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 9 Episodes
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A celebration of the novelist, who was born 200 years ago.
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An Arts Documentary about the Composer Gyorgy Ligeti whose music became popular after having been used in Kubrick's 2001
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Dancer, choreographer, director and father of the 'new' American musical of the 1940s. He talks to Gavin Millar about his early life, the s…
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An account of the events that led up to the American War of Independence from Britain, filmed in the locations where they took place.
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