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Latest Episodes

• Season 16 Episode 1: The Year of Anish Kapoor

  Alan Yentob follows the progress of celebrated sculptor Anish Kapoor's solo exhibition at the Royal Academy, an event that marks the first time a living British artist has been granted the whole gallery space. The presenter reveals the inspiration behind Kapoor's mysterious works, and discovers how the artist has captivated the public imagination through his inventive use of reflective surfaces and dark voids

• Season 13 Episode 6: Art in Troubled Times - Part Two

  Conclusion. Alan Yentob traces the story of arts funding in Britain from World War Two, when artists rallied round to produce work for their country, to the formation of the Arts Council and present-day economic crisis. As the recession bites and finances become increasingly scarce, he asks whether modern culture can pull the nation together and transform entire cities the way it did in the 1940s

• Season 13 Episode 5: Art in Troubled Times: A New Deal for Art - Part One

  The first of two documentaries examining the way the arts can help people to weather the storm of economic instability. In this first programme, Alan Yentob sheds light on Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal of the Thirties, which put America's artisans to use raising public morale during the Great Depression. He also discovers how President Obama's words are inspiring modern practitioners, and learns why one inner-city school is able to keep art on the curriculum thanks to an unlikely sponsor