Omnibus (1967)
Omnibus was an arts-based BBC television documentary series, broadcast mainly on BBC1 in the United Kingdom. The programme was the successor to the long-running arts-based series 'Monitor'. It ran from 1967 until 2003, usually being transmitted on Sunday evenings. During its 35-year history, the programme won 12 Bafta awards. Among the series' best remembered documentaries are Cracked Actor, a profile of David Bowie, and Rene Magritte, a graduate film by David Wheatley, 'Madonna: Behind the American dream', a film produced by Nadia Hagger, and a profile of the British film director Ridley Scott. For a season in 1982, the series was in a magazine format presented by Barry Norman. The series was replaced by 'Imagine' hosted by Alan Yentob.
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Episode 1 - Everybody's Expo
Release Date: 1967-10-13The first edition of a regular weekly programme about the creative world of art and artists. Introduced by Henry Livings. Tonight: Everybody's Expo - An account of a world event.
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Episode 2 - Suliotis Sings
Release Date: 1967-10-20The British debut of a new world opera star—at the age of twenty-four.
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Episode 3 - Beethoven Symphony No. 3, in E flat (Eroica)
Release Date: 1967-11-03The first of three performances of Beethoven symphonies conducted by Colin Davis. BBC Symphony Orchestra Leader, Trevor Williams Part of a public concert in the Royal Festival Hall, London.
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Episode 4 - Tyger, Tyger
Release Date: 1967-11-10An enquiry into the power of a familiar poem. Introduced by Henry Livings. "Tyger tyger burning bright In the forests of the night What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry" Why does this poem by William Blake 1757-1827 stick in the mind, and seize the imagination of so many different people?
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Episode 5 - Benjamin Britten and His Festival
Release Date: 1967-11-22 -
Episode 6 - East of Bedlam
Release Date: 1967-12-08 -
Episode 7 - Jacqueline
Release Date: 1967-12-15 -
Episode 8 - The World of Coppard
Release Date: 1967-12-15 -
Episode 9 - Dante's Inferno
Release Date: 1967-12-22 -
Episode 10 - Diaghilev: The Years Abroad (1)
Release Date: 1967-12-28 -
Episode 11 - Diaghilev: The Years in Exile (2)
Release Date: 1968-01-09 -
Episode 12 - Edith Evans: A Birthday Tribute
Release Date: 1968-01-16 -
Episode 13 - Top Brass
Release Date: 1968-01-23 -
Episode 14 - Abelard and Heloise
Release Date: 1968-01-30 -
Episode 15 - The Exile
Release Date: 1968-02-06 -
Episode 16 - Tommy
Release Date: 1968-03-26 -
Episode 17 - God's Tunes
Release Date: 1968-04-02 -
Episode 18 - China and the Barbarians
Release Date: 1968-04-23 -
Episode 19 - Whistle and I'll Come to You
Release Date: 1968-05-07 -
Episode 20 - My Name Is Benvenuto Cellini
Release Date: 1968-05-21 -
Episode 21 - The Charm of Dynamite!
Release Date: 1968-05-28 -
Episode 22 - Corporal Jan
Release Date: 1968-06-18 -
Episode 23 - The Ken Russell Festival (1)
Release Date: 1968-06-25 -
Episode 24 - The Ken Russell Festival (2)
Release Date: 1968-07-02