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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Fri, 24 May 13
Duration:
29 mins
Paul Morley discusses his new book The North: (And Almost Everything In It); Angela Gheorghiu nominates her Cultural Exchange; Jason Solomons reports on the latest news from Cannes and musicians describe the anguish they feel when their musical instruments go missing, plus what can be done to get them back.
Thu, 23 May 13
Duration:
29 mins
Fashion photographer Erwin Blumenfeld, Lydia Davis, winner of the Man Booker International Prize, Nigel Kennedy's Cultural Exchange is Black and Blue by Louis Armstrong, and Tate acquires a Constable
Wed, 22 May 13
Duration:
29 mins
The Kite Runner novelist Khaled Hosseini, A.S. Byatt's Cultural Exchange, Michael Landy's kinetic sculptures and Andrew Collins' top 10 of DJs in film
Tue, 21 May 13
Duration:
29 mins
Dan Brown discusses his new novel Inferno; we remember the comedy writer Eddie Braben who has died aged 82; Ed Smith discusses his love of Wagner's music as the composer turns 200 and classicist Mary Beard nominates the Ancient Roman statue Laocoon and His Sons for the Cultural Exchange.
Mon, 20 May 13
Duration:
29 mins
The Big Wedding reviewed; author James Salter speaks to Mark Lawson; why television is obsessed with the Tudors and David Walliams in the Cultural Exchange
Fri, 17 May 13
Duration:
29 mins
With John Wilson: Richard Branson on Tubular Bells; Alison Balsom's Cultural Exchange choice, St Matthew Passion; a report on the hits and misses so far at the Cannes Film Festival
Thu, 16 May 13
Duration:
29 mins
The photographer Rankin is known for his cutting-edge fashion and advertising images, and his celebrity portraits.He talks to John Wilson about his experience of photographing people as they face the prospect of death for his new show ALIVE: In The Face Of Death. Actor Terence Stamp chooses the film The Razor's Edge (1946) for Cultural Exchange. Brilliant Adventures is a new play by Alistair McDowall which won the Judges' Award in the 2011 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting. Set on a Middlesbrough council estate, the play focuses on the relationship between two brothers, one of whom has built a time machine. Writer Charlotte Keatley reviews. The new Daft Punk album, Random Access Memories, is the French duo's fourth long-player after a seven year silence. Dance music pioneers Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo are joined on this album by other luminaries of the music world including Nile Rodgers and Giorgio Moroder. Writer and DJ Dave Haslam gives his verdict.
Wed, 15 May 13
Duration:
29 mins
Andrew Lloyd Webber on the restoration of the Theatre Royal in London; the perils of playing yourself in a TV drama; Will Self chooses his Cultural Exchange
Tue, 14 May 13
Duration:
29 mins
The new film of The Great Gatsby; the Eurovision Song Contest contenders 2013; plans for a French "culture tax" and Cultural Exchange: Anne Tyler on a 19th century photograph.
Mon, 13 May 13
Duration:
29 mins
Writer Allan Cubitt on his new crime drama The Fall; Food on Stage and creating the pie for Titus Andronicus; Cultural Exchange: the Archbishop of Canterbury on his passion for Britten.
Fri, 10 May 13
Duration:
29 mins
Harold Pinter's The Hothouse in a revival; Karl Hyde of Underworld; Poet Kate Clanchy on writing her first novel; and Jodi Picoult's Cultural Exchange.
Thu, 9 May 13
Duration:
29 mins
Soprano Angela Gheorghiu, a review of the film adaptation of Mohsin Hamid's novel The Reluctant Fundamentalist, and Peter Bazalgette makes his selection for the Cultural Exchange
Wed, 8 May 13
Duration:
29 mins
Matthew McConaughey stars as a fugitive befriended by two children in Mud, Ryan Gilbey reviews the film; crime writer M D Villiers discusses her new novel City of Blood; Booker Prize-winning novelist Howard Jacobson reveals his Cultural Exchange choice and further allegations about abuse in Britain's specialist music schools emerged this week - a teacher and a former pupil discuss whether methods of teaching should change.
