Sky Arts Thursday
BT TV
350
Freesat
143
Freeview
36
Sky
826
TalkTalk
36
YouView
36
6:00 AM
Pavarotti in Central Park
With the New York Philharmonic and the Boys Choir of Harlem
The great tenor performs favourite arias, including O Sole Mio and Nessun Dorma, with the New York Philharmonic and the Boys Choir of Harlem

8:20 AM
The Joy of Painting
Bob Ross paints a scene of the south-western region of America
Bob Ross paints a scene of the south-western region of America, depicting the beauty of fresh skies over sun-glistened mountains

8:55 AM
Tales of the Unexpected
Two amateur crooks plan a bank robbery
Two would-be burglars enlist the help of a professional villain, but things do not turn out as planned. Starring Harry H Corbett and Fulton Mackay

9:30 AM
Tales of the Unexpected
A police constable is used as a decoy
A police constable is used as bait to catch a murderer. Drama, starring Susan Penhaligon and Tim Woodward

10:00 AM
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
A man picks up a hitch-hiker
A man picks up a hitch-hiker, but grows nervous when the teenager reveals he was once in reform school

10:30 AM
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
A woman hires mediums in an attempt to contact her late husband
A woman hires mediums in an attempt to contact her late husband and her son decides to ask his actress-girlfriend to impersonate a psychic to trick her into suicide

11:00 AM
The Directors
The life and work of Alan J Pakula
The life and work of Alan J Pakula, who directed fims including Klute, The Parallax View, All the President's Men, Sophie's Choice and Presumed Innocent

12:00 PM
Portrait Artist of the Year 2024
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 Hannah Waddingham, Richard Madeley and Saskia Reeves the first celebrity sitters

1:00 PM
Tales of the Unexpected
A man falls for his ex-wife
A man falls in love with his ex-wife, but his heartless current spouse will do anything to make divorce difficult. Starring Peter Egan, Jennie Linden and Suzanne Danielle

1:30 PM
Tales of the Unexpected
A man seeks a young mistress
A middle-aged woman finds her husband is looking for a young mistress. Drama, starring Sheila Gish

2:00 PM
Mae West: Dirty Blonde
The life of the colourful actress
The life of the colourful actress, who combined buxom beauty with verbal innuendo to take showbusiness by storm in a career that spanned eight decades

3:10 PM
The Directors
The life and work of Carol Reed
The life and work of English film-maker Carol Reed, who directed movies including The Third Man, Odd Man Out and Our Man in Havana, and won an Oscar for 1968 musical Oliver!

4:05 PM
Discovering: Mel Gibson
The life and career of the Oscar-winning actor and director
The life and career of the actor, who rose to fame for his roles in the Mad Max and Lethal Weapon franchises and won an Oscar for directing Braveheart

5:00 PM
Portrait Artist of the Year 2024
With celebrity sitters Cush Jumbo, Baaba Maal and Carly Paoli
Stephen Mangan invites the artists to paint celebrity sitters Cush Jumbo, Baaba Maal and Carly Paoli as Tai Shan Schierenberg, Kathleen Soriano and Kate Bryan judge the efforts

6:00 PM
Tales of the Unexpected
An investment banker defrauds his employer
An investment banker defrauds his employer and appears to get away with his crime - until an eagle-eyed accountant steps in. Ian Holm stars

6:30 PM
Tales of the Unexpected
A man makes a shattering discovery
The theft of a few pairs of gloves leads a man to a discovery that shatters his world. Drama, starring Janet Leigh and Tom Bosley

7:00 PM
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
A man expects to inherit his family's fortune
A man expects to inherit his family's fortune when his uncle dies, but he is astonished when everything is left to his relative's pet dog for the balance of its lifetime

7:30 PM
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
A studio publicist takes advantage of a movie star's death
A studio publicist takes advantage of a movie star's death to hype her final film to try to ensure it will be a big hit

8:00 PM
Classic Movies: The Story of Billy Liar
A look at the British New Wave classic
A look at John Schlesinger's 1963 British New Wave classic, starring Tom Courtenay as the problematic protagonist and Julie Christie as his love interest

9:00 PM
The Apartment
Oscar-winning romantic comedy drama, with Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine
A clerk lends his boss his flat for extramarital flings, who ends up seducing the girl his employee has always loved from afar. Comedy drama, with Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine

11:20 PM
The Directors
The life and career of Nicolas Roeg
A look at the life and career of English director and cinematographer Nicolas Roeg, whose movies include Performance, Walkabout, Don't Look Now and The Man Who Fell to Earth

12:20 AM
PJ Harvey at Nuits de Fourviere
The singer-songwriter's 2016 performance at the festival
The singer-songwriter's 2016 performance at the festival, where she played somgs including Let England Shake, 50ft Queenie, Down by the Water and To Bring You My Love

2:00 AM
Nick Cave: This Much I Know to Be True
The creative relationship of Cave and Warren Ellis
A look at the creative relationship of Nick Cave and Warren Ellis as they bring to life songs from Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds' Ghosteen and the duo's album Carnage

4:05 AM
Marina Abramovic Takes Over TV
The world-renowned artist brings her unique vision to television
The world-renowned artist brings her unique vision to television, diving deep into the origins of performance art

5:05 AM
National Treasures: The Art of Collecting
With Richard Burrows
Richard Burrows - the nephew of painter Edward Le Bas - gives a tour of his extensive art collection

6:00 AM
Cinderella
Fairy-tale musical, with Lesley Ann Warren and Ginger Rogers
A down-at-heel waif escapes her life of servitude and wins the heart of a prince, with the help of her kindly fairy godmother. Musical, starring Lesley Ann Warren and Ginger Rogers
