Charles Hazlewood introduces the live television premiere of Nicholas Maw's opera, based on the novel by William Styron, conducted by Simon Rattle and directed by Trevor Nunn.
Austrian mezzo-soprano Angelika Kirchschlager is making her debut at London's Covent Garden as Sophie Zawistowska, a Holocaust survivor living in post-war New York and tormented by her memories of Auschwitz and the terrible decision she was forced to make while a captive of the Nazis.
Also starring Canadian tenor Gordon Gietz and American bass-baritone Rodney Gilfry. Subsequent programmes may run late or change
Stephen Fry stars in the title role of this 1997 biographical drama by director Brian Gilbert. Wit, writer and public figure Oscar Wilde is tormented by the strain of his false marriage and his love for another man, the rich and spoilt Lord Alfred "Bosie" Douglas, played by Jude Law.
A roundup of the past year's events. Shown last Friday on BBC2.
