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 10)
All the Superlatives - Anthony Dowell (Episode 1)
Air date: 1976-10-21
Omnibus USA: Dave Brubeck (Episode 2)
Air date: 1976-10-28
My Homeland (Episode 3)
Air date: 1976-11-03
Art - To a Degree (Episode 4)
Air date: 1976-11-11
Culture - Who Needs It? (Episode 5)
Air date: 1976-11-11
Omnibus USA: Have a Nice Day (Episode 6)
Air date: 1976-11-25
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema (Episode 7)
Writer: Peter Adam
Air date: 1976-12-02
Benjamin Britten (Episode 8)
Air date: 1976-12-05
The First 70 Years Are the Worst-Two Lives in Music (Episode 9)
Air date: 1976-12-09
New York, New York (Episode 10)
Air date: 1976-12-16
Runtime: 49 min
Overview: Various artists and musicians at work, and performing, throughout a day in the SoHo district of New York City.
The Story of Pantomime (Episode 11)
Air date: 1976-12-23
Pleasure at Her Majesty's (Episode 12)
Air date: 1976-12-29
The Song of Mandelay (Episode 13)
Air date: 1977-01-03
A White Wall in Alentejo (Episode 14)
Air date: 1977-01-13
Omnibus USA: Doc, Charlie and the Painters (Episode 15)
Air date: 1977-01-20
Colour Positive - The Poster Man (Episode 16)
Air date: 1977-01-27
Paintings by El Greco (Episode 17)
Air date: 1977-02-03
Paintings by Titian (Episode 18)
Air date: 1977-02-10
Paintings by Velazquez (Episode 19)
Air date: 1977-02-17
Omnibus USA: LA - My Home Town (Episode 20)
Air date: 1977-02-24
Toccata at the Plaza (Episode 21)
Air date: 1977-03-03
Overview: A fun documentary in which Organist Robin Richmond demonstrates the power, and tells the history, of Cinema Organs. The film was shown as part of an Omnibus programme on Nostalgia
Omnibus USA: New York Real, New York Abstract (Episode 22)
Air date: 1977-03-10
Orpheus and His Flute (Episode 23)
Air date: 1977-03-17
Walton No.1 (Episode 24)
Air date: 1977-03-24
Stan Tracey: The Original (Episode 25)
Air date: 1977-03-31
Omnibus USA: Documentary America (Episode 26)
Air date: 1977-04-07
Seeds of a New Life (Episode 27)
Air date: 1977-04-14
The Lindsays/Half a Mile from Stoke (Episode 28)
Air date: 1977-04-21
The Human Face (Episode 29)
Air date: 1977-04-28
Walk to the Moon (Episode 30)
Air date: 1977-05-05
The National Youth Jazz Orchestra -Stan's Band (Episode 31)
Air date: 1977-05-12
Overview: Introduced by Humphrey Burton the Stan Kenton Band perform Jazz classics. Stan Kenton, Shelly Manne and Bud Shank are interviewed.
Italia: Florence After the Flood (Episode 32)
Air date: 1977-05-26
Italia: The Madonna & the Volcano (Episode 33)
Air date: 1977-06-02
Italia: A Line Through the Labrynth (Episode 34)
Air date: 1977-06-09
Victims and Survivors: Whose Colour Is White? (Episode 35)
Air date: 1977-06-23
Conductor's Eye View: Little Train (Episode 36)
Air date: 1977-06-30
Unita- Bach at Tilford (Episode 37)
Air date: 1977-07-07
The Santa Fe Opera (Episode 38)
Air date: 1977-07-14
