David M. Thompson
Director
Omnibus (1967)
Season 35
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
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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
S35E1 - Jack Rosenthal: Jack the Lad
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June 23, 1997, midnight
S35E2 - Anthony Green Ra - 57 Up
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June 30, 1997, midnight
S35E3 - Dame Henrietta's Dream
Focuses on the Hampstead Garden Suburb set up by Dame Henrietta Barnett to rescue people from East End.
July 7, 1997, midnight
S35E4 - Michael Redgrave - My Father
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July 13, 1997, midnight
S35E5 - Whatever Happened to Clement & LaFrenais?
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July 20, 1997, midnight
S35E6 - East of Eastenders
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July 27, 1997, midnight
S35E7 - Mayibuye I Afrika: Let Africa Come Home
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Aug. 3, 1997, midnight
S35E8 - If: A Film About Rudyard Kipling
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Aug. 10, 1997, midnight
S35E9 - Brit Art at the Royal Academy
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Sept. 14, 1997, midnight
S35E10 - Reeves & Mortimer: The Film
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Sept. 21, 1997, midnight
S35E11 - Sir George Solti: The Making of a Maestro
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Sept. 29, 1997, midnight
S35E12 - Antony Sher
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Oct. 5, 1997, midnight
S35E13 - Oscar
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Oct. 12, 1997, midnight
S35E14 - Salvador Dali: The Fame and the Shame1
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Oct. 20, 1997, midnight
S35E15 - Salvador Dali: The Fame and the Shame1
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Oct. 21, 1997, midnight
S35E16 - Citizen Kay
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Oct. 26, 1997, midnight
S35E17 - Lewis Carroll: Curiouser and Curiouser
Celebrating the centenary of Lewis Carroll.
Jan. 4, 1998, midnight
S35E18 - Pierre Bonnard: A Love Exposed
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Feb. 10, 1998, midnight
S35E19 - Jim Sheridan
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Feb. 22, 1998, midnight
S35E20 - André Previn
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March 1, 1998, midnight
S35E21 - The Pied Piper of Harlem
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March 8, 1998, midnight
S35E22 - Gilbert and Sullivan: Instant Merriment
A look at the Gilbert and Sullivan Festival in Berkeley California, which was conceived by Halifax entrepreneur Ian Smith, who took considerable financial risks on the venture.
March 15, 1998, midnight
S35E23 - Nick Hornby: Man of the Match
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April 21, 1998, midnight
S35E24 - Jeffrey Archer: The Self Made Man
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May 13, 1998, midnight
S35E25 - Stars and Their Pas
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June 21, 1998, 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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