David M. Thompson
Director
Omnibus (1967)
Season 1
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.
Released Oct. 13, 1967
Episode 60 min
None+
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
S1E1 - Everybody's Expo
The first edition of a regular weekly programme about the creative world of art and artists.
Introduced by Henry Livings.
Tonight: Everybody's Expo - An account of a world event.
Oct. 13, 1967, midnight
S1E2 - Suliotis Sings
The British debut of a new world opera star—at the age of twenty-four.
Oct. 20, 1967, midnight
S1E3 - Beethoven Symphony No. 3, in E flat (Eroica)
The first of three performances of Beethoven symphonies conducted by Colin Davis. BBC Symphony Orchestra Leader, Trevor Williams Part of a public concert in the Royal Festival Hall, London.
Nov. 3, 1967, midnight
S1E4 - Tyger, Tyger
An enquiry into the power of a familiar poem. Introduced by Henry Livings. "Tyger tyger burning bright In the forests of the night What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry" Why does this poem by William Blake 1757-1827 stick in the mind, and seize the imagination of so many different people?
Nov. 10, 1967, midnight
S1E5 - Benjamin Britten and His Festival
Nov. 22, 1967, midnight
S1E6 - East of Bedlam
Dec. 8, 1967, midnight
S1E7 - Jacqueline
Dec. 15, 1967, midnight
S1E8 - The World of Coppard
Dec. 15, 1967, midnight
S1E9 - Dante's Inferno
Dec. 22, 1967, midnight
S1E10 - Diaghilev: The Years Abroad (1)
Dec. 28, 1967, midnight
S1E11 - Diaghilev: The Years in Exile (2)
Jan. 9, 1968, midnight
S1E12 - Edith Evans: A Birthday Tribute
Jan. 16, 1968, midnight
S1E13 - Top Brass
Jan. 23, 1968, midnight
S1E14 - Abelard and Heloise
Jan. 30, 1968, midnight
S1E15 - The Exile
Feb. 6, 1968, midnight
S1E16 - Tommy
March 26, 1968, midnight
S1E17 - God's Tunes
April 2, 1968, midnight
S1E18 - China and the Barbarians
April 23, 1968, midnight
S1E19 - Whistle and I'll Come to You
May 7, 1968, midnight
S1E20 - My Name Is Benvenuto Cellini
May 21, 1968, midnight
S1E21 - The Charm of Dynamite!
May 28, 1968, midnight
S1E22 - Corporal Jan
June 18, 1968, midnight
S1E23 - The Ken Russell Festival (1)
June 25, 1968, midnight
S1E24 - The Ken Russell Festival (2)
July 2, 1968, midnight
Network: BBC One
Episode Runtime: 60 min.
Season Runtime: 43080 min.
Released: Oct. 13, 1967
Last Air Date: Jan. 28, 1999, midnight
Status: Canceled
Certification: NR
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