Sky Arts HD Wednesday

Simon Butteriss explores the founding of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company and explains why HMS Pinafore and Pirates of Penzance paved the way for the modern musical

The story of how the composer broke free from the constraints of court employment to become a pioneering freelancer, told through letters between Mozart and his father Leopold

Bob Ross paints a wintry scene featuring a frozen pond and snowdrifts with a warm, rich sky and autumn foliage.

Guest painter Steve Ross creates an oval landscape, featuring blue skies, a frosty mountain, fresh foothills and glistening lake

Vietnam veteran Fred Pearson is a broken man after years of punishment from his sergeant, but years later he gets his chance for revenge. Kevin Dobson and George Peppard star

A chess game gets out of control when one of the players learns his wife has been unfaithful

A seemingly poor man is given a servant's job by a rich ex-classmate and discovers a trail of unlawful tax deals that need stopping. Jack Carter stars

A man searches for his wife, who has to walk home from work nightly in the midst of a serial killer. Starring Peggy Ann Garner and John Lupton

A look at the life and career of Czech-born director Milos Forman, who won Academy Awards for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Amadeus

A look at the life and work of the star of stage and screen, who shot to international fame by playing the title role in David Lean 1962 epic Lawrence of Arabia

A chauffeur offers his wealthy employer a solution to an impending scandal

A successful author receives threatening phone calls

The couple explore the forests of the Cairngorms on the hunt for the elusive crested tit, along the way creating works with actres Ronni Ancona and learning about Chinese painting

Myleene Klass and Errollyn Wallen explore Carmen, Georges Bizet's controversial opera. Features special performances from leading British opera company Opera North

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

A profile of the Hollywood star, who won an Oscar for her role in Alfred Hitchock's 1941 psychological thriller Suspicion, and was nominated for Rebecca and The Constant Nymph

A driver picks up a hitch-hiker, before hearing on the radio that a serial killer is on the loose

A competition to find the best murder story attracts an unusually high level of attention. Jane Asher and Patrick Mower star

A store manager blackmails a female burglar into helping him carry out a revenge plot against his spouse. Richard Long and Coleen Gray star

An assistant cashier knows that he is the last person anybody would suspect of robbery. But has he forgotten one key factor? Dick York stars

The sixth heat takes place at Dover Castle, where host Stephen Mangan is joined by judges Tai Shan Schierenberg, Kathleen Soriano and Eva Langret

The broadcaster explores the sisters' enduring literary influence, tracking the impact Anne, Charlotte and Emily have had on millions of readers across the centuries

A profile of the author, who was dogged by ill-health and poverty and often persecuted for his explicit subject matter and his uncompromising sense of personal truth

A celebration of science fiction's ability to foretell the shape of future society, touching on the impact of literary works, movies and TV series

The story of Joe Cocker's historic Mad Dogs and Englishmen 1970 US tour through the lens of the Tedeschi Trucks Band's reunion of musicians who played on it

A look at the life and work of 17th-century Italian architect Francesco Borromini, whose genius served to revolutionise architecture for ever

Photographers who captured some of the world's most extraordinary images share the stories behind their craft and careers

Richard Burrows - the nephew of painter Edward Le Bas - gives a tour of his extensive art collection