David M. Thompson
Director
Omnibus (1967)
Season 33
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
S33E12 - Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook
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Dec. 19, 1995, midnight
S33E1 - Brian Wilson: I Just Wasn't Made for These Times
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Sept. 3, 1995, midnight
S33E3 - Listen, Paula...
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Sept. 18, 1995, midnight
S33E4 - Enigma: The Making of a Hardback Hero
Robert Harris's Fatherland was a publishing phenomenon, the most successful first novel by a British author in 20 years. Now he's writing his 2nd novel, Enigma, which looks like being the publishing event of the year. Can he do it? Is he a one-hit wonder or a hardback hero?
Sept. 25, 1995, midnight
S33E6 - Gore Vidal's Gore Vidal Part 1
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Oct. 9, 1995, midnight
S33E7 - Gore Vidal's Gore Vidal Part 2
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Oct. 16, 1995, midnight
S33E10 - A Foundation Course in Art
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Nov. 11, 1995, midnight
S33E13 - Paul Verhoeven: From Holland to Hollywood
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Jan. 8, 1996, midnight
S33E17 - A Day on the Mountain
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Feb. 5, 1996, midnight
S33E19 - Written on Water: A Film About Budapest
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April 22, 1996, midnight
S33E21 - Eve Arnold in Retrospect
Documentary about a pioneering American photojournalist Eve Arnold.
May 13, 1996, midnight
S33E22 - Degas: The Old Man Mad About Art
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May 20, 1996, midnight
BBC One
55 min/ep
39490 min
Oct. 13, 1967
Jan. 28, 1999, midnight
Canceled
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