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.
- First aired:
- 1967-10-13
- Country:
- GB
- Network:
- BBC One
Episodes
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1. Malkovich
1990-09-07
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2. Plunder - The Stolen Kanakaria Mosaics
1990-09-14
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3. King of the Blues
1990-09-21
BBC documentary directed by Iann Potts. Follows BB King's home-coming playing a concert in his home town of Indianola, to Parchman Prison bull ring where he gives a concert to inmates.
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4. Jorge Amado and his Tent of Miracles
1990-09-28
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5. Life of Python
1990-10-05
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6. Building for a New Age - A Romanian Story
1990-10-12
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7. L.B - A Portrait of Leonard Bernstein
1990-10-19
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8. Antoni Tapies
1990-10-26
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9. Garrison Keillor - The Wide Open Page
1990-11-02
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10. The Return of the Green Man
1990-11-11
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11. Tales of Ordinary Murder - Rian Mala in South Africa
1990-11-30
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12. Behind the American Dream
1990-12-07
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13. A Profile of Michael Andrews
1991-01-29
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14. Inside the Russia House
1991-02-19
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15. Sidney Lumet
1991-01-26
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16. Tom Jones - The Voice Made Flesh
1991-03-29
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17. Episode 17
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18. Episode 18
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19. Episode 19
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20. Episode 20
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