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 4)
Omnibus at the Proms (Episode 1)
Air date: 1970-08-23
Ustinov's Expo (Episode 2)
Air date: 1970-09-13
Heart of Britain (Episode 3)
Air date: 1970-09-20
Overview: An examination of the life and work of Humphrey Jennings, scholar, writer painter but, above all, filmmaker.
Art Therapy-Shapes in the Wilderness (Episode 4)
Air date: 1970-09-27
Everything in the Garden 1 (Episode 5)
Air date: 1970-10-11
Overview: The first part of this special documentary film traces the tempestuous history of the Royal Opera House from the time the first building opened its doors in 1732 up to the present day, 26 years after Sir David Webster 's appointment.
Everything in the Garden 2 (Episode 6)
Air date: 1970-10-18
Overview: A programme in two parts on the past, present and future of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
It'll Be All Live on the Night (Episode 7)
Air date: 1970-11-01
Overview: An investigation of regional theatre in Britain. Amongst the Theatres - and their Artistic Directors - discussed are the Northcott Theeatre, Exeter; Theatre Royal Windsor, Peter Cheeseman's Victoria Theatre Stoke on Trent and theatres in Nottingham and Hull.
Robert Shaw: The Actor as Novelist (Episode 8)
Air date: 1970-11-15
A Requiem for Modigliani (Episode 9)
Air date: 1970-11-22
Rambert Remembers (Episode 10)
Air date: 1970-11-29
Eisenstein 1 (Episode 11)
Air date: 1970-12-06
Eisenstein 2 (Episode 12)
Air date: 1970-12-13
I Regret Nothing (Episode 13)
Air date: 1970-12-27
The Mysterious Mr Eliot (Episode 14)
Air date: 1971-01-03
George Orwell: The Road to the Left (Episode 15)
Air date: 1971-01-10
Overview: The film traces Orwell's life during 1936 when he spent time in the depressed north of England, married, set off for the Spanish Civil War and completed his book 'The Road to Wigan Pier', which marked his beginnings as a political author.
Chicago Blues (Episode 16)
Air date: 1971-01-24
In Prison: A World of Its Own (Episode 17)
Air date: 1971-03-14
The Making of Husbands (Episode 18)
Air date: 1971-03-28
Brendan Behan (Episode 19)
Air date: 1971-04-04
Henri Cartier Bresson (Episode 20)
Air date: 1971-04-11
In Search of Lost Time (Episode 21)
Air date: 1971-05-02
Overview: An Omnibus Arts documentary made to celebrate the centenary of the birth of author Marcel Proust. The film examines the creation of his autobiographical novel "A La Recherche du temps perdu".
This Was Richard Tauber (Episode 22)
Air date: 1971-05-09
The Passionate Hunter (Episode 23)
Air date: 1971-05-23
Ingrid Bergman Remembers (Episode 24)
Air date: 1971-05-30
Three Looms Waiting (Episode 25)
Air date: 1971-06-06
James Mossman: To Be a Witness (Episode 26)
Air date: 1971-06-20
TheTchaikovsky Competition (Episode 27)
Air date: 1971-06-27
Bream at Stratford (Episode 28)
Air date: 1971-07-04
Solzhenitsyn (Episode 29)
Air date: 1971-07-11
Hail and Farewell-George Moore (Episode 30)
Air date: 1971-07-18
Russell's Progress (Episode 31)
Air date: 1971-07-25
Overview: Portrait of the filmmaker Ken Russell.
