Front Row Episodes Episode guide
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The Specials' Terry Hall, the plays of Athol Fugard, Artemisia Gentileschi
Terry Hall on The Specials' new album and we profile baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi.
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Stephen Merchant, Novels review, Clean Break at 40
Stephen Merchant discusses his new feature film about wrestling
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Ricky Gervais, Tom Walker, Andre Previn remembered, Young adult literature
Rick Gervais on his new series After Life
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Charlotte Rampling, Berlioz Anniversary, Leveret Perform Live
Charlotte Rampling on her five decade career, including new film Hannah.
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Leaving Neverland, Jacob Collier, Dorothea Tanning at Tate Modern
Should we play Michael Jackson's music? We discuss Leaving Neverland and cultural ethics.
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The return of Fleabag, Nikki Sixx on Motley Crue biopic, Oscars analysis
Phoebe Waller-Bridge's new series of Fleabag reviewed and Nikki Sixx on Motley Crue film.
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Phyllida Barlow, Jonathan Freedland, The decline of foreign language films
Phyllida Barlow's new exhibition and Jonathan Freedland's latest Sam Bourne thriller.
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Odaline de la Martinez, War Photography, Flack Review, Peter Tork Remembered
Conductor Odaline de la Martinez on music by overlooked African-American composers.
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Felicity Jones, Alan Partridge, Marina Abramovic
Felicity Jones on playing US Supreme Court judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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Chiwetel Ejiofor, Come From Away, Short story competitions, Karl Lagerfeld
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Come From Away, short story competitions, Karl Lagerfeld.
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9 to 5 the musical, Bryony Kimmings, Representation of sex in the arts
Has a desire to appeal to younger audiences changed how sex is represented in culture?
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Gabriela Rodriguez, Sir Nicholas Grimshaw, Andrea Levy tribute
Gabriela Rodriguez, the producer of Roma
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Ardal O'Hanlon, Tessa Hadley, The Umbrella Academy
Ardal O'Hanlon on his new stand-up comedy tour, and novelist Tessa Hadley.
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Leïla Slimani, Joe Cornish, Diane Arbus, Berlin Film Festival
French-Moroccan novelist Leïla Slimani, and Diane Arbus: In the Beginning reviewed
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Anna Jordan, Terence Blanchard, Reappraising Horror
A re-imagined Mother Courage, a chat with Terence Blanchard, and horror reappraised
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Sara Pascoe, The hidden craft of casting directors, Who is Kacey Musgraves?
Sara Pascoe's Lads Lads Lads tour, the art of casting directors, Kacey Musgraves
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Spike Lee and Thelma Schoonmaker, and Albert Finney remembered
Director Spike Lee and editor Thelma Schoonmaker, and Albert Finney remembered.
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Broadway star Chita Rivera, Jeff Koons, Dan Mallory controversy
Chita Rivera on creating the iconic roles of Anita in West Side Story and Velma in Chicago
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Walls and Borders in Art
The artistic significance of walls and borders.
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Kenneth Branagh and his new Shakespeare biopic, Lavinia Greenlaw on writing poetry about dementia
Kenneth Branagh on his new film All is True, and Lavinia Greenlaw's poetry about dementia.
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The Cutty Sark as Sculpture, Regina King and an Elegy for an Eyesore
The Cutty Sark, 150 this year and now floating on air, considered as a sculptural work.
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Tiffany Haddish, Alice Clark-Platts, National Lottery Heritage Fund at 25
Comedian Tiffany Haddish on her latest role in Lego Movie 2
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Leonardo da Vinci, Green Book, Sian Edwards, New Music Curriculum
Leonardo da Vinci's drawings, Green Book reviewed, Sian Edwards on her Opera North debut.
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Moon and Me creator Andrew Davenport, diversity in opera
Teletubbies and Moon and Me creator Andrew Davenport, and 'the voice of a generation'.
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Christian Dior exhibition, Costa Book Prize winner and book prize sponsorship
Live daily magazine programme on the arts, literature, film, media and music.
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Germaine Greer
As she turns 80, Germaine Greer reflects on her life as a writer and public intellectual.
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The Mule, Anne Griffin, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Brexit Arts Funding
Review of Clint Eastwood's latest film about an elderly drug mule
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Watercooler TV, Bill Viola/Michelangelo, Art Fund Volunteers, Diana Athill remembered
The biggest recent TV hits provoking debate, and Bill Viola/Michelangelo reviewed.
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Dick Cheney film Vice, Barrie Rutter and Eliza Carthy on Jack Lear, disability and casting, Detainment
Dick Cheney biopic Vice reviewed by Gavin Esler, plus King Lear set in 1970s Hull
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Oscar Nominations 2019
Oscars 2019 : Roma and The Favourite lead the nominations.