Front Row Episodes Episode guide
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Germaine Greer, Anthony Browne, Beryl Bainbridge reviewed
With Mark Lawson. Beryl Bainbridge's last novel and Germaine Greer on Australian Art.
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Chinese pianist Lang Lang on inspiring young players
Chinese pianist Lang Lang, Patrick Stewart as Shylock and food as theatre.
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Catherine Tate and David Tennant, Michael Portillo, Ed Smith
Mark Lawson talks to David Tennant and Catherine Tate and Ed Smith reviews cricket films.
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Miriam Margolyes on her 70th birthday
Miriam Margolyes talks to Mark Lawson on her 70th birthday.
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Paul Giamatti in Win Win; documentary maker Adam Curtis; Danger Mouse
Paul Giamatti in new film Win Win reviewed; documentary-maker Adam Curtis; Danger Mouse.
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Germaine Greer reviews Tracey Emin, and the new Pirates of the Caribbean
Germaine Greer reviews a new Tracey Emin exhibition; and the new Pirates of the Caribbean.
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Holburne Museum in Bath; Cannes; Staff Benda Bilili
Kirsty Lang reports on the re-opening of Bath's Holburne Museum; film news from Cannes.
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Documentaries on big and small screens; Wayne McGregor
Mark Lawson talks to choregrapher Wayne McGregor and examines documentaries on film and TV
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Elmore Leonard, Tony Robinson and Mark Billingham, Ai Weiwei reviewed
With Mark Lawson, who reports on new exhibitions of work by the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei.
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Hugh Laurie, Attack the Block, Conrad Shawcross
With Mark Lawson, including Hugh Laurie on his debut album, a disc of New Orleans blues.
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Terry Gilliam's The Damnation of Faust
With Kirsty Lang, who reviews film maker Terry Gilliam's debut as an opera director.
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Steve Reich, and a report from the Brighton Festival
Composer Steve Reich; a report from the Brighton Festival; My Dog Tulip reviewed.
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Randy Newman at the Piano
Randy Newman at the piano and in conversation with Kirsty Lang.
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Kate Bush in a rare interview; and John Cleese reviewed
Kate Bush in a rare interview; and John Cleese's Alimony Tour.
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Saoirse Ronan and Cate Blanchett in the film Hanna
Mark Lawson with arts news, interviews and reviews.
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The Hepworth Gallery in Wakefield opens
Mark Lawson reports on the new Hepworth gallery in Wakefield.
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The rise of film and TV drama based on real events
Kirsty Lang reports on why true stories currently inspire so many films and TV dramas.
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Brenda Blethyn; Nitin Sawhney and James Taylor; Royal Shakespeare Company at Stratford
Mark Lawson talks to actress Brenda Blethyn. Plus Nitin Sawhney and James Taylor.
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Christopher Eccleston on The Shadow Line
Mark Lawson reports on the new Lyric Theatre in Belfast and new TV drama The Shadow Line.
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Shirley MacLaine, Thor, John Sullivan
Mark Lawson talks to actress Shirley MacLaine. Plus Kenneth Branagh's film Thor reviewed.
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Andy Warhol's last trip to London
John Wilson reports on Andy Warhol's last visit to London in 1986, and its unlikely legacy
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Depictions of Christ from Dorothy L Sayers to James Frey
Mark Lawson visits the BBC archives to trace dramatic and literary portrayals of Christ.
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David Tennant in United; Ray Winstone in Tracker
John Wilson on David Tennant in the TV drama United and Ray Winstone in the film Tracker.
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Morrissey talks to John Wilson
John Wilson talks to singer and songwriter Morrissey.
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John Wilson in Iran
John Wilson in Iran as the Cyrus Cylinder returns to the UK; musician Robbie Robertson.
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Russell Brand and Helen Mirren in Arthur
Kirsty Lang reviews the remake of the film Arthur, with Helen Mirren and Russell Brand.
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The Pale King, by David Foster Wallace; Jazz Viola
With Kirsty Lang, who reviews David Foster Wallace's posthumous novel The Pale King.
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Betty Blue Eyes reviewed
Mark Lawson reviews Betty Blue Eyes, the new stage musical based on an Alan Bennett film.
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The Ipswich murders become a stage production: London Road
Mark Lawson meets the creators of the play, London Road, about the five murders in Ipswich
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Joan Miro at Tate Modern; Henning Mankell
Joan Miro on show at Tate Modern and Henning Mankell on writing the last Wallander novel.