Front Row BBC Radio 4

Novelist Stephanie Merritt and literary editor of the Spectator Sam Leith are Tom Sutcliffe's guest reviewers.
They give their verdict on the new production of Hello Dolly at London's Palladium starring Imelda Staunton, Netflix's The Decameron - which depicts the haves and the have-nots in plague-ridden 14th century Florence - and the 3 hour long Turkish film, About Dry Grasses, which features the travails of a teacher posted to a rural school in a bleak but beautiful landscape.
Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe
Producer: Corinna Jones

Hollywood star Keanu Reeves and award-winning author China Miéville have joined forces for The Book of Elsewhere, which is based on Keanu's hit comic book series BRZRKR and tells the story of an immortal warrior and his journey through time.
As Paris prepares to welcome the world for the Olympic and Paralympic Games this week, the writer and broadcaster Agnés Poirier reports on the City of Light's Cultural Olympiad.
Nick visits Blackburn to meet co-founder and co-director of the National Festival of Making, Elena Jackson, and to see two of this year's festival commissions - Breathing Colour by textile artist and designer Margo Selby, and Invisible Hands by ceramic artist Nehal Aamir.
Presenter: Nick Ahad
Producer: Ekene Akalawu

Samira discusses the perilous situation facing arts sponsorship in the UK, amid growing protests and campaigns, with leading figures from the worlds of arts and finance.
As literary and music festivals have been engulfed in sponsorship rows this summer, resulting in many severing ties with major donors such as the investment firm Baillie Gifford. what are the implications for the future of arts institutions?
She is joined by Peter Bazalgette, Chair of the Board of Directors of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non Fiction.
David Ross, co-founder of Carphone Warehouse, founder of Nevill Holt Opera Festival and Chair of the National Portrait Gallery.
Julia Fawcett, Chief Executive of The Lowry in Salford.
Noreen Masud, author and lecturer in 20th Century Literature at the University of Bristol.
Author and journalist John Kampfner.
Luke Syson, Director of The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge.
City Financier Malcolm Le May.
Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Timothy Prosser

Tom talks to the creators of the hit Australian musical Fangirls, Yve Blake and Paige Rattray, as it opens in London.
Countertenor Jakub Jozef Orlinski makes his Proms debut tomorrow night, and talks about combining his career as a top international soloist with breakdancing and modelling.
Actor Samuel West discusses a new report from Campaign for the Arts, which reveals new findings about the state of the arts in the UK.
Children's literature expert and broadcaster Bex Lindsay recommends summer books for younger children.
Race to Imagination island: Mel Taylor Bessent
The Nine night mystery: Sharna Jackson
Super sunny murder club (collection)
Mysteries at Sea: the royal jewel plot by AN Howell
Ramzee: The cheat book
Starminster: Megan Hopkins
Fantastically great women, Sports stars and their stories: Pete Pankhurst
Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe
Producer: Rebecca Stratford

Jason Solomons and Kate Maltby join Tom to review Those About to Die, the new 10-part ‘sword and sandal’ series from Amazon Prime, directed by Roland Emmerich and starring Anthony Hopkins. The film Thelma which follows an elderly grandmother who turns action hero to track down her scammer, inspired by her favourite film series – Mission Impossible. And Echo at the Royal Court, the new play from the Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour, starring a new unrehearsed performer every night. The likes of Meera Syal and Adrian Lester take to the stage while guided by Soleimanpour live from his flat in Berlin.
Plus Belle and Sebastian perform live ahead of their upcoming festival The Glasgow Weekender.
Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe
Producer: Claire Bartleet

Writer actor Ryan Sampson and actor Danny Dyer on their new sky comedy series Mr Bigstuff which explores the relationship between two brothers and masculinity .
Pete Bellotte is one of the world’s greatest songwriters. With a catalogue of over 500 songs he is best known for his work with Donna Summer and Giorgio Moroder. Earlier this year he won a Grammy after the 1977 song “I Feel Love” was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
As an exhibition on Paris 1924: Sport, Art and the Body opens at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, the exhibition’s co-curator and classicist Caroline Vout and the art historian Lynda Nead join Tom to talk about the Olympics, high-performing bodies, and the interplay between art and sport.
Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe
Producer: Corinna Jones