Tue, 7 May 13
Duration:
29 mins
Star Trek Into Darkness reviewed by Naomi Alderman; Germaine Greer reveals her favourite cultural item; James Hamilton Paterson discusses his new novel and a new exhibition at Buckingham Palace is reviewed by A.N. Wilson
Mon, 6 May 13
Duration:
29 mins
Mark Lawson talks to Kwame Kwei-Armah, the Artistic Director of the Center Stage Theatre in Baltimore. They discuss his new play, the theatre and race relations in the US and UK.
Fri, 3 May 13
Duration:
29 mins
John Wilson meets Agnetha Fältskog; TV's Hannibal reviewed; Cultural Exchange: writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie chooses a painting by Ben Enwonwu.
Thu, 2 May 13
Duration:
29 mins
Zoe Wanamaker on her role in Passion Play, Swedish crime writer Arne Dahl, David Hepworth on the 50th anniversary of The Beatles' first number one and Cultural Exchange: Suggs discusses John Betjeman.
Wed, 1 May 13
Duration:
29 mins
Oscar-winning actor Geoffrey Rush on his new film The Eye of the Storm; Cultural Exchange - Melvyn Bragg discusses a Rembrandt self-portrait; artist Ellen Gallagher and author Richard Davenport-Hines on the Profumo affair.
Tue, 30 Apr 13
Duration:
29 mins
Mark Lawson talks to TV and film producer Tony Garnett; Pedro Almodovar's film, I'm So Excited, is reviewed; Cultural Exchange: Meera Syal discusses To Kill A Mockingbird
Mon, 29 Apr 13
Duration:
29 mins
John Wilson talks to Nijinsky biographer Lucy Moore; Cultural Exchange: Bernardo Bertolucci nominates a favourite film; Dead Man Down film review; progress report on the British Museum's extension.
Fri, 26 Apr 13
Duration:
29 mins
Don Henley and Glenn Frey of The Eagles discuss a new documentary about the band; writer Diana Athill is the latest contributor to the Cultural Exchange project; and pubs on stage
Thu, 25 Apr 13
Duration:
29 mins
Virginia and Peter Bottomley review The Politician's Husband; Adrian Lester reveals his contribution to the Cultural Exchange project; Bridget Kendall reviews the new book by John le Carré and a review of Russian film In the Fog.
Wed, 24 Apr 13
Duration:
29 mins
Nick Park's latest creation - the Thrill-O-Matic; Cultural Exchange: Mohsin Hamid; a review of the National Theatre's new Othello production
Tue, 23 Apr 13
Duration:
29 mins
A review of Iron Man 3; Tamara Rojo's Cultural Exchange; photographer Rene Burri discusses memorable shots
Mon, 22 Apr 13
Duration:
29 mins
Launch of Radio 4’s Cultural Exchange project: tonight Tracey Emin on her favourite art-work; the denouement of Broadchurch; a review of Bernie and playwright Graham Reid. With Mark Lawson
Fri, 19 Apr 13
Duration:
29 mins
With John Wilson, including a review of two new sitcoms The Job Lot and The Wright Way, an interview with Ian Gillan and Ian Paice from Deep Purple, one man show Doktor Glas; and Laura Lee Davies and Peter Saville discuss album artwork.
Thu, 18 Apr 13
Duration:
28 mins
John Wilson meets singer-songwriter Kacey Musgraves; Gus Van Sant's film, Promised Land, starring Matt Damon is reviewed; highlights of BBC Proms 2013; Deutsche Börse Prize
Wed, 17 Apr 13
Duration:
29 mins
Howard Brenton discusses his new play #aiww, crime writer William McIlvanney on his re-issued crime series Laidlaw, unusual samples in pop music and a review of Bernardo Bertolucci's latest film, Me and You.
