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 25)
Irving Berlin - The Voice of the City (Episode 1)
Air date: 1988-05-06
A Poisoned Chalice? (Episode 2)
Air date: 1988-05-13
Lucien Freud (Episode 3)
Air date: 1988-05-20
Memories of a Musical Dog (Episode 4)
Air date: 1988-05-27
Overview: A celebration of a century of recording history as seen through the eyes of Nipper the 'His Master's Voice' dog for ever seen listening to a gramophone horn in the world famous trademark. In the programme there are extracts from nearly 100 recordings.
The Cinema of Satyajit Ray (Episode 5)
Air date: 1988-06-03
My Homeland (Episode 6)
Air date: 1988-06-10
Pablo Picasso: The Last Years (Episode 7)
Air date: 1988-06-17
From Bitter Earth - Artists of the Holocaust (Episode 8)
Air date: 1988-07-08
Songs from the Life of Leonard Cohen (Episode 9)
Air date: 1988-07-15
Whale Nation (Episode 10)
Air date: 1988-07-22
