Front Row - 16/01/2009

Presented by Kirsty Lang. Author Hisham Matar , who spent several years of his childhood in Egypt, takes a look at a new Egyptian gallery at the British Museum. Joanne Stefani Germanotta, otherwise known as Lady GaGa, talks to Kirsty about her journey to the top. She is currently supporting the Pussycat Dolls on their world tour. Crime writer Mark Billingham reviews Stockwell, ITV's new docudrama that recreates the tragic chain of events leading up to the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes on the London Underground in July 2005. Spring Awakening is the musical adaptation of Frank Wedekind's controversial play from 1891 which has taken Broadway by storm, winning eight Tony Awards. Kirsty meets writer Stephen Sater and director Michael Mayer to discuss how they have successfully brought a 19th Century work to 21st Century audiences. Dramatist, novelist and barrister Sir John Mortimer has died at the age of 85. Mark Lawson talks to the creator of Rumpole of the Bailey in an excerpt from an interview recorded in 2005.