David M. Thompson
Director
Omnibus (1967)
Season 26
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
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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
S26E1 - Korea - A House Divided
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Sept. 23, 1988, midnight
S26E2 - Sir Fred- a Celilbration
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Sept. 30, 1988, midnight
S26E3 - Gwen: A Juliet Remembered
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Oct. 7, 1988, midnight
S26E4 - Eisenstein: Little Boy from Riga
A study of the life and work of the Russian film director and theorist Sergei Eisenstein.
Oct. 14, 1988, midnight
S26E5 - Harold Pinter
Anna Ford speak to Harold Pinter about how life experience had politicized his work.
Oct. 21, 1988, midnight
S26E6 - Charles: A Vision of Britain
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Oct. 28, 1988, midnight
S26E7 - Caryl Churchill
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Nov. 4, 1988, midnight
S26E8 - Paul Simon
Paul Simon is interviewed by Mark Steyn a couple of years after he released his Graceland album. In response to Steyn's thoughtful questions, Simon reflects on his music, his songwriting and his influences.
Nov. 11, 1988, midnight
S26E9 - Episode 9
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S26E10 - Episode 10
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S26E11 - Episode 11
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S26E12 - Episode 12
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S26E13 - Episode 13
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S26E14 - Episode 14
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S26E15 - Episode 15
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S26E16 - Episode 16
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BBC One
55 min/ep
39490 min
Oct. 13, 1967
Jan. 28, 1999, midnight
Canceled
NR
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