A compilation of the best of the arts of 1986 presented by Russell Davies, including:
Media: it was the year of the new newspapers, Today and The Independent, of daytime television, of Heimat and The Singing Detective.
Film: the year of The Mission was also the year of Hector Babenco's Kiss of the Spiderwoman and David Byrne's True Stories.
Books: Garrison Keillor made the bestseller lists with his novel based on his cult
American radio show Lake Wobegon Days and Kingsley Amis won the Booker Prize for The Old Devils.
Theatre: the RSC staged Macbeth with Jonathan Pryce in Stratford and in the West End their transfer of Les liaisons dangereuse was a sell-out.
Opera: two visiting directors made the biggest impact - Peter Stein with the Welsh National Opera's Otello and Yuri Lyubimov at the Royal Opera House with Jenufa.
Art: William Feaver reports on the year's art which included Frank Auerbach winning the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale and Gilbert and George winning the Turner Prize.
Architecture: Richard Rogers, James Stirling and Norman Foster were celebrated in an exhibition at the Royal Academy outlining their plans for redesigning London.
Producer KEVIN LOADER Editor JOHN ARCHER