Sky Arts Thursday

Performances from South Africa, Germany and Mexico, with the violinist presenting tunes including Mexican Hat Dance, Hava Nagila, La Paloma and Cielito Lindo

Bob Ross's use of blue, yellow and orange hues brings vibrancy to a wooded setting and cabin beside a clear blue lake

Bob Ross depicts a bubbling brook that appears the perfect complement to a range of rugged mountains

Three close friends discover an elixir of youth, but there is only enough for two of them. Drama, starring Dick Smothers and Sharon Gless

A man murders his friend, but the forces of nature are against him. Richard Basehart stars

An insurance investigator and his wife look into the case of Mrs Gillespie, who has been widowed twice and both times enjoyed windfall

A former nurse learns that her husband has been seeing another woman when he goes away on business trips

The life and career of Academy Award-winning American film director Alexander Payne, a man who possesses his own unique film-making style

A profile of the American actor, who broke through with his roles in Risky Business and Top Gun and became one of the biggest movie stars in the world

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

The six participants perform music from Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera HMS Pinafore at the London Coliseum, complete with full chorus and the ENO orchestra

The worlds created by authors of classic children's literature, revealing much about their characters and the times they lived in

The life and career of Canadian film-maker James Cameron, whose movies include The Terminator, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, The Abyss, Aliens, Titanic and Avatar

The life and work of the actor, who starred in The Untouchables, Field of Dreams, JFK and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, and won an Oscar for directing Dances with Wolves

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

A successful author receives threatening phone calls

Stephen Mangan invites nine artists to paint celebrity sitters Jack Rooke, Reece Clarke and Tim Peake as Tai Shan Schierenberg, Kathleen Soriano and Kate Bryan judge the efforts

A look at John Carpenter's 1981 sci-fi action film, which starred Kurt Russell as a prisoner sent on a mission to rescue the US president

The life and work of John Frankenheimer, who directed films including Birdman of Alcatraz, The Manchurian Candidate, French Connection II, Black Sunday and Ronin

A look at the life and career of the American actor, who starred in Days of Heaven, American Gigolo, An Officer and a Gentleman, Pretty Woman and Chicago

Profile of the author, who is widely regarded as a pioneer of science-fiction, comedy, technology and environmental activism