Tue, 16 Apr 13
Duration:
26 mins
Thriller writer David Baldacci; the art of Saloua Raouda Choucair at Tate Modern; and Michael Winterbottom discusses The Look of Love, his film drama about Soho entrepreneur Paul Raymond.
Mon, 15 Apr 13
Duration:
27 mins
Front Row reveals the Best of Young British Novelists, as selected by Granta. White House film Olympus has Fallen reviewed; a report from Derry-Londonderry, City of Culture 2013. Nick Kenyon reflects on career of conductor Sir Colin Davies.
Fri, 12 Apr 13
Duration:
29 mins
Oliver Stone talks about his new documentary series; a review of the ballet film First Position and David Mitchell and Michel Van Der Aa on their opera collaboration
Thu, 11 Apr 13
Duration:
27 mins
Dominic Cooke on leaving the Royal Court Theatre; potential contenders for the job of Artistic Director at the National Theatre; new exhibitions by Rachel Whiteread and Elisabeth Frink; and Michael Dobbs and Haydn Gwynne on portraying Margaret Thatcher
Wed, 10 Apr 13
Duration:
27 mins
The writer Maya Angelou talks to Mark Lawson about her life and work. Her books include I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, the first of a six volume autobiography.
Tue, 9 Apr 13
Duration:
26 mins
John Wilson talks to Brazilian photographer Sebastio Salgado and to singer and trainee astronaut Sarah Brightman. Gordon Corera reviews The Gatekeepers
Mon, 8 Apr 13
Duration:
29 mins
Tamara Rojo discusses the whereabouts of her friend the dancer Sergei Polunin and her new season at the English National Ballet; musician James Blake on navigating the music industry with his second album Overgrown; The Place Beyond the Pines reviewed; a report from the MIPTV Festival in Cannes.
Fri, 5 Apr 13
Duration:
29 mins
The re-opening of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, following a 10 year transformation; a review of the film Spring Breakers; Colin Newman, lead singer of Wire, on their new album
Thu, 4 Apr 13
Duration:
29 mins
Playwright Richard Bean on a revival of his play Smack Family Robinson, actress Olga Kurylenko on starring with Tom Cruise in sci-fi thriller Oblivion and new Danish crime drama Arne Dahl reviewed.
Wed, 3 Apr 13
Duration:
29 mins
Julian Barnes, in conversation with Mark Lawson, discusses his latest book Levels of Life which combines history, fiction and personal memoir.
Tue, 2 Apr 13
Duration:
29 mins
Mark Lawson announces contenders for the Art Fund Museum of the Year prize, talks to playwright Richard Bean, reviews the film A Late Quartet and reflects on audience reaction to stars on the Broadway stage.
Mon, 1 Apr 13
Duration:
29 mins
British musicals, architecture and music are making an impact on the previously closed cultural world in China. Kirsty Lang discusses the implications for the UK, and China.
Fri, 29 Mar 13
Duration:
29 mins
In a very rare interview, recorded at her home in Baltimore, the writer Anne Tyler talks to Mark Lawson about her work. The author of Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant, Digging to America and The Accidental Tourist discusses her childhood, her influences and her next book
Thu, 28 Mar 13
Duration:
29 mins
Film-maker Penny Woolcock talks about her latest documentary, One Mile Away, about gangs in Birmingham; singer Michael Bolton; and a preview of tomorrow night's special with Anne Tyler
Wed, 27 Mar 13
Duration:
29 mins
John Yorke on the secrets of story-telling; Michael Simkins on dealing with award rejection; The Great British Sewing Bee and The Intern reviewed; novelist Glenn Patterson discusses Good Vibrations
Tue, 26 Mar 13
Duration:
29 mins
John Logan discusses his new play Peter and Alice starring Judi Dench and Ben Whishaw; Suggs reflects on his autobiographical one man show and Rachel Cooke reviews In the House starring Kristin Scott Thomas.
