Artsworld

Series following the work of creative artists. This edition features the vibrantly coloured abstract paintings of Albert Irvin, with the artist discussing his ‘overnight success’

Series of interviews conducted by Clive James in his own apartment. This edition features Egyptian author Ahdaf Soueif, a long-time observer of the cultural and political world from an Islamic viewpoint

Mariss Jansons conducts the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra’s summer concert from the city’s open-air venue. The programme includes overtures by Suppe, Smetana and Johann Strauss II, rhapsodies by Enescu and Liszt, and dances by Brahms and Dvorak

Documentary featuring 16mm home movie footage taken by Sir John Mills during his film career from 1946 onwards, including colour coverage of such classics as ‘Dunkirk’ and ‘Ice Cold in Alex’, as well as candid footage of his co-stars. Featuring interviews with members of Sir John’s family and Sir Richard Attenborough

A low-budget film-noir classic about a man at the mercy of forces beyond his control, whose only objective is to hitchhike to Los Angeles to join his fiancee. But his luck turns sour when a driver who has picked him up, complaining about a female attacker, ends up dead. The hitchhiker fears being blamed, dumps the body and drives off towards Reno, inadvertently picking up the same woman hitchhiker as his dead host

Series profiling some of the world’s supreme artists. This edition focuses on Anthony van Dyck, the master of the baroque portrait who became court painter to Charles I

Tony Palmer’s highly original film about a highly original composer, narrated by John Gielgud and Ronald Pickup and based on Hindemith’s symphonic suite Mathis der Maler

Timothy West plays the title role in a dramatised biography of the celebrated British conductor Sir Thomas Beecham

Profile of one of the most important American artists of the 20th century. Robert Rauschenberg’s zest for experimentation and risk-taking manifests itself in his approach to painting, sculpture, performance and photography. The programme features interviews with the artist and watches him working on a new piece, Party Crasher

Series in which young people are given advice by some of the most distinguished figures working in the theatre. Choreographer Matthew Bourne talks to an audience at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket

Thomas Grimm directs three new modern dance pieces by Nacho Duato, director of the Compania Nacional de Danza de Espana