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 18 Episodes

EP 1

Haydn's Lost Mass/Mr Broadway

EP 2

Goodnight Vienna

EP 3

A Londoner in New York

EP 4

The Sound of Musak/Michael Clark

The sound of Muzak, investigates the background music that we always hear but to which we never listen. Featuring Alan Freeman , Neil Innes…

EP 5

Wharfedale Revisited/Squeezing the Frog

EP 6

The Westmores of Hollywood

EP 7

Episode 7

EP 8

Episode 8

EP 9

Episode 9

EP 10

Episode 10

EP 11

Episode 11