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 35)
Jack Rosenthal: Jack the Lad (Episode 1)
Air date: 1997-06-23
Anthony Green Ra - 57 Up (Episode 2)
Air date: 1997-06-30
Dame Henrietta's Dream (Episode 3)
Air date: 1997-07-07
Overview: Focuses on the Hampstead Garden Suburb set up by Dame Henrietta Barnett to rescue people from East End.
Michael Redgrave - My Father (Episode 4)
Air date: 1997-07-13
Whatever Happened to Clement & LaFrenais? (Episode 5)
Air date: 1997-07-20
East of Eastenders (Episode 6)
Air date: 1997-07-27
Mayibuye I Afrika: Let Africa Come Home (Episode 7)
Air date: 1997-08-03
If: A Film About Rudyard Kipling (Episode 8)
Air date: 1997-08-10
Brit Art at the Royal Academy (Episode 9)
Air date: 1997-09-14
Reeves & Mortimer: The Film (Episode 10)
Air date: 1997-09-21
Sir George Solti: The Making of a Maestro (Episode 11)
Air date: 1997-09-29
Antony Sher (Episode 12)
Air date: 1997-10-05
Oscar (Episode 13)
Air date: 1997-10-12
Salvador Dali: The Fame and the Shame1 (Episode 14)
Air date: 1997-10-20
Salvador Dali: The Fame and the Shame1 (Episode 15)
Air date: 1997-10-21
Citizen Kay (Episode 16)
Air date: 1997-10-26
Lewis Carroll: Curiouser and Curiouser (Episode 17)
Air date: 1998-01-04
Overview: Celebrating the centenary of Lewis Carroll.
Pierre Bonnard: A Love Exposed (Episode 18)
Air date: 1998-02-10
Jim Sheridan (Episode 19)
Air date: 1998-02-22
André Previn (Episode 20)
Air date: 1998-03-01
The Pied Piper of Harlem (Episode 21)
Air date: 1998-03-08
Gilbert and Sullivan: Instant Merriment (Episode 22)
Air date: 1998-03-15
Overview: A look at the Gilbert and Sullivan Festival in Berkeley California, which was conceived by Halifax entrepreneur Ian Smith, who took considerable financial risks on the venture.
Nick Hornby: Man of the Match (Episode 23)
Air date: 1998-04-21
Jeffrey Archer: The Self Made Man (Episode 24)
Air date: 1998-05-13
Stars and Their Pas (Episode 25)
Air date: 1998-06-21
