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Once a week, an interview taken from Radio 4's arts programme, Front Row. Featuring a prominent figure from the arts world. For more information and the podcast Terms of Use go to www.bbc.co.uk/radio4 Primary Format : Language : Unknown Also Listed as: City : Unknown State/Province : Unknown Country : United Kingdom Region : EU User Tags: User Votes: RSS Feed Website People found this Podcast Searching for: View this Podcast on a Google Map. Podcast iTunes Link Text Only listing of Front Row Interview Podcasts Methings.com listings of Front Row Interview Podcasts If you like this podcast, you might also like:

FrontRow: The Muppets & Ian Rankin Husband and wife theatre producers Howard Panter and Rosemary Squire, recently named the most influential people in British theatre by The Stage newspaper, discuss how they now run 39 venues around the UK. Kermit, Miss Piggy and the rest of the Muppets make their cinematic comeback this week, 12 years after their last big screen outing. The new film sees the cast re-unite to save their old theatre from the clutches of an evil oil baron. Natalie Haynes gives her verdict. Novelist Ian ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Anne Rice and film Martha Marcy May Marlene: 2 Feb 12 With John Wilson who reviews Martha Marcy May Marlene, Anne Rice discusses swapping vampires for werewolves in her latest book; the end of filming on the Aylesbury Estate; and Howard Hodgkin on his collection of Indian art. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: 010212 Ashley Walters; She Stoops To Conquer John Wilson interviews musician-turned-actor Ashley Walters who is now starring in a new BBC drama, Inside Men. Katherine Kelly from Coronation Street stars as Kate Hardcastle in a new production of She Stoops To Conquer, at the National Theatre which also features Steve Pemberton and Sophie Thompson. Rachel Cooke reviews. Professor Martin Kemp speculates on the news story that a contemporary copy of the Mona Lisa has been discovered in the vaults of the Prado Museum in Madrid. In ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FR: 310112: Young Adult, Kate Grenville, Dennis Potter Mark Lawson meets Australian novelist Kate Grenville; a review of Charlize Theron's latest film Young Adult. And, The Singing Detective, back on our screens after 26 years. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: 30Jan2012 Kate Winslet & Jodie Foster in Carnage Kate Winslet and Jodie Foster as warring parents in the film Carnage; the UK's first Waiting For Godot with a black cast; Sacha Mirzoeff on filming child protection teams. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: 27 JAN 2012 Turner in Margate; Alice Coote Mezzo-soprano Alice Coote on the demands of being a jet-setting soloist, Iain Sinclair on Turner and the Elements, barrister Greg Foxsmith on why he's restaging Joe Orton's trial 50 years later and Kitty Empire reviews the debut album from singer du jour Lana Del Rey. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow:Hajj at the British Museum26Jan12 With John Wilson: Mehdi Hasan and Thomas Asbridge discuss Hajj, at the British Museum; plus a review of the romantic drama film, Like Crazy Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Andrew Miller and Nicholas Hytner 25Jan12 Andrew Miller on winning the Costa Book of the Year Award, the latest plans from the National Theatre with its director Nicholas Hytner, Paul Farley reviews new Harry Enfield film Acts of Godfrey in rhyme and an interview with Swedish crime writer Jens Lapidus. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow:Academy Award nominations24Jan12 Mark Lawson reports on this year's Academy Award nominations, announced today - with critics Chris Tookey and Larushka Ivan-Zadeh. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: 23 01 12 The Descendants & Edmund White Suzanne Moore reviews the Oscar-tipped George Clooney in The Descendants, directed by Alexander Payne, who made the Academy Award winning comedy Sideways. In a candid interview, author Edmund White discusses his life and work as his new novel is published. This week sees the start of three new series following members of the medical profession. Mark meets Dr Ben Allin from BBC Three's Junior Doctors and Mr Mark George, veteran of the original 1980s Horizon series Doctors to Be, to fi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FRow: 20011 Soldiers' stories on stage; Etta James. John Wilson meets soldiers starring in a play based on their combat experiences; documentary maker Norma Percy on filming Putin and the oligarchs. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Abi Morgan, Leonard Cohen, Coriolanus. With Mark Lawson, who hears from Leonard Cohen on the inspiration for his new disc; screenwriter Abi Morgan reflects on recent projects, including The Iron Lady and Birdsong; a review of Coriolanus starring Ralph Fiennes who also directs; Anthony Sher stars in the National Theatre's production of Travelling Light - Peter Kemp reviews. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Madonna's W.E. and author Ian Rankin 18 Jan 2012 A.N.Wilson reviews Madonna's W.E. Chad Harbach explains why it took 10 years to write his debut novel; lawyer Duncan Lamont discusses the rights of dissatisfied arts consumers. Ian Rankin and Frances Fyfield discuss their unpublished first novels. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 170112 FrontRow: David Hockney paintings, Haywire 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow:16Jan12 Leonardo DiCaprio as J. Edgar Hoover 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow:Heidi Thomas, Alison Balsom13Jan12 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 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Antony Gormley 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 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: The Crusades; Emeli Sande; Guy Martin 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow:JC Chandor on Margin Call; composer Anna Meredith10Jan12 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Steven Spielberg on War Horse 09 Jan 12 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Puppets take centre stage 06Jan12 Kirsty Lang reports on the increasing prominence of puppets in theatrical performance. