Sky Arts HD
Irlande
Sky Arts HD is a television channel available in Ireland that focuses on the visual and performing arts. Its programming typically includes documentaries on artists and musicians, coverage of theatre productions, and broadcasts of concerts and dance performances. The channel also airs content related to literature, architecture, and design, often featuring interviews with creative professionals. As a dedicated arts channel, its schedule is built around cultural and creative subjects rather than general entertainment or news. Viewers in Ireland can access the channel through satellite subscription services, where it is positioned as a specialist option for those interested in arts and culture programming.
Programme
00:20 - 01:20
Art's Most
Art's Most Erotic
Fine Arts, Documentary
Award-winning art critic Waldemar Januszczak explores Japan to India to find the most explicit art ever made and to ask why art has always been so interested in sex.
01:20 - 02:20
The Nineties
Can We All Get Along?
Documentary, History
A look at the 90s social issues, including the Clarence Thomas and Anita Hill hearings, racially-fuelled events like Al Sharpton and the Crown Heights riots, Rodney King and the LA riots, and OJ Simpson's murder trial.
02:20 - 03:20
Discovering Film
John Malkovich
Documentary, Biography
A glimpse into the life of Academy Award-nominated star John Malkovich, whose extensive portfolio of work includes starring roles in 'Places in the Heart' and 'In the Line of Fire'.
03:20 - 04:45
John Malkovich: Just Call Me God
Drama, Documentary
This musical drama stars John Malkovich as a crazed dictator on his last legs who delivers a powerful monologue accompanied by the music of Bach, Franck, Widor, Messiaen and Ligeti.
04:45 - 05:10
Boys
Drama
In an East London concrete jungle, two best friends embark on a risky mission and a journey into manhood as they seek to fulfil a request made by one of their brothers from prison.
05:10 - 06:05
The Art of the Garden
Tom Stuart-Smith, Hepworth Wakefield Gallery Garden
Home & Garden
The award-winning Tom Stuart-Smith is a garden extraordinaire, but his latest task for The Hepworth Wakefield art museum in West Yorkshire could pose the greatest challenge for the designer.
06:05 - 07:00
Painting Birds with Jim and Nancy Moir
Ireland: Little Tern
Fine Arts, Comedy
Jim and Nancy are crossing the Irish Sea as they head to Ireland to create beautiful art while they search for the little tern, which lives up to its name as the smallest of its species in the country.
07:00 - 09:05
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Ballet
John Neumeier's A Midsummer Night's Dream weaves tangled love, jealousy and magic as fairies, mortals and rustics collide in a dreamlike world.
09:05 - 09:35
The Joy of Painting with Bob Ross
Golden Knoll
Education, DIY
Bob creates a monochromatic scene with a grassy meadow and leafless trees surrounding a cottage.
09:35 - 10:05
The Joy of Painting with Bob Ross
Mountain Reflection
Education, DIY
Bob Ross paints a lake hideaway landscape with an icy mountain serving as the towering backdrop.
10:05 - 10:35
Tales of the Unexpected
The Memory Man
Anthology, Thriller
Penniless and in danger of losing his beautiful girlfriend, an ace memory man tries to exploit his one asset by helping a dubious character recall a station locker number.
10:35 - 11:05
Tales of the Unexpected
A Sad Loss
Anthology, Thriller
On the brink of bankruptcy, Claire desperately needs her rich aunt's inheritance to save the luxury hotel she runs with her lover. She is prepared to go to any lengths necessary in order to get it.
11:05 - 11:35
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
De Mortuis
Drama Series, Anthology
Two friends unknowingly tell a middle-aged professor (Robert Emhardt) about his wife's (Cara Williams) reputation.
11:35 - 12:05
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Kill With Kindness
Drama Series, Anthology
A brother and sister (Hume Cronyn, Carmen Mathews) scheme to defraud an insurance company. With James Gleason.
