A four-part series in which Roy Strong investigates the relationship between the state and those organisations and individuals who make up the artistic life of the nation.
3: Opening the Door
Is the state still working with a Victorian definition of what constitutes "an artform" - opera, dance, music, drama and the visual arts? Sir Roy Strong looks at two 20th-century battles: high v popular arts and the metropolis v the regions.
Producer Jane Beresford