Podcast Episodes

Philippa Gregory on Richard III, Blackpool's Showtown, has the superhero franchise bubble burst?

Historical novelist Philippa Gregory talks to Nick Ahad about writing her first stage play, Richard, My Richard, for Shakespeare North Playhouse in P…

2 years, 3 months ago

Beth Ditto of Gossip, Ethan Coen on Drive-Away Dolls, Michael Donkor

Beth Ditto talks to Tom Sutcliffe about reuniting with her band Gossip for their first new album in nearly a decade.

Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke discu…

2 years, 3 months ago

Jordan Harvey in session, Nye and Copa 71 reviewed

The up'n'coming Scottish country singer performs songs from his debut album It Is What It Is ahead of his debut solo performance at the Country To Co…

2 years, 3 months ago

Ava DuVernay on Origin, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Julianne Moore

Ava DuVernay talks to Tom Sutcliffe about her latest film, Origin. It stars Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor as the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Isabel Wi…

2 years, 3 months ago

Kate Rusby, Edward Bond, Eve Steele and the decline of female filmmakers

The acclaimed English folk singer-songwriter Kate Rusby performs live and chats about her new Singy Songy Session Tour.

Theatre critic Michael Billing…

2 years, 3 months ago

Ray Winstone, K Patrick, Ferris & Sylvester

Ray Winstone, star of Sexy Beast and Nil By Mouth, talks about new Netflix series The Gentlemen brought to television screens by director Guy Ritchie…

2 years, 3 months ago

Dune 2, Brian Bilston, Angelica Kauffman RA, Nachtland

This week sees the release of the much anticipated Dune part 2, the sequel to 2021’s part 1, a series based on Frank Herbert’s 1960’s sci fi classic.…

2 years, 3 months ago

Benjamin Britten, director Kaouther Ben Hania, music from Owen Spafford and Louis Campbell

Kate Molleson talks to Kaouther Ben Hania about her Oscar-nominated documentary Four Daughters, which explores the impact of two sisters fleeing to j…

2 years, 3 months ago

The Jury: Murder Trial, Bhangra Nation, Bluestockings

Channel 4’s new reality TV series, The Jury: Murder Trial features a real-life murder case, re-run in front of two juries who are unaware of each oth…

2 years, 3 months ago

Sheridan Smith. Movement Coaches and Sexism in French Cinema

In an exclusive for Front Row, Sheridan Smith performs Magic, a song from her new musical Opening Night, which is directed by Ivo Van Hove, with musi…

2 years, 3 months ago