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 26)
Korea - A House Divided (Episode 1)
Air date: 1988-09-23
Sir Fred- a Celilbration (Episode 2)
Air date: 1988-09-30
Gwen: A Juliet Remembered (Episode 3)
Air date: 1988-10-07
Eisenstein: Little Boy from Riga (Episode 4)
Air date: 1988-10-14
Overview: A study of the life and work of the Russian film director and theorist Sergei Eisenstein.
Harold Pinter (Episode 5)
Air date: 1988-10-21
Overview: Anna Ford speak to Harold Pinter about how life experience had politicized his work.
Charles: A Vision of Britain (Episode 6)
Air date: 1988-10-28
Caryl Churchill (Episode 7)
Air date: 1988-11-04
Paul Simon (Episode 8)
Air date: 1988-11-11
Overview: Paul Simon is interviewed by Mark Steyn a couple of years after he released his Graceland album. In response to Steyn's thoughtful questions, Simon reflects on his music, his songwriting and his influences.
Episode 9 (Episode 9)
Episode 10 (Episode 10)
Episode 11 (Episode 11)
Episode 12 (Episode 12)
Episode 13 (Episode 13)
Episode 14 (Episode 14)
Episode 15 (Episode 15)
Episode 16 (Episode 16)