Mon, 25 Mar 13
Duration:
29 mins
Danny Boyle's film Trance reviewed, choreographer Gillian Lynne on a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Oliviers, BBC TV series The NHS in a Day and delaying the release of films
Fri, 22 Mar 13
Duration:
29 mins
John Wilson visits London Zoo's new tiger enclosure, reviews the Broadway hit The Book Of Mormon as it opens in the UK, meets comedian Lee Mack, and pays tribute to Chinua Achebe
Thu, 21 Mar 13
Duration:
29 mins
John Wilson and violinist Nigel Kennedy on Fats Waller and Bach. A century of English village life in TV drama, The Village. Writer Esther Wilson on dramatising homelessness
Wed, 20 Mar 13
Duration:
29 mins
Alan Bennett reflects on his recent work for the National Theatre, the inspiration of his parents, and why he doesn't want to be labelled a national treasure.
Tue, 19 Mar 13
Duration:
29 mins
Writer Kay Mellor on series two of BBC drama The Syndicate and working with Steven Spielberg, new film Compliance reviewed and playwrights and directors discuss re-working classic Scandinavian dramas.
Mon, 18 Mar 13
Duration:
29 mins
With Mark Lawson - who speaks to conductor Sir John Eliot Gardiner as he prepares for a Bach Marathon, reviews Jack the Giant Slayer, discusses Shakespeare's attitude to marriage and weddings and Philip Roth at 80.
Fri, 15 Mar 13
Duration:
29 mins
American poet John Ashbery discusses his latest collection; Michael Waldman on gaining access to the Royal Family for ITV's Our Queen documentary; Romanian film Beyond the Hills reviewed.
Thu, 14 Mar 13
Duration:
29 mins
Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel on his London residency with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and his work with the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra and El Sistema
Wed, 13 Mar 13
Duration:
29 mins
Details of a new literary prize for writers from all over the world; a sneak peek at the British Museum's new Pompeii exhibition; In the Flesh reviewed; a report on the maths within music.
Tue, 12 Mar 13
Duration:
29 mins
Edmund de Waal, the author of the bestselling Hare with the Amber Eyes, on publishing his grandmother's novel. The Paperboy reviewed; the art of George Bellows. Plus, bookshops fight back.
Mon, 11 Mar 13
Duration:
29 mins
Twilight creator Stephenie Meyer; The Incredible Burt Wonderstone reviewed; Simon Starling on his new work for Tate Britain
Fri, 8 Mar 13
Duration:
29 mins
William Boyd's palywriting debut , Longing. Marianne Faithfull, Soweto Kinch, Paul Heaton and Andre de Ridder on the seven deadly sins in music. Hilary Mantel on winning the David Cohen prize.
Thu, 7 Mar 13
Duration:
29 mins
Tony Parsons, Miranda Sawyer and La Roux's Elly Jackson discuss David Bowie's music and influence, in the light of his new album, The Next Day, and a major retrospective at the V&A. Presenter John Wilson also draws on his own archive of interviews with Bowie.
Wed, 6 Mar 13
Duration:
29 mins
Actor Mark Strong on new British thriller Welcome to the Punch, Tash Aw talks about his novel Five Star Billionaire and comedy double act Anna Crilly and Katy Wix discuss their new Channel 4 series, Anna & Katy.
Tue, 5 Mar 13
Duration:
29 mins
John Wilson meets artist Chuck Close; writers James Cary and Richard Hurst discuss their sitcom about bomb-disposal; reviews of the film Side Effects and the new Tomb Raider game.
Mon, 4 Mar 13
Duration:
29 mins
Mark Lawson reviews Sam Raimi film, Oz The Great and Powerfuland talks to George Benjamin and Martin Crimp about their opera Written on Skin, and to Julia O'Faolain about her Memoir , Trespassers.
Fri, 1 Mar 13
Duration:
29 mins
Artist Yinka Shonibare discusses his exhibition at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park; Haydn Gwynne, Paul Ritter and Nathaniel Parker reflect on the process of portraying prime ministers on stage in Peter Morgan's new play The Audience; a report on attitudes to film classification.
