Front RowEpisodes Episode guide
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15/10/2026
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
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14/10/2026
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
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13/10/2026
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
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12/10/2026
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
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08/10/2026
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
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07/10/2026
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
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06/10/2026
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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05/10/2026
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
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01/10/2026
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
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Actors David Harewood and Sir Simon Russell Beale
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
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29/09/2026
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
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28/09/2026
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
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Front Row at the Contains Strong Language festival
A special edition of Front Row from the BBC's Contains Strong Language festival
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Review Show: Exit Party by Emily St John Mandel, South Korean alien invasion thriller Hope and an adaptation of 1984.
Our critics review three new dystopian thrillers - in novel form, on screen and on stage.
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Comedian Russell Kane on playing an older Romeo
John Coltrane's centenary and the Booker Prize shortlist 2026.
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Roger Taylor, drummer from the super band Queen, on his latest album
Plus the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, and ex-politicans under pressure in The Wargame.
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Review Show: Rose Tremain’s The Housekeeper, inspired by Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca
Plus film Queen at Sea starring Juliette Binoche and Thelma & Louise the musical.
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The Proclaimers on their new album, You May Offend
Novelist Kate Atkinson on her new novel, Our Noble Selves.
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Hermione Lee on her biography of the notoriously private author Anita Brookner
Plus Ian McCulloch on Echo & the Bunnymen's new album.
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The Beatles' early days, Juliette Binoche's directorial debut, Jack Thorne
Samira talks to Hunter Davies, Juliette Binoche, Jack Thorne and Lucy Caldwell.
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Review Show: Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum
Rebecca F Kuang's new novel, and the BBC National Short Story Award is back.
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Oasis documentary Don’t Look Back in Anger
Oasis Documentary Look Back in Anger.
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Call My Agent's writer and creator Fanny Herrero on bringing the French sitcom to the big screen
Plus, Maria Friedman on playing a prematurely ageing teenager in her latest musical.
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Helen of Troy - a new play by Ava Pickett
Plus The Cazalet Chronicles and the latest from the Venice Film Festival.
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Norman Day special
A special edition of Front Row on the culture of Norman Britain.
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Review: Pedro Almodóvar's new film Bitter Christmas
Plus Ridley Scott's film The Dog Stars and Chloe Benjamin's novel Under Story.
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YouTube's Pedro Pina on the future of television, and celebrating Tim Curry
Pedro Pina on the continuing evolution of tv, and celebrating the life of Tim Curry.
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Remembering Dolly Parton, Meg Mason and Notting Hill Carnival at 60
Dolly Parton's last interview on Front Row.
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Review Show: Rachel Cusk's new novel and the return of the Looney Tunes
Plus a comedy disaster movie from RuPaul's Drag Race universe.
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From the Edinburgh Festivals: Ann Droid and Motherland star Paul Ready; founder of Wikipedia Jimmy Wales; comedian Rosie Holt
Paul Ready, star of Motherland and Ann Droid, on his one-man show Little Animals.
