Sky Arts TV Guide — Friday, 26 June 2026

Browse the full Sky Arts TV guide for Friday, 26 June 2026. 27 programmes listed , including 7 tonight. UK listings updated daily — scroll down to tonight's highlights or use the day tabs above to browse the weekly schedule.

Early Morning

00:00 1h 40m

Spike Milligan: The Unseen Archive

Recently unearthed film, interviews and scripts

A look at recently unearthed film, interviews and scripts from the comedy writer and performer's archive, including an unpublished play called The Snow Goose

01:40 1h 10m

Kate Bush: The Timeless Genius

A look at the music and legacy of the singer-songwriter

A look at the music and legacy of the singer-songwriter, revealing how she has managed to transcend eras and trends and influenced a new generation of artists

02:50 1h 10m

Wuthering Heights: Love, Hate and Vengeance

The little-known and disturbing aspects of Emily Brontë's cult book

Narrating the doomed romance of Heathcliff and Catherine, Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights also contains a powerful critique of British society, denouncing its oppressive and colonising system. This documentary explores the little-known and disturbing aspects of the cult book

04:00 1h

Sky Arts Book Club

S2 · E4 · Sky Arts Book Club

With Ian Rankin

Andi Oliver and Elizabeth Day host as members of Idle Readers book club from Manchester meet crime writer Ian Rankin. Plus, Delia Owens talks via Zoom from America

05:00 1h

Classic Movies: The Story of I'm All Right Jack

S2 · E4 · I'm All Right Jack

A look at the Boulting brothers' 1959 comedy

Ian Nathan examines the Boulting brothers' 1959 comedy, a satire on British industrial life starring Ian Carmichael Peter Sellers, Richard Attenborough and Margaret Rutherford

Morning

06:00 1h 50m

Janine Jansen: Falling for Stradivari

Documentary Film

The musician plays 12 of the world's greatest violins in 10 days

Superstar violinist Janine Jansen embarks on a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to record a new album on 12 of the greatest Stradivari violins on the planet. This documentary follows Janine from her home in Stockholm through a hectic 10-day period in London as she becomes acquainted with each of the instruments, selecting works that fit them best and learning their histories and foibles

★ Cast & Info

07:50 30m

Watercolour Challenge

S2 · E39

Amateur artists paint a scene in just four hours

Hannah Gordon hosts the art competition in which amateur watercolour painters compete against the clock and each other to capture a scene in just four hours

08:20 30m

Watercolour Challenge

S2 · E40

Amateur artists paint a scene in just four hours

Hannah Gordon hosts the art competition in which amateur watercolour painters compete against the clock and each other to capture a scene in just four hours

08:50 35m

Tales of the Unexpected

S4 · E17 · Hijack

A plane is hijacked

A captain has to deal with a man on board his airliner who seizes a stewardess, holds her hostage and demands a million dollars in ransom money and a parachute for himself. Starring Denis Quilley, Suzanne Danielle and Simon Cadell

09:25 35m

Tales of the Unexpected

S5 · E1 · Blue Marigold

A former fashion model woos her ex-boyfriend

A fashion model loses her glamorous lifestyle and is ditched by her boyfriend - but years later she sees an opportunity to win him back

10:00 30m

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

S5 · E23 · Mother, May I Go Out to Swim?

A man awaits the decision of a coroner's jury

A man awaits the decision of a coroner's jury and reflects on the events that brought him there

10:30 30m

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

S5 · E24 · The Cuckoo Clock

A patient escapes from a mental health institution

Mrs Blythe goes to spend a weekend at her cottage but at the general store she is told that a patient has escaped from the local mental health institution

11:00 1h

Discovering: Hugh Grant

S15 · E13 · Hugh Grant

A look at the life and career of the English actor

A look at the life and career of the English actor, best-known for his roles in Love Actually, Notting Hill and Four Weddings and a Funeral

Daytime

12:00 1h

Classic Movies: The Story of Murder on the Orient Express

S2 · E5 · Murder on the Orient Express

A look at the 1974 adaptation of the Agatha Christie mystery

Ian Nathan examines the 1974 adaptation of the Agatha Christie mystery, featuring a stellar cast of train-bound suspects and Albert Finney as Belgian detective Hercule Poirot

