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Front Row: Archive 2012 — 256 episodes
Neil Young interviewed
Julian Fellowes, Rumer and Maureen Lipman in the Front Row Quiz
British actors in America
The creative backstage stars of Strictly, Downton and the Olympics
Neil Young, Pete Townshend, Mick Jagger and more on their musical roots
Working with the family
People of the Year 2012, part 2
People of the Year 2012
The Impossible; Simon Amstell; Arts Funding
Dustin Hoffman's Quartet reviewed; singer Katy Carr; comedy DVDs
Salman Rushdie, Victoria Wood, Christmas Jukebox Jury
Don McCullin; Martin Freeman; albums of the year
William Boyd; Ravi Shankar remembered; video games of the year
Paul Thomas Anderson on The Master; Jim Cartwright returns to the stage
Paul Auster, Tom Robinson plays Beck
Ali Smith, Dave Brubeck, crime fiction
All-female Julius Caesar; writer Mike Bartlett on The Town
Ben Folds; Elizabeth Price; Charles Dickens museum
Seven Psychopaths, Beryl Bainbridge's art
The Mouse and His Child; Sightseers; Robert Greene; Cecilia Bartoli
Roddy Doyle, Boris Godunov, The Staves, TV Drama The Fear
Daniel Radcliffe in A Young Doctor's Notebook, Oliver Sacks, the Hunt
Great Expectations; Bryan Ferry; Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong
Trouble With the Curve; Sports Book of the Year; theatre awards
Brian Eno; Michael Hoffman; Spike Lee's Michael Jackson documentary
22/11/2012
The Mousetrap at 60, Calixto Bieito on Carmen, New Russian Art
Neil Diamond; Costa Shortlists
Derek Jacobi, End of Watch, Denise Mina
Jimmy Page; natural history programmes over the years
Ben Elton, Danny Boyle on regional theatre cuts, computer art
Billie Piper in The Effect; Twilight; author Phil Rickman
A Bigger Splash; The Hour returns; photography from the Middle East
Quentin Blake interviewed; Hitler's dark charisma discussed
Jeff Wayne; The Orphan of Zhao
Alan Bennett's play People; Michael Winterbottom's film Everyday
Director Michael Haneke; how to cry on stage; Full English
Anna Friel in Uncle Vanya, The Sapphires, letters from the Mary Whitehouse archive
The Shining, Lucy Kirkwood, Colm Toibin, Some Girls
John Goodman, Orhan Pamuk, Andrew Rawnsley on Secret State
Rust and Bone, Aerosmith, paper art, and hotels on film
The Master; Seduced by Art; Thomas Adès
Tom Wolfe in conversation with Mark Lawson
Jez Butterworth, Wizards vs Aliens, soundscapes for journeys
Mark Gatiss as Charles I; Posy Simmonds; 2013 City of Culture plans
Thomas Keneally, Dan Stevens, 25 years of Michael Palin's TV travels
Poet Sharon Olds, Squeeze on tour
Skyfall director Sam Mendes, Kevin Costner's TV series
Ginger & Rosa, Ralph Steadman on birds, the man who lights the Rolling Stones
Rod Stewart, The Lost Prince, Hebburn
Hollywood costumes, rock docs, Damien Hirst's harbour sculpture
Graham Norton; Peter Hook; Beasts of the Southern Wild
Tim Burton's Frankenweenie, David Walliams, US TV series Girls
On the Road - the film, American Idiot, Agyness Deyn
Comedy performer David Mitchell, Nobel Prize for Literature
The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour, Anne-Marie Duff, David Shrigley
This House - Roy Hattersley reviews; Jo Nesbo; Prince biography
Pete Townshend
Ruby Sparks, Roy Willliams,The Plane Crash, William Klein
The Reader author Bernhard Schlink, Homeland returns, Caryl Churchill's new play
Howard Barker, Welcome to India, attracting young opera audiences
BBC International Short Story Award, Mumford and Sons
Emma Watson in The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Turner Prize, Hunted
