Front Row Episodes Available now
Desiree Akhavan, Bad Times at the El Royale, 2018 RIBA Stirling Prize, Mother Courage
Desiree Akhavan on the challenges of writing, directing and starring in The Bisexual.
Reading and Mental Health
A special on how reading improves mental health, with Marian Keyes and Russell Kane.
The swimming pool in art, Kwame Kwei-Armah's Twelfth Night, Poet Jean Sprackland
The role that the swimming pool plays in film and art.
Bernard Cribbins, Claire Foy and Ryan Gosling on First Man, Butterfly
Bernard Cribbins on his autobiography and Ryan Gosling and Claire Foy discuss First Man
Jodie Whittaker on Doctor Who, Quentin Blake, Haruki Murakami's Killing Commendatore
Jodie Whittaker on regenerating as the 13th Doctor, and the dark art of Quentin Blake
Alice Walker, Yayoi Kusama and a poem for National Poetry Day from Sean Street
Alice Walker, artist Yayoi Kusama and a new poem for National Poetry Day from Sean Street
The art of physical comedy, Damien Hirst, Andre Aciman, The impact of the arts on mental health
The art and history of physical comedy: why is the unfortunate mishap hilarious?
BBC National Short Story Award Winner
We announce the winners of the 2018 BBC Short Story Awards live from Cambridge University
Sarah Perry, The Cry, Cultural First Aid
The Essex Serpent author Sarah Perry discusses her new novel Melmoth, The Cry reviewed
Contains Strong Language festival, Sean Scully, A Northern Soul
Front Row live from the Contains Strong Language festival in Hull
