Artsworld

Series profiling some of the world’s supreme artists. This edition focuses on Michelangelo, the Florentine sculptor, painter, architect, designer and poet, one of the greatest figures of the Renaissance

Short film about the rise and fall of a young gangster with a supernatural gift

A variety of distinguished classical artists, including Renee Fleming and Alison Krauss, join Yo-Yo Ma in the recording studio to perform on his festive album, Songs of Joy and Peace

Stark adaptation of Flaubert’s classic novel. Emma lives in the country with her father, but cherishes thoughts of wealth and passion. The arrival of the charming Dr Bovary offers an escape and the two are soon married, but Emma grows tired of her husband and sets out on a tragic course in search of excitement

The series on Scandinavian music continues with a performance of Estonian composer Arvo Part’s ‘Te Deum’. Tonn Kalyinste conducts the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra

A look at the buildings shortlisted for the Royal Fine Arts Commission’s Building of the Year Award

Mark Morris’s colourful and bold reworking of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker. The choreographer gives the ballet a 1960s suburban spin, with sleek pop art designs by American cartoonist Charles Burns

Omar Sharif narrates a documentary about the life of female singer Umm Kulthum, an Egyptian icon whose music still outsells all other Arabic female singers

The story of the reclamation of a disused fire station in London’s East End and its conversion into living accommodation and artists’ studios. Featured artists include Marty St James, Barbara Tyrrell, Paul Burwell, Kirsten Reynolds, Lindsay Seers and John Riddy

Paul Grabowsky and Jaslyn Hall present the series exploring all aspects of music from the musician’s point of view. This edition features fretted instruments