Sky Arts HD Wednesday

A concert at the Royal Albert Hall in which Ben Palmer conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra in a selection of music by British composers, including Vaughan Williams and Elgar

Tutorials on ways to develop a narrative in portraiture. Tai-Shan Schierenberg has tips on painting portraits

A tutorial on improvising with watercolour. Tai-Shan Schierenberg has tips on painting portraits

When the new vicar of a church plans radical changes, conflict arises over a secret one of the locals has kept for years

A fencing contest in London lands naive Nicholas Lillie in the middle of a bizarre adventure. Drama, with Benedict Taylor and Jim Broadbent

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

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

The life and career of the English actor and film-maker, who starred in Brighton Rock, 10 Rillington Place, The Great Escape and Jurassic Park and won an Oscar for directing Gandhi

The violinist showcases his music as he and his orchestra travel the world, visiting places including Malta, Scotland and Ireland

A woman joins a dating agency to try to overcome her shyness, but her plan backfires when an out-of-town solicitor tries a one-night stand

An American thief faces extradition from a Middle East country for a crime he did not commit. Michael Brandon stars

Kate Bryan explores portraitures from the 18th and 19th centuries, whlle comedian and artist Jim Moir, aka Vic Reeves, drops in to discuss his favourite work in the gallery

The story behind the Sex Pistols' sole studio album, 1977's Never Mind the B*******, Here's the Sex Pistols. Featuring interviews with singer John Lydon and manager Malcolm McLaren

A profile of the English actor, who was nominated for an Oscar for The Elephant Man and starred in 10 Rillington Place, Alien, Midnight Express and Nineteen Eighty-Four

The contestants paint celebrity sitters Noel Fielding, Reggie Yates and Daphne Selfe, before the judges decide who to send through to the next round of the competition

A romantic Frenchman is forced into a decision when his mistress falls pregnant

A woman discovers the disturbing secret of an archaeologist able to immediately date relics with unerring accuracy

The mistress of a married man meets his wife at a restaurant to request that she grant her husband a divorce. With Margaret Leighton

A killer on the run demands help from two cantankerous prospectors when his car breaks down near their remote shack. With William Demarest and Roscoe Ates

A look at the story of the creation of the Chapelle du Rosaire in the French commune of Vence, revealing how Henri Matisse was inspired by nurse Monique Bourgeois

The orchestra performs Mahler's Second Symphony at London's Royal Festival Hall for the opening concert of their 2023/2024 season

A look at how American popular music exploded into new formats, while artists including Blondie, Billy Joel and Kiss found new ways to express themselves

A look at the magazine's explosive 1993 interview with Bill Clinton, its embracing of hip-hop, and the 2008 cover story Britney Spears: Inside an American Tragedy

Documentary following the rock band's early years, from the initial forming of the group through to the release of Bohemian Rhapsody, the song that catapulted them to fame

Imelda May explores the story of WB Yeats' two sisters Susan 'Lily' Yeats and Elizabeth 'Lolly' Yeats, who played a significant role in the revival of Irish literature in the 1920s

Kate Bryan explores 20th-century portraiture, examining depictions of war poets and Queen Elizabeth II. Plus, Jim Moir drops in to discuss his favourite work

The sale of Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures)

The violinist showcases his music as he and his orchestra travel the world, visiting places including Malta, Scotland and Ireland

A 2023 concert by the German violinist in which she is joined by John Williams, Yefim Bronfman, Pablo Ferrández, Susanna Malkki and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra