Sky Arts HD Friday
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6:00 AM
Andre Rieu: Live at the Royal Albert Hall
The violinist performs works by Johann Strauss II
The acclaimed violinist performs a programme including Voices of Spring, Vienna Blood and The Blue Danube by Johann Strauss II on New Year's Eve 2001

7:55 AM
The Joy of Painting
Bob Ross paints majestic mountains reigning over a colourful seascape
Bob Ross tackles one of his most challenging masterpieces ever as he paints majestic mountains reigning over a colourful seascape

8:30 AM
The Joy of Painting
Bob Ross employs a unique technique using black and white base coats
Bob Ross employs a unique technique using both black and white base coats to create a joyful little stream tumbling down a rocky meadow

9:00 AM
Tales of the Unexpected
A fortune teller sees her own destiny
A fortune teller sees her own destiny in the cards of a man who has just arrived in town

9:30 AM
Tales of the Unexpected
A couple encounter a shady mechanic
A couple encounter a shady mechanic while making a trip across the desert

10:00 AM
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
A gigolo is persuaded to kill a woman's dull husband
A handsome gigolo is persuaded by a beautiful and rich young woman into killing her dull husband

10:30 AM
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
A gangster learns that rivals are planning to kill him
Meyer Fine, a gangster with an intense fear of death, learns that rivals are planning to kill him, so his faithful servant tearfully agrees to do the deed instead

11:00 AM
The Directors
The life and work of Barry Levinson
The life and work of screenwriter, producer and film-maker Barry Levinson, who directed The Natural, Good Morning, Vietnam, and Bugsy, and won an Oscar for Rain Man

12:00 PM
Landscape Artist of the Year 2025
Highlights of the competition
Stephen Mangan presents highlights of the competition in which artists were challenged to capture spectacular views at locations around the UK

1:00 PM
Tales of the Unexpected
A lonely alcoholic bumps into an old friend
A lonely alcoholic is delighted when she bumps into an old friend from university, but he might have an ulterior motive for seeing her

1:30 PM
Tales of the Unexpected
A ruthless executive covers up a guilty secret
An echo from the past comes back to haunt a ruthless executive, and his wife becomes suspicious

2:00 PM
Lenny Henry's Got the Blues
The actor explores how the blues has evolved in the UK
The actor continues his tribute to the blues by meeting the likes of Jools Holland and Ruby Turner, who offer their perspective on how the genre has evolved in the UK

3:00 PM
The Directors
The life and career of Alexander Payne
The life and career of Academy Award-winning American film director Alexander Payne, a man who possesses his own unique film-making style

4:00 PM
Discovering: Matt Damon
The life and career of the actor
The life and career of the American actor, who won an Oscar for the screenplay of Good Will Hunting and starred in The Martian and the Bourne franchise

5:00 PM
Landscape Artist of the Year National Trust Favourites
Viewers' top 10 paintings from the series
Viewers' top 10 paintings from the series that have depicted one of the many National Trust properties the contest has visited over the years

6:00 PM
Tales of the Unexpected
A man believes his wife is having an affair
Colonel George Peregrine's comfortable life is disturbed when his wife writes a raunchy novel that becomes a best-seller and he becomes convinced she is having an affair

6:30 PM
Tales of the Unexpected
A surgeon receives a wonderful gift
A surgeon saves the life of a wealthy patient and receives a wonderful gift - but his new asset proves a fearful liability. Starring John Alderton and Alison Fiske

7:00 PM
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
An elderly rich man proposes to his secretary
An elderly rich man proposes to his secretary and says she will inherit $11million. She declines but her fiance attempts to persuade her otherwise

7:30 PM
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
A singer is being harassed by her ex-husband
Singer Crystal Coe is being harassed by her ex-husband, who manages to track her down and make her life a misery.

8:00 PM
Guy Garvey: From the Vaults
Performances by Chaka Khan and Tom Waits on The Tube in 1985
A look at 1985, with perfromances by Chaka Khan and Tom Waits on The Tube and new series Bliss bringing live sets from the likes of the Cult and Propaganda

9:00 PM
Opry Live
With performances by Jon Pardi, Luke Grimes and Midland
Jon Pardi, Luke Grimes and Midland take to the stage of world-famous Nashville music venue the Grand Ole Opry

10:00 PM
God Bless Ozzy Osbourne
A profile of the Black Sabbath frontman
A profile of Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne, from his years of alcoholism and drug dependency, to the conquering of his demons with the aid of second wife Sharon

11:45 PM
Classic Albums
Black Sabbath's second album Paranoid
The making of Black Sabbath's second album Paranoid, which was released in 1970 and helped define the sound and style of heavy metal

1:00 AM
Down the Tracks: The Music That Influenced Led Zeppelin
The songs that helped shape the rock band
Exploring the music that helped shape the rock band, including the blues and English folk music, as well as influence of the novels of JRR Tolkien

3:00 AM
Greatest Albums Live
Simple Minds perform their 1982 album New Gold Dream
Simple Minds perform their breakthrough 1982 album New Gold Dream at Paisley Abbey, including the hit Promised You a Miracle

3:55 AM
Discovering: U2
The lives and careers of the Irish rock band
Music critics discuss the lives and careers of the members of the Irish rock band

4:20 AM
Discovering: Peter Gabriel
Music journalists explore the life and music of the singer-songwriter
Music journalists explore the life and music of the singer-songwriter, a founding member of Genesis who went on to achieve great solo success around the world

4:45 AM
National Trust: National Treasures
Inside Castle Ward in Strangford, Co Down
Inside Castle Ward in Strangford, Co Down, a mansion built in the 18th century, which incorporates a variety of styles from classical to gothic

6:00 AM
An American in Paris: The Musical
George and Ira Gershwin's musical, starring Robbie Fairchild
George and Ira Gershwin's Broadway musical, which tells of a US GI trying to make it as a painter, and the beautiful dancer who catches his eye. Robbie Fairchild stars
