More than 11,000 artists travelled to London to try their luck in Britain's largest and most popular art show, the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. Sunday painters, once-a-year painters, obsessive painters, art teachers, ' primitive ' painters. Some had been rejected in previous years - but still came. Others were trying for the first time. For where else does the unknown have the chance of hanging next to the famous?
Summer Exhibition takes a look at this year's Academy and, follows some of the hopefuls.
Film cameraman EUGENE CARR Film recordist RODNEY BOND Film editor BILL SHAPTER
Producer JENNY BARRACLOUGH