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. La Stupenda - A Retrospective of Dam
1991-07-11
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2. The Proms/Pictures at an Exhibition
1991-08-30
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3. Peter Greenaway
1991-09-13
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4. Pablo Casals: Song of the Birds
1991-09-20
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5. Don Delillo/The Word, the Image, the Gun
1991-09-27
About the American novelist Don Delillo who is obsessed by violent images and what they can do to the soul of a 20th century culture like his, is dazzlingly, nay blindingly, assembled.
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6. Torvill & Dean: Bladerunners
1991-10-04
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7. Malcolm Arnold at 70
1991-10-11
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8. Martha Gellhorn
1991-10-18
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9. Against Pornography: The Feminism of Andrea Dworkin
1991-10-25
Radical feminist Andrea Dworkin's expose on the pornography industry.
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10. Irek Mukhamedov
1991-10-11
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11. Eric Hebborn: Portrait of a Master Forger
1991-11-08
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12. Ulster Says Ho Ho Ho
1991-11-15
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13. Joseph Cornel: Worlds in a Box
1991-11-29
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14. Shakespeare: A Year with the RSC
1991-12-06
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15. The Prince of Paisley Park
1991-12-12
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16. Benny Hill: Clown Imperial
1991-12-20
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17. Signs of the City
1992-01-21
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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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21. Episode 21
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22. Episode 22
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23. Episode 23
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24. Episode 24
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