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Tom Hooper on life after The King's Speech 5 Jan 11 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FR 040112: Michael Fassbender, Julian Lloyd Webber 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 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: 03 JAn 12 Costa Book Awards Category winners 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 . Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Writers including P D James and Anthony Horowitz 30 Dec 2011 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Kate Bush and Brian Wilson 2 Jan 2012 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: 291211 Tony Bennett, Johnny Mathis, Bruce Forsyth 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 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow:Indian and Pakistani authors28Dec11 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: 27 Dec 2011: Ian Bostridge, Mark Padmore, Joseph Calleja and Iestyn Davies Three internationally renowned tenors and one countertenor discuss the highs and lows of world class singing, and the challenges of maintaining their famous voices. Mark Lawson talks to Mark Padmore, Ian Bostridge, Joseph Calleja and Iestyn Davies. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: The Boxing Day Quiz! 26 Dec 12 Question-master Mark Lawson poses cultural brain-teasers to test the knowledge of two teams. Historian Antonia Fraser, actor Dan Stevens and crime-writer Mark Billingham compete against playwright Roy Williams, comedy performer and writer Natalie Haynes and actor Michael Simkins. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: People of the Year part 2 23 Dec 11 Second of two programmes unwrapping a selection of new interviews with the people who made the cultural headlines in 2011. Includes stage and screen actor Dominic West, artist Tracy Emin, The King's Speech director Tom Hooper, writers of The Inbetweeners Iain Morris and Damon Beesley, and The Great British Bake Off judges Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: People of the Year part 1 22 Dec 2011 First of two programmes unwrapping a selection of new interviews with the people who made the cultural headlines in 2011. Includes Booker Prize winner Julian Barnes, director of Wuthering Heights Andrea Arnold, poet Jo Shapcott, architect Sir David Chipperfield and playwright and director Richard Bean and Nicholas Hytner. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Neon Artwork; Adele's producer Paul Epworth 21 Dec 11 Paul Merton on the silent film The Artist; Adele's producer Paul Epworth; and the graphic designer Peter Saville switches on the first Front Row neon artwork. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Michelle Yeoh, 2011 music picks, book cover design 20 Dec 11 John Wilson talks to actress Michelle Yeoh about her role in The Lady; three music reviewers nominate their album of the year; the art of book cover design in the digital age. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: 191211: Jennifer Saunders; Mission: Impossible Jennifer Saunders reflects on the return of Ab Fab; the latest Mission: Impossible film reviewed; a tribute to playwright and former Czech President Vaclav Havel and a round-up of this year's Christmas TV. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow 161211: Terry Jones; early Morse and Herriot Former Python Terry Jones on his new book; Christmas carols which deserve to be better known; and two new TV dramas about the young James Herriot and Inspector Morse Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: 15Dec11 David Fincher.Crime books.Vikram Seth David Fincher on his film of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. Jeff Park chooses crime books for Christmas. Vikram Seth discusses his collection of libretti, The Rivered Earth. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Simon Schama on Government Art141211 Historian Simon Schama on his pick of works from the Government Art Collection. Dame Edna Everage, Ann Widdecombe and Vanilla Ice are all making their pantomime debuts this year. Danny Robins has seen all three. The famous La Peregrina pearl given to Elizabeth Taylor by Richard Burton has sold for a record $11million. Dr Tarnya Cooper of the National Portrait Gallery traces the pearl's appearances in portraits of the past. John Wilson reports on an art project in the shape of boat ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Sir David Jason; festive Jukebox Jury 13 Dec 11 Sir David Jason discusses his new role as an incompetent bodyguard and his close relationship with Ronnie Barker; Front Row's festive Jukebox Jury with David Hepworth and Rosie Swash; and a review of Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: 12Dec11 Meryl Streep.Kids Books.This is England 88 Kirsty Lang talks to Meryl Streep about playing Margaret Thatcher in the film The Iron Lady. There is a review of Shane Meadows' This is England 88, a second TV series to follow his film, This is England, of 2006, and there is a selection of Christmas books for children. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Comedy DVDs, Haunted Child and Graham Sutherland A round-up of comedy DVDs with critic Stephen Armstrong, a review of Joe Penhall's new play, Haunted Child, artist Graham Sutherland reassessed and an interview with Joshua Cody. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow:Annie Lennox Nick Park The Ladykillers08Dec11 The verdict on The Ladykillers, a new staging of the Ealing comedy film; Nick Park on his first live-action music video; Annie Lennox on her Christmas album. