This week, Arena looks at the new realism painting. Liverpool poet and painter ADRIAN HENRI visits ' The Face of Merseyside', an exhibition at the Williamson Museum, Birkenhead, and reflects on the contrasting realist style in contemporary China and the USA. The programme also features the work of Boyd and Evans who use photographs as the basis of their explorations of everyday life.
Studio director NIGEL FINCH
Executive producer DAVID CHESHIRE Producer MARK KIDEL