Thu, 28 Feb 13
Duration:
29 mins
Best-selling British solo artist Robbie Williams reflects on revealing too much in his songs, his drive to be a pop-star and his boredom at the Brit Awards ceremony.
Wed, 27 Feb 13
Duration:
29 mins
Writer Edith Pearlman discusses the appeal of the short story form; two new TV crime dramas reviewed; Joe Wright's stage directing debut Trelawny of the Wells; how the Pope has been depicted in fiction.
Tue, 26 Feb 13
Duration:
29 mins
Claire Foy on Macbeth, Dinos Chapman discusses his debut album and John Wilson reviews The Bay
Mon, 25 Feb 13
Duration:
29 mins
Sue Perkins on her first tv sitcom; Brett Anderson on the comeback of 90s band Suede; the verdict on Richard Gere's new film Arbitrage; famous authors' lesser-known works. Mark Lawson presents.
Fri, 22 Feb 13
Duration:
29 mins
With John Wilson: Damien Hirst on humour in art; Terrence Malick's To The Wonder reviewed; R.B. Kitaj's paintings; Marc Isaacs on the stretch of the A5 which inspired The Road
Thu, 21 Feb 13
Duration:
29 mins
Jackson brothers Jackie, Marlon and Tito discuss Michael and being back on stage; Slave Labour Banksy auction in Miami; writer Chris Morgan Jones and Bidisha discusses anti-corporate drama If You Don't Let Us Dream, We Won't Let You Sleep.
Wed, 20 Feb 13
Duration:
29 mins
The classic musical A Chorus Line returns to the London stage, a new play about the pioneering black footballer Walter Tull opens in Bolton, new film Song for Marion reviewed and Morecambe and Wise's producer John Ammonds remembered.
Tue, 19 Feb 13
Duration:
29 mins
Mark Lawson talks to Nicole Kidman about her films, Stoker and The Paperboy and to Margaret Forster about her novel The Unknown Bridesdmaid. Adam Mars Jones reviews the film of David Mitchell's novel Cloud Atlas.
Tue, 19 Feb 13
Duration:
29 mins
The actor Richard Briers remembered; a review of the Tate Modern's Roy Lichtenstein exhibition; screenwriter Paul Abbott.
Fri, 15 Feb 13
Duration:
29 mins
Screenwriter Simon Beaufoy discusses adapting The Full Monty for the stage; Malian musicians Rokia Traore and Salif Keita discuss the role of musicians in Mali now; writer John Green explains the inspiration behind his best-selling novel The Fault in Our Stars.
Thu, 14 Feb 13
Duration:
29 mins
The creator of the Skyfall title sequence interviewed; Becoming Picasso reviewed; Richard Crompton on Nairobi and Naomi Alderman on taking the laptop to bed
Wed, 13 Feb 13
Duration:
29 mins
Marcel Duchamp's American legacy in a new exhibition, playwright Mark Ravenhill trains for a marathon, actor David Oyelowo in new TV MI5 drama Complicit, and dangling storylines.
Tue, 12 Feb 13
Duration:
29 mins
Catholic documentary Mea Maxima Culpa reviewed in the light of the Pope's resignation; theatre director Marianne Elliott; review of TV’s The Railway and The Fixer; Ray Cooney on his film Run for Your Wife.
Mon, 11 Feb 13
Duration:
29 mins
Bafta winner Ben Affleck, Jonathan Miller & Barry Rutter on Rutherford and Son, Judd Apatow's latest film, This is 40 and the BBC's Controller of Drama Commissioning on the corporations new drama season
Fri, 8 Feb 13
Duration:
29 mins
Tracey Thorn of Everything But The Girl on her memoir, Mexican actor Gael Garcia Bernal on his Oscar nominated film No, Zombie romance Warm Bodies reviewed and why have so many musicians covered show tunes?
