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.
Omnibus (Season 1)
Everybody's Expo (Episode 1)
Air date: 1967-10-13
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: The first edition of a regular weekly programme about the creative world of art and artists. Introduced by Henry Livings. Tonight: Everybody's Expo - An account of a world event.
Suliotis Sings (Episode 2)
Air date: 1967-10-20
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: The British debut of a new world opera star—at the age of twenty-four.
Beethoven Symphony No. 3, in E flat (Eroica) (Episode 3)
Air date: 1967-11-03
Overview: The first of three performances of Beethoven symphonies conducted by Colin Davis. BBC Symphony Orchestra Leader, Trevor Williams Part of a public concert in the Royal Festival Hall, London.
Tyger, Tyger (Episode 4)
Air date: 1967-11-10
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: An enquiry into the power of a familiar poem. Introduced by Henry Livings. "Tyger tyger burning bright In the forests of the night What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry" Why does this poem by William Blake 1757-1827 stick in the mind, and seize the imagination of so many different people?
Benjamin Britten and His Festival (Episode 5)
Air date: 1967-11-22
East of Bedlam (Episode 6)
Air date: 1967-12-08
Jacqueline (Episode 7)
Air date: 1967-12-15
The World of Coppard (Episode 8)
Air date: 1967-12-15
Dante's Inferno (Episode 9)
Air date: 1967-12-22
Diaghilev: The Years Abroad (1) (Episode 10)
Air date: 1967-12-28
Diaghilev: The Years in Exile (2) (Episode 11)
Air date: 1968-01-09
Edith Evans: A Birthday Tribute (Episode 12)
Air date: 1968-01-16
Top Brass (Episode 13)
Air date: 1968-01-23
Abelard and Heloise (Episode 14)
Air date: 1968-01-30
The Exile (Episode 15)
Air date: 1968-02-06
Tommy (Episode 16)
Air date: 1968-03-26
God's Tunes (Episode 17)
Air date: 1968-04-02
China and the Barbarians (Episode 18)
Air date: 1968-04-23
Whistle and I'll Come to You (Episode 19) 6.0
Writer: Jonathan Miller
Air date: 1968-05-07
My Name Is Benvenuto Cellini (Episode 20)
Air date: 1968-05-21
The Charm of Dynamite! (Episode 21)
Air date: 1968-05-28
Corporal Jan (Episode 22)
Air date: 1968-06-18
The Ken Russell Festival (1) (Episode 23)
Air date: 1968-06-25
The Ken Russell Festival (2) (Episode 24)
Air date: 1968-07-02
