Front Row - 06/03/2009

Presented by Kirsty Lang. Stand-up comedian Stewart Lee discusses his return to television with Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle. He also talks about healthy rivalries between stand-ups, political correctness, atheism and co-writing Jerry Springer The Opera. Brian Friel's Olivier Award-winning play, Dancing at Lughnasa, reflecting rural Ireland in the 1930s, returns to London for the first major revival since its premiere nearly 20 years ago. Novelist and critic Sarah Dunant reviews. Kirsty visits the home of the late Khadambi Asalache, where his partner Susie Thompson and Ian Wilson of the National Trust take her on a tour of the magical building. With rumours that Blockbuster might be in financial trouble, and some video stores closing, Andrew Collins reflects on the films that feature video stores and the people who work in them, From Be Kind Rewind to Yes Man.