David M. Thompson
Director
Omnibus (1967)
Season 29
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
S29E1 - Yes, Sir Nigel
Sept. 3, 1995, midnight
S29E2 - One Prom Short of A Season
Sept. 11, 1995, midnight
S29E3 - Listen, Paula...
Sept. 18, 1995, midnight
S29E4 - Enigma: The Making of A Hardback Hero
Sept. 25, 1995, midnight
S29E5 - Artist Unknown
Oct. 2, 1995, midnight
S29E6 - Gore Vidal's Gore Vidal (1)
Oct. 9, 1995, midnight
S29E7 - Gore Vidal's Gore Vidal (2)
Oct. 16, 1995, midnight
S29E8 - Presumption: The Life of Jane Austen
Oct. 23, 1995, midnight
S29E9 - The Last Journey of John Keats
Oct. 30, 1995, midnight
S29E10 - A Foundation Course In Art
Nov. 6, 1995, midnight
S29E11 - Norman Foster
Nov. 13, 1995, midnight
S29E12 - Ennio Morricone: A Man and His Music
Nov. 30, 1995, midnight
S29E13 - Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook
Dec. 19, 1995, midnight
S29E14 - Roald Dahl's Little Red Riding Hood
Jan. 1, 1996, midnight
S29E15 - Paul Verhoeven: From Holland to Hollywood
Jan. 8, 1996, midnight
S29E16 - Through Many Dangers: The Story of Gospel Music
Jan. 15, 1996, midnight
S29E17 - Ploughboy of the Western World
Jan. 22, 1996, midnight
S29E18 - Theft of the Century
Jan. 23, 1996, midnight
S29E19 - A Day on the Mountain
Feb. 5, 1996, midnight
S29E20 - Spike
April 15, 1996, midnight
S29E21 - Written on Water: A Film About Budapest
April 22, 1996, midnight
S29E22 - What A Relief!: Ten Years of Comic Relief
April 29, 1996, midnight
S29E23 - Eve Arnold in Retrospect
May 13, 1996, midnight
S29E24 - Degas: The Old Man Mad About Art
May 20, 1996, 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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