A United Kingdom subscription channel owned and operated by Sky plc. The channel is dedicated to airing various highbrow arts programs. The channel airs programs related to culture, the arts, ballet, drama, opera and some documentaries. In 2015 as part of a re positioning of the channel and the launch of international versions of the network, the channel (originally known as Sky Arts 1) was renamed to Sky Arts and sister network Sky Arts 2 was closed down. The channel has become home of 'The South Bank Show' which originally aired on ITV.
Popular Sky Arts shows
This Season's Shows
![Portrait Artist of the Year](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/small_portrait/482/1205405.jpg)
Portrait Artist of the Year is hosted by UK TV personalities Joan Bakewell and Frank Skinner; an est…
![Landscape Artist of the Year](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/small_portrait/499/1247632.jpg)
Filmed at picturesque locations around the UK, contestants paint some of the UK's most spectacular s…
![Darbar Festival](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/small_portrait/490/1226926.jpg)
Coverage of this year's Darbar festival, a celebration of Indian music and culture.
![Video Killed the Radio Star](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/small_portrait/483/1208430.jpg)
Discussions on music videos that defined a artist or band.
![Classic Albums](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/small_portrait/47/118606.jpg)
This series looks at the writing and recording of some of the greatest albums of our era. Musicians,…
![Discovering Film](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/small_portrait/482/1206097.jpg)
The story of some of the biggest stars of the silver screen and a look back at their careers in film…
![The South Bank Show](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/small_portrait/483/1208434.jpg)
The South Bank Show is an arts magazine series that has aired on ITV between 1978 and 2010 & Sky…
![The South Bank Show Originals](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/small_portrait/75/189730.jpg)
Sky Arts brings some of the most famous episodes of The South Bank Show back to television with adde…
![The Great Songwriters](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/small_portrait/84/211488.jpg)
Authoritative and entertaining series featuring original portraits of songwriters discussing the cre…
![Isle of Wight Festival](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/small_portrait/524/1310284.jpg)
The Isle of Wight Festival is an annual music festival that showcases some of the biggest music arti…
![Download Festival](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/small_portrait/483/1208442.jpg)
All the best highlights from the Download Festival held at Donington Park, where the biggest rock an…
![The Directors](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/small_portrait/483/1208444.jpg)
A fascinating look at the life and work of some of Hollywood's most iconic filmmakers.
![Comedy Legends](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/small_portrait/483/1208447.jpg)
Barry Cryer pays tribute to the heroes of comedy who he has worked with over his many years in the b…
![Sky Arts Late](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/small_portrait/288/721594.jpg)
Sky Arts Late is a monthly arts and culture show creating a feature-length space for original perspe…
![Guy Garvey: From the Vaults](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/small_portrait/483/1208451.jpg)
The Elbow frontman introduces music performances from the TV archives.
![No image yet, be the one to add it. No image (yet).](https://static.tvmaze.com/images/no-img/no-img-portrait-text.png)
Acclaimed photographer Rankin is inviting everyone with a smartphone or camera to join him in a mass…
![No image yet, be the one to add it. No image (yet).](https://static.tvmaze.com/images/no-img/no-img-portrait-text.png)
World War II and Cinema are inextricably linked. Films were made to boost public morale, and as a hi…
![Boswell & Johnson's Scottish Road Trip](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/small_portrait/483/1208455.jpg)
Frank Skinner and Denise Mina travel through Scotland on boats and horses in a bid to recreate James…
![Sky Arts Book Club Live](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/small_portrait/483/1208458.jpg)
Sky Arts recreates all the joys of a book club as Andi Oliver and Elizabeth Day dive into the latest…
![The Live Revival](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/small_portrait/327/818145.jpg)
Musicians celebrate UK music venues by returning to the stages that launched their careers to give e…
![Download Reloaded](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/small_portrait/483/1208461.jpg)
Highlights of the rock event between 2011 and 2019.
