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15/04/2009

Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson. Including an interview with Martin Gore, who reflects on three decades with the band Depeche Mode.

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.

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