Omnibus
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From 1967 to 2003
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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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Season 1Season 124 episodes
- S01E01Everybody's Expo1967-10-13✓
- S01E02Suliotis Sings1967-10-20
- S01E03Beethoven Symphony No. 3, in E flat (Eroica)1967-11-03
- S01E04Tyger, Tyger1967-11-10
- S01E05Benjamin Britten and His Festival1967-11-22
- S01E06East of Bedlam1967-12-08
- S01E07Jacqueline1967-12-15
- S01E08The World of Coppard1967-12-15
- S01E09Dante's Inferno1967-12-22
- S01E10Diaghilev: The Years Abroad (1)1967-12-28
- S01E11Diaghilev: The Years in Exile (2)1968-01-09
- S01E12Edith Evans: A Birthday Tribute1968-01-16
- S01E13Top Brass1968-01-23
- S01E14Abelard and Heloise1968-01-30
- S01E15The Exile1968-02-06
- S01E16Tommy1968-03-26
- S01E17God's Tunes1968-04-02
- S01E18China and the Barbarians1968-04-23
- S01E19Whistle and I'll Come to You 3.01968-05-07
- S01E20My Name Is Benvenuto Cellini1968-05-21
- S01E21The Charm of Dynamite!1968-05-28
- S01E22Corporal Jan1968-06-18
- S01E23The Ken Russell Festival (1)1968-06-25
- S01E24The Ken Russell Festival (2)1968-07-02
Season 230 episodes
- S02E01Song of Summer1968-09-15
- S02E02J.B. Priestley1968-09-22
- S02E03Olympia 19361968-09-29
- S02E04Blow The Wind Southerly1968-10-06
- S02E05All My Loving1968-11-03
- S02E06Rossini: The Long Farewell1968-11-10
- S02E07The Hunted Man1968-11-17
- S02E08Paul Gauguin: Quest For Silence1968-11-24
Season 335 episodes
- S03E01Omnibus at the Proms1969-08-03
- S03E02Omnibus at the Proms: Sir Adrian Boult1969-08-17
- S03E03Sir Henry Wood1969-09-07
- S03E04J.B. Priestley1969-09-14
- S03E05George Robey1969-09-28
- S03E06Beautiful Beautiful1969-10-05
- S03E07Sir Malcolm Sargent1969-10-12
- S03E08What the Hell Ever Happens in Marlborough?1969-10-19
Season 431 episodes
- S04E01Omnibus at the Proms1970-08-23
- S04E02Ustinov's Expo1970-09-13
- S04E03Heart of Britain1970-09-20
- S04E04Art Therapy-Shapes in the Wilderness1970-09-27
- S04E05Everything in the Garden 11970-10-11
- S04E06Everything in the Garden 21970-10-18
- S04E07It'll Be All Live on the Night1970-11-01
- S04E08Robert Shaw: The Actor as Novelist1970-11-15
Season 527 episodes
- S05E01The Proms 711971-08-29
- S05E02Happy Birthday Dear Albert1971-09-12
- S05E03Glenda Jackson: A Private Face in a Public Place1971-10-19
- S05E04The Young Platform1971-09-26
- S05E05David Lean1971-10-03
- S05E06There Was an Old Person Called Lear...1971-10-10
- S05E07Paul Klee: Heart of Creation1971-10-17
- S05E08Rap Her Te Bank1971-10-24
Season 625 episodes
- S06E01Leeds International Piano Competition1972-09-17
- S06E02The Last Samurai1972-09-24
- S06E03The Wit & World of George Bernard Shaw1972-10-01
- S06E04Vincent the Dutchman1972-10-15
- S06E05Who Needs a Conductor?1972-10-22
- S06E06The Performers-Goya1972-10-29
- S06E07Artists in Wartime1972-11-12
- S06E08Great Orchestras: The Chicago Symphony Orchestra1972-11-19
Season 736 episodes
- S07E01The Proms 11973-07-29
- S07E02The Proms 21973-08-05
- S07E03The Proms 31973-08-12
- S07E04The Proms 31973-08-26
- S07E05The Proms1973-09-02
- S07E06A Question of Feeling1973-09-09