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Carole King; Don DeLillo; Richard II reviewed Carole King looks back on a career that spans five decades, Adam Mars-Jones reviews Eddie Redmayne in Richard II, novelist Don DeLillo discusses his new book of short stories and critic Mark Eccleston reflects on the art of inter-film referencing. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Brian Sewell; Amy Winehouse review 6 Dec 2011 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: John Cleese interview 5 Dec 2011 Writer and comedy performer John Cleese reflects on his career from Monty Python to his recent show The Alimony Tour. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 021211 FrontRow: RSC's Robin Hood, Scrapheap Orchestra, Imagined Lives 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 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Stephen Schwartz; The Big Year 01Dec11 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 301111 FrontRow: Lenny Henry, Rob Brydon, Black Mirror 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 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Ricky Gervais, McGregor & Turnage 29Nov11 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow:28Nov11:Martin Scorcese's Hugo, Sport Book 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow:Shakespeare Folio Thefts; Desperate Scousewives25Nov11 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 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow:The Deep Blue Sea; John Craven;24Nov11 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 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Sir Bruce Forsyth and Moneyball review 23 Nov 2011 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Kate Bush, My Week with Marilyn 22 Nov 2011 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Gillian Slovo, Adam Cork; 21 Nov 11 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Tim Minchin; Rihanna re-assessed 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: The Killing and Sean Hughes 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: The Lion in Winter and American Ferrera 161111 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Terence Conran and the Costa Book Awards: 15 Nov 11 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Neil LaBute, Ian Rankin, Justice 141111 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 11 Nov 11 FrontRow: Pan Am; Simon Keenlyside interview 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 10 Nov 11 FrontRow: Jeffrey Eugenides; Hamlet; Tabloid With Mark Lawson, including the verdict on Michael Sheen as Hamlet; a review of the documentary Tabloid; and an interview with Jeffrey Eugenides Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Rum Diary; Nile Rodgers; Norse myths; Lou Reed; 09 Nov 11 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Front Row: Leonardo da Vinci; Joseph Calleja; David Crystal; 08 Nov 11 With Mark Lawson, including the new Leonardo da Vinci exhibition; Maltese tenor Joseph Calleja, and linguist David Crystal on 100 notable English words. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 07 Nov 11: Wuthering Heights, Peter Morgan, Peter James 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: 04 Nov 11: R.E.M., Olympic Posters, Billion $$ Girl. R.E.M. interviewed, the Olympic Posters reviewed, the popularity of reality TV focusing on the super-rich. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 03 Nov 2011 FrontRow: Anthony Horowitz, David Edgar, Tate Liverpool's new exhibtion 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 021111: PD James, Steven Isserlis, Collaborators 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: David Bowie in the 1970s: 1 Nov 2011 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Writer Ronan Bennett; Andrew Lloyd Webber 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Yo-Yo Ma; Emma Donoghue; Soviet Art 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: The Last of the Duchess, Gerard Butler 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: David Attenborough, Jeanette Winterson, Ides of March 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. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Umberto Eco Special Kirsty Lang meets Italian intellectual and novelist Umberto Eco, now nearly 80, at his home in Milan. The writer looks back at the surprise success of his first novel The Name of the Rose, published when he was 48, which has sold 50 million copies. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Anonymous, Viola Davis, Stephan Solzhenitsyn A review of Roland Emmmerich's new film Anonymous, Stephan Solzhenitsyn on a new volume of short stories by his late father Aleksander Solzhenitsyn, and actress Viola Davis on her latest film The Help. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Tin Tin; The Beach Boys 21Oct2011 Brian Wilson and Bruce Johnston of The Beach Boys reflect on their never-released album Smile. A review of Steven Spielberg's Tin Tin. The RSC's revival of the controversial 1960s play Marat/Sade reviewed. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: 201011 Peter Gabriel; Edward Burra With John Wilson, including an interview with musician Peter Gabriel, and a re-assessment of the work of painter Edward Burra, renowned for capturing the seedy side of city life. There are reviews of Karen Gillan's stage debut in John Osborne's play Inadmissable Evidence and Gus van Sant's film Restless Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow 191011: Thandie Newton and Romola Garai Thandie Newton on her first ever stage role; Romola Garai discusses depictions of historical actresses in art; the TV adaptation of The Slap is reviewed; and Danny Robins assesses why some popular titles, such as We Need to Talk About Kevin, have seemingly endless appeal. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 181011: Terry Pratchett, Mark Rylance, Contagion Novelist Terry Pratchett, actor Mark Rylance on returning to the West End stage with Jerusalem, and Steven Soderbergh's pandemic film Contagion. