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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Episodes
- 1 1. Malkovich1990-09-07
- 2 2. Plunder - The Stolen Kanakaria Mosaics1990-09-14
- 3 3. King of the Blues1990-09-21BBC 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 inma
- 4 4. Jorge Amado and his Tent of Miracles1990-09-28
- 5 5. Life of Python1990-10-05
- 6 6. Building for a New Age - A Romanian Story1990-10-12
- 7 7. L.B - A Portrait of Leonard Bernstein1990-10-19
- 8 8. Antoni Tapies1990-10-26
- 9 9. Garrison Keillor - The Wide Open Page1990-11-02
- 10 10. The Return of the Green Man1990-11-11
- 11 11. Tales of Ordinary Murder - Rian Mala in South Africa1990-11-30
- 12 12. Behind the American Dream1990-12-07
- 13 13. A Profile of Michael Andrews1991-01-29
- 14 14. Inside the Russia House1991-02-19
- 15 15. Sidney Lumet1991-01-26
- 16 16. Tom Jones - The Voice Made Flesh1991-03-29
- 17 17. Episode 17
- 18 18. Episode 18
- 19 19. Episode 19
- 20 20. Episode 20
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