Front Row Weekly

Actor and comedian Ben Miller; Oscar nominations for 2013; Haim, the band of sisters who have topped the BBC Sound of 2013 list; writer Sally Gardner; Brit winner Tom Odell; the creators of TV series Great Night Out, Mark Bussell and Justin Sbresni.

Front Row Quiz 2012; Costa Award category winners announced; actor Andy Serkis on the impact of technology in films; comedian Jack Whitehall and novelist Stuart Neville.

Toby Jones talks about playing Hitchcock and Victoria Wood on her new TV drama,Loving Miss Hatto. Salman Rushdie discusses writing the screenplay for his own novel, Midnight's Children and director David O. Russell talks about his acclaimed movie, Silver Linings Playbook. Singer Katy Carr on the importance of her Polish heritage and Simon Amstell on the benefits of therapy. And the annual round up of Christmas singles

Paul Auster on why he never reads reviews and Martin Freeman on his role in The Hobbit. Danny Boyle discusses the Olympic Opening Ceremony and Paul Thomas Anderson on his film The Master and playwright Martin Crimp talks about his new play at the Royal Court Theatre

award-winning playwright Mike Bartlett moves to TV for a drama and novelist Ali Smith on giving lectures at Oxford and classic composer John Rutter on his non seasonal Christmas release. Writer Robert Greene on how he has inspired rappers, the opening of the Charles Dickens Museum and 2012 Turner Prize winner, Elizabeth Price.

Novelist Roddy Doyle; the creators of TV shows Peep Show and Fresh Meat, Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong; Oliver Sacks on his new book Hallucinations; singing sisters The Staves; Bryan Ferry on making a jazz album of instrumental versions of his hits; Producer and musician Brian Eno.

Sir Derek Jacobi on his return to television and choreographer Matthew Bourne on his new production of Sleeping Beauty. The Mousetrap celebrates its 60th birthday and crime writer Denise Mina discusses her graphic novel of Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. John Wilson talks to Neil Diamond and Kirsty Lang talks to Jimmy Page

Illustrator Quentin Blake; Danny Boyle, Nick Hytner and Gemma Bodinetz on regional theatre funding cuts; Lionel Shiver reviews A Bigger Splash at Tate Modern and Shahidha Bari reviews Light from the Middle East at the V&A; The War of the Worlds composer Jeff Wayne; Dramatist Anya Reiss and actor Matthew Kelly on Chekhov's The Seagull; Comedian and author Ben Elton.

Ben Thompson on letters from the Mary Whitehouse archive; Film-maker Michael Haneke; The Rolling Stones; the art of crying on stage; playwright Lucy Kirkwood; Ukrainian writer Andrey Kurkov.

Playwright Jez Butterworth; composer Thomas Ades; Paper art; Aerosmith; Nobel prize-winning author Orhan Pamuk; actor John Goodman and American author Thomas Wolfe.

Booker prize-winning author Thomas Keneally; Downton actor Dan Stevens on Broadway; poet Sharon Olds; Skyfall director Sam Mendes; cartoonists Posy Simmonds and Ralph Steadman.

Rod Stewart talks about his life in rock and roll; Graham Norton on his new chat show and David Walliams and Peter Hook reflect on their careers in entertainment and music respectively. The Wilson Twins discuss their photographic work around the abandoned Chernobyl Nuclear reactor

Peep Show's David Mitchell; playwright Roy Williams; musician Pete Townshend; Norwegian crime-writer Jo Nesbo; Matt Thorne on his biography of Prince; actress Anne-Marie Duff.

Playwright Howard Barker talks about his debut at the National Theatre after 40 years and German writer, Bernard Schlink on his new book, Summer Lies. Northern Broadsides theatre company celebrates 20 years in the business and Nicholas Hytner talks about the importance of regional theatre. John Wilson meets Mumford & Sons to discuss their eagerly awaiting third album and Kirsty Lang on the new season of The Thick of It.

J K Rowling talks about her new novel; Matt Bellamy and Dom Howard from Muse; three playwrights on how they have adapted Shakespeare, Moliere and Ibsen to an Indian setting; actress Ashley Jensen; reporter Ryszard Kapuscinski discussed.