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Lynne Ramsay; Cameron Mackintosh 17Oct2011 Mark Lawson talks to Lynne Ramsay, director of We Need to Talk About Kevin, adapted from Lionel Shriver's novel, and to Cameron Mackintosh who is 65 today.Toby Litt reviews new 3 part novel by Haruki Murakami, 1Q84 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow:Tamsin Greig; Holy Flying Circus14Oct2011 With Kirsty Lang. Tamsin Greig talks about Jumpy, a new play about parenting; a review of Holy Flying Circus, TV drama about the outrage caused by Life Of Brian Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Nicky Wire and Marathon Performances Nicky Wire of the Manic Street Preachers; a three part feature on Marathon Performances and an interview with Shona McCarthy, Chief Executive of Culture Company 2013. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Noel Gallagher, Frieze Art Fair, Don McCullin Noel Gallagher discusses his new solo album and why the modern music industry baffles him. As the world's art collectors gather at the Frieze Art Fair, experts Godfrey Barker and Sarah Thornton discuss why it's the one market that seems impervious to economic turmoil and photographer Don McCullin looks back on 50 years of avoiding bullets in search of the perfect picture. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Steve Coogan; Sleeping Beauty review11Oct2011 With Mark Lawson, including an interview with Steve Coogan on the memoirs of his comic creation Alan Partridge, and a review of Australian film Sleeping Beauty Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Front Row: Tacita Dean, Morgan Spurlock, Real Steel 10 Oct. 11 With Mark Lawson, who reports from Tate Modern as Tacita Dean reveals a new work for the vast space of the Turbine Hall, plus Morgan Spurlock on his latest film and a review of robot sci-fi Real Steel. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Front Row: Orlando Bloom, Tracy Chevalier 07 Sep 11 Tracy Chevalier reviews Vermeer's Women, a new exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge. The actor Paddy Considine's on his first feature film,Tyrannosaur. Mohammed Hanif on his new novel Our Lady of Alice Bhatti. Orlando Bloom on his new film, The Three Musketeers. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Des O'Connor and Driving Miss Daisy Des O'Connor on being on stage in Dreamcoats and Petticoats, Vanessa Redgrave in Driving Miss Daisy, and Frank Cottrell Boyce on his sequel to Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 051011; Kenneth Branagh talks to Mark Lawson Kenneth Branagh returns to the stage in his native Belfast in an adaptation of the French farce The Painkiller. In a Front Row special, he talks to Mark Lawson Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Johnny Mathis and David Bailey 4 Oct 11 Legendary singer Johnny Mathis; Ewan McGregor and Eva Green in Perfect Sense; Gerhard Richter's retrospective at Tate Modern; and photographer David Bailey. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow:03Oct11 Rowan Atkinson; Calire Tomalin With Mark Lawson, including Rowan Atkinson on his role as the hapless spy Johnny English, and Claire Tomalin on Dickens. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Carol Ann Duffy 30Sep11 Mark Lawson meets the Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, as she publishes The Bees - her new collection of poems Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: James Corden's autobiography 29Sep11 Mark Lawson talks to actor James Corden about his memoirs; the new stage musical Rock Of Ages is reviewed and a celebration of Leeds' pivotal role in the history of cinema Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Lee Child, Melancholia review, Derek Eland 28 Sept. 2011 Mark Lawson reviews the latest Lars von Trier film Melancholia, and speaks to ex-soldier turned artist Derek Eland. Plus: an interview with author Lee Child, a review of new TV series Terra Nova, and actor Michael Simkins on who gets credit for catch phrases: actors or writers? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Tim Pigott-Smith & David Croft:27Sep 11 Actor Tim Pigott-Smith talks about playing King Lear at the West Yorkshire Playhouse; Critic Fiona MacCarthy reviews the new Ford Madox Brown retrospective at Manchester Art Gallery; Novelist Nicholas Royle reviews Hidden, a new thriller starring Philip Glenister Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow:NSSA winner;Pink Floyd's Nick Mason26Sep11 News of the winner of the BBC National Short Story Award, live from the ceremony; Nick Mason on the day Stephane Grappelli played with Pink Floyd, revealed on a long-lost recording Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Martin Scorsese's George Harrison 23 Sep 11 A review of Martin Scorsese's documentary about George Harrison; the Cultural Olympiad Boat Project; Ruth Negga as Shirley Bassey; and London Zoo's artist-in-residence. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Mike Leigh's new play; A S Byatt 23 Sep 11 With Mark Lawson. Mike Leigh's new play reviewed by Gaylene Gould. A S Byatt describes her life-long fascination with Ragnarok, the Norse mythological story of Armageddon, and explains her approach to re-working ancient gods for modern readers. Nirvana's Nevermind, Primal Scream's Screamadelica and Simply Red's Stars were all released in September 1991. Two decades on, have they stood the test of time? Caspar Llewellyn Smith and Rebecca Nicholson give their verdict. Author Lawren ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Tom Stoppard; Page One reviewed Andreas Whittam Smith and Kelvin Mackenzie review the documentary film One Page. Tom Stoppard on a revival of Travesties at The Old Rep Theatre in Birmingham. An extract from an interview with Leonard Cohen on Front Row in 2008 in celebration of his 77th birthday. Writers Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong on their new TV comedy series, Fresh Meat. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Frank Oz and Ian Bostridge Tom Hardy and Nick Nolte star in a new film Warrior; Muppets creator Frank Oz on directing in the theatre; and tenor Ian Bostridge. