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 - Iris Murdoch: Strange Love
Release Date: 2002-01-23 -
Episode 2 - Mario Testino: Diana’s Favourite Photographer
Release Date: 2002-01-30 -
Episode 3 - Robert Altman In England
Release Date: 2002-02-02 -
Episode 4 - Sir Nigel Hawthorne Remembered
Release Date: 2002-02-03 -
Episode 5 - Dan Cruickshank and The Lost Treasure of Kabul
Release Date: 2002-05-04 -
Episode 6 - Matisse: Paradise Found (1)
Release Date: 2002-05-18 -
Episode 7 - Matisse: Paradise Indulged (1)
Release Date: 2002-05-18 -
Episode 8 - Murder in the Forest
Release Date: 2002-06-01 -
Episode 9 - Who Killed Caravaggio?
Release Date: 2002-06-08 -
Episode 10 - Spotlights and Saris: The Making of Bombay Dreams
Release Date: 2002-06-18 -
Episode 11 - Anthony Hopkins: A Taste for Hannibal
Release Date: 2002-07-03 -
Episode 12 - Les Miserables Goes to China
Release Date: 2002-10-23 -
Episode 13 - Patricia Cornwell: Stalking the Ripper
Release Date: 2002-10-31 -
Episode 14 - Lord Byron: Exile On Fame Street
Release Date: 2002-11-06 -
Episode 15 - Annie Proulx: Way Out West
Release Date: 2003-01-08