Sky Arts Wednesday

Simon Butteriss examines how a quarrel over the cost of carpet proved fatal to Gilbert and Sullivan's musical partnership

Sergei Prokofev's symphony as an animated piece, exploring ideas around growing up, grief and a mans relationship with nature by following the story of twelve-year-old Peter

Bob Ross creates a scene of a mountain lake enclosed in an oval, with bountiful foliage and bushes bursting out

Bob Ross depicts a scene of ice-blue mountains, evergreens and clusters of bushes to capture the mood of a cold, snowy day

By persuading a surgeon to perform a macabre experiment, a man continues to dominate his wife after his death. Elaine Stritch and Marius Goring star

The killing of a policeman proves baffling - the murder weapon cannot be determined, nor can it be found. Susan George and Brian Blessed star

Dishonest Frank and Lorna Bramwell visit the home of wealthy, eccentric Monica Laughton with the intention of robbing her

Recently deceased writer Alexander Penn Arlington gets permission from the recording angel to relive his last day on Earth so that he can find out who murdered him

The life and work of Alan J Pakula, who directed films including Klute, The Parallax View, All the President's Men, Sophie's Choice and Presumed Innocent

A look at the life and career of the actor who rose to fame in Sergio Leone's Spaghetti Westerns and won Oscars for directing Unforgiven and Million Dollar Baby

A landlady appears kind and friendly - but her last two guests disappeared two years ago. Siobhan McKenna and Leonard Preston star

A woman is cut down to size by her husband's loyal butler when it is discovered she is having an affair. Drama, starring John Gielgud, Joan Collins and Peter Bowles

The world-renowned cellist and conductor showcases 30 of the best musicians under 30, from cellists and organists to composers and trumpeters

The three bands sharpen their competitive performances with one week to go before the World Pipe Band Championships. Plus, meet the next generation of piping stars

The life and work of English film-maker Carol Reed, who directed movies including The Third Man, Odd Man Out and Our Man in Havana, and won an Oscar for 1968 musical Oliver!

A look at the life and career of the English actor, who starred in Alfie and The Italian Job and won Oscars for his roles in Hannah and Her Sisters and The Cider House Rules

A housewife befriends a stray cat and suddenly finds her life begins to change. Drama, starring Joseph Cotten and Wendy Hiller

An American tourist on board a trans-Atlantic liner stakes everything on the biggest gamble of his life. Jack Weston and Gladys Spencer star

To pay for his wife's operation, Mr Crabtree takes a job working for the mysterious Mr X, who asks him to manage a task involving a blackmailer

At a gallery, Mark is surprised when he is given a portrait of his first wife by the art dealer instead of the painting he had originally purchased

Stephen Mangan presents highlights of the 11th series of the competition in which artists were challenged to capture the views at locations around the UK

Art historian Waldemar Januszczak explores the style of 16th-century European art in which the human imagination was allowed to run wild and be exciting

The life of fashion designer Mary Quant, with contributions from Kate Moss, Vivienne Westwood, Edward Enninful, Dave Davies, Charlotte Tilbury, Jasper Conran and Zandra Rhodes

A look at recently unearthed film, interviews and scripts from the comedy writer and performer's archive, including an unpublished play called The Snow Goose

The novelist tries to find out why everyone is so easily offended these days, discussing the risk of upsetting people in the current climate with fellow artists and writers

The story of how 400 years ago two actor friends of William Shakespeare took on the task of saving his work for posterity in one book, which became known as the First Folio

Andi Oliver and Elizabeth Day are joined by authors Natasha Brown and Marian Keyes, who discuss their books with Angie Greaves' Book Club. Plus, special guest Bernardine Evaristo

A profile of the author, who was dogged by ill-health and poverty and often persecuted for his explicit subject matter and his uncompromising sense of personal truth

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