12:05 - 13:00
Discovering Film
Maggie Smith
Documentary, Biography
A look at the life of Academy Award-winning actor Maggie Smith, whose extensive portfolio of work includes the 'Harry Potter' franchise, 'Sister Act', 'Gosford Park', and 'A Room with a View'.
13:00 - 14:00
Classic Albums
Duran Duran: Rio
Music, Documentary
A look at the making of Duran Duran's 'Rio', an optimistic, celebratory, and uniquely visual album that catapulted the band to global success against the turbulent backdrop of Thatcher's Britain - a time of riots, unemployment, and the Falklands War. The programme tells the...
14:00 - 14:30
Tales of the Unexpected
Clerical Error
Anthology, Thriller
A man has an unpleasant shock when he learns that his recently deceased father owed large sums of money to booksellers specialising in salacious volumes, and he resolves to save his mother from further distress.
14:30 - 15:00
Tales of the Unexpected
Heir Presumptuous
Anthology, Thriller
George Devon is murdered and one of his nephews is seen fleeing the scene. The problem is Devon's nephews are identical twins. Local Sheriff Milt Singleton has to work out a means of telling them apart and nailing the killer.
15:00 - 16:00
Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Ten Minutes From Now
Drama Series, Anthology
An unsuccessful artist (Donnelly Rhodes) accused of bomb threats devises a scheme to steal artworks.
16:00 - 17:00
The Prince's Master Crafters: The Next Generation
Woodcarving
Reality, Fine Arts
With each of the students pursuing different crafts, the first masterclass delivered by Sarah Goss, who asks the craftspeople to create a carving inspired by William Morris and the arts and crafts movement.
17:00 - 18:00
Discovering Film
Ben Kingsley
Documentary, Biography
A look at the life and career of Academy Award-winning actor Ben Kingsley, whose extensive film work has seen him star in 'Gandhi', 'Schindler's List', and 'Shutter Island'.
18:00 - 19:00
Portrait Artist of the Year
Melvin Odoom, Max Beesley, Emily Atack
Fine Arts, Competition reality
The Battersea Arts Centre in London sees nine artists creating portraits of radio DJ and television presenter Melvin Odoom, actor and musician Max Beesley, and actress and comedian Emily Atack.
19:00 - 19:30
Tales of the Unexpected
Down Among the Sheltering Palms
Anthology, Thriller
Gerry T Armstrong is on holiday in England, revisiting some of the places he saw when he was a young GI. During his travels, Gerry finds the old dance hall is now a tawdry nightclub, but he still wants to find a girl he met there during the war.
19:30 - 20:00
Tales of the Unexpected
The Vorpal Blade
Drama Series, Anthology
Elderly Teuton Von Baden tells his colleague Winterluck a tale from his youth when he was a student in Heidelberg over 50 years ago. A fellow student was a bully but a fine swordsman who one day challenged another youth to a fight.
20:00 - 20:30
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
None Are So Blind
Drama Series, Anthology
A man (Hurd Hatfield) assumes another identity to kill his aunt (Mildred Dunnock) but forgets one important detail.
20:30 - 21:00
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Toby
Drama Series, Anthology
A lonely man is overjoyed when he is contacted by his long-lost sweetheart, but he soon becomes suspicious when she arrives with a baby whom she claims is the orphaned child of her sister.
21:00 - 22:00
Dickens: Phantoms and Fiction
Documentary, History
Actor readings, archive footage, and immersive visuals explore the haunting worlds of Charles Dickens' supernatural tales, which capitalised on the popularity of ghostly stories during the Victorian era.
22:00 - 23:15
Kate Winslet: A Quest for Authenticity
Documentary, Biography
Crowned an international star at just 22 years old thanks to Titanic, the biggest success in the history of cinema at the time, Kate Winslet charts her own path by choosing complex female roles that go against the cliché of the young heroine.
23:15 - 00:35
James Dean: The Emotional Man
Documentary
Dying at just 24, James Dean remains the ultimate icon. By embracing his flaws, doubts, and fragility, he transformed traditional masculinity and forged himself into an enduring anti-hero.