David M. Thompson
Director
Omnibus (1967)
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.
Genres: Biography, Documentary, Music
Keywords: imdb.arts, imdb.one-word-title, imdb.music-documentary, imdb.documentary-series, imdb.reenactment
Network: BBC One
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
Season 1
24 episodes
Season 2
30 episodes
Season 3
35 episodes
Season 4
13 episodes
Season 5
3 episodes
Season 6
2 episodes
Season 7
1 episodes
Season 8
0 episodes
Season 9
0 episodes
Season 10
1 episodes
Season 11
0 episodes
Season 12
1 episodes
Season 13
14 episodes
Season 14
11 episodes
Season 15
16 episodes
Season 16
16 episodes
Season 17
10 episodes
Season 18
11 episodes
Season 19
1 episodes
Season 20
21 episodes
Season 21
0 episodes
Season 22
2 episodes
Season 23
0 episodes
Season 24
0 episodes
Season 25
0 episodes
Season 26
16 episodes
Season 27
0 episodes
Season 28
20 episodes
Season 29
24 episodes
Season 30
16 episodes
Season 31
1 episodes
Season 32
0 episodes
Season 33
1 episodes
Season 34
13 episodes
Season 35
20 episodes
Season 36
15 episodes
Network: BBC One
Runtime: 43080 min.
Episode Runtime: 60 min.
Released: Oct. 13, 1967
Last Air Date: Jan. 28, 1999, midnight
Status: Canceled
Certification: NR