As a difficult financial year comes to an end, Joan Bakewell reports on the state of the arts in Britain. Looked at as an industry, ' Arts UK' is a successful, profit-making undertaking. Its products are in demand, its work force is dedicated, its standards of the highest, and in comparison with most other countries, its state support is small. With CHRISTOPHER HOGWOOD
PETER BARKWORTH , GAVIN EWART SIR PETER HALL , THE RT HON NORMAN ST JOHN-STEVAS , MP
RICHARD CONDON , ROBIN MIDGLEY BYRON OUSEY , TED NORTHCOTE
BRIAN MCMASTER , MELVYN BRAGG SUE WESTON, PETER DARRELL
NATHAN HARRIS , HELEN CRUMMY MIKE ALFREDS , MICHAEL BALDWIN MEL RAMSDEN and HENRY MOORE
Film editor KATE RIVERS Producer JULIA MATHESON