- S07E07André Previn-The Other LSO1973-09-16
- S07E08The Sydney Opera House1973-09-23
- S07E09
Season 826 episodes
- S08E01Tommy Steele: My Life, My Song1974-10-08
- S08E02The Goldwyn Touch1974-10-20
- S08E03Joseph Conrad1974-10-27
- S08E04Music from the Flames1974-11-10
- S08E05The O De Cologne Show1974-11-17
- S08E06The Jean Rhys Woman1974-11-24
- S08E07Oscar Peterson & André Previn1974-12-01
- S08E08Find Me1974-12-08
Season 934 episodes
- S09E01Exton, Stoppard and Co at the Eleventh Hour1975-09-21
- S09E02The Great Orchestras: The Boston Symphony1975-09-28
- S09E03Big Ware1975-10-05
- S09E04Anatomies: Images in the Work of John Donne1975-10-12
- S09E05Honore De Balzac: Torrents of the Mind1975-10-19
- S09E06Thomas Mann: The Fight Against Death1975-10-26
- S09E07Shafts of Sunlight1975-11-02
- S09E08The Friendly Invasion: 2 from Jazz to Swing1975-11-23
Season 1038 episodes
- S10E01All the Superlatives - Anthony Dowell1976-10-21
- S10E02Omnibus USA: Dave Brubeck1976-10-28
- S10E03My Homeland1976-11-03
- S10E04Art - To a Degree1976-11-11
- S10E05Culture - Who Needs It?1976-11-11
- S10E06Omnibus USA: Have a Nice Day1976-11-25
- S10E07Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema1976-12-02
- S10E08Benjamin Britten1976-12-05
Season 1116 episodes
- S11E01Music of a Thousand Autumns1977-10-13
- S11E02The Nat Gonella Story1977-10-20
- S11E03Big Band Jazz1977-10-27
- S11E04Pure Radio1977-11-03
- S11E05A Day in the Garden/A Piano's Story1977-11-10
- S11E06The Garden Beyond1977-11-17
- S11E07Poetry1977-11-24
- S11E08For Love or Money 11977-12-01
Season 1226 episodes
- S12E01The Art Show of Ed Kienholz1978-08-02
- S12E02The People's Park: Disco Delight or What a Way to End It All1978-08-09
- S12E03Leos Janacek: 1854-19281978-08-16
- S12E04The Pilgrimage of Ti-Jean1978-08-30
- S12E05The Record Machine1978-10-12
- S12E06Living Room1978-10-19
- S12E07Paul Gauguin: The Savage and the Construction of Paradise1978-10-26
- S12E08Fear and Loathing in Gonzovision1978-11-02
Season 1314 episodes
- S13E01Schalcken the Painter1979-12-23
- S13E02Ray Bradbury: The Illustrated Man1980-01-15
- S13E03Johnny Be Good1980-01-29
- S13E04Blue Moon1980-02-05
- S13E05Tuning In1980-02-26
- S13E06Parting Shots From Animals1980-03-04
- S13E07Graham Sutherland: The Artist On Film1980-03-11
- S13E08Hollywood's Wild Angel1980-03-18
Season 1414 episodes
- S14E01Judy Chicago's Dinner Party1981-01-13
- S14E02But The Client Loved It...1981-01-20
- S14E03When The Dancing Had to Stop1981-01-27
- S14E04The First Freedom1981-02-03
- S14E05The Story of G...1981-02-10
- S14E06Dallas The Big Store1981-02-24
- S14E07Punch & Judy1981-03-03
- S14E08Stevie Wonder: Innervisions1981-03-17
Season 1517 episodes
- S15E01La Ronde / Frankie Howerd / Great Japan Exhibition1982-01-10
- S15E02Cats / Holy Blood and The Holy Grail1982-01-17
- S15E03Alan Ayckbourn / Humphrey Jennings / Labeque Sisters1982-01-24
- S15E04Sir Anton Dolin / Susan Hill1982-01-31
- S15E05Bad Apple / James Joyce's Ulysses1982-02-07
- S15E06Lucie Rie1982-02-14
- S15E07Paganini / Jonathan Miller / Brian Aldiss1982-02-21
- S15E08The Cortege / Barbican / Nureyev and Brind
Season 1623 episodes
- S16E01Milan1982-10-10
- S16E02Poppy - Monty Norman / John Sell Cotman1982-10-17
