en-us Wed, 09 Jan 2008 12:18:40 -0500 On this week's edition of the Front Row podcast the Children's Laureate Jacqueline Wilson reviews Andrew Lloyd Webber's new production of the Sound of Music. Maverick director Ken Russell tells us why he's still making films that shock at the age of 79. Historian David Starkey explains how the Dutch invasion of Britain changed everything and why the British monarchy will only survive if it finds a big idea. And a woman's lover drowns her husband but both then sink in to guilt: Emile Zola's Therese Raquin is staged at the National Theatre. Sat, 23 Dec 2006 10:03:41 -0500 http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rmhttp/downloadtrial/radio4/frontrowinterview/frontrowinterview_20061117-1700_40_pc.mp3 295706 This week's Front Row Podcast features artists who won major awards or reached landmark birthdays this year: including the winners of the 2006 Man Booker Prize, the Nobel Prize for Literature, the Plame D?Or at Cannes and the Richard & Judy Summer Read. Tom Stoppard explains why it?s taken him almost seventy years to admit to being Czech, Michael Bond reflects on his own 80th birthday and Paddington Bear?s 50th and Dolly Parton discusses a year which included two big trophies. Sat, 23 Dec 2006 10:03:19 -0500 http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rmhttp/downloadtrial/radio4/frontrowinterview/frontrowinterview_20061221-1800_40_pc.mp3 398423 This episode contains strong language. On this week?s Front Row podcast the singer Barry Manilow explains that he didn?t write "I Write The Songs" and how he deals with cruel reviews. Actor Martin Sheen on why ? after leaving the fictional White House ? he enrolled as a freshman at Dublin University. The comedian Reginald D Hunter defends his decision to use ? in shows and on posters ? a word which many regard as an appalling racial slur. And Britain?s film censor responds to complaints from parents about the 12A certificate given to the latest James Bond film. Sat, 23 Dec 2006 10:03:19 -0500 http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rmhttp/downloadtrial/radio4/frontrowinterview/frontrowinterview_20061208-1900_40_pc.mp3 371296 On this week?s Front Row podcast John Wilson reports on playwright Patrick Marber's recasting of Don Juan as DJ, a playboy in a Soho nightclub. He also learns about the cut and thrust of swordfighting on stage! Mark Lawson talks Beethoven and Borat with the conductor Bernard Haitink, and Kirsty Lang will be finding out how 5 women dramatists have collaborated on a single play for the Royal Court Theatre. Sat, 23 Dec 2006 10:03:19 -0500 http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rmhttp/downloadtrial/radio4/frontrowinterview/frontrowinterview_20061201-1900_40_pc.mp3 353127 On this week?s Front Row podcast, the author of the current number one best selling book in Britain Martina Cole discusses her unlikely route to a writer?s life and how she knows so much about the London underworld. Robert Hughes, art critic of Time magazine and author of The Shock of the New and The Fatal Shore, discusses his recent near death and why leading Australians address him as ?treasure?. And historian Antonia Fraser chooses the year?s best non-fiction books. Sat, 23 Dec 2006 10:03:19 -0500 http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rmhttp/downloadtrial/radio4/frontrowinterview/frontrowinterview_20061215-1600_40_pc.mp3 388924 On this week's edition of the Front Row podcast the Oasis songwriter and guitarist Noel Gallagher looks back over the band's colourful history. Actor Charles Dance reflects on the life of the veteran film director Robert Altman who died on Tuesday. And Status Quo rockers Rick Parfitt and Francis Rossi on still going strong after throat cancer, drink, drugs and the ageing process. Sat, 23 Dec 2006 09:58:42 -0500 http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rmhttp/downloadtrial/radio4/frontrowinterview/frontrowinterview_20061124-1500_40_pc.mp3 335915