David M. Thompson
Director
Omnibus (1967)
Season 23
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 55 min
None+
Genres: Documentary
Keywords: imdb.arts, imdb.one-word-title, imdb.music-documentary, imdb.documentary-series, imdb.reenactment
Production Companies: BBC
Network: BBC One
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S23E1 - George Grosz: Enemy of the State
Dramatized documentary about the life of the painter George Grosz.
May 5, 1987, midnight
S23E2 - Real Dreams
None
May 12, 1987, midnight
S23E3 - James Stirling
None
May 22, 1987, midnight
S23E4 - Michelangelo
None
May 29, 1987, midnight
S23E5 - A US Journey with Isaac Bashevis
None
June 5, 1987, midnight
S23E6 - Aretha Franklin
None
June 12, 1987, midnight
S23E7 - The Big Bang in the Book World
None
June 19, 1987, midnight
S23E8 - George Gershwin Remembered
None
July 10, 1987, midnight
S23E9 - The Hackney Way
None
July 17, 1987, midnight
S23E10 - Eudora Welty
None
July 24, 1987, midnight
BBC One
55 min/ep
39490 min
Oct. 13, 1967
Jan. 28, 1999, midnight
Canceled
NR
Action
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