Imagine — Season 15, episode 8 watch online
Imagine, season 15 episode 8 «Art in Troubled Times: Part II – The Home Front»: air date July 28, 2009. Episode overview, season trailer and the cast of Imagine.
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.
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Episodes — Season 15
- 1 Episode 1 «Yes We Can! The Lost Art Of Oratory» April 5, 2009
- 2 Episode 2 «Save the Last Dance for Me» June 23, 2009
- 3 Episode 3 «David Hockney: A Bigger Picture» June 30, 2009
- 4 Episode 4 «Rufus Wainwright, Prima Donna» July 7, 2009
- 5 Episode 5 «The Colourful Mr Eggleston» July 14, 2009
- 6 Episode 6 «Art in Troubled Times: A New Deal for Art» July 21, 2009
- 8 Episode 8 «Art in Troubled Times: Part II – The Home Front» July 28, 2009
- 10 Episode 10 «The Smoking Diaries Update» July 25, 2009