Front Row Daily

Legendary singer Johnny Mathis; Ewan McGregor and Eva Green in Perfect Sense; Gerhard Richter's retrospective at Tate Modern; and photographer David Bailey.

With Mark Lawson, including Rowan Atkinson on his role as the hapless spy Johnny English, and Claire Tomalin on Dickens.

Mark Lawson meets the Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, as she publishes The Bees - her new collection of poems

Mark Lawson talks to actor James Corden about his memoirs; the new stage musical Rock Of Ages is reviewed and a celebration of Leeds' pivotal role in the history of cinema

Mark Lawson reviews the latest Lars von Trier film Melancholia, and speaks to ex-soldier turned artist Derek Eland. Plus: an interview with author Lee Child, a review of new TV series Terra Nova, and actor Michael Simkins on who gets credit for catch phrases: actors or writers?

Actor Tim Pigott-Smith talks about playing King Lear at the West Yorkshire Playhouse; Critic Fiona MacCarthy reviews the new Ford Madox Brown retrospective at Manchester Art Gallery; Novelist Nicholas Royle reviews Hidden, a new thriller starring Philip Glenister

News of the winner of the BBC National Short Story Award, live from the ceremony; Nick Mason on the day Stephane Grappelli played with Pink Floyd, revealed on a long-lost recording

A review of Martin Scorsese's documentary about George Harrison; the Cultural Olympiad Boat Project; Ruth Negga as Shirley Bassey; and London Zoo's artist-in-residence.

With Mark Lawson. Mike Leigh's new play reviewed by Gaylene Gould. A S Byatt describes her life-long fascination with Ragnarok, the Norse mythological story of Armageddon, and explains her approach to re-working ancient gods for modern readers. Nirvana's Nevermind, Primal Scream's Screamadelica and Simply Red's Stars were all released in September 1991. Two decades on, have they stood the test of time? Caspar Llewellyn Smith and Rebecca Nicholson give their verdict. Author Lawrence Norfolk reviews the V&A's new exhibition Postmodernism: Style and Subversion 1970-1990.

Andreas Whittam Smith and Kelvin Mackenzie review the documentary film One Page. Tom Stoppard on a revival of Travesties at The Old Rep Theatre in Birmingham. An extract from an interview with Leonard Cohen on Front Row in 2008 in celebration of his 77th birthday. Writers Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong on their new TV comedy series, Fresh Meat.

Tom Hardy and Nick Nolte star in a new film Warrior; Muppets creator Frank Oz on directing in the theatre; and tenor Ian Bostridge.

John Wilson reviews Ryan Gosling's starring roles in two new films and talks to Mike Scott of The Waterboys about their album An Appointment with Mr Yeats.

Kirsty Lang talks to actors Dominic West and Clarke Peters about working together on the TV series The Wire and appearing in Othello in Sheffield. Jocelyn Jee Esien discusses moving from comedy on TV, in her series Little Miss Jocelyn, to performing in the European premiere of Don Evans' stage comedy One Monkey Don't Stop No Show. And we hear from a group of artists who came together when Britain was suffering widespread racial tensions in the 1980s. Claudette Johnson, Keith Piper and Marlene Smith remember the formation of the Blk Art Group, as the Graves Art Gallery in Sheffield stages a retrospective.

Poet and writer Pam Ayres; the verdict on Stephen Merchant's stand-up show; The Go-Between reviewed; D W Wilson, shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award.

Mark Lawson meets Jermaine Jackson . Steve Punt reviews No Naughty Bits, a new play about the Pythons and KJ Orr on her shortlisted entry for the National Short Story Award.