David M. Thompson
Director
Omnibus (1967)
Season 5
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
S5E1 - The Proms 71
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Aug. 29, 1971, midnight
S5E2 - Happy Birthday Dear Albert
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Sept. 12, 1971, midnight
S5E3 - Glenda Jackson: A Private Face in a Public Place
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Oct. 19, 1971, midnight
S5E4 - The Young Platform
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Sept. 26, 1971, midnight
S5E5 - David Lean
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Oct. 3, 1971, midnight
S5E6 - There Was an Old Person Called Lear...
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Oct. 10, 1971, midnight
S5E7 - Paul Klee: Heart of Creation
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Oct. 17, 1971, midnight
S5E8 - Rap Her Te Bank
An exploration of industrial Folksong in Britain from the birth of the Industrial Revolution through to contemporary events affecting us all.It was filmed in Folk Clubs across Britain.
Oct. 24, 1971, midnight
S5E9 - Mind You I Live Here: Stan Barstow
A portrait of Yorkshire writer and author Stan Barstow; includes contributions from his friends.
Oct. 31, 1971, midnight
S5E10 - Will the real Mr Hogarth....
A personal appraisal of the caricaturist William Hogarth.
Oct. 31, 1971, midnight
S5E11 - Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
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Nov. 14, 1971, midnight
S5E12 - Vive La Culture!
A tour of the arts,dance and theatre of Amiens, a town that makes car tyres.
Nov. 28, 1971, midnight
S5E13 - Instant Nostalgia
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Dec. 5, 1971, midnight
S5E14 - Humphrey Bogart
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Dec. 27, 1971, midnight
S5E15 - Paradise Restored
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Jan. 2, 1972, midnight
S5E16 - A Modern Turn of Mind
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Jan. 30, 1972, midnight
S5E17 - Sir John Barbirolli: Glorious John
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Feb. 6, 1972, midnight
S5E18 - Bruno Walter: The Face of Music
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Feb. 13, 1972, midnight
S5E19 - Rise Above It: Tyrone Guthrie
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Feb. 20, 1972, midnight
S5E20 - Man at the Met: Sir Rudolf Bing
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Feb. 27, 1972, midnight
S5E21 - The Fall of Venice
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March 19, 1972, midnight
S5E22 - Actor, I Said
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April 9, 1972, midnight
S5E23 - The Great American Dream Machine
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April 16, 1972, midnight
S5E24 - Leningrad Reborn
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April 30, 1972, midnight
S5E25 - Born Black Born British
Young West Indians give an impression of their life in this country through their paintings, music, and writing.
June 11, 1972, midnight
S5E26 - A Dignified Comic Set-to: Groucho Marx
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July 2, 1972, midnight
S5E27 - The Man Behind the Mask: Marcel Marceau
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July 23, 1972, midnight
BBC One
55 min/ep
39490 min
Oct. 13, 1967
Jan. 28, 1999, midnight
Canceled
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