Sky Arts HD Wednesday
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6:00 AM
Cirque du Soleil: Volta
A production based on extreme sports
A production by the circus troupe based on extreme sports

8:05 AM
The Joy of Painting
Bob Ross paints a ridge of magnificent mountain peaks
Bob Ross creates a vertical explosion of colour with blazing orange, gold trees and a ridge of magnificent mountain peaks

8:35 AM
The Joy of Painting
Bob Ross paints subtle hills, sleeping grasses and leafless trees
Bob Ross taps his brushes to make subtle hills, sleeping grasses and leafless trees - a delicate view of polar beauty

9:05 AM
Tales of the Unexpected
A driver picks up a hitch-hiker
A driver picks up a hitch-hiker, before hearing on the radio that a serial killer is on the loose

9:35 AM
Tales of the Unexpected
A competition attracts high levels of attention
A competition to find the best murder story attracts an unusually high level of attention. Jane Asher and Patrick Mower star

10:05 AM
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
A gun shop owner witnesses a murder
A gun shop owner sees two mobsters murdering a witness from another crime in 1927 Chicago and is afraid he will share the same fate. With Art Carney and Robert Bray

10:35 AM
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
A woman kills her husband while under hypnosis
Lucy Pryor allows herself to be hypnotised at a house party by Miles Farnham and while under his spell picks up a pair of scissors and kills her husband. With Phyllis Thaxter

11:05 AM
The Directors
The life and work of Antoine Fuqua
The life and work of Antoine Fuqua, whose films include The Replacement Killers, Training Day, Olympus Has Fallen, The Equalizer and The Magnificent Seven

12:00 PM
Discovering: Bill Murray
A look at the life and career of the American actor and comedian
A look at the life and career of the American actor, the star of Ghostbusters and Groundhog Day who earned an Oscar nomination for his role in Lost in Translation

1:00 PM
Tales of the Unexpected
A woman kills her husband to be with her young lover
A woman kills her husband to be with her young lover, but is drawn in by a flyer for an anti-ageing process known as the Gift of Beauty

1:30 PM
Tales of the Unexpected
A father faces disgrace
When his disabled daughter commits a terrible act, a father must cover it up or risk losing his social standing

2:00 PM
My Week with Lubaina Himid
Kate Bryan spends time with the artist and curator
Kate Bryan spends time with the artist and curator, finding out about her obsession with reclaimed wood and her love for the city of Preston, where she now lives

3:00 PM
Painting Birds with Jim and Nancy Moir
The couple create art celebrating species of bird native to places around the UK
The couple visit beauty spots around Britain and create original pieces of art celebrating birds native to that region, beginning in Northumberland

4:00 PM
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

5:00 PM
Discovering: Clint Eastwood
A look at the life and career of the actor and Oscar-winning director
A look at the life and career of the actor who rose to fame in Sergio Leone's Spaghetti Westerns and won Oscars for directing Unforgiven and Million Dollar Baby

6:00 PM
Tales of the Unexpected
A newlywed faces a hazardous future
The fate of a newlywed seems sealed after he suffers a string of accidents similar to his wife's first husband

6:30 PM
Tales of the Unexpected
A parrot lays an unusual egg
Jack and Edna's parrot lays a strange egg, but when the chick hatches it appears to be watching them

7:00 PM
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
A woman invites her lover's wife to tea
The mistress of a married man meets his wife at a restaurant to request that she grant her husband a divorce. With Margaret Leighton

7:30 PM
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
A killer on the run demands help from two prospectors
A killer on the run demands help from two cantankerous prospectors when his car breaks down near their remote shack. With William Demarest and Roscoe Ates

8:00 PM
Science Fiction in the Atomic Age
A celebration of the genre and the events that shaped it
A celebration of science fiction's ability to foretell the shape of future society, touching on the impact of literary works, movies and TV series

9:00 PM
Buster Keaton: The Genius Crushed by Hollywood
The rise and fall of the silent film star
How the silent film star went from being one of Hollywood's brightest talents in the mid-1920s to becoming a sad, solitary alcoholic by 1933

10:00 PM
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
Profile of the film-maker
Interviews and archival footage weave together to tell the story of the Master of Suspense, one of the most influential and studied filmmakers in the history of cinema

11:45 PM
Laurie Lee: The Lost Interview
The only TV interview ever given by the author
Documentary featuring the only TV interview ever given by the Cider with Rosie author, including the story of how it was secured by local TV producer David Parker

12:45 AM
Stephen King on Screen
Documentary exploring the film adaptations of the author's works
Documentary exploring the film adaptations of the author's works, featuring interviews with directors and creatives who brought the stories to the big screen

2:45 AM
The Sky Arts Book Club Summer Reads Special
With Minnie Driver and Caleb Azumah Nelson
Elizabeth Day and Andi Oliver are joined by actress Minnie Driver and author Caleb Azumah Nelson to talk about their latest books, while Simon Savidge provides recommendations

3:45 AM
A Play in a Day
Three teams create and stage a 15-minute production in just 24 hours
Acting and dance graduates are given the chance to join one of three creative teams staging a 15-minute production in just 24 hours

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
Anne-Sophie Mutter, John Williams & Friends: A Celebration
A 2023 concert by the German violinist
A 2023 concert by the German violinist in which she is joined by John Williams, Yefim Bronfman, Pablo Ferrández, Susanna Malkki and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
