young people?
July 14 · 42 min
Christopher Nolan on his film The Odyssey, Little House on the Prairie, novelist Candice Carty-Williams
Film-maker Christopher Nolan on transforming the ancient Greece epic for the big screen.
July 13 · 42 min
Diane Morgan on playing a robot in TV comedy Ann Droid.
Diane Morgan on her new BBC comedy, Ann Droid.
July 9 · 42 min
Review Show: The Rolling Stones album Foreign Tongues
AI and humanity explored in the play Robota and Disney Live Action remakes.
July 8 · 41 min
Lynval Golding of The Specials on the band's swansong album
The last album from The Specials; Female photographers as social activists.
July 7 · 42 min
Ai Weiwei in Manchester
Ai Weiwei's largest site-specific show, and Nassim Soleimanpour on his groundbreaking play
July 6 · 42 min
Madonna's Confessions II album, Daphne du Maurier, Sky buying ITV
Plus the US cultural events to mark 250 years of independence.
July 2 · 42 min
Review Show: Penélope Cruz in The Invite, Pride the Musical
And debut novel Trouble Was by Charlotte Edwardes.
July 1 · 42 min
Nobel Prize-winning author Kazuo Ishiguro on his passion for films featuring trains
Kazuo Ishiguro speaks to Kirsty Wark about his fascination for trains
June 30 · 41 min
Dave Eggers on his new novel Contrapposto and Supergirl director Craig Gillespie
As Michael Caine's Odyssey is released, we discuss actors licencing themselves for AI.
June 29 · 42 min
Penelope Keith tribute, Russell Tovey, Katherine Rundell on fairy tales
Tribute to Penelope Keith, Russell Tovey, Katherine Rundell on fairy tales.