Artsworld

The series exploring sources of inspiration for great artists visits the village of Auvers-sur-Oise, whose church is immortalised in a painting by Van Gogh

The sculpture ‘Rameses II’ - normally housed in the Louvre - is replaced in its original context in order to get a better understanding of its cultural significance and a greater certainty of its true subject

Semyon Bychkov conducts the West German Radio Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Mahler’s grandiose symphonic song cycle. Soloists are Waltraud Meier and Torsten Kerl

Profile of Maria Callas, one of the operatic greats of the 20th century. Featuring extensive interviews and a selection of Callas’s greatest performances

Documentary about gumboot dancing, which originated in the gold mines of South Africa during apartheid, focusing on the Rishile Dancers in Soweto

Art expert Tim Marlow presents a series about the lives, loves and passions of Impressionist artists. In this programme, he looks at the work of troubled genius Van Gogh, who sold only one painting throughout his life but now commands record-breaking prices

The innovative designer of vacuum cleaners talks about the art that has influenced his work

Film version of the extraordinarily successful West End theatre production which sprints through all 37 Shakespeare plays and 154 sonnets in just 90 minutes

Sir Neville Marriner and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields perform classical favourites in the grounds of Longleat House. The programme includes extracts from Grieg’s Holberg Suite, Handel’s Berenice, Pachelbel’s Canon, Mozart’s Divertimenti for Strings and Bach’s Air on a G String

A lively performance from the Rishile Gumboot Dancers of Soweto

Art expert Tim Marlow presents a series about the lives, loves and passions of Impressionist artists. In this programme, he looks at the work of Claude Monet, a radical whose masterpiece, ‘Lilies’, epitomises the Impressionist style