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ryan Gosling's two new films John Wilson reviews Ryan Gosling's starring roles in two new films and talks to Mike Scott of The Waterboys about their album An Appointment with Mr Yeats. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Dominic West & Clarke Peters on Othello: 16 Sep 11 Kirsty Lang talks to actors Dominic West and Clarke Peters about working together on the TV series The Wire and appearing in Othello in Sheffield. Jocelyn Jee Esien discusses moving from comedy on TV, in her series Little Miss Jocelyn, to performing in the European premiere of Don Evans' stage comedy One Monkey Don't Stop No Show. And we hear from a group of artists who came together when Britain was suffering widespread racial tensions in the 1980s. Claudette Johnson, Keith Piper and Marle ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Pam Ayres; Stephen Merchant on stage: 15 Sep 11 Poet and writer Pam Ayres; the verdict on Stephen Merchant's stand-up show; The Go-Between reviewed; D W Wilson, shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Jermaine Jackson; Monty Python play; 14 Sep 11 Mark Lawson meets Jermaine Jackson . Steve Punt reviews No Naughty Bits, a new play about the Pythons and KJ Orr on her shortlisted entry for the National Short Story Award. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Laura Marling; Degas reviewed 13 Sep 11 John Wilson talks to musician Laura Marling, and to Jon McGregor - shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award; ballet dancer Lauren Cuthbertson reviews Degas' paintings. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Roger Moore; Christopher Hampton 12 Sep 11 Mark Lawson talks to Roger Moore as cult TV series The Persuaders is released on DVD; plus an interview with Alison MacLeod, shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: 9/11 play Decade, BBC National Short Story Award 09 SEP 11 Jonathan Freedland reviews new 9/11 play Decade; Sue MacGregor, Chair of this year's BBC National Short Story Award, reveals the shortlisted writers; and singer Mara Carlyle. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Arnold Wesker; Val McDermid 8 Sep 11 Mark Lawson meets playwright Arnold Wesker, crime novelist Val McDermid on her new novel featuring Tony Hill and Carol Jordan; a review of Norwegian mockumentary Troll Hunter; and conductor Edward Gardner. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: David Hockney; Mark Kermode 7 Sep 11 Mark Lawson talks to David Hockney; Mark Kermode discusses what's wrong with the movie business; Stephanie Flanders reviews a new TV drama about the 2008 financial meltdown. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Booker Prize shortlist; Ken Loach 6 Sep 11 Stella Rimington, chair of judges for the Man Booker prize 2012, comments on the shortlist of authors Julian Barnes, Carol Birch, Patrick deWitt, Esi Edugyan, Stephen Kelman and A.D.Miller, which was announced today. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Jane Eyre reviewed; Damon Albarn interview 5 Sep 11 John Wilson reviews a new film of Jane Eyre, talks to Damon Albarn about making music in the Congo and reports on Dublin Contemporary, a new large-scale art exhibition. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Judi Dench; Ralph Fiennes; Michael Ondaatje Dame Judi Dench discusses her illustrious career; actor Ralph Fiennes on his role as Prospero in Trevor Nunn's new production of The Tempest; Mark Lawson talks to author Michael Ondaatje who won the Booker Prize with his novel The English Patient. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Bill Nighy, Francisco Goldman, Jo Nesbo Mark Lawson talks to actor Bill Nighy, Norwegian crime writer Jo Nesbo and African American writer Sapphire. He also visits Northumberlandia and Kirsty Lang talks to writer Francisco Goldman Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Martina Cole and Dreda Say Mitchell Crime writers Martina Cole and Dreda Say Mitchell; The Inbetweeners graduate from TV to film; husband and wife lyricists Alan and Marilyn Bergman; comedy writer Jonathan Lynn; novelist Glen Duncan and musician Stephen Coates on The Last Werewolf and from the Edinburgh Festival, British Museum the Musical. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Steve James and Andy Serkis Director Steve James on gang violence in Chicago and London; actor Andy Serkis goes ape again; actress Ruth Wilson; novelist Hari Kunzru; a film on the strains of being a football referee; documentary-maker Angus Macqueen. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Bjork and Sebastian Barry Icelandic singer Bjork; novelist Sebastian Barry; poet Daljit Nagra; musicians Viktoria Mullova and Matthew Barley; reporter turned novelist Gerald Seymour's latest thriller; rediscovered Victorian artists Atkinson Grimshaw and William Etty. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Tony Bennett, Moni Mohsin & Ealing Comedies Tony Bennett on his album Duets II and singer Aurelio on Honduran music. Writer Moni Mohsin, TV historian Nicholas Crane and Ealing Comedies. Also Charles Saumarez Smith, graffiti artist Kid Acne and the Man Booker Shortlist Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Ben Mezrich, Miranda Raison, Amos Oz Authors Amos Oz and Ben Mezrich talk about their new novels, Miranda Raison discusses playing Anne Boleyn, Kenneth Grange on design & two new museums in Liverpool & Edinburgh Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Johnny Vegas and Basement Jaxx Johnny Vegas; West African musical superstars Amadou and Mariam; chess champion Bobby Fischer's life on film; Basement Jaxx go orchestral; Rageh Omaar's Life of Muhammad; Barry Norman on Hollywood glamour; the creator of Mr Benn. