Front Row

Front Row

Hosted by Tom Sutcliffe and Samira Ahmed and Kirsty Wark · BBC Radio 4

4.4from 157 ratings

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84Podcast AuthorityScore out of 100 · How it is scored
2,501
Episodes
545
Transcribed
157
Ratings
Daily
Cadence
2015
First episode
32K
YouTube views

About Front Row

Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music

Publisher
BBC Radio 4
Category
arts · society & culture
Language
en
Explicit
No
First episode
16 Dec 2015
Latest episode
22 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

545 of 2,501 episodes have a transcript.

  1. 22 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

    Comedian Russell Kane on playing an older Romeo

  2. 21 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

    Roger Taylor, drummer from the super band Queen, on his latest album

  3. 17 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

    Review Show: Rose Tremain’s The Housekeeper, inspired by Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca

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Comedian Russell Kane on playing an older Romeo

Published 22 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Had you thought about this before you went in for the meeting? You'd thought about what you wanted to do? It's an idea I've toyed with for a few years since the past 40 years. How love becomes more tragic as one gets older, not less. I've never understood this. If people are 17 and fall in love, it's more tragic. No, that's common. It's literally what everyone, the older you get without having been in love, the higher the stakes. become, the more piquant the tragedy becomes. We all know people in their 40s and 50s. Have you been in love? I think so. That means you haven't. Some people will go to the nursing home never having known the sick in the stomach needing someone with every cell and then to fall in love with someone you cannot be with because, I don't know, they're gay, you're married, they're the wrong religion, wrong colour, whatever. […]

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Who has been a guest on Front Row

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

  • Russell Kane
  • Samantha Ellis
  • Soweto Kinch
  • Ashley Khan
  • Alex Clark

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views
32,463
Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
Apple Podcasts (US)
4.4 / 5
125 ratings
Spotify
4.5 / 5
32 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 84 / 100

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Quality
98
Social presence
0
YouTube
76
Engagement
97

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Questions about Front Row

Who hosts Front Row?

Tom Sutcliffe and Samira Ahmed and Kirsty Wark host the show. Published by BBC Radio 4.

How often do new episodes come out?

The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.

Does Front Row take guests?

Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.

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