David M. Thompson
Director
Omnibus (1967)
Season 15
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
S15E1 - La Ronde / Frankie Howerd / Great Japan Exhibition
Jan. 10, 1982, midnight
S15E2 - Cats / Holy Blood and The Holy Grail
Jan. 17, 1982, midnight
S15E3 - Alan Ayckbourn / Humphrey Jennings / Labeque Sisters
Jan. 24, 1982, midnight
S15E4 - Bad Apple / James Joyce's Ulysses
Feb. 7, 1982, midnight
S15E5 - Lucie Rie
Feb. 14, 1982, midnight
S15E6 - Paganini / Jonathan Miller / Brian Aldiss
Feb. 21, 1982, midnight
S15E7 - The Cortege / Barbican / Nureyev and Brind
Feb. 28, 1982, midnight
S15E8 - Berlin Requiem / Art and Architecture
March 7, 1982, midnight
S15E9 - Claire Bloom / Masquerade
March 14, 1982, midnight
S15E10 - The Oldest Dance in the World
March 21, 1982, midnight
S15E11 - Academy Awards / Julian Bream
March 28, 1982, midnight
S15E12 - Macbeth RSC / Welsh National Opera
April 4, 1982, midnight
S15E13 - Bernstein - Enigma Variations / Mary Renault
April 18, 1982, midnight
S15E14 - Sir Anton Dolin / Susan Hill
May 2, 1982, midnight
S15E15 - Bob Hoskins - South Bank / Stephen Games / Dame Janet Baker
May 9, 1982, midnight
S15E16 - Maurice Sendak / Dennis Potter - Pennies From Heaven
May 16, 1982, 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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