David M. Thompson
Director
Omnibus (1967)
Season 16
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
S16E1 - Milan
Oct. 10, 1982, midnight
S16E2 - Poppy - Monty Norman / John Sell Cotman
Oct. 17, 1982, midnight
S16E3 - Apocalypse: Enrico Baj / Pas De Deux / Forss
Oct. 24, 1982, midnight
S16E4 - Freya Stark in Italy
Oct. 31, 1982, midnight
S16E5 - Photography / John Morley
Nov. 14, 1982, midnight
S16E6 - The Folies Bergeres / Van Dyck in England
Nov. 21, 1982, midnight
S16E7 - Raymond Mason in Paris / Pekinel Sisters
Nov. 28, 1982, midnight
S16E8 - Wayne Sleep - Dash / Richard Payne Knight / Count Panza
Dec. 5, 1982, midnight
S16E9 - Gardens / Ligeti
Dec. 12, 1982, midnight
S16E10 - Peter Pan RSC
Jan. 16, 1983, midnight
S16E11 - Cecile Ousset
Jan. 23, 1983, midnight
S16E12 - Jonathan Miller - Magic Flute / Steven Berkoff
Jan. 30, 1983, midnight
S16E13 - Raymond Briggs and The Bomb / Sutton Place
Feb. 6, 1983, midnight
S16E14 - Richard Long
Feb. 27, 1983, midnight
S16E15 - Patrick Heron
March 13, 1983, midnight
S16E16 - Celibidache and Faure's Requiem
April 3, 1983, 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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