The 2 Best Front Row Podcast Episodes
1) Crafts in lockdown, Víkingur Ólafsson performs Glass, Netflix series Hollywood and Lionel Shriver novel reviewed
Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson, Front Row’s Lockdown Artist in Residence, continues his weekly live performances from the empty Harpa Concert Hall in Reykjavik. Tonight he plays an energetic piec...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.2) Scorsese - The Irishman, Risk Season continues, Naum Gabo exhibition
Martin Scorsese has the most Oscar nominations of any living director though he has only won once, for his 2006 film The Departed. Nominated again this year for The Irishman, he talks about the film’s...Show More
Scorsese - The Irishman, Risk Season continues, Naum Gabo exhibition
28:27 | Jan 27th, 2020
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AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.3) Actor Will Sharpe on playing Mozart in Amadeus
As a new adaptation of Peter Shaffer's Amadeus begins on Sky, actor Will Sharpe speaks to Front Row about he researched the role of Mozart, and music historian Flora Willson and Music Director of the ...Show More
4) Jane Austen at 250 special
Jane Austen is often seen as an isolated genius who appeared from nowhere, or she is treated with a simplistic cult-like reverance which overlooks the complexities of her work. In this special edition...Show More
5) The great works of Rob Reiner
Hollywood giant Rob Reiner was found dead alongside his wife Michele at their Los Angeles Home this morning. Telegraph film critic Robbie Collin joins to discuss the life and career of the famed direc...Show More
6) Reviewing Ella McCay plus the film's Oscar-winning writer and director James L. Brooks
Film producer Jason Solomons and literary journalist Suzi Feay join Tom Sutcliffe to discuss the contemporary thriller Lurker which shows what happens when the line between popstar and fan gets blurre...Show More
7) 96-year-old actress June Squibb on her lead role in Scarlett Johansson's Eleanor the Great
Actress June Squibb on her lead role in Scarlett Johansson's debut feature Eleanor the Great, in which a woman in her 90s moves back from Florida to Manhattan and forms a friendship with a young journ...Show More
8) 2025 Turner Prize winner; remembering Martin Parr; Bradford’s year as the UK City of Culture
Tonight, the winner of the 2025 Turner Prize will be announced in Bradford, this year’s City of Culture. Joining Nick to discuss the runners and riders is arts journalist at the Yorkshire Post, Yvette...Show More
9) Kate Winslet on Goodbye June
Kate Winslet speaks to Samira Ahmed about her directorial debut, Goodbye June. With a screenplay written by her son Joe Anders, the film portrays complex family dynamics colliding with the surreal rea...Show More
10) Reviewing Paddington The Musical, Jafar Panahi's latest film, and Russell Tovey meets the Sea Devils
Tom and guests Arifa Akbar and Nick Hilton consider Paddington The Musical. It's the latest step for a beloved British institution... How does he work on stage? Is the bear believable? Are the songs m...Show More