Thu, 7 Feb 13
Duration:
29 mins
John Wilson visits Glam! at Tate Liverpool, a show re-assessing the styles and sounds of the 1970s. He talks to rising star Jake Bugg, discusses zombies with David Morrissey, and reviews new Japanese film, I Wish, with novelist M.J. Hyland.
Wed, 6 Feb 13
Duration:
29 mins
With Mark Lawson. Harry Hill on returning to stand up comedy after years of TV burp and Actor John C.Reilly on his roles in We Need to Talk About Kevin, Chicago and Wreck it Ralph. And how old should actors be eto play Hamlet, Macbeth or Lear ?
Tue, 5 Feb 13
Duration:
29 mins
Mark Lawson reports on a display of Ice Age artefacts, assesses Anthony Hopkins as Hitchcock, and meets architect Peter Zumthor, RIBA Gold Medallist 2013
Mon, 4 Feb 13
Duration:
29 mins
Terry Jones and his son, director Bill Jones, discuss working together on A Liar's Autobiography; Chiwetel Ejiofor on TV drama Dancing on the Edge; I Give it a Year reviewed and the series arising from one of dramas.
Fri, 1 Feb 13
Duration:
29 mins
Actor Charles Dance on his new role, complete with tattoos and a pony tail. A new immersive theatre production underneath Somerset House in London. Rene Clement, one of the forgotten greats of French cinema
Thu, 31 Jan 13
Duration:
29 mins
Lesley Garrett discusses opera; British Sea Power on scoring the sea; House Of Cards, American style, is reviewed; new play Feast discussed.
Wed, 30 Jan 13
Duration:
29 mins
Rowan Atkinson on returning to the stage in Quartermaine's Terms, Hilary Mantel, winner of the Costa Book of the Year, Samuel West in Hyde Park on Hudson, and Nicholas Hytner on the National Theatre's plans for its 50th birthday celebrations
Tue, 29 Jan 13
Duration:
29 mins
Lighting designers Patrick Woodroffe and Paule Constable review Light Show, a new exhibition celebrating the art of light; Benjamin Britten's latest biographer Paul Kildea discusses his controversial new book and Peter Kemp reviews Port, a new play by Simon Stephens set in Stockport.
Mon, 28 Jan 13
Duration:
29 mins
With Mark Lawson. Kristin Scott Thomas and Lia Williams talk about alternating their roles in Harold Pinter’s play Old Times; film directors’ offspring becoming directors in their own right; Kurt Schwitters at Tate Britain reviewed; how schools teach texts which contain words now considered unacceptable.
Fri, 25 Jan 13
Duration:
29 mins
Wilko Johnson, the former Dr Feelgood guitarist, on why learning he has terminal cancer has made him feel "vividly alive", the life and art of painter William Scott and a theatrical adaptation of The Turn of the Screw reviewed.
Thu, 24 Jan 13
Duration:
29 mins
Kirsty Lang talks to Vanessa-Mae about swapping her violin for skis, and to Alexei Sayle about his return to solo stand-up after 16 years; plus a review of Di And Viv And Rose
Wed, 23 Jan 13
Duration:
29 mins
Steven Spielberg's Lincoln reviewed, Hilary Mantel on having her novels adapted for the stage by the RSC, crime writer Adrian McKinty on his new book set in 1980s Belfast and Lesley Joseph and Brian Conley on starring in the last panto.
Tue, 22 Jan 13
Duration:
29 mins
Mark Lawson speaks to Denzel Washington about Flight; A S Byatt discusses the art of Edouard Manet; Boyd Hilton looks at how some TV comedy and dramas get remarkably high ratings; and Costa category winners Bryan and Mary Talbot on their graphic memoir.
