Sky Arts HD Wednesday
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6:00 AM
LSO: Rattle Conducts Sibelius & Bruckner
A performance by the London Symphony Orchestra
A performance by the London Symphony Orchestra

7:50 AM
The Joy of Painting
Bob Ross paints a seascape
Bob Ross shifts to a vertical canvas to create a scene with fluffy clouds, overlooking a seascape of crashing waves and churning foam on a shore of jagged rocks.

8:25 AM
The Joy of Painting
Bob Ross paints a ridge of magnificent mountain peaks
Bob Ross creates a vertical explosion of colour with blazing orange, gold trees and a ridge of magnificent mountain peaks

9:00 AM
Tales of the Unexpected
A man dreams of conducting an orchestra
A wealthy yet lonely man dreams of conducting an orchestra, and his fantasies seem set to be realised with the help of a young woman. Drama, starring Jack Weston and Anna Massey

9:30 AM
Tales of the Unexpected
A well-dressed old man sells his umbrella
A well-dressed old man sells his umbrella claiming he needs money for the fare home - but then spends it in a pub. John Mills and Michael Gambon star

10:00 AM
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
A returning soldier heads home
Sergeant Andre is a returning soldier heading home with his friend Marcel, who he hopes will bail him out of his pre-marital problem. With Jacques Bergerac and Susan Kohner

10:30 AM
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
A man hopes to get a property at a bargain price
Mr Waterbury believes he can get a good deal on some real estate due to the home's dark past, but he has not reckoned on owner Sadie Grimes. With Robert Emhardt and Jeanette Nolan

11:00 AM
Discovering: Whoopi Goldberg
A look into the life and career of the Oscar-winning actress
A look into the life and career of the actress and comedian, whose breakthrough role came in The Color Purple and who won an Academy Award for Ghost

12:00 PM
Discovering: David Bowie
The life and career of the musician and actor
Documentary exploring the life and career of musician and actor David Bowie, with music critics and DJs offering their thoughts on his colourful career

1:00 PM
Tales of the Unexpected
A girl is followed by a strange man
A girl who is followed by a stranger seeks shelter with a kindly woman, but her troubles are far from over. Alfred Burke and Stephanie Cole star

1:30 PM
Tales of the Unexpected
A woman learns her husband plans to kill her
A woman learns her husband has killed off his three previous wives - forcing her to outwit him or become his next victim. Robert Lang and Elizabeth Spriggs star

2:00 PM
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
A woman falls for a man at her engagement party
At a celebration party, a recently engaged woman meets a charming man who causes her to question the direction of her life. With Barbara Bel Geddes and Michael Rennie

2:30 PM
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
A reporter tells a fellow passenger his past connection to arms trafficking
A reporter taking a trip to Egypt describes his past connection to arms trafficking to a fellow passenger, who knows part of his story is untrue

3:00 PM
The Sixties
A look at the events of 1968
A look at the events of 1968, which saw the assassinations of Robert F Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr, as well as the escalation of the Vietnam War and civil rights protests

4:00 PM
Discovering: Jodie Foster
The life and career of the double Oscar-winning actress
The life and career of the double Oscar-winning actress

5:00 PM
Landscape Artist of the Year 2017
The competition heads to Knaresborough, North Yorkshire
The competition heads to Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, where Frank Skinner and Joan Bakewell invite a new group of artists to capture the striking views of its historic viaduct

6:00 PM
Tales of the Unexpected
A man plots to kill his overweight wife
A man plots to kill his overweight wife, but his ingenious plan goes awry. Drama, with John Castle, Sheila Gish and Miriam Margolyes

6:30 PM
Tales of the Unexpected
A physician plots to kill his wife
A philandering physician who has an obsession for orchids cultivates a deadly plot to see off his wife. Siân Phillips and Richard Johnson star

7:00 PM
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
A French maid elopes with a professional burglar
A French maid elopes with a professional burglar, but his jealous accomplice has his own plans

8:00 PM
Portrait Artist of the Year 2026
With celebrity sitters Rylan Clark, Alison Balsom and Jamie Lloyd
Nine artists paint one of broadcaster Rylan Clark, musician Alison Balsom and theatre director Jamie Lloyd, with Jonathan Yeo, Eva Langret and Katy Hessel judging their efforts

9:00 PM
Matisse: The Last Masterpiece
The creation of the Chapelle du Rosaire
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

10:15 PM
Classic Movies: The Story of Dead of Night
Ian Nathan examines the 1945 horror anthology film
In a special Halloween edition, Ian Nathan examines the 1945 horror anthology film, which is framed by guests at a country manor recounting their encounters with the supernatural

11:15 PM
The Fog
Horror, starring Adrienne Barbeau
The residents of a small Californian coastal community are besieged by the ghosts of drowned mariners. John Carpenter's horror, starring Adrienne Barbeau and Jamie Lee Curtis

1:00 AM
Discovering: Janet Leigh
A profile of the American actress
A profile of the American actress, who starred in Orson Welles' 1958 film Touch of Evil before achieving worldwide fame in 1960 for her role in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho

2:00 AM
Classic Movies: The Story of The Elephant Man
Ian Nathan looks at David Lynch's 1980 historical drama
Ian Nathan looks at David Lynch's 1980 historical drama, loosely based on the life of Joseph Merrick and starring John Hurt and Anthony Hopkins

3:00 AM
Wordsworth & Coleridge Road Trip with Frank Skinner and Denise Mina
How the poets' relationship descended into bitterness and acrimony
The duo examine how the poets' relationship descended into bitterness and acrimony, with Wordsworth growing tired of supporting his troubled creative partner

4:00 AM
Stories from Tate Britain
Kate Bryan focuses on the art and artists within Tate Britain's collection
Part two of two. Kate Bryan focuses on the art and artists within Tate Britain's collection, featuring historians and cultural figures exploring different themes and artists

5:00 AM
The Sixties
A look at the events of 1968
A look at the events of 1968, which saw the assassinations of Robert F Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr, as well as the escalation of the Vietnam War and civil rights protests
