Sky Arts Thursday
BT TV
350
Freesat
143
Freeview
36
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826
TalkTalk
36
YouView
36
6:00 AM
Cirque du Soleil: Nouvelle Experience
A performance by the artistic circus troupe
A performance by artistic circus troupe Cirque du Soleil, featuring contortionists, trapeze artists, acrobats and jugglers

7:30 AM
The Joy of Painting
Bob Ross creates one of his beautiful mountain scenes
Join Bob Ross for a happy half-hour as he creates one of his beautiful mountain scenes, complete with a winding path and ample bushes

8:00 AM
The Joy of Painting
Bob Ross paints a tiny cabin in a picturesque landscape
Bob Ross brings springtime to the canvas as he paints a tiny cabin in a picturesque landscape of hazy green hills and cottony clouds

8:30 AM
The Joy of Painting
Bob Ross creates a beautiful mountain scene that jumps off the canvas
Bob Ross creates a beautiful mountain scene that jumps off the canvas, with spectacular red peaks looming over a tree-lined stream

9:00 AM
Tales of the Unexpected
A tenant feels uneasy about his new landlady
A landlady appears kind and friendly - but her last two guests disappeared two years ago. Siobhan McKenna and Leonard Preston star

9:30 AM
Tales of the Unexpected
A woman is cut down to size by her husband's loyal butler
A woman is cut down to size by her husband's loyal butler when it is discovered she is having an affair. Drama, starring John Gielgud, Joan Collins and Peter Bowles

10:00 AM
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
A man purchases an android duplicate of himself
A man who wishes to escape from his dull job and his wife's constant demands purchases an android duplicate of himself. Norman Lloyd and Marian Seldes star

10:30 AM
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
A man threatens to commit suicide
Karen Adams' infidelity drives her husband Carl to attempt suicide by jumping from a high window ledge at a hotel, where a police officer tries to stop him. With Gary Merrill

11:00 AM
The Art of Architecture
A look at Ptolemy Dean's Weston Tower in Westminster Abbey
A look at Ptolemy Dean's Weston Tower, which lies within Westminster Abbey, examining what went into designing the most significant addition to this historic site in 240 years

12:00 PM
Landscape Artist of the Year 2023
The remaining contestants are tasked with painting the Thames Barrier
This year's final is within touching distance as the remaining contestants are tasked with painting the Thames Barrier flood defence in London

1:00 PM
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

1:30 PM
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

2:00 PM
World War II & Cinema
The depiction of the Holocaust in film
A look at depictions of the Holocaust in films including Judgement at Nuremburg, The Young Lions and Schindler's List

3:00 PM
The Art of Architecture
Graham Stirk's Macallan distillery on Speyside
Graham Stirk's Macallan distillery on Speyside, a project on which he used his experience of working on the Lloyd's Building and 122 Leadenhall Street in the City of London

4:00 PM
Discovering: Harrison Ford
A profile of the American actor
A profile of the American actor, whose roles in the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises have made him one of the biggest stars in the world

5:00 PM
Landscape Artist of the Year 2023
The final of the competition from the village of Portmeirion
The final of the competition from the village of Portmeirion, where the three remaining artists battle it out for the £10,000 commission for Royal Museums Greenwich

6:00 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

6:30 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

7:00 PM
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

7:30 PM
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

8:00 PM
Classic Movies: The Story of The Ipcress Files
Cinematic masterpiece The Ipcress Files, a spy thriller from 1965
Cinematic masterpiece The Ipcress Files, a spy thriller from 1965, based on Len Deighton's novel published three years earlier

9:00 PM
The Ladykillers
Ealing black comedy, starring Alec Guinness
A criminal and his gang meet their match when an elderly landlady unknowingly thwarts their attempts to kill her. Ealing comedy, with Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers and Herbert Lom

10:45 PM
The Story of British Cinema: The Pioneer Years
Documentary about the boom in British cinema
Documentary about the boom in British cinema as new, pioneering techniques saw productivity sky-rocket and creativity flourish within the industry

12:15 AM
Sean Connery vs James Bond
The impact of the Bond role on the actor's career
The impact of the Bond role on the actor's career, examining his later career choices as he sought to redefine masculinity beyond the suave, ruthless spy
