Front Row - 15/04/2009

Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson. After 30 years together, the Essex electronic synth group Depeche Mode have put artistic differences behind them to release a new album. Co-founder and songwriter Martin Gore discusses the background to their new release. To mark a new radio play about the South African-born cricketer Basil D'Oliveira, his son Damian D'Oliveira and the play's writer Christopher Douglas discuss how Basil, also known as Dolly, became a crucial symbol in the struggle against Apartheid. The latest offering from the creator of Meet the Fockers and Zoolander is I Love You, Man, starring Paul Rudd as friendless Peter Klaven who goes on a series of man-dates to find a best man for his wedding. Mark Eccleston discusses the new film genre dubbed 'bromance'. Does theatre sell out to sell out? As Talawa Theatre Company stages a series of discussions at the Young Vic, director David Lan and writer Roy Williams debate this topic.