- S16E03Apocalypse: Enrico Baj / Pas De Deux / Forss1982-10-24
- S16E04Freya Stark in Italy1982-10-31
- S16E05Brits on Broadway: The American Dance Machine1982-11-07
- S16E06Photography / John Morley1982-11-14
- S16E07The Folies Bergeres / Van Dyck in England1982-11-21
- S16E08Raymond Mason in Paris / Pekinel Sisters1982-11-28
Season 1710 episodes
- S17E01Franco Zeffirelli1983-10-16
- S17E02Roger Daltrey/The Taste Exhibition1983-10-23
- S17E03The Old Vic1983-10-30
- S17E04War Artists1983-11-06
- S17E05Jean Seberg1983-11-13
- S17E06Dimitris Sgouros/Eileen Agar1983-11-20
- S17E07The Genius of Venice1983-11-27
- S17E08Martin Bloch/Philip Core1983-12-11
Season 1811 episodes
- S18E01Haydn's Lost Mass/Mr Broadway1984-06-24
- S18E02Goodnight Vienna1984-07-01
- S18E03A Londoner in New York1984-07-08
- S18E04The Sound of Musak/Michael Clark1984-07-15
- S18E05Wharfedale Revisited/Squeezing the Frog1984-07-22
- S18E06The Westmores of Hollywood1984-07-29
- S18E07Episode 7TBA
- S18E08Episode 8TBA
Season 1910 episodes
- S19E01The Quest for Reginald Goodall1984-09-16
- S19E02Wells and His Women1984-09-23
- S19E03The Bristol Showboat Saga1984-09-30
- S19E04The Face of Christ1984-10-07
- S19E05Tuscany Revisited1984-10-14
- S19E06Pennington on Chekov1984-10-21
- S19E07Lord Gowrie/The Dance Umbrella1984-10-28
- S19E08New Art1984-11-04
Season 2021 episodes
- S20E01From East Cheam to Earls Court1985-04-26
- S20E02Malcolm Morley: The Outsider1985-05-03
- S20E03Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story1985-05-10
- S20E04The Battle for Mansion House Square1985-05-17
- S20E05The Ritz and the Cotton Club1985-05-24
- S20E06Klemperer1985-05-31
- S20E07Studs Terkel's Chicago1985-06-07
- S20E08Saga on the South Bank1985-06-14
Season 217 episodes
- S21E01Huw Wheldon by His Friends1986-04-11
- S21E02Lawrence and Arabia1986-04-18
- S21E03Comic Relief1986-04-25
- S21E04Made in Ealing1986-05-02
- S21E05Video Jukebox1986-05-09
- S21E06Alice Walker & the Color Purple1986-05-16
- S21E07The Last Moguls1986-05-23
Season 2211 episodes
- S22E01The Proms -11986-08-08
- S22E03The Bolshoi Ballet1986-08-28
- S22E04Jessye Norman1986-09-12
- S22E05Meetings with Ambler1986-09-19
- S22E06Hitchcock: Its Only A Movie1986-09-26
- S22E07Hitchcock: Sex, Murder and Mayhem1986-10-03
- S22E08Courtney Pine and the New Jazz1986-10-10
- S22E09The Mission1986-10-17
Season 2310 episodes
- S23E01George Grosz: Enemy of the State1987-05-05
- S23E02Real Dreams1987-05-12
- S23E03James Stirling1987-05-22
- S23E04Michelangelo1987-05-29
- S23E05A US Journey with Isaac Bashevis1987-06-05
- S23E06Aretha Franklin1987-06-12
- S23E07The Big Bang in the Book World1987-06-19
- S23E08George Gershwin Remembered1987-07-10
Season 247 episodes
- S24E01Getting to Dylan1987-09-19
- S24E02Towards Antara1987-09-25
- S24E03Omnibus: 20th Anniversary Show1987-10-02
- S24E04The Arts & Glasnost: Cinema1987-10-09
- S24E05The Arts & Glasnost: Artists1987-10-16
- S24E06The Arts & Glasnost: Writers1987-10-23
- S24E07Arthur Miller1987-10-30
Season 2510 episodes
- S25E01Irving Berlin - The Voice of the City1988-05-06
- S25E02A Poisoned Chalice?1988-05-13
- S25E03Lucien Freud1988-05-20
- S25E04Memories of a Musical Dog1988-05-27
