George Melly featured recently as one of Sky Arts’ most invigorating of guest curators for their popular Friday Night Hijack series. As a tribute to the late jazz and blues singer, who passed on earlier this month, the channel will be airing his favourite shows (interspersed with his commentary) again tonight, starting at 8pm.

The shows picked by George Melly are:

Cinema Dali – a revealing documentary film on Salvador Dali’s little-known film works.
Distant Voices, Still Lives – an autobiographical and elegiac meditation on the childhood of the post-war working class.
Literary Classics: Lord of the Flies – an informative look at William Golding’s hugely popular novel.
The Secret Policeman’s Ball – the first major incarnation of the legendary charity comedy-fest, including greats such as John Cleese, Peter Cook and Michael Palin.