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Victoria Wood & Anna Maxwell Martin Victoria Wood, Romola Garai, Anna Maxwell Martin, author Aatish Taseer, art historian Robert Hughes and the Harry Potter actors Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Stevie Nicks; Philip Roth; Aravind Adiga Stevie Nicks; Philip Roth; Booker prize winner Aravind Adiga; Trevor Eve; Duane Eddy: Evelyn Glennie. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Russell T Davies; Stephen Frears; Barry Manilow Russell T Davies on transporting Torchwood from Wales to LA; film director Stephen Frears; novelist Alan Hollinghurst; Barry Manilow on a new album; and Christos Tsolkias on his international bestseller, The Slap. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Kristin Scott Thomas and William H Macy Kristin Scott Thomas on stage; William H Macy on Shameless, Fargo and David Mamet; Birmingham's heavy metal heritage; Zaha Hadid's Glasgow Riverside Museum; the life of visionary painter Samuel Palmer. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Tenor Rolando Villazon; illusionist Derren Brown Tenor Rolando Villazon; illusionist Derren Brown; Kaiser Chiefs; writer John Berger; poet Michael Longley; art at the US Ambassador's residence; Julian Barratt and Doon Mackichan on stage-acting. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Dominic West on Butley and Judith Kerr Actor Dominic West on The Wire and Butley; the art of reporting on war; a film about Brazilian racing driver Ayrton Senna; Terence Rattigan revisited; author Judith Kerr on new children's book My Henry; Frankie Valli on his latest cd. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: James Corden on stage and Rob Lowe: 27 May 11 James Corden back on stage; Martin and Eliza Carthy; actor Rob Lowe; movie executive Peter Bart; Jeffery Deaver writes a new James Bond book; edible theatre. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Catherine Tate and David Tennant: 20 May 2011 Catherine Tate and David Tennant reunited onstage; Germaine Greer reviews Tracey Emin's retrospective; Adam Curtis discusses his latest documentary; Miriam Margolyes at 70; the 2011 Art Fund Prize nominees; Congolese band, Staff Benda Bilili on success and their forthcoming tour. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Hugh Laurie, Elmore Leonard: 13 May 2011 Hugh Laurie sings the blues; singer-songwriter Mary Gauthier; new art from detained Chinese artist Ai Weiwei; Brighton Festival report; Elmore Leonard on 60 years of writing by his own rules; Tony Robinson and novelist Mark Billingham recall their days as men in tights. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Kate Bush, Randy Newman: 6 MAY 2011 A rare interview with Kate Bush; Randy Newman at the piano; Loudon Wainwright III discusses family harmony; and actor David Morrissey on taking Macbeth to Liverpool. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Shirley MacLaine, Brenda Blethyn: 29 APR 2011 Interviews with Shirley MacLaine and Brenda Blethyn; Andy Warhol's last weekend in London; and Mark Lawson reports from the Lyric Theatre Belfast. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Morrissey, Robbie Robertson: 22 APR 2011 Morrissey interviewed; John Wilson reports from Iran; guitarist Robbie Robertson on playing with Bob Dylan and The Band; the art of jazz viola; debut novelist S.J Watson. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Henning Mankell and Judy Golding: 15 Apr 11 The creators of London Road discuss making musical theatre about the murder of five women in Ipswich; Judy Golding on life with her father, Lord of the Flies author William Golding; Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell explains why it's the end of the road for his popular character Wallander; Mark Lawson travels to Margate to explore the new Turner Contemporary gallery and Son of Babylon director Mohamed Al-Daradji discusses how he was able to make the Iraq film. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Stefanie Powers and Imogen Heap- 08 Apr 11 Stefanie Powers on writing her memoirs; David Lodge explains his fascination with HG Wells; film-maker Molly Dineen; Imogen Heap on collaborating with fans; Simon Winchester discusses his new book The Alice Behind Wonderland; and Bob Marley photographer Kim Gottlieb-Walker, with DJ David Rodigan. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Wendy Cope; Monica Ali 01/04/11 Wendy Cope; Monica Ali Fri, 01 Apr 11 Duration: 58 mins Poet Wendy Cope explains why she doesn't want to be Poet Laureate; Monica Ali on her novel Untold Story; Irish singer Daniel O'Donnell; folk musicians of the Cecil Sharpe project; the writers of the new sitcom Candy Cabs; and author William Boyd. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Peter Brook; Jack Rosenthal Legendary theatre director Peter Brook on A Magic Flute; the artistic afterlife of playwright Jack Rosenthal; writers Gillian Slovo and Roma Tearne on boycotting literary prizes; Adam Deacon director of Anuvahood talks about his film which sends up hoodies; Victoria Pile on her new tv comedy Campus, Michael Simkins on acting when you don't know the ending. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Garrison Keillor; Emma Donoghue; Julian Barnes Lake Wobegon writer Garrison Keillor on his 77 love sonnets; Emma Donoghue on her novel Room; Julian Barnes, winner of the David Cohen Prize for literature; comedian Frank Skinner; Graham Coxon from Blur on the art of Syd Barrett; enhanced e-books. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Nigel Slater; Roger Daltrey; Pet Shop Boys 11/03/11 Nigel Slater; Roger Daltrey; Pet Shop Boys 11 March 2011 Writer and cook Nigel Slater remembers his childhood through food; Pet Shop Boys turn to ballet; Roger Daltrey returns to rock opera Tommy; pianist James Rhodes plays the soundtrack to his day; novelist Carl Hiaasen takes on celebrity and whatever happened to the Skylon? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The King's Speech; Helen Mirren; The making of The King's Speech; Striggio's lost 40 part mass; Dame Helen Mirren; can you take photos in art galleries?; Afghanistan at the British Museum; protest songs from America in the 1930s to Egypt in 2011. