Sky Arts HD Friday
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365
Sky
124
Virgin
123
6:00 AM
HMS Pinafore with ENO
A performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera
An English National Opera orchestra production of Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera about love, honour and duty, starring Les Dennis

7:55 AM
The Joy of Painting
Bob creates an awe-inspiring summertime landscape
Bob creates an awe-inspiring summertime landscape, featuring a cabin nestled in a grassy meadow surrounded by trees and bushes

8:30 AM
The Joy of Painting
Bob paints a cool blue waterway
Bob paints a cool blue waterway that winds effortlessly from a snow-topped mountain in the distance

9:00 AM
Tales of the Unexpected
A surgeon performs a macabre experiment
By persuading a surgeon to perform a macabre experiment, a man continues to dominate his wife after his death. Elaine Stritch and Marius Goring star

9:30 AM
Tales of the Unexpected
A policeman's murder proves baffling
The killing of a policeman proves baffling - the murder weapon cannot be determined, nor can it be found. Susan George and Brian Blessed star

10:00 AM
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
A lawyer murders a woman
A lawyer on the cusp of becoming mayor murders a woman who claimed he was involved in embezzlement in the past. With Hume Cronyn and Robert Douglas

10:30 AM
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
An elderly unemployed actor uses a ploy to land a part in a play
An elderly unemployed actor Colin Bragner uses an even older ploy to land a part in a play, tugging at his guest's heartstrings. With Herbert Marshall and Julie Adams

11:00 AM
The Directors
The life and work of John Frankenheimer
The life and work of John Frankenheimer, who directed films including Birdman of Alcatraz, The Manchurian Candidate, French Connection II, Black Sunday and Ronin

12:00 PM
Discovering: Christian Bale
A profile of the Oscar-winning Welsh actor
A profile of the Welsh actor, who was 13 when he starred in Empire of the Sun and has since played Bruce Wayne in Christopher Nolan's Batman films and won an Oscar for The Fighter

1:00 PM
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

1:30 PM
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

2:00 PM
Dickens in Italy with David Harewood
Part two of two. The actor follows in the footsteps of Charles Dickens
Part two of two. The actor follows in the footsteps of Charles Dickens' little-known journey through Italy's most beautiful cities, examining the country's influence on the author

3:00 PM
Musical Masterpieces
Myleene Klass and Errollyn Wallen explore Felix Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture
Myleene Klass and composer Errollyn Wallen explore Felix Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture, featuring a performance from the Philharmonia Orchestra

4:00 PM
The Directors
The life and work of Robert Wise
The life and work of Robert Wise, who won Oscars for The Sound of Music and West Side Story and also directed The Day the Earth Stood Still and The Andromeda Strain

5:00 PM
Discovering: Brad Pitt
A profile of the American actor
A profile of the American actor, whose films include Thelma & Louise, Seven, Fight Club and 12 Monkeys, and won an Oscar for his role in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

6:00 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

6:30 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

7:00 PM
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
A man wakes to find a snake in his bed
Alcoholic plantation owner Harry Pope awakens to find a deadly snake in his bed, sleeping under the blanket right on his chest. With Wendell Corey and James Donald

7:30 PM
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Train passengers hear that a patient has escaped from a nearby sanatorium
After the radio warns that a patient escaped from a mental institution, a cowboy boards a train near the sanatorium and calms a rattled family with tall tales of the Old West

8:00 PM
Guy Garvey: From the Vaults
With Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Tom Robinson and the Pogues
Music from the TV archives from 1984, a year that saw Frankie Goes to Hollywood and Tom Robinson release war-themed songs and the Pogues make an early TV appearance

9:00 PM
Pet Shop Boys: Dreamworld - The Greatest Hits: Live in Copenhagen
A 2023 concert at the Royal Arena in the Danish capital
A 2023 concert at the Royal Arena in the Danish capital, with Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe performing hits including West End Girls, Suburbia, Rent, Domino Dancing and It's a Sin

11:20 PM
Gary Numan Resurrection
A profile of the musician
A profile of the musician, following him as he prepares to play at Wembley Arena for the first time in 40 years. With Dave Grohl, Jean-Michel Jarre, Trent Reznor and Hans Zimmer

1:00 AM
Bjork: Cornucopia
A 2023 concert at the Altice Arena in Lisbon
A 2023 concert by the Icelandic singer-songwriter at the Altice Arena in Lisbon, featuring songs from her albums Utopia, Vulnicura and Fossora

3:00 AM
Classic Albums
The making of Cream's Disraeli Gears
Musicians and rock historians discuss Cream's groundbreaking 1967 album Disraeli Gears, which was recorded in just six days at Atlantic Records' studios in New York

4:00 AM
Discovering: John Lennon
A collection of TV interviews with the musician
A collection of TV interviews paint a portrait of the former Beatle, singer-songwriter and political activist

5:00 AM
The Art of Architecture
A look at London's new Design Museum in Kensington
A look at the architecture behind London's new Design Museum in Kensington, a result of minimalist John Pawson's vision
