Front Row is a radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4. The BBC describes the programme as a "live magazine programme on the world of arts, literature, film, media and music." It is broadcast each week day between 7.15 and 7.45 and has a podcast available for download (podcasts consisted of weekly highlights until September 2011, but have been full daily episodes since). Shows usually include a mix of interviews, reviews, previews, discussions, reports and columns. Some episodes however, particularly on bank holidays, include a single interview with prominent figures in the arts or a half hour long feature on a single subject.
It developed out of Radio 4's previous daily arts programme Kaleidoscope which ran from 1973-1998.
Front Row has been broadcast since 1998. The first ever writer to be interviewed on the programme was Beryl Bainbridge.
The programme's presenters include Mark Lawson, John Wilson and Kirsty Lang. Former presenters include Francine Stock.
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