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6:00 AM
John Wilson Orchestra Presents Cole Porter in Hollywood
A concert paying tribute to the American songwriter
Anna-Jane Casey, Scarlett Strallen, Matt Ford and Richard Morrison join the conductor and his ensemble to pay tribute to the songwriter in a concert at the Royal Albert Hall

8:00 AM
The Joy of Painting
Bob Ross creates a scene of a mountain lake
Bob Ross creates a scene of a mountain lake enclosed in an oval, with bountiful foliage and bushes bursting out

8:30 AM
The Joy of Painting
Bob Ross depicts a cold, snowy day
Bob Ross depicts a scene of ice-blue mountains, evergreens and clusters of bushes to capture the mood of a cold, snowy day

9:00 AM
Tales of the Unexpected
A housewife befriends a stray cat
A housewife befriends a stray cat and suddenly finds her life begins to change. Drama, starring Joseph Cotten and Wendy Hiller

9:30 AM
Tales of the Unexpected
An American tourist takes a gamble
An American tourist on board a trans-Atlantic liner stakes everything on the biggest gamble of his life. Jack Weston and Gladys Spencer star

10:00 AM
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
A man accurately predicts an impending death
An angry young man accurately predicts an impending death. Starring Amy Douglass and Norma Crane

10:30 AM
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
A goodhearted man picks up a family of hitch-hikers
A goodhearted man picks up a family of hitch-hikers, but they steal from him every chance they get

11:00 AM
The Directors
The life and work of American film director Don Siegel
The life and work of American film director Don Siegel, best known for 1956 sci-fi classic Invasion of the Body Snatchers and his work with Clint Eastwood, including Dirty Harry

12:00 PM
Discovering: Jason Robards
A profile of the Oscar-winning American actor
A profile of the American actor, who won Oscars for his roles in All the President's Men and Julia, and also starred in Melvin and Howard and Magnolia

1:00 PM
Tales of the Unexpected
A woman worries about being late
A woman who worries about being late is taunted by her husband - especially when a trip to America seems doomed after a series of delays. Julie Harris and Roland Culver star

1:30 PM
Tales of the Unexpected
An art collector battles with two women
An art collector battles with two beautiful women in a story laced with greed and deceit. Drama, starring Joseph Cotten, Gloria Grahame and Maureen O'Brien

2:00 PM
Cleo Laine: The Unseen Home Movies
An interview with the award-winning jazz, pop and classical singer
An interview with the award-winning jazz, pop and classical singer Cleo Laine, combining stories of her past with previously unseen footage from her personal archives

3:00 PM
Anyone Can Sing
The six participants perform at the London Coliseum
The six participants perform music from Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera HMS Pinafore at the London Coliseum, complete with full chorus and the ENO orchestra

4:00 PM
The Directors
The life and work of film-maker and choreographer Stanley Donen
The life and work of American film-maker and choreographer director Stanley Donen, best known for co-directing On the Town and Singin' in the Rain with Gene Kelly

5:00 PM
Discovering: Richard Dreyfuss
A glimpse into the life and career of the Oscar-winning Hollywood actor
A glimpse into the life and career of the Oscar-winning Hollywood actor who starred in The Goodbye Girl, Jaws and Down and Out in Beverly Hills

6:00 PM
Tales of the Unexpected
A trickster gets her comeuppance
A trickster gets her comeuppance after playing an evil joke at the expense of a caring couple. Drama, starring Elaine Strich and Shane Rimmer

6:30 PM
Tales of the Unexpected
A man discovers a vintage wine
A man discovers a vintage wine and impulsively gambles that no one will be able to name it. Drama, starring Ron Moody and Anthony Carrick

7:00 PM
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
A woman tells her invalid husband she is planning to painlessly murder him
A woman reveals to her invalid husband dependent on a respirator that she is planning to painlessly murder him, but he may have a surprise for her

7:30 PM
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
A man hatches a plan to kill his wife
A man hatches a plan to kill his wife by buying her a new pet that may not be very cuddly and lovable, but might give him the way out that he desires

8:00 PM
Portrait Artist of the Year 2025
Return of the competition to find the UK's most talented portrait artist
Return of the competition to find the UK's most talented portrait artist, with Alex Jones, Yungblud and Kyla Harris the first celebrity sitters

9:00 PM
Celebrity Portrait Artist of the Year
With James Fleet, Anneka Rice, Mark Gatiss, Fenella Woolgar and Jenny Eclair
James Fleet, Anneka Rice, Mark Gatiss, Fenella Woolgar and Jenny Eclair try their hands at painting a portrait, with Denise Lewis, Laurence Fox and Martha Plimpton the sitters

10:00 PM
Art's Most Erotic
Waldemar Januszczak explores sexually explicit art
Waldemar Januszczak explores three of art's most controversial and important subjects, beginning by asking why artists have always been so interested in sex

11:00 PM
Cover Your Ears
The censorship of music
How the censorship of music has shaped how people view art, how it's made and who those same individuals are as consumers

1:00 AM
The Warhol Effect
A look at the last decade of Andy Warhol's life
Documentary lifting the lid on the fascinating last decade of Andy Warhol's life and the artistic legacy he left, featuring rare archive footage and interviews with insiders

3:00 AM
Sky Arts Book Club
With Paris Lees and Hafsa Zayan
Andi Oliver and Elizabeth Day are joined by Paris Lees and Hafsa Zayan, while Bernardine Evaristo presents another of her classic picks, this time Submarine by Joe Dunthorne

4:00 AM
Inside Art: Glyn Philpot at Pallant House
The first major exhibition of work by the British artist in nearly 40 years
The first major exhibition of work by the British artist in nearly 40 years, charting his development from Edwardian society portraits to a radically modernist style in the 1930s

4:30 AM
Inside Art: Linda McCartney Retrospective
A major exhibition of photography
Art expert Kate Bryan presents a behind-the-scenes look at a major exhibition of Linda McCartney's photography at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool

5:00 AM
The Art of the Garden
James Alexander-Sinclair's work on two projects in Northamptonshire
James Alexander-Sinclair's two projects separated by a few miles in Northamptonshire, summing up two types of work that land on the desks of designers

6:00 AM
Cirque du Soleil: Kurios - Cabinet of Curiosities
A steampunk-inspired show
A steampunk-inspired show in which an inventor creates a machine that defies the laws of time and space and is joined by characters from another dimension