The Thick of It, Cerys Matthews, Lucy Liu in Elementary
Front Row - J K Rowling
Muse interviewed, Andy Williams remembered, Short Story contenders
Bruce Willis in Looper, Ashley Jensen, BBC Short Story author
Holy Motors, The Paradise, BBC Short Story contender
Untouchable review, Louise Wener interview, Ryszard Kapuscinski biography
Rupert Everett, novelist Deborah Levy, and Big Boys Go Bananas!*
Oliver Stone, Jesus Christ Superstar with Mel C
Brad Pitt's latest reviewed, Gareth Malone, Greg Davies
Now Is Good director Ol Parker, and Caryl Churchill's new play Love and Information
John Cale; BBC International Short Story Award
Downton Abbey reviewed, Sheridan Smith as Hedda Gabler, David Byrne
Jonathan Pryce's Lear, Thomas Heatherwick, Mercury Prize
The Killers, Booker Prize shortlist, Woody Allen film, Bronze
Meryl Streep in Hope Springs, Pre-Raphaelites exhibition
Charles Sturridge, Iraq War novel, revival of silent cinema
Darcey Bussell, Bob Dylan reviewed, and the Bristol Old Vic reopens
Donny Osmond, AN Wilson on Cecil Beaton, the return of Dallas
Novelist Howard Jacobson; actor Damian Lewis; Lawless reviewed
Hermione Norris, Anna Karenina reviewed, Henning Mankell
Opera star Alfie Boe, TV drama The Bletchley Circle, organist Cameron Carpenter
Bobby Womack, with Damon Albarn and Peter Guralnick
The e-book debate - threat or opportunity?
Mrs Biggs, Joyce Carol Oates, Berberian Sound Studio
Adrian Lester takes questions from young actors
Harrogate Crime Writing Festival Special
Booker T, novelist cricketers and Charlie Brooker's new comedy
Ian McEwan, recorded before an audience in Edinburgh
James Meek, The Three Stooges reviewed, Stockhausen in helicopters
Tom Stoppard, The Watch, Tony Scott remembered, cellist Natalie Clein
Philippa Gregory, The Last Weekend, Dirty Dancing at 25
Jeanette Winterson; Birger Larsen, director of The Killing
Edinburgh Festival, David Hayman, Virginia Ironside
Alanis Morissette, Take This Waltz
Alice Cooper, Clive Owen, and TV drama Person of Interest
Nicola Benedetti interviewed; Paralympic drama The Best of Men reviewed
New TV comedies set at school; Edinburgh round-up
Bourne writer Tony Gilroy, large-scale public theatre, Jackpot review
Tributes to Marvin Hamlisch and Robert Hughes
New Pixar film Brave, Mike Scott of the Waterboys, pop stars changing names
Curious Incident onstage, Alan Davies, Olympic puppeteers
Meera Syal in Much Ado About Nothing
With John Wilson, who pays tribute to Gore Vidal, and visits the William Morris Gallery.
Mark Thomas on his father's love of opera; Bernard of Hollywood's images of Marilyn
Mark Wahlberg in Ted, James Kelman, Mark Ravenhill
'Woman in a Dressing Gown', Louis Nowra, Newton Faulkner
Mark Rylance as Richard III, Herman Koch, Searching for Sugarman
The Man Booker longlist; The Doctor's Dilemma reviewed.
Colin Dexter, Kronos Quartet, and Starkey on Churchill
Ruby Wax interviewed; The Lorax reviewed
Terry Jones on giving 'The Owl and the Pussycat' an operatic makeover
Rapper Ice-T, Monica Mason's farewell to the Royal Ballet, Tom Hanks' new online project
Madonna in the UK; Simon Russell Beale in Timon of Athens
Hattie Morahan and Dominic Rowan on booing at the theatre; John Lydon; literary letters
The Dark Knight Rises; The Tanks; Asif Kapadia
Eoin Colfer; Catherine the Great; loneliness of a soloist
Antony Gormley; the man behind Angelos Epithemiou revealed
James Fenton, rained-off festivals, and author Nicola Barker
Wynton Marsalis interview; review of Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Magic Mike; Twenty Twelve writer John Morton.
