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BBC Northern Ireland region started on 19th April 1955 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One Northern Ireland.

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Arts series edited and presented by Alan Yentob.

The biggest names from the world of art, film, music, literature and dance. Alan Yentob gets close up with those shaping today's cultural world.

The BBC West region started on 1st September 1957 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One West.

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The BBC South West region started on 20th April 1961 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One South West.

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Imagine: Summer 2009

Alan Yentob

Jill Nicholls

Janet Lee

Simon Callow

imagine...: Summer 2009: Episode 6: Art in Troubled Times: Part II - The Home Front

Episode 6

Episode 6: Art in Troubled Times: Part II - The Home Front

Summer 2009

Art in Troubled Times: Part II - The Home Front

BBC One - imagine..., Summer 2009, Art in Troubled Times: Part II - The Home Front

Alan Yentob asks what, in times like these, art is worth, and what it is for.

Alan Yentob asks what, in times like these, art is worth, and what it is for, and Simon Callow tells how the big moment for publicly-funded art in Britain was the Second World War.

In times like these, what is art worth? And what is art for? 

The big moment for publicly funded art in Britain was the Second World War. "Something absolutely remarkable happened during the war", says actor Simon Callow. "The theatre suddenly was right at the heart of society." 

After the war, the idea of "art for all" led to the founding of the Arts Council - "very much a response to the distress, the fear, the uncertainty of war." Alan Yentob asks if culture can play that role again today.

imagine...: Summer 2009

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