- S25E05The Cinema of Satyajit Ray1988-06-03
- S25E06My Homeland1988-06-10
- S25E07Pablo Picasso: The Last Years1988-06-17
- S25E08From Bitter Earth - Artists of the Holocaust1988-07-08
Season 2616 episodes
- S26E01Korea - A House Divided1988-09-23
- S26E02Sir Fred- a Celilbration1988-09-30
- S26E03Gwen: A Juliet Remembered1988-10-07
- S26E04Eisenstein: Little Boy from Riga1988-10-14
- S26E05Harold Pinter1988-10-21
- S26E06Charles: A Vision of Britain1988-10-28
- S26E07Caryl Churchill1988-11-04
- S26E08Paul Simon1988-11-11
Season 2718 episodes
- S27E01Tribute to Laurence Olivier1989-07-14
- S27E02Jessye Norman Sings Carmen1989-07-21
- S27E03A Second Chance1989-09-08
- S27E04Rape - That's Entertainment?1989-09-15
- S27E05Raymond Carver1989-09-22
- S27E06Butterfly1989-09-29
- S27E07Art in the Ring1989-10-06
- S27E08Art in the Third Reich- Power1989-10-13
Season 2820 episodes
- S28E01Malkovich1990-09-07
- S28E02Plunder - The Stolen Kanakaria Mosaics1990-09-14
- S28E03King of the Blues1990-09-21
- S28E04Jorge Amado and his Tent of Miracles1990-09-28
- S28E05Life of Python1990-10-05
- S28E06Building for a New Age - A Romanian Story1990-10-12
- S28E07L.B - A Portrait of Leonard Bernstein1990-10-19
- S28E08Antoni Tapies1990-10-26
Season 2924 episodes
- S29E01La Stupenda - A Retrospective of Dam1991-07-11
- S29E02The Proms/Pictures at an Exhibition1991-08-30
- S29E03Peter Greenaway1991-09-13
- S29E04Pablo Casals: Song of the Birds1991-09-20
- S29E05Don Delillo/The Word, the Image, the Gun1991-09-27
- S29E06Torvill & Dean: Bladerunners1991-10-04
- S29E07Malcolm Arnold at 701991-10-11
- S29E08Martha Gellhorn1991-10-18
Season 3016 episodes
- S30E01Barcelona with Robert Hughes1992-07-16
- S30E02Angela Carter's Curious Room1992-09-15
- S30E03Disney: The Fairy-Tale Years1992-09-22
- S30E04The Piero Trail1992-09-29
- S30E05Lost Paradise -The Gardens of Burlemarx1992-10-06
- S30E06Eye of the Storm: Ridley Scott1992-10-13
- S30E07Who's This Nobody from Quebec?1992-10-20
- S30E08Avigdor Arikha1992-10-27
Season 3126 episodes
- S31E01Wild Swans1993-09-28
- S31E02Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One1993-10-05
- S31E03Nina Simone -The Legend1993-10-12
- S31E04Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part Two1993-10-12
- S31E05Sweet Home Chicago1993-10-19
- S31E06Houdini1993-10-26
- S31E07The Magic Lantern1993-11-02
- S31E08The Russian Striptease1993-11-09
Season 3220 episodes
- S32E01The Gentle Art of Making Enemies1994-10-11
- S32E02Doris Lessing: A Part of Me1994-10-18
- S32E03Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder1994-10-25
- S32E04About Face1994-11-01
- S32E05The Trials of Dominick Dunne1994-11-08
- S32E06Pink Floyd: The Story1994-11-15
- S32E07Henri Cartier-Bresson: Question for a Question1994-11-22
- S32E08Stevenson's Travels 11994-11-29
Season 3312 episodes
- S33E01Brian Wilson: I Just Wasn't Made for These Times1995-09-03
- S33E03Listen, Paula...1995-09-18
- S33E04Enigma: The Making of a Hardback Hero1995-09-25
- S33E06Gore Vidal's Gore Vidal Part 11995-10-09
- S33E07Gore Vidal's Gore Vidal Part 21995-10-16
- S33E10A Foundation Course in Art1995-11-11
- S33E12Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook1995-12-19
