Sky Arts Wednesday
BT TV
350
Freesat
143
Freeview
36
Sky
820
TalkTalk
36
YouView
36
6:00 AM
Peter and the Wolf
Sergei Prokofev's symphony as an animated piece
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

7:30 AM
Artist of the Year: Masterclass
Tutorials for budding artists
Tutorials for budding artists, with each edition focusing on a different subject or technique, while Tai-Shan Schierenberg has tips on painting portraits

8:00 AM
Artist of the Year: Masterclass
The basics of painting and drawing
Tutorials by painters from both Portrait and Landscape Artist of the Year series, helping viewers understand the basics of painting and drawing

8:30 AM
Artist of the Year: Masterclass
An introduction to life drawing
An introduction to life drawing tutorial given by painters from both Portrait and Landscape Artist of the Year series, revealing the basics of painting and drawing

9:00 AM
Tales of the Unexpected
A chauffeur has the solution to a scandal
A chauffeur offers his wealthy employer a solution to an impending scandal

9:30 AM
Tales of the Unexpected
A successful author is threatened
A successful author receives threatening phone calls

10:00 AM
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
A bookmaker blackmails a man who faked his own death
A bookmaker blackmails a man who faked his own death to collect insurance money, but finds the man's wife wants a share. With Robert Horton and Betsy von Furstenberg

10:30 AM
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
A police chief is found dead
Mary Maloney's police chief husband is found dead, but the officers investigating run into difficulties trying to find the murder weapon. With Barbara Bel Geddes and Harold J Stone

11:00 AM
Discovering: Denzel Washington
The life and career of the Oscar-winning actor
A look at the life and career of the American actor, who starred in Cry Freedom, Malcolm X and The Hurricane, and won Oscars for his roles in Glory and Training Day

12:00 PM
André Rieu: Love in Maastricht
A concert by the Dutch violinist in his home town
The Dutch violinist and his Johann Strauss Orchestra perform a host of love songs in a concert from his home town of Maastricht

1:00 PM
Tales of the Unexpected
A driver picks up a hitch-hiker
A driver picks up a hitch-hiker, before hearing on the radio that a serial killer is on the loose

1:30 PM
Tales of the Unexpected
A competition attracts high levels of attention
A competition to find the best murder story attracts an unusually high level of attention. Jane Asher and Patrick Mower star

2:00 PM
Painting Birds with Jim and Nancy Moir
The couple visit the East Yorkshire coast to paint gannets
The couple visit the East Yorkshire coast to paint gannets and are joined by local experts and artists Colin and Jess Self, as well as Jim's mum Audrey

3:00 PM
Classic Albums
Pink Floyd's 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon
Documentary exploring Pink Floyd's ground-breaking 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon, featuring interviews with band members

4:00 PM
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

5:00 PM
Portrait Artist of the Year 2017
Frank Skinner and Joan Bakewell launch the search for a star portrait artist
Frank Skinner and Joan Bakewell launch the third search for a star portrait artist, with the contestants painting celebrity sitters as they hope to win the £10,000 prize

6:00 PM
Tales of the Unexpected
A woman kills her husband to be with her young lover
A woman kills her husband to be with her young lover, but is drawn in by a flyer for an anti-ageing process known as the Gift of Beauty

6:30 PM
Tales of the Unexpected
A father faces disgrace
When his disabled daughter commits a terrible act, a father must cover it up or risk losing his social standing

7:00 PM
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
A meek man wants to feel a sense of importance
A meek man wants to feel a sense of importance, so he turns to serious crimes ranging from theft to eventual murder. With John McGiver and Vivian Nathan

7:30 PM
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
A woman's husband threatens murder to prove his love for her
Norman's lack of interest in his wife Paula leads her to believe he no longer loves her, but she is wrong and her husband threatens murder to prove it. With James Best

8:00 PM
Making a Maestro
The winner is announced
The winner of the Donatella Flick Conducting Competition is announced, with one of the 20 contenders getting the chance to become an LSO assistant conductor

9:00 PM
Backstage with the London Philharmonic Orchestra
Behind the scenes with the woodwind and percussion sections
Behind the scenes with members of the woodwind and percussion sections of the orchestra as they head to the Royal Festival Hall to rehearse Mahler's Second Symphony

10:00 PM
The Seventies
A look at the Watergate scandal
A look at how the Watergate scandal led to Richard Nixon being the only president in American history to resign from office

11:00 PM
Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge
A look at the magazine's 1975 report on Patty Hearst's kidnappers
An inside look at the magazine's probing 1975 report on Patty Hearst's kidnappers, the arrival of Sex Pistols, and John Lennon's final days

12:00 AM
Hammer: Heroes, Legends and Monsters
Documentary charting the history of the film production company
Documentary charting the history of the film production company from its origins in a back office in London's Regent Street to its iconic status within the horror film genre

2:00 AM
Classic Movies: The Story of Great Expectations
Ian Nathan examines David Lean's adaptation of the novel by Charles Dickens
Ian Nathan examines more cinematic landmarks, beginning with David Lean's 1946 adaptation of the novel by Charles Dickens, which starred John Mills

3:00 AM
The Directors
The life and work of Oliver Stone
A look at the life and career of American director Oliver Stone, whose films include JFK, Nixon and Wall Street and who won Oscars for Platoon and Born on the Fourth of July

4:00 AM
Sky Arts Book Club
With Tahmima Anam and Raven Smith
Andi Oliver and Elizabeth Day are joined by Tahmima Anam to talk about her novel The Startup Wife, and Raven Smith to discuss his book Men

5:00 AM
André Rieu: Love in Maastricht
A concert by the Dutch violinist in his home town
The Dutch violinist and his Johann Strauss Orchestra perform a host of love songs in a concert from his home town of Maastricht

6:00 AM
Kiss Me, Kate
Musical comedy, starring Alfred Drake
A divorced couple's bickering threatens to derail a production of a Shakespeare play when they are cast in the romantic leads. Musical comedy, with Alfred Drake