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Guy Garvey and Jim Davidson 25 Feb 2011 Adam Mars-Jones reviews Danny Boyle's staging of Frankenstein; Anna Nicole opera composer Mark-Anthony Turnage; Elbow frontman Guy Garvey; Oscar nominated directors discuss their documentaries; dramatist Sir David Hare on leaving Britain after poor reviews; actor-director Steven Berkoff; and comedian Jim Davidson discusses his debut play and tolerance. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Hisham Matar and Bob Geldof 18 Feb 11 Novelist Hisham Matar reacts to President Mubarak’s resignation; British folk musicians The Unthanks; artist in residence at MI6; actors involved in The King's Speech before Colin Firth and Helena Bonham Carter; cinematographer Roger Deakins; Bob Geldof. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Julie Walters, Sir David Chipperfield 11 Feb 11 Julie Walters on her screen career; architect David Chipperfield on why Prince Charles might have been right about modern buildings; writer Edna O’Brien; singer PJ Harvey on her desire to become a war artist; and crowd funding for the arts. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Carey Mulligan, Coen brothers and Debra Granik 4 Feb 11 US film-makers the Coen brothers; lyricist Don Black pays tribute to James Bond composer John Barry; author Dennis Lehane on three film adaptations of his novels; 'Gherkin' architect Norman Foster; actress Carey Mulligan on Never Let Me Go; and Winter's Bone director Debra Granik. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Nicole Kidman 28 Jan 11 Nicole Kidman on the most disturbing role of her career; Academy Awards nominees: Tom Hooper, Helen Bonham-Carter and Colin Firth; The Social Network producer Scott Rudin; Jo Shapcott, winner of the £35,000 Costa Book of the Year Award; Scissor Sisters on curating their first art exhibition; and an unexpected musical legacy from the battle of Culloden. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Richard Herring, Black Swan and film visual effects 21 Jan 2010 Film makers discuss the latest developments in visual effects; the verdict on multi-award winning film Black Swan; interactive art; behind the scenes at the Phoenix Dance Company; comedian Richard Herring; and Josh Fox on his new documentary GasLand. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Simon Le Bon, Jackie Kay, Steve Backshall 14 Jan 11 Duran Duran's Simon Le Bon on fame and excess; comedian Hugh Dennis reveals the improvisational techniques he learned from his Dad; wildlife presenter Steve Backshall on his favourite animals; Jackie Kay on her latest collection of poetry; and Kirsty Lang meets the teachers and pupils at The School Of Comedy. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Costas 2010; Colin Firth; Danny Boyle 7 Jan 11 The literary quintet who will compete for the 2010 Costa Book of the Year award; Colin Firth on his chances of winning an Oscar for as part in which he almost never gets a line out first time; Danny Boyle on moving from Slumdog Millionaire to the National Theatre via an amputee mountaineer; dramatist Alan Bleasdale discusses the years of the blackstuff: his 12-year absence from TV; plus comic actor Stephen Mangan on roles stretching from a demented doctor to a naive TV producer; and six bra ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: People of the Year 2 Mark Lawson talks to some of 2010's highest cultural achievers, including Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes; crime writer Belinda Bauer, Coronation Street’s creator Tony Warren and actor Bill Tarmey; The Social Network screenwriter Aaron Sorkin; Inception director Christopher Nolan; and conductor Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: People of the Year 1 In the first of two podcasts, Mark Lawson talks to some of 2010's highest cultural achievers: including Colin Firth, Zaha Hadid, Howard Jacobson, Mumford & Sons and that TV Sherlock, Benedict Cumberbatch. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Phil Oakey, David Walliams and Matt Lucas, Russell Howard-17 Dec 10 David Walliams and Matt Lucas on their new comedy series; poet Les Murray; the verdict on new film Catfish; comedian Russell Howard; The Human League's Phil Oakey; and Rob Lemkin on his documentary about the Cambodian killing fields. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Catherine Tate, Lenny Henry and Weird Al Yankovic-10 Dec 10 Comedy performers Harry Hill, Catherine Tate and Lenny Henry; musical parodist Weird Al Yankovic; the verdict on the new Upstairs, Downstairs; Front Row's Jukebox Jury on songs aimed at the Christmas charts. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Ricky Gervais, Cecilia Bartoli and Simon Amstell 3 Dec 10 Mark Lawson speaks to the winners of the 56th London Evening Standard Theatre Awards, including Sir Michael Gambon; comedian Ricky Gervais on tackling taboo subjects; the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award; music writer Alex Ross explains concert etiquette and birth of 'classical music’; Cecilia Bartoli on choosing to record less familiar repertoire, and comedian Simon Amstell gives his first radio interview. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Peter Hall, Eddie Izzard, Seth MacFarlane 26 Nov 10 Sir Peter Hall looks back from the age of 80 at the dramas of his life; Eddie Izzard on how Anne Robinson changed his approach to stand-up; 41 years after her death, why Judy Garland can still be Dorothy; Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane on why he's touring the UK as a crooner; and photographer Albert Watson explains why he told Jack Nicholson to go outside and wait in the snow. