Sky Arts HD [UK] TV guide for the week

Today’s and upcoming schedule: airtimes, programme details, and quick date selection.

Sky Arts HD [UK]

TV guide for 31 May

  1. The Great Songwriters

    Ian McCulloch / Echo and the Bunnymen: The Echo and the Bunnymen frontman talks songwriting and his life in music, and performs beloved tracks including The Killing Moon.

  2. Discovering: Elton John

    Leading figures in the music industry examine the monumental career of Sir Elton John, exploring his greatest hits, as well as his work on The Lion King and Billy Elliot.

  3. Turandot

    At the Vienna State Opera, Claus Guth stages Puccini's last opera as a chamber drama of timeless topicality, with audience favourite Jonas Kaufmann in the leading role.

  4. Tales Of The Unexpected

    Art dealer Lionel gets an artist to visualise his fiancee Janet nude and paint her accordingly. Janet, however, does not see the funny side.

  5. Tales Of The Unexpected

    When Pamela and Arthur invite a young couple over for the weekend, things take a surprising turn.

  6. Tales Of The Unexpected

    A dinner party takes a surprising turn when one pretentious guest is challenged to a wine-tasting contest.

  7. Tales Of The Unexpected

    John Mills stars in this twisted tale. A man starts to suffer when he becomes haunted by the memory of the brutal treatment he received in his childhood.

  8. Tales Of The Unexpected

    Joan Collins stars in a twisted tale. George has problems with female attention, but when a beautiful woman joins his congregation things are set to change.

  9. The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

    A remorseful detective vows to find the men who murdered his son, who followed in his footsteps and also became a cop.

  10. The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

    A patient at a mental hospital kills the head doctor and takes over, replacing the staff with fellow patients.

  11. Classic FM Live: Summer

    .Concert 2026. From the Royal Albert Hall, Dan Walker and Myleene Klass lead a powerhouse night with the CBSO and top soloists.

  12. Portrait Artist Of The Decade

    In this special, the last nine winners return to the Battersea Arts Centre to paint one of Britain's best-loved personalities - in the space of just four hours.

  13. Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

    Based on the story of Joseph and his coat of many colours, Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's first musical comes to the screen. Starring Donny Osmond.

  14. FILM: Agatha Christie's The Seven Dials Mystery

    In 1925, a country house party prank turns deadly. Lady Caterham and Superintendent Battle assist in solving the country house mystery.

  15. The Manchurian Candidate

    An American POW in the Korean War is brainwashed as an unwitting assassin for an international Communist conspiracy. Discriminatory content.

  16. Opry Live

    Prepare to be blown away by performances from Opry member Riley Green, Charles Wesley Godwin and Ashley McBryde.

  17. Greatest Guitar Riffs

    The Police: The iconic guitarist sets out on a personal journey through his favourite ever riffs and reveals those that brought fame and fortune to The Police.

About Sky Arts HD

Sky Arts HD [UK] is the British HD version of Sky Arts, a cultural channel about art, music, theatre, literature, cinema and documentary projects on creative life. It broadcasts in English and belongs to Sky.

The schedule includes concert recordings, opera and theatre productions, documentaries about painters, architects, museums and cinema, interviews with cultural figures, projects by critics and programmes about literature. The channel is shaped by cultural context and attention to the people who make art.

Sky Arts is connected with the Artsworld brand and later received its current name. The channel is owned by Sky, part of Comcast Corporation. The Sky Arts HD [UK] TV guide brings together concerts, films, interviews, documentary premieres and authored series.