Funding the Arts -
Is More Subsidy in the National Interest?
The national flagship companies in the performing arts are all running multi-million-pound deficits. Critics say the level of government subsidy is niggardly by European comparisons and that the absence of secure long-term funding undermines efforts to attract private patrons to the arts. But how strong is the case for increased subsidy?
Presented by Peter Taylor with Andrew Burroughs. Producer Fiona Macbeth Editor Nigel Chapman