Sky Arts Wednesday
BT TV
350
Freesat
143
Freeview
36
Sky
826
TalkTalk
36
YouView
36
6:00 AM
Nutcracker
English National Ballet's new production of Tchaikovsky's classic
English National Ballet's new production of Tchaikovsky's classic at the London Coliseum

7:45 AM
Watercolour Challenge
Amateur artists paint a scene in just four hours
Hannah Gordon hosts the art competition in which amateur watercolour painters compete against the clock and each other to capture a scene in just four hours

8:15 AM
Watercolour Challenge
Amateur artists paint a scene in just four hours
Hannah Gordon hosts the art competition in which amateur watercolour painters compete against the clock and each other to capture a scene in just four hours

8:45 AM
Tales of the Unexpected
Two women strike up a friendship
Two women strike up a friendship, but one appears to have highly questionable motives. Drama, with Cherie Lunghi and Carol Drinkwater

9:20 AM
Tales of the Unexpected
Two actors get together for a reunion
Tragedy strikes when two actors get together for a reunion. Drama, starring Peter Barkworth and Benjamin Whitrow

9:55 AM
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
A murderer is on the loose in London
A murderer has been strangling people in the London fog and a reporter manages to continually make it to the crime scene before a police sergeant. Rhys Williams stars

10:30 AM
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
A little girl learns a secret about an elderly man
In a small Massachusetts town, precocious nine-year-old Hildegarde Fell learns a secret about the elderly John Anderson, who has just moved there. With Cedric Hardwicke

11:00 AM
Classic Movies: The Story of The Ladykillers
A look at the Ealing black comedy
A look at Alexander Mackendrick's Ealing black comedy starring Alec Guinness and Katie Johnson, in which a criminal and his gang meet their match in the form of elderly landlady

12:00 PM
Watercolour Challenge
Amateur artists paint a scene in just four hours
Hannah Gordon hosts the art competition in which amateur watercolour painters compete against the clock and each other to capture a scene in just four hours

12:30 PM
Watercolour Challenge
Amateur artists paint a scene in just four hours
Hannah Gordon hosts the art competition in which amateur watercolour painters compete against the clock and each other to capture a scene in just four hours

1:00 PM
Tales of the Unexpected
A woman's sister disappears
A woman suspects her brother-in-law of being involved in her sister's disappearance. Drama, starring Frances Tomelty and Anthony Valentine

1:30 PM
Tales of the Unexpected
A safebreaker is hired by a pretty woman
A safebreaker is hired by a pretty woman who insists on accompanying him when he goes to recover her stolen jewellery. Starring Edward Albert and Roxanne Hart

2:00 PM
Thomas Hardy: Fate, Exclusion and Tragedy
A look at the author's complex personal life
A look at the author's complex personal life, examining how his relationship with his wife informed classics such as Far from the Madding Crowd and Jude the Obscure

3:00 PM
Classic Movies: The Story of Brighton Rock
A look at John Boulting's 1944 film noir
A look at John Boulting's 1944 film noir, which was adapted from Graham Greene's novel and starred Richard Attenborough as psychopathic gangster Pinkie Brown

4:00 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

5:00 PM
Landscape Artist of the Year 2022
Joan Bakewell and Stephen Mangan return to the Eden Project
Joan Bakewell and Stephen Mangan return to the Eden Project in Cornwall, where the contenders capture the stunning gardens that have been cultured in this disused clay pit

6:00 PM
Tales of the Unexpected
A rich American searches for his family
A wealthy American searches London for his family, but a chance meeting with flatmates Eva and Janet brings catastrophe. Starring Shane Rimmer and Cyd Hayman

6:30 PM
Tales of the Unexpected
A gallery owner gets a new companion
A ruthless art gallery owner gets a new companion, who also happens to be a talented artist. Drama, starring Richard Johnson and Victoria Tennant

7:00 PM
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
A woman is unable to get a divorce from her husband
A vain, querulous woman is unable to get a divorce from her husband, but luckily he loves to garden and he has just dug a nice big hole in the backyard. With Judith Evelyn

7:30 PM
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
A taxidermist has domestic trouble
Taxidermist George Tiffany has domestic trouble when his brother-in-law Waldren overstays his welcome. With Henry Jones and Mildred Dunnock

8:00 PM
Van Gogh by Vincent
The self-portraits of Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh
The story of Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh through his self-portraits, drawing on contributions from art historians and readings from his private letters

9:00 PM
Leonardo da Vinci: The Universal Man
Profile of the Renaissance polymath
Profile of the Renaissance polymath, examing how he was able to paint the Mona Lisa, invent the ball bearing and be the first to give a clinical description of arteriosclerosis

10:15 PM
Art's Wildest Movement: Mannerism
A look at Giuseppe Arcimboldo's portrait of Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II
Waldemar Januszczak looks at some of the more surreal selections from the movement, including Giuseppe Arcimboldo's playful, fruity portrait of Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II

11:30 PM
Guy Garvey: From the Vaults
A look through the TV archives of 1988
A look through the TV archives of 1988, featuring the Primitives, the Fall, Pop Will Eat Itself, Everything But the Girl, the Wedding Present and All About Eve

12:30 AM
Genesis: Three Sides Live
Footage from the band's 1981 North America tour
Footage from the band's 1981 North America tour, focusing on tracks from the Duke and Abacab albums and featuring interviews with the British rock group

2:20 AM
Paul McCartney: Urban Myths
Comedy drama, starring Tom Connor
Comedy drama telling the story of how Paul McCartney dreamt the melody of Yesterday just as cracks began to form in his musical partnership with John Lennon. Starring Tom Connor

2:50 AM
Les Dawson's Parisienne Adventure: Urban Myths
Comedy, starring Mark Addy
The much-loved stand-up comedian flees to Paris to pursue his dream of becoming a novelist, but winds up becoming a pianist in a brothel. Comedy, starring Mark Addy

3:25 AM
Rankin's 2020
Rankin searches for some of the best photographers
The photographer is joined by celebrity guests in his search for the best photographers, capturing the spirit of this extraordinary year in pictures taken by the public

3:55 AM
Rankin's 2020
A search for the best pictures taken by members of the public
The photographer is joined by celebrity guests in his search for the best images capturing the spirit of this extraordinary year in pictures taken by members of the public

4:25 AM
Arts Uncovered
Behind the scenes with the fashion designer
Behind the scenes with the fashion designer

4:45 AM
National Trust: National Treasures
A tour of Calke Abbey in Derbyshire
A tour of Calke Abbey in Derbyshire, examining the steps taken by the National Trust to arrest the decline of the once-great baroque mansion. Narrated by Nigel Havers