Amy Winehouse and Katy Perry films; William Fiennes on Joseph Mitchell
Bryn Terfel, scoring Hitchcock, the Shard, Sinbad
Julian Barnes on Jean Dujardin's new film, Nick Hewer, new Bond exhibition
Richard Wilson's Italian Job re-creation; Mark Damazer on The Newsroom
Christopher Eccleston in Blackout; on the Chariots of Fire track; ping pong
Bobby Womack, Jake Arnott, and Killer Joe reviewed
28/06/2012
The Amazing Spider-Man; Joe Penhall
Friends with Kids, Edvard Munch
Terry Pratchett; Your Sister's Sister; Jed Mercurio
Crow with Handspring puppets, guitarist Milos, Mark Wallinger
Prunella Scales, Jenny Saville, Coogan and Iannucci on TV
Julie Walters back on stage, Adrian Lester, and Ed Stoppard on Alan Turing
Sam Mendes; news of the Art Fund Prize winner
Yoko Ono's art; Bruce Willis in Lay the Favourite
Fast Girls, Gatz
Rachel Whiteread; Dallas reviewed; Watts Gallery
Rock of Ages reviewed; Scottish National Portrait Gallery; Afghan War fiction.
Alan Howard interviewed; True Love reviewed
Janet Suzman; Invisible Art; Cosmopolis review
Rapper Professor Green interviewed; Dürrenmatt re-examined
06/06/2012
Hilary Mantel talks to Mark Lawson
Neneh Cherry interviewed; the Transit of Venus in art
Michael Morpurgo; Ridley Scott's Prometheus reviewed
John Irving; African art; Thomas Heatherwick
Patti Smith, Ben Drew (aka Plan B)
Ken Loach review; Rumer; James Sallis interview
Tracey Emin in Margate; Cannes Film Festival
Tom Phillips, writing final TV episodes, Arnold Wesker at 80
Chariots of Fire on stage; Henry Moore indoors.
Actor John Simm, author George RR Martin
Moonrise Kingdom, Joanne Harris, artist Richard Wilson
Rolf Harris on his art; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau obituary
Screenwriter Paul Abbott; The Dictator reviewed
Kevin Rowland from Dexys Midnight Runners; Ballgowns at the V&A
Danny DeVito and Richard Griffiths interviewed; the Art Fund Prize shortlist announced
Coronation Street musical; Anish Kapoor's Olympic sculpture
Hilary Mantel, Tim Burton, 56 Up
Writer John Hodge; Naxos Records; plot against Edward VIII
Mel Gibson reviewed and Pianist Mitsuko Uchida
Damon Albarn in his studio
04/05/2012
A controversial play about Apple; Shirley Hughes; the original Homeland
Jason Isaacs; South Sudan theatre company
Mark Haddon; Turner Prize shortlist; Norah Jones
Leonardo Da Vinci reviewed; Maxim Vengerov interviewed
Enquirer - a play about UK Newspaper journalists
Brodsky Quartet; Edward Bond; TV Impressionists
Michael Frayn, Derek Walcott, and David Hare's play South Downs
Glenn Close as Albert Nobbs; Harry Shearer on Nixon
World Book Night; Mark Ravenhill; Winning Words at Olympic Park
Barbara Windsor, Cillian Murphy and Enda Walsh
David Suchet, BBC Proms 2012
Stanley Booth; Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Irvine Welsh; Bob Marley film; Orange Prize shortlist
Sir Tim Rice and Pamela Stephenson
Horrible Histories on TV; ballerina Tamara Rojo; Mozart's Sister
Dara O Briain; Whit Stillman; Butch Cassidy rides again
Anne Frank
Clive James and The Cabin in the Woods film review
Theatre Producers Special
Photography special: Bailey, McCullin, O'Neill, Benson
Graham Coxon interviewed; Mirror, Mirror reviewed
Julianne Moore as Sarah Palin in HBO's Game Change
Labrinth interviewed; Headhunters reviewed
Damien Hirst, Michael Grade
Kirsty Lang in New York with the director of the Metropolitan Museum
Harry Potter studio tour; unfilmed screenplays
Dr John, Tim Lott, and Janet Street-Porter on British Design 1948-2012
Brendan O'Carroll; John Eliot Gardiner; Gillian Wearing.