Mon, 21 Jan 13
Duration:
29 mins
Mark Lawson talks to Jessica Chastain, star of the film Zero Dark Thirty; pays tribute to Michael Winner, who died today, with Barry Norman and Andrew Neil, and discusses big gaps in creativity with Mark Eccleston, Kate Mossman and Alex Clarke
Fri, 18 Jan 13
Duration:
29 mins
Call the Midwife returns for series two, writer Dreda Say Mitchell gives her verdict; actress and singer Ruthie Henshall on a career in musicals including Cats, Les Miserables and Chicago; what does an artist see in an election campaign? Two who have been commissioned to cover the process discuss their experience.
Thu, 17 Jan 13
Duration:
29 mins
John Bramwell on I Am Kloot's new album; Kathleen Jamie on winning the Costa award for best poetry book; John Berry on the ENO's financial woes; and why we have to wait to see Oscar nominated films
Wed, 16 Jan 13
Duration:
29 mins
Actor Brian Cox, David Bowie's video producer Tony Oursler, a new exhibition about Vikings in Scotland, and Dame Liz Forgan on her final speech as Chair of Arts Council England
Tue, 15 Jan 13
Duration:
29 mins
The Sessions and Ethel reviewed. Polly Stenham and Francesca Segal interviewed
Mon, 14 Jan 13
Duration:
29 mins
Quentin Tarantino's latest film Django Unchained reviewed; Jonathan Lynn on a new version of his TV classic Yes, Prime Minister; and actor John Sessions
Fri, 11 Jan 13
Duration:
29 mins
Kirsty Lang meets cellist Matthew Barley, as he begins a UK tour celebrating the centenary of Benjamin Britten's birth; author Jenn Ashworth; Grace Dent reviews My Mad Fat Diary
Thu, 10 Jan 13
Duration:
29 mins
Mark Lawson discusses the 2013 Oscar nominations with film critcs Chris Tookey and Larushka Ivan-Zadah, and talks to nominees including Cameron Mackintosh, David O.Russell and Michael Haneke.
Wed, 9 Jan 13
Duration:
29 mins
Winner of the 2013 Brits Critics' Choice award Tom Odell, Philip Hoare on getting celebrities to read a chapter of Moby Dick, Channel 4 drama Utopia reviewed and author Iain Sinclair on the London Underground's contribution to culture.
Wed, 9 Jan 13
Duration:
42 mins
Mark Lawson and guests - including playwright Mark Ravenhill and TV Exec Lorraine Heggessey - debate how we can best navigate our way through the wide range of cultural experiences now on offer, and question why it's still so hard to predict success.
Tue, 8 Jan 13
Duration:
29 mins
Actor Ben Miller on the new series of Death in Paradise and life after Armstrong and Miller, Les Miserables reviewed and what does Mo Yan's novel Pow! tell us about China?
Mon, 7 Jan 13
Duration:
29 mins
Mark Lawson and Kamila Shamsie discuss Gangster Squad; Royal Opera House Live Online reviewed; Sally Gardner,winner of Costa Children's Book Award; Mark Bussell and Justin Sbresni on writing ITV's Great Night Out
Fri, 4 Jan 13
Duration:
29 mins
The winners of BBC Sound of 2013, Haim interviewed; Mr Selfridge and The Imposter reviewed; theatre prices investigated
Thu, 3 Jan 13
Duration:
29 mins
Comedian and actor Jack Whitehall; Michael Dobbs and Gisela Stuart give their verdicts on the second series of the Danish political drama Borgen; and Irish novelist Stuart Neville on his thriller Ratlines
Wed, 2 Jan 13
Duration:
29 mins
We reveal the category winners of the Costa Book Awards; our people of the year 2012 look ahead to what they'll be up to in 2013 and we consider the potential impact of four high profile films about disability.
Tue, 1 Jan 13
Duration:
29 mins
John Wilson explores how new technology will shape our cultural experiences in the coming year. Andy Serkis discusses performance capture and Neil Young shares his music vision. Writer Bill Thompson, Chair of Artangel Paul Bennun and digital entrepreneur Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino offer their predictions for the future.
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