Sky Arts TV Guide — Friday, 5 June 2026

Documentary reflecting on the actor's legacy, addressing questions such as his self-belief, alcoholism, relationships with women, belief in socialism and selective embrace of Irishness. Featuring interviews with Anthony Hopkins, Derek Jacobi and Stephen Fry

A look at the collection of artist and collector Cecil French, offering a unique window into the world the Pre-Raphaelites

A look at two portraits side by side for the first time in the shape of Pablo Picasso's Woman with a Book and Madame Moitessier by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

The couple make their way to Co Antrim in search of the puffin. Along the way, they meet experts, and create works with local artists and actor Stephen Mangan

A production of the opera in the composer's home town of Salzburg , following Tamino and Papageno as they embark on a quest led by love, loyalty and a magical instrument

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

A wealthy yet lonely man dreams of conducting an orchestra, and his fantasies seem set to be realised with the help of a talented female musician he meets while buying a piano. Drama, starring Jack Weston and Anna Massey

A well-dressed old man sells his umbrella claiming he needs money for the fare home - but then spends it in a pub. John Mills and Michael Gambon star

A newspaper reporter interviews a man who quite seriously declares himself to be from Mars Steve McQueen and Arthur Hill star

A man seeks revenge on a bank clerk who once stole some money from him

The life and career of the American actor, who shot to fame in Grease and Saturday Night Fever and made a comeback with his Oscar-nominated role in Pulp Fiction

Documentary exploring gothic art and culture and its themes of darkness, emotion, romance, mystery and menace, with examples from literature, film, art, architecture and performance. The first part looks at how it became the persistent voice of a counterculture, resisting and questioning rationality, authority and social and cultural institution

A girl who is followed by a stranger seeks shelter with a kindly woman, but her troubles are far from over. Alfred Burke and Stephanie Cole star

A woman learns her husband has killed off his three previous wives - forcing her to outwit him or become his next victim. Robert Lang and Elizabeth Spriggs star

A chronic gambler and bigamist starts to run out of money just as his wealthy wives start turning up dead. Police suspect that he is responsible for murder, but lack of evidence force them to rule each death a suicide. The real murderer, however, is Brown's first wife Marion, who jealously wants to keep her husband all to herself. She threatens him that if he strays again, she will commit suicide and arrange for him to be charged for her murder and those of his other wives. Short drama, starring Teresa Wright

Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson, Adrian Smith, Steve Harris, Dave Murray and Clive Burr reflect on the production of their 1982 album The Number of the Beast, and discuss how they became reviled in certain quarters for their supposedly Satanist leanings

A profile of the American star of stage and screen, whose films include Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Producers, WarGames, Glory , The Cable Guy, Godzilla and Election

Stephen Mangan and Joan Bakewell host the second episode of the painting challenge. Nine contestants paint celebrity sitters David Gandy, Anne Reid and Ashley Walters, before the judges decide who to send through to the next round of the competition