13:00 30m

Tales of the Unexpected

S5 · E2 · The Eavesdropper

A woman eavesdrops on a private conversation

A woman eavesdrops on a private conversation while at lunch, which has disastrous repercussions on her marriage

13:30 30m

Tales of the Unexpected

S5 · E3 · Operation Safecrack

A retired thief tries to break into a new safe as a publicity stunt

A retired thief tries to break into a new safe as a publicity stunt, but the money inside proves too much of a temptation for the ex-convict. Starring John Mills and June Ritchie

14:00 1h

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

S2 · E27 · The Sign of Satan

Drama, starring Christopher Lee

An actor threatened by Satan worshippers agrees to star in a new film so long as no one knows where he goes upon leaving the studio each day. Drama, starring Christopher Lee and Gia Scala

15:00 1h

Guy Garvey: From the Vaults

S1 · E5 · 1975

The Elbow frontman looks back at 1975

The Elbow frontman looks back at 1975, with appearances on the show Supersonic by Rod Stewart, Status Quo, Roxy Music and ELO, as well as clips of Ace and Dr Feelgood

16:00 1h

Discovering: Leonardo DiCaprio

S16 · E1 · Leonardo DiCaprio

A profile of the Oscar-winning American actor

A profile of the American actor, who rose to fame through his roles in Romeo + Juliet and Titanic, and won a Best Actor Oscar for The Revenant

17:00 1h

Portrait Artist of the Year 2020

S6 · E6 · Ricky Wilson, Adrian Dunbar and Zawe Ashton

The celebrity sitters are Ricky Wilson, Adrian Dunbar and Zawe Ashton

The nine contestants are challenged to paint Kaiser Chiefs frontman Ricky Wilson, Line of Duty star Adrian Dunbar and actress Zawe Ashton. Joan Bakewell and Stephen Mangan present

Tonight's Highlights

18:00 30m

Tales of the Unexpected

S5 · E4 · Run, Rabbit, Run

A writer uncovers an intriguing story

A writer uncovers an intriguing story when he revisits his wartime lodgings. Drama, starring Leslie Caron and James Aubrey

18:30 30m

Tales of the Unexpected

S5 · E5 · Stranger in Town

An eccentric stranger arrives in town

An eccentric stranger arrives in town and bewitches the children with his magic, but he appears to have something else up his sleeve. Drama, starring Derek Jacobi

19:00 30m

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

S5 · E25 · Forty Detectives Later

A husband plans to kill the man who murdered his wife

After locating the killer of his wife, a man hires his 41st detective to set up a meeting so he can kill the male suspect

19:30 30m

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

S5 · E26 · The Hero

A man is sure he has encountered his business partner, who was presumed dead

Richard Musgrave recognises one of the other passengers on his sea voyage as his business partner of many years ago, who was presumed dead.

20:00 1h

Guy Garvey: From the Vaults

S3 · E1 · 1989

Archive performances from 1989

The Elbow frontman returns to introduces more music performances from the TV archives, beginning with a selection from 1989 including the Stone Roses. Inspiral Carpets, Happy Mondays, Sonic Youth, the La's, Ice-T, Inner City and Neneh Cherry. Guy also takes a look at rarely seen footage of college rock favourites They Might Be Giants and 10,000 Maniacs and Black Francis performing an acoustic version of a Pixies classic

21:00 1h

Rik Mayall's Sketches: Rare and Unseen

Rarely seen comic moments from the actor and comedian

A selection of rarely seen comic moments from the actor and comedian, who rose to fame as Kevin Turvey and as Rick in The Young Ones, a show he helped create. Rik Mayall later achieved more widespread fame in Bottom, and The New Statesman

22:00 2h 15m

How the Beatles Changed the World

Discover how four young men from Liverpool transformed the world for ever

Through exclusive interviews and a wealth of rarely seen footage, this film reveals the previously untold story of how four young men from Liverpool transformed the world for ever

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