Sky Arts Thursday
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350
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143
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36
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36
6:00 AM
Classic FM Live: A Film Music Spectacular
The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra perform movie music at the Royal Albert Hall
The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and the Ukrainian conductor Kirill Karabits perform popular film themes from the Royal Albert Hall including Star Wars and Jurassic Park

8:00 AM
The Joy of Painting
Bob Ross paints a scene of the south-western region of America
Bob Ross paints a scene of the south-western region of America, depicting the beauty of fresh skies over sun-glistened mountains

8:30 AM
The Joy of Painting
Bob Ross paints a chateau hidden in the woods
Bob Ross paints a chateau hidden in the woods, surrounded by evergreens, green bushes and grass

9:00 AM
Tales of the Unexpected
A man plots to get rid of his wealthy wife
A man plots to get rid of his demanding wife and inherit her money. Starring Anthony Franciosa and Shirley Knight-Temple

9:30 AM
Tales of the Unexpected
A hitman accepts his intended victim's hospitality
A hitman is taken in by his intended victim's hospitality - but it is a harsh lesson that can only be learnt once. Starring Eli Wallach and Anthony Pullen Shaw

10:00 AM
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
A poor woman goes on a date to solve her money issues
Anne Helm stars as a poor woman who is urged on by her boyfriend to go out on a date with a university professor to solve her money issues

10:30 AM
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Caroline Hardy develops an infatuation with her brother
Caroline Hardy develops an infatuation with her brother and gets jealous whenever he spends time away from her. Cloris Leachman and George Nader star

11:00 AM
The Directors
The life and work of Martin Scorsese
A look at the life and career of American director Martin Scorsese, whose films include Taxi Driver, Raging Bull and Goodfellas and who won an Oscar for directing The Departed

12:00 PM
Discovering: Joan Crawford
A look at the life and career of the Oscar-winning actress
A look at the life and career of actress Joan Crawford, who won an Academy Award for her role in the 1945 film Mildred Pierce and was nominated for Possessed and Sudden Fear

1:00 PM
Tales of the Unexpected
A man learns how to talk to plants
A man invents a machine that enables him to talk to plants - with unexpected consequences. Harry Andrews stars

1:30 PM
Tales of the Unexpected
Two friends suspect a doctor of murder
Two friends suspect a doctor of murdering his wife and disposing of her body in a cellar. Starring Colin Blakely and Warren Clarke

2:00 PM
Laurie Lee: The Lost Interview
The only TV interview ever given by the author
Documentary featuring the only TV interview ever given by the Cider with Rosie author, including the story of how it was secured by local TV producer David Parker

3:00 PM
Bill Bailey's Master Crafters: The Next Generation
The junior crafters unveil their final pieces
The junior crafters look to the countryside for inspiration before joining at King Charles' Highgrove House to unveil their final pieces

4:00 PM
The Directors
The life and career of Nicolas Roeg
A look at the life and career of English director and cinematographer Nicolas Roeg, whose movies include Performance, Walkabout, Don't Look Now and The Man Who Fell to Earth

5:00 PM
Discovering: Buster Keaton
A profile of the silent movie star
A profile of the silent film pioneer, whose stone-faced physical comedy turned him into a Hollywood superstar in the 1920s

6:00 PM
Tales of the Unexpected
An accountant's honesty is put to the test
An accountant whose book-keeping is perfect finds his honesty being put to the test

6:30 PM
Tales of the Unexpected
A husband invites his wife's lover to dinner
A husband invites the man he suspects of being his wife's lover to dinner. Starring Anthony Quayle and Nigel Hawthorne

7:00 PM
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
An ageing spinster follows a ventriloquist and his dummy
An ageing spinster pulls up sticks to follow a ventriloquist and his dummy from performance to performance, and finally the man consents to a much-wanted meeting

7:30 PM
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
A man receives letters that seemingly predict the future
Clerk Ronald Grimes starts receiving letters from a mysterious Mr Christiani that seemingly predict the future

8:00 PM
Discovering: Sean Connery
A profile of the Scottish actor
A look at the life and career of the Scottish actor, who rose to fame as the original screen James Bond and won an Oscar for his role in The Untouchables

9:00 PM
The Directors
A look at the life and career of Milos Forman
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

10:00 PM
Classic Movies: The Story of Scott of the Antarctic
A look at the 1948 British adventure film
Ian Nathan looks at the 1948 British adventure film, which stars John Mills and tells the story of Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated attempt to be the first to reach the South Pole

11:00 PM
The Art of Film with Ian Nathan
A look at the new wave of horror films
A look at the new wave of horror films that was kickstarted in the late-1960s, with the genre finding a new lease of life as directors broke the rules and added style to its tropes

12:00 AM
Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future
Profile of the science-fiction author
Profile of the author, who is widely regarded as a pioneer of science-fiction, comedy, technology and environmental activism

1:30 AM
Erotic Adventures of Anais Nin
Dramatised documentary, starring Lucy Cohu and Shivani Kapur
Dramatised documentary celebrating Anais Nin's ground-breaking diaries, featuring Lucy Cohu and Shivani Kapur as the eponymous author in different periods of her life

3:00 AM
Camille Pissarro: The Father of Impressionism
A profie of the Franco-Danish artist
A profie of the Franco-Danish artist, going behind the scenes at a retrospective of his work at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford

4:10 AM
The Art of Architecture
A look at the work of John Simpson
A look at the work of John Simpson, a modern architect who creates breathtaking classical buildings - including his own Hampshire home

5:00 AM
Auction
Margot Fonteyn's ballet shoes and a Jimi Hendrix guitar go up for sale
Christie's sells a masterpiece by Jacob Jordaens that might fetch £1,000,000. At Bonhams, Margot Fonteyn's ballet shoes and a Jimi Hendrix guitar go up for sale

5:30 AM
Auction
Timepieces by Thomas Tompion come up for auction at Sotheby's
Timepieces made by clockmaker Thomas Tompion come up for auction at Sotheby's, while a 1920s Rolls-Royce is expected to fetch one million pounds at Bonhams

6:00 AM
Pavarotti in Central Park
With the New York Philharmonic and the Boys Choir of Harlem
The great tenor performs favourite arias, including O Sole Mio and Nessun Dorma, with the New York Philharmonic and the Boys Choir of Harlem
