Sky Arts TV Guide

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

An exhibition charting the evolution of Lewis Carroll's Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, exploring its origins, adaptations and reinventions over the years

Ian Nathan examines Mel Brooks' classic 1968 comedy, which stars Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder as two men who set out to make a Broadway flop

An English National Opera orchestra production of Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera about love, honour and duty, starring Les Dennis

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

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

A woman's gift for her lover's bride-to-be could not be more suitable - or so she thinks

A casino offers Roger Carson an escape from his domineering aunt and he develops a love for both gambling and a pretty hostess called Suzie. But the casino boss has a score to settle with the Carson family. Andrew Ray, Elaine Paige , Elizabeth Spriggs and Martin Benson star

A studio publicist takes advantage of a movie star's death to hype her final film to try to ensure it will be a big hit

A strange little man challenges the McMahon brothers and says that his powers are far greater than their renowned strength

The life and career of the American actress, who rose to fame in Ridley Scott's Alien and was nominated for an Acacdemy Award when she reprised her role in Aliens in 1986

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

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

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

A commissioner of recreation and parks receives three life-threatening letters in one week, complaining about the method by which art is selected for museum display. Later, an unsuccessful artist is believed to be behind bomb threats. However, this proves to be a diversion tactic concealing a novel scheme to steal the artworks. Drama, starring Donnelly Rhodes and Lou Jacobi

The Elbow frontman looks back at 1984, featuring Madonna's first British TV appearance, performances from Sade and the Style Council, and footage from Culture Club's Japanese tour

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

The contestants are challenged to paint poet John Cooper Clarke, TV presenter Fearne Cotton and actress Haydn Gwynne. Joan Bakewell and Stephen Mangan present