Full Sky Arts listings for Sunday 1 November 2026, with times in London local time.

Sky Arts builds Sunday night around Patrick Swayze

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I Am Patrick Swayze, a two-hour biography at 21:20, is the one reason to keep Sky Arts on after the evening starts. It is the longest programme in primetime by a distance, and a full 120 minutes is the right length for a life story rather than a quick profile. Elsewhere at that hour the choice is Benidorm on That’s TV or A Course Called Ireland on BBC Two, so it has the arts-and-biography corner to itself.

Before it, the channel runs two music-flavoured hours. The Handel Scandal: The Making Of The Messiah opens primetime at 19:00, a 2026 documentary that sits against Strictly Come Dancing on BBC One and BBC Young Musician 2026 on BBC Two. It is the sensible choice for anyone who wants classical music without the sequins. Jerry Lee Lewis and Friends follows at 20:00 for 80 minutes, a straight music slot that goes up against Blue Planet III.

Daytime is a fixture rather than an event. Tales of the Unexpected fills the morning from 08:20, five half-hours back to back. It ran for nine series and 112 episodes on ITV, so there is plenty left in the vault. Late on, Opry Live comes round at 23:20 with Darius Rucker, 49 Winchester and Ashley Cooke, one of the channel’s most frequent returners this week.


Also on TV tonight at 9pm

  • BBC One: This City Is Ours
  • BBC Two: Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
  • ITV1: Adultery
  • Channel 4: New: Bradley Walsh’s Million…
  • Channel 5: Live: NFL on 5
  • BBC Four: Shakespeare: Rise of a Genius
  • ITV2: Big Brother
  • ITV3: Midsomer Murders (from 8pm)
  • ITV4: Under Siege
  • E4: One Born Every Minute

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Frequently asked questions

What’s on Sky Arts tonight?

On Sunday 1 November 2026, Sky Arts shows The Handel Scandal: The Making Of The Messiah at 7pm, Jerry Lee Lewis and Friends at 8pm and I Am Patrick Swayze at 9.20pm.

Is there a film on Sky Arts tonight?

Yes: The Handel Scandal: The Making Of The Messiah (2026) at 7pm.

What’s on Sky Arts late tonight?

After 11pm, Sky Arts has Opry Live at 11.20pm.

What time does Sky Arts’s evening start?

The evening schedule starts with The Handel Scandal: The Making Of The Messiah at 7pm.