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 - Doris Lessing: A Part of Me
Release Date: 1994-10-18 -
Episode 2 - Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder
Release Date: 1994-10-25 -
Episode 3 - About Face
Release Date: 1994-11-01 -
Episode 4 - The Trials of Dominick Dunne
Release Date: 1994-11-08 -
Episode 5 - Pink Floyd: The Story
Release Date: 1994-11-15 -
Episode 6 - Henri Cartier-Bresson
Release Date: 1994-11-22 -
Episode 7 - Stevenson's Travels (1)
Release Date: 1994-11-29 -
Episode 8 - Stevenson's Travels (2)
Release Date: 1994-12-06 -
Episode 9 - The Gentle Art of Making Enemies
Release Date: 1994-12-13 -
Episode 10 - The Greatest Living Painter
Release Date: 1995-02-21 -
Episode 11 - Carnival: The Biggest Party in the World
Release Date: 1994-02-28 -
Episode 12 - Joshua Bell
Release Date: 1994-03-07 -
Episode 13 - Ready When You Are, Mr Patel
Release Date: 1994-03-14 -
Episode 14 - Darker Than Blue: Curtis Mayfield
Release Date: 1994-03-21 -
Episode 15 - Jean Renoir: From La Belle Epoque to World War I (1)
Release Date: 1994-04-04 -
Episode 16 - Jean Renoir Hollywood and Beyond (2)
Release Date: 1994-04-11 -
Episode 17 - Perry and Croft: The Sitcoms
Release Date: 1994-04-18 -
Episode 18 - Divas
Release Date: 1994-04-25 -
Episode 19 - Ginger Rogers: A Tribute
Release Date: 1994-04-30 -
Episode 20 - Dave Stewart: Greetings From The Gutter
Release Date: 1994-05-02