Front Row Episodes Available now
Actors David Harewood and Sir Simon Russell Beale
Simon Russell Beale on playing Liberace on stage and David Harewood on his new legal drama
BBC National Short Story Award and Young Writers Award 2026
The winners of both prizes are announced live from BBC Broadcasting House.
Es Devlin retrospective, Sebastian Faulks, Turner Prize, Apple Music Hall
Stage designer Es Devlin, novelist Sebastian Faulks, the Turner Prize and Apple Music Hall
Front Row at the Contains Strong Language festival
A special edition of Front Row from the BBC's Contains Strong Language festival
Review Show: Exit Party by Emily St John Mandel, South Korean alien invasion thriller Hope and an adaptation of 1984.
Our critics review three new dystopian thrillers - in novel form, on screen and on stage.
Comedian Russell Kane on playing an older Romeo
John Coltrane's centenary and the Booker Prize shortlist 2026.
Roger Taylor, drummer from the super band Queen, on his latest album
Plus the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, and ex-politicans under pressure in The Wargame.
Review Show: Rose Tremain’s The Housekeeper, inspired by Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca
Plus film Queen at Sea starring Juliette Binoche and Thelma & Louise the musical.
The Proclaimers on their new album, You May Offend
Novelist Kate Atkinson on her new novel, Our Noble Selves.
Hermione Lee on her biography of the notoriously private author Anita Brookner
Plus Ian McCulloch on Echo & the Bunnymen's new album.
