Presented by Russell Davies Exhibition: the Quai d'Orsay, a converted railway station in Paris, has now been opened as Europe's most thorough permanent museum of 19th-century art and culture. Eric Griffiths reviews the museum and asks whether such a mixture of cultural, scientific and sociological material really provides any new insights into the past. Dance: Wayne Eagling has produced a new version of Beauty and the Beast for the Royal Ballet, with music by Vangelis and designs by book-illustrator Jan Pienkovski.
Art: the dividing line between commercial and high art has always been a difficult one;
Peter Blake looks back on his art for advertisements and promotions, and asks whether we are not too narrow-minded in our prejudice towards non-inspirational art.
Assistant producer DAISY GOODWIN Director ALEX MARENGO Producer KEVIN LOADER JOHN ARCHER