Omnibus
Synopsis
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.
Season 31 Episodes
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When southern blues musicians moved north in the years after the war Chicago was an obvious destination, offering day jobs in Industry and …
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A portrait of Boy George. UK telly. Early 90s. Crying Game US release era.
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A hundred years ago Tchaikovsky died suddenly In St Petersburg, within days of conducting the work many consider to be his greatest, the Pa…
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A documentary that visits Brazil, India and Paris to explore the work of photojournalist Sebastião Salgado, who had been working for seven …
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A look behind the scenes of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical version of the classic movie 'Sunset Boulevard'
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Profile of the novelist Vikram Seth, including footage from a family reunion in Delhi.
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