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 18)
Haydn's Lost Mass/Mr Broadway (Episode 1)
Air date: 1984-06-24
Goodnight Vienna (Episode 2)
Air date: 1984-07-01
A Londoner in New York (Episode 3)
Air date: 1984-07-08
The Sound of Musak/Michael Clark (Episode 4)
Air date: 1984-07-15
Overview: The sound of Muzak, investigates the background music that we always hear but to which we never listen. Featuring Alan Freeman , Neil Innes (with robots), Brian Eno, Joseph Cooper (at the dummy keyboard) and the music critics of the Bristol Babies Forum. Also in this programme, 22 year old British dancer Michael Clark's work that he and his newly-formed company are preparing for their launch in London and the Edinburgh Festival.
Wharfedale Revisited/Squeezing the Frog (Episode 5)
Air date: 1984-07-22
The Westmores of Hollywood (Episode 6)
Air date: 1984-07-29
Episode 7 (Episode 7)
Episode 8 (Episode 8)
Episode 9 (Episode 9)
Episode 10 (Episode 10)
Episode 11 (Episode 11)
