Front Row Late - Episode Guide

In the first of a new series, Front Row comes to television bringing viewers a rich mix of interviews, news, features and performances from the world of the arts. Columnist and broadcaster Giles Coren is joined in the studio by radio DJ Nihal Arthanayake and writer and comedian Viv Groskop to cherry-pick the best of the cultural week. John Wilson interviews Michael Winterbottom about his film On the Road featuring alt-rockers Wolf Alice, who perform live in the Front Row studio.

Nikki Bedi is joined in the studio by writer and broadcaster Ekow Eshun, as well as Professor Sarah Churchwell from the University of London, to cast a critical eye on the week's arts offerings. Plus 'Street Artist' Bambi takes us on an out-of-hours tour of the new Jean-Michel Basquiat exhibition, while John Wilson meets up with Carlos Acosta and dancers from his new Cuban academy. And arch-popsters Sparks perform live in the studio.

Presenter Amol Rajan and studio guests offer critical and entertaining discussion of the week's arts events. John Wilson meets actors Harrison Ford and Ryan Gosling to talk about Blade Runner 2049, the long-awaited follow-up to Ridley Scott's seminal science fiction thriller. Ian McKellen gives a masterclass in the art of playing King Lear. Comedian and children's author Tim Minchin performs live in the studio.

Giles Coren is joined in the studio by Rachel Johnson and John O'Farrell to discuss political drama as Labour of Love opens on the West End stage.

Kirsty Lang interviews Michael Fassbender about his new film The Snowman and Kate Winslet speaks to Samira Ahmed about her new role in the romance-disaster movie The Mountain Between Us.

With live music from Susanne Sundfor.

Presenter Nikki Bedi and studio guests cast a critical eye on this week's arts events. Darcey Bussell celebrates the legacy of her mentor choreographer Kenneth MacMillan and Stig Abell talks to author Philip Pullman about his much-anticipated novel. Armando Iannucci is on the sofa and Ghostpoet performs live in the studio.

Historian Mary Beard brings her passion for classics to Front Row. The Cambridge classicist visits The Roman Singularity exhibition at the Sir John Soane's Museum in London to explore the work of architectural designer Adam Nathaniel Furman. Artist Nathan Coley meets Japan's most famous architect Kengo Kuma as Kuma's extraordinary new building for the V&A Dundee nears completion. David Gilmour talks about his recent film David Gilmour Live At Pompeii and performs live in the studio.

Giles Coren and guests are in the studio for an Agatha Christie special. Kenneth Branagh talks about directing and starring in the blockbuster remake of the Christie classic Murder on the Orient Express. Nikki Bedi heads to the debating chamber of County Hall in London to take part in an immersive theatre revival of Witness for the Prosecution.

Sarah Phelps is one of the guests on the sofa and Father John Misty performs live in the studio.

Front Row presents a Turner Prize special ahead of the 2017 winner announcement. We follow the four artists on this year's shortlist and Front Row presenter Brenda Emmanus meets up with Hull-born Maureen Lipman for a tour around the exhibition. She will also be joined in the studio by art critic and broadcaster Waldemar Januszczak, photographer David Bailey and artist Polly Morgan to discuss this year's short list and what the Turner Prize reveals about the current state of British contemporary art. Artist, musician, and former Turner Prize winner, Martin Creed plays live in the studio.

Mary Beard returns with a new series of the live arts and cultural debate programme to discuss the clash of generations. Boomers and millennials may be bitterly divided over pensions and house prices, but are the old and the young also waging a war in theatres, galleries and bookshops? And how do artists relate to generations that have gone before? Mary and her guests discuss Damien Hirst's latest show at Houghton Hall, as well as The Inheritance - a new play directed by Stephen Daldry about different generations of gay men in New York today.

Mary Beard and her guests discuss the issue of taking offence. As debates on censorship and the freedom of speech rage in the media, comedy and literary worlds, the panel look at preparations for Theatr Clwyd's play The Assassination of Katie Hopkins and South African film The Wound.

In this week's episode, host Mary Beard and her guests enter the wonderful world of musical theatre. As a self-confessed sceptic Mary looks at some genre-busting shows - and asks whether it is now cool to like musicals.

This week Mary and her guests look at what it takes to make it in the arts. Is it talent and hard graft, or is it all down to your parents? They discuss a new report on class and the creative industries and relate it to Thomas Chatterton, hearing from some artists at Glasgow International Festival, and reviewing Maxine Peake's new film Funny Cow.

In this week's programme, pre-recorded on Thursday, Mary and her guests look at the role of Britain's museums in the 21st century, and Mary experiences life as a museum attendant.

In this week's episode Mary Beard and her guests discuss gender-blind and colour-blind casting, and what it really means to get 'the right person for the job'.

Front Row Late comes from the Hay Festival, where Mary Beard is joined by actor Rose McGowan, writer Laurie Penny and novelist Kamila Shamsie.

Mary Beard returns with the live, topical cultural debate programme. Mary and her guest panellists discuss the representation of older people in our culture. Featuring a rare television interview with writer, poet and cultural commentator Clive James.

