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Omnibus

TV Show 1967 7.2/10 784 episodes
Documentary

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.

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Season 6 Episodes

Episode 1 EP 1
Leeds International Piano Competition
Episode 2 EP 2
The Last Samurai
Episode 3 EP 3
The Wit & World of George Bernard Shaw

Christopher Plummer invites the audience into the world of great playwright, George Bernard Shaw, at his home with fellow actors and an act…

Episode 4 EP 4
Vincent the Dutchman
Episode 5 EP 5
Who Needs a Conductor?
Episode 6 EP 6
The Performers-Goya
Episode 7 EP 7
Artists in Wartime
Episode 8 EP 8
Great Orchestras: The Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Episode 9 EP 9
Ned Kelly Country: The Paintings of Sidney Nolan

A journey across Australia through the paintings of Sidney Nolan. Earlier this year Sidney Nolan revisited the country where he was born. …

Episode 10 EP 10
Max Beerbohm Remembers
Episode 11 EP 11
Judy: Impressions of Garland

Memories of Judy Garland, from people who knew and worked with her.

Episode 12 EP 12
The Savage Image
Episode 13 EP 13
Why Culture?
Episode 14 EP 14
But the People Are Beautiful: Andy Warhol
Episode 15 EP 15
Fools Rush In: Morecambe and Wise

This film for Omnibus follows the two weeks of rehearsal that led up to the recording of a Morecambe and Wise Show that aired on 16 Februar…

Episode 16 EP 16
The Name Grierson: The Word Documentary
Episode 17 EP 17
Master of the Cello
Episode 18 EP 18
It Must Be Something in the Water
Episode 19 EP 19
Sir Noel Coward
Episode 20 EP 20
Colette 1873-1954: A Window in the War
Episode 21 EP 21
That's My Little Masterpiece
Episode 22 EP 22
The Passing of the Year

An Omnibus calendar of tribal England. This film traces how the passing of the seasons is still celebrated with folk song, dance and-ritual…

Episode 23 EP 23
British Jazz
Episode 24 EP 24
Leonardo-To Know How to See
Episode 25 EP 25
Ginger Baker in Africa

The former Cream drummer travels to Nigeria to build a recording studio.

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