The programme's presenters include Tom Sutcliffe, Samira Ahmed, John Wilson, and Kirsty Lang.
[3][4][5] In 2013, Tracey Emin presented, for a brief while, a series on the programme where people discussed their favourite piece of art work.
[6][7] A total of 75 creative minds appeared on the programme and talked about their favourite piece of art work, which they all felt had particularly inspired them.
[8] Other people on the Cultural Exchange have included Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, who selected The War Requiem by Benjamin Britten; Nicholas Hytner, Director General of the National Theatre, who chose Mozart's opera The Magic Flute; historian Antonia Fraser, who selected the painting The Fighting Temeraire by J. M. W. Turner; novelist Sarah Hall, who selected the film Blade Runner; the author Mark Haddon, who chose The Uffington White Horse; and pianist Stephen Hough, who selected a piece of music by Franz Schubert called "The Hurdy Gurdy Man".
Since 23 September 2017, a television version – entitled Front Row Late and billed as a "live arts and cultural debate programme" – has been broadcast on BBC Two, in two series per year of about eight editions each.