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Miranda Hart, Sir David Attenborough and Julian Schnabel - 19 Nov 2010 Miranda Hart discusses her comic persona, Sir David Attenborough explains why his new series First Life is a personal quest, news of the 2010 Costa Book Awards Shortlist, Keith Coventry, winner of this year's John Moores Painting Prize, describes the paintings in his studio, 89 year old jazz singer Jon Hendricks recalls how Charlie Parker encouraged him to swap a career in law for music, and film director and artist Julian Schnabel discusses his new film Miral. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Peter Firth, Bill Bailey, Jimmy McGovern, Tinie Tempah 12 Nov 10 Peter Firth on surviving – so far – as Sir Harry in Spooks; Bill Bailey on a stroke of comic luck in Ireland; Jimmy McGovern on how to rehabilitate the courtroom drama; director David Yates on bringing Harry Potter to an end; Oliver Sacks – chronicler of medical case histories discusses becoming one himself; and UK rapper Tinie Tempah. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Suede, PD James and Dawn French 5th Nov 2010 Crime writer PD James on why she’s too nervous to write another Adam Dalgliesh book, Colin Bateman explains why his new play attempts to find a national anthem for Northern Ireland, Dawn French on her debut novel and unusually amicable divorce, South African playwright Athol Fugard talks politics and explains the inspiration behind his latest work The Train Driver, historian Tom Holland reviews the Egyptian Book of the Dead at the British Museum; and Brett Anderson and Mat Osman discuss ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Elvis Costello, Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon, Christopher Plummer 29 Oct 10 Elvis Costello discusses his new album National Ransom; Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan on new comedy The Trip, directed by Michael Winterbottom; Damien Hirst on Brit Art now; and actor Christopher Plummer, whose film career includes The Sound of Music and an Oscar nomination in 2010 for The Last Station. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Armstrong and Miller, Stephen Sondheim and Simon Pegg- 22 Oct 2010 In a rare interview, composer Stephen Sondheim reflects on his career, comedians Armstrong and Miller discuss putting their TV characters on stage and in a book, Nina Raine on the inspiration for her two new plays, Culture Minister Ed Vaizey talks about the impact of the Spending Review, Simon Pegg discusses his career and why he is a self-proclaimed nerd, and Peter Asher talks about working with The Beatles whilst running their label Apple Records. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: London Palladium at 100, Ronnie Wood, Ray Davies, Martin Shaw 15 Oct 10 As The London Palladium turns 100, stars including Bruce Forsyth, Elaine Paige and Andrew Lloyd Webber share their memories; the new Face of Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood; Ray Davies on the latest kinks in his career; plus Martin Shaw on why the role of a fading actor brings his own successful career full circle. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Russell Brand, Jo Brand, Aaron Sorkin and Sebastian Junger- 8 Oct 10 Russell Brand discusses his rise from crack addict to Hollywood star, Jo Brand on her new autobiography and the battles with her editor about how much to reveal about her personal life, American painter Don Barchardy remembers his partner the writer Christopher Isherwood, West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin on his new film The Social Network, Rory Kinnear discusses taking on the role of Hamlet, and Sebastian Junger reveals his experiences of spending a year in Afghanistan with the US army. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Michael Caine, Alan Bennett, KT Tunstall, Nick Hornby, Ben Folds 1 Oct 10 Sir Michael Caine on why stars are getting smaller and why he may retire to become a writer; as Alan Bennett becomes a specialist subject on Mastermind, he attempts the questions himself; KT Tunstall on her complex identity; and Nick Hornby and Ben Folds discuss their literary-musical collaboration. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Julia Roberts, Barry Humphries, Mark Ronson and Sir Michael Gambon - 24 Sep 10 Barry Humphries on his relationship with Dame Edna Everage, Life on Mars star John Simm discusses playing Hamlet, trumpeter Herb Alpert discusses his life a musician and co-creator of A & M Records, Damon Beesley, co-writer of The Inbetweeners, reveals the real life inspiration for the series, Julia Roberts on her new film Eat Pray Love, music producer Mark Ronson reveals his working relationship with Amy Winehouse, Sir Michael Gambon on Beckett and Harry Potter, and singer-songwriter Rober ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Paul O'Grady, Stephen Fry and I'm Still Here review - 17 Oct 10 Rosa Barba and Laura Belém on showcasing their work at the Liverpool Biennial, the UK's largest contemporary visual arts event. Paul O’Grady on his autobiography The Devil Rides Out, director Barrie Rutter and Accrington Stanley manager John Coleman analyse the modern relevance of the revived Harold Brighouse play The Game, Stephen Fry on why his memoirs are littered with C-words and Antonia Quirke discusses whether Joaquin Phoenix’s I’m Still Here is spoof or truth. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Jean Michel Jarre, David Grossman and Tamara Drewe - 10 September 10 One of Israel's most acclaimed writers David Grossman on his new novel, comedian Eddie Kadi on why his humour is family friendly, Kate Saunders reviews Tamara Drewe, Sir Andrew Motion, chair of the judges, discusses this year's Man Booker Prize shortlist of novels, Jean Michel Jarre on his 150-date world tour and crime writer Frances Fyfield reviews a new staging of Ira Levin's thriller Deathtrap. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website FrontRow: Michael Frayn, Juliette Binoche, Kim Cattrall, Tim Robbins Michael Frayn on his childhood and career; Juliette Binoche on her new film; the music teachers of Mercury Prize contenders; Kim Cattrall on playing Cleopatra in Liverpool; Tim Robbins on his new band and album. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website