![Unmuted](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/small_portrait/483/1208464.jpg)
Buzzy magazine-style show exploring the best of art trends and cultural events while welcoming hit m…
![Landmark](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/small_portrait/356/891438.jpg)
Gemma Cairney hosts a contest in which artists and local communities join forces to compete for the…
![My Greatest Shot](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/small_portrait/483/1208468.jpg)
Photographers who captured some of the world's most extraordinary images share the stories behind th…
![Life & Rhymes](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/small_portrait/483/1208470.jpg)
A socially-distanced celebration of the spoken word, shining a spotlight on British voices with insp…
![Classic Literature & Cinema](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/small_portrait/483/1208472.jpg)
This series explores the most gripping romance, adventure and crime stories as they are transformed…
![Wordsworth & Coleridge Road Trip with Frank Skinner and Denise Mina](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/small_portrait/483/1208473.jpg)
The comedian and the crime writer follow in the footsteps of Romantic poets William Wordsworth and S…
![Master Crafters: The Next Generation](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/small_portrait/483/1208477.jpg)
Filmed across the UK, Master Crafters: The Next Generation will explore three traditional heritage c…
![The Big Design Challenge](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/small_portrait/483/1208479.jpg)
Lauren Laverne hosts as eight leading creatives battle it out to be crowned Britain's next design su…
![Unlocked: What Does It Mean to Be Free?](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/small_portrait/483/1208481.jpg)
Programmes commemorating Coventry's status as the City of Culture, with artists considering what it…
![Cheltenham Literature Festival](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/small_portrait/483/1208483.jpg)
Highlights from the literary event.
![Reinventing the Orchestra with Charles Hazlewood](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/small_portrait/483/1208485.jpg)
The conductor examines how to bring the orchestra into the 21st century, exploring six aspects of wh…
![Sky Arts from Hay](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/small_portrait/483/1208487.jpg)
Highlights of the literary festival, featuring a range of interviews and conversations with the bigg…
![The Art Mysteries](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/small_portrait/480/1200167.jpg)
Waldemar Januszczak uncovers the secret meanings hidden within some of the world's most famous paint…
![Wonderland: From JM Barrie to JRR Tolkien](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/small_portrait/418/1047005.jpg)
The worlds created by authors of classic children's literature, revealing much about their character…
![Painting Birds with Jim and Nancy Moir](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/small_portrait/510/1276345.jpg)
Painting Birds with Jim and Nancy Moir will follow prolific artist Jim and his wife Nancy as they ex…
![Inside Art](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/small_portrait/422/1057320.jpg)
A look at a unique body of British and Irish art dedicated to self-portraiture, consisting of the ve…
![The Other Art Show](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/small_portrait/483/1208493.jpg)
Cultural magazine show.
![Skinner & Mina's Literary Road Trip: Pope & Swift](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/small_portrait/452/1130035.jpg)
Frank Skinner and Denise Mina follow in the footsteps of Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift, two of t…
![Greatest Albums Live](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/small_portrait/483/1208497.jpg)
Artists perform the albums they believe made them and talk to Jo Whiley about influences, creative p…
![Stories from the National Portrait Gallery](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/small_portrait/483/1208507.jpg)
From Holbein to Hockney, Shakespeare to Stormzy, Stories from the National Portrait Gallery looks at…
![Dickens in Italy with David Harewood](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/small_portrait/493/1233406.jpg)
Actor and writer David Harewood fronts brand new, two-part series, Dickens in Italy with David Harew…
![Battle of the Bagpipes](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/small_portrait/525/1313675.jpg)
Battle of the Bagpipes will lift the lid on piping traditions, culture, and its star players as they…
![Classic Movies: The Story of...](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/small_portrait/483/1208509.jpg)
Classic Movies: The Story of... goes in search of the cinematically sublime. Those films that have t…
![Musical Masterpieces](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/small_portrait/483/1208513.jpg)
Teaming up with leading orchestras from around the UK, Myleene Klass and Errollyn Wallen present br…
![Greatest Guitar Riffs](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/small_portrait/487/1218315.jpg)
Rev up your air guitars, fire up your loudest amps and get ready for new Sky Arts series, Greatest G…
![Record On](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/small_portrait/510/1277245.jpg)
Record On explores the making of ground-breaking albums by some the world's most prominent artists;…
![Wonderland: Gothic](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/small_portrait/485/1214461.jpg)
Wonderland: Gothic combines biography, literary extracts, and interviews with leading academics and…
![Backstage with the London Philharmonic Orchestra](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/small_portrait/508/1270993.jpg)
How does one of the most famous orchestras in the world ready itself for opening night? Gain unrival…
![Johnson & Knopfler's Music Legends](https://static.tvmaze.com/uploads/images/small_portrait/515/1287966.jpg)
Musicians don't come much bigger or more successful than Brian Johnson and Mark Knopfler - lead sing…