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 1 June

  1. 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.

  2. Peter Gabriel: Live In Athens...

    Solsbury Hill and Sledgehammer singer Peter Gabriel brings his 1987 tour to a climactic close in an electrifying concert at the hillside open air theatre at Lycabettus in Athens.

  3. The Great Songwriters

    The multi-Grammy-winning singer-songwriter discusses songwriting and his life in music, and performs a selection of songs including Copperhead Road and Goodbye.

  4. Discovering: Queen

    Friends and fans of legendary British rock band Queen discuss their admiration for the award-winning quartet and reflect on their remarkable career and enduring hit songs.

  5. Venice: A Concert For Our Climate

    A special and powerful concert to raise awareness of climate change held at the Teatro La Fenice, with Richard Wagner, Jacques Offenbach and more.

  6. Musical Masterpieces

    Myleene Klass and composer Errollyn Wallen explore Felix Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture. Features a performance from the Philharmonia Orchestra.

  7. Watercolour Challenge

    Art competition in which amateur watercolour painters compete against the clock and each other to capture a scene in just four hours.

  8. Watercolour Challenge

    Art competition in which amateur watercolour painters compete against the clock and each other to capture a scene in just four hours.

  9. Tales Of The Unexpected

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

  10. Tales Of The Unexpected

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

  11. Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    A detective trails an elegant woman suspected of smuggling an emerald necklace.

  12. Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    A waitress plots murder after learning she has been included in a wealthy patron's will.

  13. Discovering: Samuel L.Jackson

    Jackson: A look into the life and career of the Hollywood superstar. From Coming to America and Pulp Fiction to Django Unchained, he has starred in many iconic films.

  14. Wonderland: From JM Barrie. To JRR Tolkien

    In a four-part series, immerse yourself in the worlds of some of history's finest authors, revealing much about their character and the time they lived in. (1 of.

  15. 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.

  16. 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.

  17. The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

    A college aide borrows a dead female body from the lab and puts it in his roommate's dorm to try and scare him sober, but the joke becomes disastrous.

  18. Deep Purple: Classic Albums

    Home to 'Smoke On The Water', Machine Head is the definitive album of British heavy metal icons Deep Purple. Find out how this classic album was created.

  19. Discovering: Nicolas Cage

    An in-depth look into the career of the versatile Academy Award-winning actor Nicolas Cage.

  20. Portrait Artist Of The Year 2018

    ...2018. It's the semi-final and the artists attempt to impress the judges with their portraits of this week's celebrity sitters - model Lily Cole and actor Simon Callow. (9 of.

  21. Tales Of The Unexpected

    Herbert Wise stars in this twisted tale. Mabel's baby is sick and her bee-obsessed husband thinks he has found a remedy. Will he get the baby buzzing back to health.

  22. Tales Of The Unexpected

    Andrew Ray stars in Roald Dahl's twisted tale. A poisonous snake keeps a teacher prisoner in India. How can he escape from its evil glare.

  23. Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    A miserly man searches for the cheapest method of murdering his big-spending wife.

  24. Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    A reporter gets permission from the owner of a wax museum to spend the night in the museum section devoted to murderers.

  25. Andre Rieu: Welcome To My World

    Maastricht by Moonlight: André produces incredible performances of Conquest of Paradise, La Vergine and I Will Survive with a 150-piece male choir.

  26. Becoming Marilyn

    A portrait in the feminist and post #MeToo era, with a contemporary take on violence against women during Hollywood's golden years in the 1950s through the eyes of a female director.

  27. Pavarotti: The Duets - The Best of Pavarotti and Friends

    Witness the iconic operatic tenor collaborate with a host of stars within the industry as Luciano Pavarotti's legacy lives.

  28. Yuja x Hockney at Lightroom London

    At the Lightroom in London, pianist Yuja Wang offers an extraordinary recital at the heart of the immersive exhibition devoted to David Hockney.

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.