Aardman Animations' Pirate film; Jodi Picoult; Ben Okri
Jonny Greenwood and composer Krzysztof Penderecki; Brains - the exhibition.
Greg Doran; Molly Dineen on Werner Herzog
Luther creator Neil Cross; re-imagining Ballets Russes
The Hunger Games; Kensington Palace; Paul Weller on beat poetry
Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton; Russell Banks
Andrew Motion; violinist David Garrett; 1001 TV sets
Jerwood Gallery in Hastings; One Night on TV; Tobias Jones
Miró's grandsons on his sculptures; The Devils on DVD
Irving Berlin's daughters; playwright Helen Edmundson
Lesley Sharp; Noah Stewart; We Bought a Zoo
New York Special: John Tiffany, Lyndsay Faye, Mike Daisey's play about Apple
Gilbert and George; Nanci Griffith; John Cusack as Edgar Allan Poe
Andrew Lloyd Webber on Phantom sequel Love Never Dies
Lloyd Newson; Michael Winterbottom; cinematic soccer team
Andrew Stanton; William Byrd; sports documentaries
Therapy in fiction, film and TV drama
Titian saved; Bruce Springsteen's new album
Christina Ricci; Nick Park; writer Errol John reassessed
Tom Hardy in This Means War; Ian Rankin's New Elizabethan
Jennifer Aniston in Wanderlust and comedian Sarah Millican
Naomi Alderman on video games
Fourth Plinth; Peter Ackroyd; new Water Music
Olivia Colman, Rampart, e-books
Sue Townsend, Charlotte Keatley, Black Gold
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Walter Mosley, Phil Agland and Rory Gallagher
Director Josie Rourke; conductor Alan Gilbert; artistic friendships
AS Byatt on Picasso, and tenor Vittorio Grigolo
Mad Men's Jon Hamm; rain on stage
Daniel Radcliffe; Big Fat Gypsy Weddings producers
Paul McCartney, Inspector Montalbano
Don McLean, Yayoi Kusama
Lucian Freud, Stephen Daldry, RIBA Gold Medal
2012 Art Fund Prize Longlist
The influential people in theatre; the return of The Muppets
Homeland, the Syrian poet Adonis and Restoration Comedy
Martha Marcy May Marlene and author Anne Rice
Actor Ashley Walters; Howard Hodgkin's Indian art; Katherine Kelly
Charlize Theron in Young Adult; Kate Grenville
Kate Winslet and Jodie Foster in Polanski's film, Carnage
Alice Coote; Turner in Margate; Lana del Rey
Hajj at the British Museum
Andrew Miller and Nicholas Hytner
2012 Academy Award nominations
23/01/2012
Norma Percy on Putin; soldiers' stories on stage
Leonard Cohen; Abi Morgan interviewed
Madonna's W.E. reviewed; Ian Rankin's unpublished novel
William Boyd on David Hockney, and new film Haywire
Leonardo DiCaprio in Clint Eastwood's J. Edgar. TS Eliot Prize
Heidi Thomas on Call the Midwife; trumpeter Alison Balsam
Antony Gormley; painting Blair; beyond popcorn
The Crusades; Emeli Sande; Guy Martin
JC Chandor on his film Margin Call; composer Anna Meredith
Steven Spielberg on War Horse; Philip Larkin's poetry
Puppets take centre stage
New TV comedies; Tom Hooper on life after The King's Speech
Actor Michael Fassbender, and Julian Lloyd Webber on Delius
Costa Book Awards category winners announced; Tony Marchant; Ronald Searle Tribute
Kate Bush, Nick Mason and Brian Wilson on new life for old tapes
The Boxing Day Quiz