{"podcast":{"title":"Front Row","slug":"front-row-944015","podcast_index_feed_id":944015,"rss_url":"https://podcasts.files.bbci.co.uk/b006qsq5.rss","website_url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qsq5","image_url":"http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/3000x3000/p0m1wzj7.jpg","author":"BBC","episode_count":2000,"summary":"Live magazine programme on the worlds of arts, literature, film, media and music","last_synced_at":"2026-09-22T06:22:53.005136+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/front-row-944015"},"episode":{"title":"A new Brian Epstein biography and how Estonia is protecting its cultural treasures from potential attack","slug":"a-new-brian-epstein-biography-and-how-estonia-is-protecting-its-cultural-treasures-from-potential-attack","published_at":"2026-06-16T19:39:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/front-row-944015/a-new-brian-epstein-biography-and-how-estonia-is-protecting-its-cultural-treasures-from-potential-attack","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/front-row-944015","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002xrpq","audio_url":"http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0nsc2rs.mp3","summary":"The Beatles' manager, Brian Epstein, is widely regarded as the man who helped the band break through. He's inspired plays, films, and even an artistic installation by the Turner Prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller. He's now the subject of a new biography, Mr Moonlight, by Philip Norman. A Unesco-listed cathedral in Kyiv went up in flames on Sunday night after an intense Russian bombing attack. The Ukrainian government sees the attack on the historic Pechersk Lavra monastery complex as part of a sustained campaign to destroy the nation’s cultural landmarks and identity. And in Kharkiv, workers at the state art museum have just moved its collection after a bombing raid caused fires. The Baltic republic of Estonia, which has an Eastern border with Russia, say it is planning for such attacks too. Samira Ahmed talks to its culture minister, Merilin Piipuu. Tributes have been pouring in for the Oscar-winning special effects pioneer Brian Johnson, who’s died at the age of 87. He worked on the British television shows Thunderbirds and Space:1999, the latter taking him to Hollywood, and The Empire Strikes Back. One of those who has been influenced by his craft is the visual effects designer and filmmaker Paul Franklin, who explains why Brian Johnson changed the sci-fi landscape. What is it like to grow up in a town which lost its industry decades before you were even born? That’s the story of Effie o Blaenau, Effie in Blaenau, a Welsh language film about a young woman looking for love to escape her weekly routine of unemployment and drinking. Lead actor Leisa Gwenllian joins Samira in the Front Row studio to discuss her role. When the Barbie film was released in 2023, it made over a billion dollars in just 17 days – making director Greta Gerwig the first ever woman to reach that…","meta_description":"The Beatles' manager, Brian Epstein, is widely regarded as the man who helped the band break through. He's inspired plays, films, and even an artistic ins…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2547,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/front-row-944015/episodes/a-new-brian-epstein-biography-and-how-estonia-is-protecting-its-cultural-treasures-from-potential-attack/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/front-row-944015/a-new-brian-epstein-biography-and-how-estonia-is-protecting-its-cultural-treasures-from-potential-attack.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}