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Front Row Episodes

  1. Culture and Risk

    Mary Beard presents Lockdown Culture from her study at home.

  2. The Future of Culture

    Mary Beard hosts interviews and discussions from her home studio.

  3. 21/03/2020

    Mary Beard and her panel of guests discuss the art and ethics of the clothing industry.

  4. When Mary Beard Met Armando Iannucci

    Mary Beard and Armando Iannucci discuss taking liberties with a literary classic.

  5. Satire

    Are today's satirists up to the job of lampooning contemporary society?

  6. 09/05/2020 GMT

    With a puppet version of an Edgar Allan Poe tale, created by Margaret and Ruth Atwood.

  7. Cultural Censorship

    Mary Beard and her panel of guests discuss censorship in culture.

  8. Mary Beard, Nathan Coley and David Gilmour

    Mary Beard visits The Roman Singularity exhibition at the Sir John Soane's Museum, London.

  9. Darcey Bussell, Philip Pullman, Armando Iannucci and Ghostpoet

    Presenter Nikki Bedi and studio guests cast a critical eye on the arts.

  10. Agatha Christie Special

    Giles Coren and guests are in the studio for an Agatha Christie special.

  11. Michael Fassbender

    Kirsty Lang interviews Michael Fassbender about his film The Snowman.

  12. Episode Two: Harrison Ford, Ryan Gosling and Tim Minchin

    Presenter Amol Rajan and studio guests offer critical discussion of recent arts events.

  13. Episode One: Carlos Acosta, Basquiat and Sparks

    Nikki Bedi is joined by writer Ekow Eshun and Professor Sarah Churchwell.