BBC to air Sunday night performances

The BBC will air new plays, concerts and book readings on Sunday nights as part of a programming shift.

Sunday Night Performances on BBC Four will "cement its status as the home of performance", the broadcaster says.

A Welsh comedy from Theatr Clywd, Nitin Sawhney's piece for Coventry City of Culture, and performances from the Royal Shakespeare Company and Shakespeare's Globe are among the programmes scheduled from April.

An eight-part series for BBC Two and iPlayer, The Art That Made Us, will explore significant UK artworks in partnership with a nationwide "festival".

Museums, galleries, libraries and archives will hold events inspired by the objects as their stories are told on television next month.