As the V&A opens its first outpost outside London, in Dundee, Mary Beard and her panel of guests discuss iconic architecture, and the role of cultural buildings in changing the fortunes of our towns and cities. Mary and her panel also debate whether Glasgow School of Art should be rebuilt, whatever the cost, and how Grenfell Tower should be memorialised. And Mary takes a day trip to Margate, to find out how hostile attitudes to Turner Contemporary have been reversed since it opened in 2011.

Mary Beard is joined by historian and broadcaster David Olusoga, novelist Kate Mosse and historian Laura Ashe to discuss how film, theatre, literature and photography shape our understanding of history.

And Mary takes part in a re-enactment of the Battle of Prestonpans to explore the popular appetite for reliving historical events.

From Glasgow, Mary Beard is joined by playwright James Graham, writer Denise Mina and Munira Mirza, former deputy mayor for education and culture at the Greater London Authority, to debate the cultural response to Brexit and whether it is possible to effectively dramatise, or satirise, one of the hottest topics in our culture.

Mary Beard and her panel of guests - Kate Mosse, Sathnam Sanghera and Dreda Say Mitchell - are in Birmingham, where the Birmingham Literature Festival is under way.

Ahead of the announcement of this year's Man Booker Prize, they discuss who tells us what to read, and are prizes and critics important when choosing a book, or are digital algorithms just as useful?

Mary also investigates how the publishing industry spends money to influence the books we buy.

Mary Beard is in conversation with Oscar-winning actress and writer Emma Thompson.

Mary Beard, Mike Leigh, Shahidha Bari and Paul Morley discuss the ethics of portraying human suffering on the big screen. Mary and Dom Joly tour London's Jack the Ripper museum.

Ahead of the award of the 2018 Turner Prize, Mary Beard and her panel of guests discuss the shortlisted artists and the level of commitment required to take in the exhibition.

In this special edition of Front Row Late, Mary Beard is in conversation with author, critic and broadcaster Clive James.

Mary Beard is joined by guests Jeanette Winterson and Val McDermid to discuss the posthumous reputations of writers and artists.

As a new exhibition of work by Victorian artist and critic John Ruskin opens in London, Mary Beard and her panel of guests - David Olusoga, Shahidha Bari and Simon Jenkins - discuss whether we can ever agree on the meaning of beauty, or whether it truly is in the eye of the beholder.

Mary Beard, Tom Shakespeare, Elsie Owusu and Simon Garfield discuss whether size matters in our culture.

Mary Beard and guests discuss censorship in culture ahead of the 30th anniversary of the fatwa issued against Salman Rushdie following the publication of The Satanic Verses.

Mary Beard is in conversation with the acclaimed and bestselling writer of the His Dark Materials trilogy of books, Philip Pullman.

As anticipation mounts around the publication of David Cameron's memoir, Mary Beard, Germaine Greer, Sathnam Sanghera and Peter Hitchens discuss the art of the memoir.

Mary Beard and her panel - Shahidha Bari, Scarlett Curtis and Ella Whelan - discuss how writers and artists are responding to anxiety in contemporary culture.

Mary Beard talks to novelist Margaret Atwood about her career and her sequel to The Handmaid's Tale.

Mary Beard and her panel discuss whether today's satirists are up to the job of lampooning contemporary politics and society. Are politicians fair game as targets for satirists?

Mary Beard and her panel discuss the links between culture, money and power.

Mary Beard and Armando Iannucci discuss taking liberties with a literary classic, whether it is possible to satirise the current political situation, and the impact of swearing.

Mary Beard and guests discuss how our culture is responding to the issue of migration. How can writing and drama contribute towards an essential conversation about this topical issue?

Mary Beard and her panel of guests discuss why we consume so much sensationalised death in movies, crime fiction and television drama, while we are reluctant to speak about real pain and loss.

Mary Beard hosts cultural debates from her study. Featuring an exclusive puppet production based on a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, created in confinement by author Margaret Atwood and her sister.

With cultural institutions around the country closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, Mary Beard gets to grips with the latest technology as she hosts from her study at home.

Mary Beard and her guests consider the effects of Covid-19 on creativity and the world of literature and discuss how writing and drama chronicled the HIV-AIDS crisis of the 1980s.

Mary discusses the power of poetry in a time of pandemic, with Game of Thrones actress Emilia Clarke, poet Lemn Sissay and historian David Olusoga. Plus, poetry performances from Helen Mirren and the so-called `Poet Laureate of Twitter", Brian Bilston.

Mary asks why people turn to music in times of crisis, from free concerts streamed by A-list names to benefit singles, cross-balcony singalongs and quarantine choirs. She also asks whether the spirit of sharing and caring change the way we consume music in the long term, or whether the generosity will run out if and when we 'get back to normal'.

Mary and her guests, including artistic director of the Young Vic theatre Kwame Kwei-Armah, discuss the long-term effects of Covid-19 on the future of performance, and what culture might mean once the current lockdown is lifted. There is also a performance from actors Emma Thompson and Greg Wise.

With cultural institutions around the country closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, Mary Beard presents the show from her study at home. In the final programme of this special series, Mary examines the links between risk, culture and creativity. Featuring interviews with film and television director Lee Daniels, and photographer Don McCullin.

Mary Beard and her guests at the Hay Festival - Simon Schama, David Olusoga and Ella Whelan - discuss what is ‘unsayable' in today's society.