Front RowEpisodes Episode guide
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23/04/2026
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
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22/04/2026
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
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21/04/2026
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
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20/04/2026
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
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16/04/2026
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
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15/04/2026
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
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14/04/2026
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music
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13/04/2026
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
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09/04/2026
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
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08/04/2026
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
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07/04/2026
Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music.
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The Birth of Television: A Forgotten History
Samira Ahmed and guests discuss the forgotten history of the early days of television.
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Review: The Drama starring Robert Pattinson and Zendaya
Yann Martel's new novel, Son of Nobody and BBC drama series, Babies
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SNL UK Cast, plus Trash Cinema Icon Mink Stole
Mink Stole, Live Comedy Day, the art of catwalk fashion.
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Robert MacFarlane on the revelations to be found underground
Robert MacFarlane on going underground, dancing with your younger self and protest music.
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Lesley Manville, and what do astronauts listen to in space?
Lesley Manville, and Art in Space
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Review: Riz Ahmed comedy Bait, Schiaparelli at the V&A
On the review show this week: Riz Ahmed's comedy series Bait and Schiaparelli at the V&A.
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Actor Forbes Masson on the stage production of cult sitcom The High Life
National Theatre of Scotland stage production of cult sitcom The High Life.
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Noah Wyle on hit hospital drama The Pitt
Noah Wyle on hit hospital drama The Pitt.
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Saturday Night Live arrives in the UK
The UK now has its own SNL, 50 years after the US original. But is it funny?
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Review: La Grazia, the latest film from The Great Beauty director Paolo Sorrentino
Summerfolk at the National Theatre in London and epic novel The Tribe by Michael Arditti.
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Sylvia Plath's final year, and Hue and Cry perform Labour of Love
Author Helen Bain on fictionalising Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath's year in Devon.
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Gentleman Jack ballet, BTS reunited, Irish myths - a feminist retelling, Len Deighton remembered
Gentleman Jack ballet, BTS reunited, Irish myths - a feminist retelling, Len Deighton.
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The Oscars, Ryan Gosling, Self Esteem performs
An Oscars roundup, Ryan Gosling on his new sci-fi film, and Self Esteem plays in studio.
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Review: David Hockney in Normandy, and Asako Yuzuki's new novel
Butter author Asako Yuzuki's novel Hooked; The Tasters film, about Hitler's food tasters.
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James McAvoy on his directorial debut, California Schemin'
Actor James McAvoy on turning director for his debut feature, California Schemin'.
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Howard Jacobson's new book, Howl
Thea Gilmore's new music project and the popularity of micro-dramas.
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Cillian Murphy on Peaky Blinders, plus Timothee Chalamet's opera backlash
Cillian Murphy talks to Samira Ahmed about new film, Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man.
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Review: The Bride! Maggie Gyllenhaal's film about the bride of Frankenstein
Plus Bad Fiction by Rebecca Sarah Ley and award-winning film Sound of Falling.
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Will Self on The Quantity Theory of Morality
Will Self on his latest satirical novel which looks at the alienation of modern life.
