Sky Arts Wednesday

Simon Butteriss examines the importance of impresario Richard D'Oyly Carte's decision to move the opera company to the newly built Savoy Theatre

A selection of Luciano Pavarotti's collaborations, from opera with Cecilia Bartoli and José Carreras to pop duets with U2, Elton John and Mariah Carey

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

A woman's gift for her lover's bride-to-be could not be more suitable - or so she thinks

Put-upon Roger Carson turns to gambling to escape his overpowering aunt, but a casino boss has a score to settle with the Carson family

A man returns home to find his father has died, and suspects his friends are concealing the true details of the death

A cook tries everything she can think of to end a dispute between two gunmen who have sworn to kill each other

A look at the life and work of American film-maker William Friedkin, who won an Academy Award for directing The French Connection and was nominated for The Exorcist

An insight into the life and career of the Dutch violinist, from his humble beginnings in Maastricht to his critically acclaimed sell-out world tours

A hijacker takes a stewardess hostage and demands a million dollars and a parachute. Starring Denis Quilley, Suzanne Danielle and Simon Cadell

A fashion model loses her glamorous lifestyle and is ditched by her boyfriend - but years later she sees an opportunity to win him back

Author Colm Tóibín explores the legacy of the artist to mark the 150th anniversary of his birth, chronicling his evolution as a painter. Narrated by Pierce Brosnan

The duo examine how the poets' relationship descended into bitterness and acrimony, with Wordsworth growing tired of supporting his troubled creative partner

A look at the life and career of Kathryn Bigelow, who is the only woman to have won an Academy Award for Best Director, for the 2008 war thriller The Hurt Locker

The life and career of the actor known for roles in films including Taxi Driver, Thelma & Louise, Bad Lieutenant, Sister Act, Reservoir Dogs, Cop Land and The Irishman

A woman eavesdrops on a private conversation while at lunch, which has disastrous repercussions on her marriage

A retired thief tries to break into a new safe as a publicity stunt, but the money inside proves too much of a temptation for the ex-convict. Starring John Mills and June Ritchie

Frank Partridge plots to cheat a life insurance company by having his wife hide for seven years and declared legally dead, but an investigator believes she has been murdered

A young woman leaves her Paris hotel room and comes back later to finds her mother is missing, and all the hotel's employees deny the two were ever there

Stephen Mangan invites nine artists to paint celebrity sitters Melvin Odoom, Max Beesley and Emily Atack as Tai Shan Schierenberg, Kathleen Soriano and Kate Bryan judge the efforts

Documentary celebrating the life of a trailblazing actress who not only redefined the idea of a Hollywood sex symbol, but also led the way for modern-day action heroines

Authors and film critics including Bonnie Greer and Ian Nathan come together to dissect their favourite horror movies, from The Omen and The Exorcist to Frankenstein and Psycho

A look at the career of Jack Nicholson, who shot to fame in Easy Rider and won Oscars for his roles in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Terms of Endearment and As Good as It Gets

A profile of the author, from her birth in a shack in the cotton fields of Putnam County, Georgia, to her recognition as a key writer of the 20th century with The Color Purple

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

Andi Oliver and Elizabeth Day return with the literary magazine show and are joined by Jeanette Winterson and the Rev Richard Coles

At Sotheby's in London two historic Scottish families are having a clear-out, with their treasures including a sword said to have been used at the Battle of Culloden

A huge sale by Christie's of contemporary art includes a work by Peter Doig originally bought for £15,000, while a rare painting by Mark Rothko goes under the hammer