Giles Coren to present new arts show on BBC2

Giles Coren is to host a television version of BBC Radio 4 arts programme Front Row.

The new show will run for a seven-week season on BBC2.

The opinionated Times columnist will host along with fellow presenters Nikki Bedi and Amol Rajan.

Jonty Claypole, the BBC’s director of arts, said: “Radio 4’s Front Row is an outstanding programme. It is able to reflect the latest developments in UK culture as it happens - and isn’t afraid to set the agenda too, bringing us into contact with some of the greatest artists and practitioners each weekday.