Front Row - 09/04/2009

With Mark Lawson. Philip Glenister, star of the BBC's drama Life on Mars, talks to Mark about the second series of the follow up show - Ashes to Ashes. In the new series the action is set in 1982 and the politically incorrect DCI Hunt turns his attentions to London. Theatre director David Babani discusses the success of his small venue the Menier Chocolate Factory. Many shows have transferred to much larger theatres, including the recent production of Sondheim's A Little Night Music. Critic Matt Thorne reviews two TV highlights of the Easter weekend: Skellig, an adaptation of David Almond's award-winning children's novel starring Tim Roth, John Simm and Kelly Macdonald, and space comedy Red Dwarf, which returns with a new three-part series. And John Lichfield, correspondent for The Independent, reports from Paris on French attempts to crack down on internet piracy by creating legislation which would suspend internet services for illegal downloaders.