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 28)
Malkovich (Episode 1)
Air date: 1990-09-07
Plunder - The Stolen Kanakaria Mosaics (Episode 2)
Air date: 1990-09-14
King of the Blues (Episode 3)
Air date: 1990-09-21
Overview: BBC documentary directed by Iann Potts. Follows BB King's home-coming playing a concert in his home town of Indianola, to Parchman Prison bull ring where he gives a concert to inmates.
Jorge Amado and his Tent of Miracles (Episode 4)
Air date: 1990-09-28
Life of Python (Episode 5)
Air date: 1990-10-05
Building for a New Age - A Romanian Story (Episode 6)
Air date: 1990-10-12
L.B - A Portrait of Leonard Bernstein (Episode 7)
Air date: 1990-10-19
Antoni Tapies (Episode 8)
Air date: 1990-10-26
Garrison Keillor - The Wide Open Page (Episode 9)
Air date: 1990-11-02
The Return of the Green Man (Episode 10)
Air date: 1990-11-11
Tales of Ordinary Murder - Rian Mala in South Africa (Episode 11)
Air date: 1990-11-30
Behind the American Dream (Episode 12)
Air date: 1990-12-07
A Profile of Michael Andrews (Episode 13)
Air date: 1991-01-29
Inside the Russia House (Episode 14)
Air date: 1991-02-19
Sidney Lumet (Episode 15)
Air date: 1991-01-26
Tom Jones - The Voice Made Flesh (Episode 16)
Air date: 1991-03-29
Episode 17 (Episode 17)
Episode 18 (Episode 18)
Episode 19 (Episode 19)
Episode 20 (Episode 20)
