Sky Arts Thursday

Opera telling the story of two childhood friends and football stars who join forces to front their nation's bid to host the World Cup tournament. With Lee Mack as the commentator

To capture the innocence of a stream-side cabin, Bob Ross depicts a mountain standing majestically in the distance

Bob Ross paints a scene depicting stream leading its way to a misty waterfall in a forest of elegant trees.

A woman's gift for her lover's bride-to-be could not be more suitable - or so she thinks

Put-upon Roger Carson turns to gambling to escape his overpowering aunt, but a casino boss has a score to settle with the Carson family

A rebellious teenage girl uses any means, even murder, to get free of the overly protective aunt who is raising her

A married couple stand to inherit £30,000 when the wife's aunt dies while they are out riding, but while in Mexico their car with her body inside is stolen

The life and career of American film and TV director, producer and screenwriter.James L Brooks, who won an Oscar for Terms of Endearment and also commissioned The Simpsons

A profile of the hugely popular American actor who was nominated for five Academy Awards, winning for his role as Atticus Finch in 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird

A hijacker takes a stewardess hostage and demands a million dollars and a parachute. Starring Denis Quilley, Suzanne Danielle and Simon Cadell

A fashion model loses her glamorous lifestyle and is ditched by her boyfriend - but years later she sees an opportunity to win him back

Viewers' top 10 paintings from the series that have depicted one of the many National Trust properties the contest has visited over the years

The duo follow in the footsteps of William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge as they explore the relationship between the two literary greats

The life and career of American director and screenwriter Robert Aldrich, whose films include Vera Cruz, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, The Dirty Dozen and The Longest Yard

An intriguing profile of Tunisian-born Italian film actress Claudia Cardinale, who appeared in some of the most acclaimed European films of the 1960s and 1970s

A woman eavesdrops on a private conversation while at lunch, which has disastrous repercussions on her marriage

A retired thief tries to break into a new safe as a publicity stunt, but the money inside proves too much of a temptation for the ex-convict. Starring John Mills and June Ritchie

A plumber who blackmails housewives over false claims of having affairs meets one who has an idea about stopping him. With Phyllis Thaxter and Lee Philips

An elderly woman's beloved alley cat is killed by a local bookie, sending her down a path of rage. With Dorothy Stickney and Raymond Bailey

A profile of the American actor and comedian, who starred in Good Morning, Vietnam and Dead Poets Society and won an Oscar for his role in Good Will Hunting

The life and work of American film-maker Richard Linklater, whose films include the Before trilogy, School of Rock, Me and Orson Welles, A Scanner Darkly and Boyhood

Ian Nathan looks at the 1980 sci-fi adventure, which starred Sam Jones in the title role as the American football player thrown into a battle to save the Earth

A look at how film-makers have depicted war, from the style they choose to how they expand understanding of the nature of war and humanity

Film critics Ian Nathan, Neil Norman and Stephen Armstrong examine the origins and evolution of the movie genre, from the early days of silent cinema to the present

Documentary exploring all sides of the Oscar-winning actor, while also dissecting 50 years of American history and its effect on film industry

A look at the life and career of Italian film director Federico Fellinii, examining his work and values through archival footage

Behind the scenes at the Royal Society of Literature

Tania Compton's remodelling work at Fonthill House, Wiltshire, with the garden transformed with a modern touch that is still keeping in line with its16th-century roots

In London, Ingles & Hayday sells a rare Stradivarius violin, while masterpieces by Gerhard Richter, Georg Baselitz and Jean Dubuffet are auctioned at Sotheby's

An 1897 painting by Gustav Klimt goes on sale at Sotheby's in New York City after years in a private collection, while a work from the later years of Renoir is auctioned

The LaVerdi symphony orchestra performs a concert inspired by Maurizio Cattelan's Breath Ghosts Blind exhibition, including pieces by Byrd, Palestrina and Bach