Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThe Booker Prize longlist; Freddie Mercury's costume archive, Scottish theatre
As the Booker Prize longlist is announced, literary critic Alex Clark takes us through the contenders for the £50,000 literary award for fiction, to …
2 years, 10 months ago
West End producer unmasked, Reassessing the poetry of Virgil, Adjani Salmon on Dreaming Whilst Black
Adjani Salmon is the writer of the award-winning web-series Dreaming Whilst Black, now on BBC Three. He tells Tom Sutcliffe about the reality and his…
2 years, 10 months ago
Cellist Ana Carla Maza performs, the Mercury Music Prize shortlist
Cuban composer, cellist and singer Ana Carla Maza performs live in the Front Row studio, ahead of her appearance at WOMAD, and discusses the unusual …
2 years, 10 months ago
Sinéad O'Connor tribute, Edinburgh Fringe previews, Frank Cottrell-Boyce and Efua Traoré on children’s books
Kathryn Ferguson, director of the documentary feature Nothing Compares, pays tribute to Sinéad O'Connor whose death was announced today. The film exp…
2 years, 10 months ago
Pianist Christian Blackshaw, tech-inspired funding for artists, playwright Rabiah Hussain
Christian Blackshaw is a renowned classical pianist but has made only a handful of records preferring the concert platform. Ahead of his appearance a…
2 years, 10 months ago
Elizabeth Fremantle on Artemisia Gentileschi, French horn player Felix Klieser, logo design
Elizabeth Fremantle talks about her novel ‘Disobedient’, which explores the story of the extraordinary C17th woman artist, Artemisia Gentileschi, and…
2 years, 10 months ago
Sarah Phelps on BBC drama The Sixth Commandment, Blur's new album reviewed
Sarah Phelps on BBC drama The Sixth Commandment, Blur's new album reviewed.
2 years, 10 months ago
Christopher Nolan on Oppenheimer, what is Cynghanedd?, club culture under threat
Presenter Nick Ahad meets Christopher Nolan, director of the much anticipated Oppenheimer film. It tells the story of the American physicist J. Rober…
2 years, 10 months ago
20 years of Podcasting, Black Venus, AI Songwriting Challenge
Aindrea Emelife and black women in art. Nigerian-British curator on her Somerset House exhibition Black Venus, addressing colonial history and the re…
2 years, 10 months ago
Greta Gerwig, Tudor tapestry, Tanika Gupta, Jane Birkin farewell
This Friday sees the release of the much anticipated ‘Barbie’ starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling. Samira meets director, Greta Gerwig to discuss…
2 years, 10 months ago