- S33E13Paul Verhoeven: From Holland to Hollywood1996-01-08
Season 3413 episodes
- S34E01The Royal Court Diaries1996-11-05
- S34E02Dancing Through Darkness1997-01-14
- S34E03The Wanderer1997-01-22
- S34E04Sir Walter Scott: Wizard of the North1997-02-10
- S34E05Balthus the Painter1997-03-02
- S34E06Stars and their Mas1997-03-09
- S34E07Milos Forman1997-03-16
- S34E08George Lucas - Flying Solo1997-03-23
Season 3525 episodes
- S35E01Jack Rosenthal: Jack the Lad1997-06-23
- S35E02Anthony Green Ra - 57 Up1997-06-30
- S35E03Dame Henrietta's Dream1997-07-07
- S35E04Michael Redgrave - My Father1997-07-13
- S35E05Whatever Happened to Clement & LaFrenais?1997-07-20
- S35E06East of Eastenders1997-07-27
- S35E07Mayibuye I Afrika: Let Africa Come Home1997-08-03
- S35E08If: A Film About Rudyard Kipling1997-08-10
Season 3615 episodes
- S36E01The Art of Diana1998-08-30
- S36E02Alan McGee: The Man Who Discovered Oasis1998-09-14
- S36E03Zizi je t'aime1998-09-21
- S36E04Cat People1998-09-28
- S36E05Darcey Bussell1998-10-05
- S36E06Billy Fury: Halfway to Paradise1998-10-12
- S36E07The Whirl of Vanity Fair1998-11-25
- S36E08Julie Andrews1998-12-15
Season 379 episodes
- S37E01Laughter in the House-The Sitcom 11999-03-24
- S37E02Laughter in the House-The Sitcom 21999-03-31
- S37E03Laughter in the House-The Sitcom 31999-04-07
- S37E04Louis Armstrong's Wonderful World1999-05-10
- S37E05Chopin with Andras Schiff1999-05-17
- S37E06Dino1999-05-24
- S37E07Our Julie1999-06-06
- S37E08Rebuilding the Reichstag1999-06-07
Season 3817 episodes
- S38E01Van Dyck Undressed1999-09-13
- S38E02Roddy Doyle: Ha Ha Ha1999-09-20
- S38E03Steve Martin: Seriously Funny1999-09-27
- S38E04Blondie: Beneath the Bleach1999-10-04
- S38E05Yes, Sir Nigel1999-10-15
- S38E06Who the Dickens Is Mrs Gaskell?1999-11-29
- S38E07Stephen King: Shining in the Dark1999-12-06
- S38E08Jennifer Saunders at the Barre1999-12-13
Season 3914 episodes
- S39E01William Blake2000-11-06
- S39E02John Barry: Licence to Thrill2000-11-13
- S39E03Dame Alicia Markova: The People's Ballerina2000-11-20
- S39E04Kingsley Amis2000-11-27
- S39E05Dudley Moore: After the Laughter2000-12-04
- S39E06Nancy Mitford2001-02-07
- S39E07Placido Domingo: The King Of Opera2001-02-17
- S39E08Fascinatin' Rhythm: The History of Tap2001-02-24
Season 4015 episodes
- S40E01Douglas Adams: The Man Who Blew Up the World2001-08-04
- S40E02David Hockney: A Secret Knowledge2001-10-13
- S40E03Empire of the Nude2001-10-27
- S40E04Joan Plowright: When Larry Met Joan2001-11-03
- S40E05The 'Billy Elliot' Boy2001-11-06
- S40E06Frank Auerbach2001-11-10
- S40E07Anthony Trollope2001-11-13
- S40E08Chuck Jones: Mr Bugs Bunny2001-11-17
Season 417 episodes
- S41E01Dan Cruickshank and the Lost Treasure of Kabul2002-05-04
- S41E02Matisse: Paradise Found2002-05-11
- S41E03Matisse: Paradise Indulged2002-05-18
- S41E04Edna O'Brien: Murder in the Forest2002-06-01
- S41E05Who Killed Caravaggio?2002-06-08
- S41E06Spotlights & Saris: Making Bombay Dreams2002-06-18
- S41E07Anthony Hopkins: A Taste for Hannibal2002-07-03
Season 424 episodes
- S42E01Les Miserables Goes to China2002-10-23
- S42E02Patricia Cornwell: Stalking the Ripper2002-10-30
- S42E03Lord Byron: Exile on Fame Street2002-11-06
- S42E04Annie Proulx: Way Out West2003-01-08