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Omnibus

1967 · 42 seasons · 784 episodes · Ended · BBC One

Documentary

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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.

Episodes

  • S01E01Everybody's Expo1967-10-1360m

    The first edition of a regular weekly programme about the creative world of art and artists. Introduced by Henry Livings. Tonight: Everybody's Expo - An account of a world event.

  • S01E02Suliotis Sings1967-10-2050m

    The British debut of a new world opera star—at the age of twenty-four.

  • S01E03Beethoven Symphony No. 3, in E flat (Eroica)1967-11-03

    The first of three performances of Beethoven symphonies conducted by Colin Davis. BBC Symphony Orchestra Leader, Trevor Williams Part of a public concert in the Royal Festival Hall, London.

  • S01E04Tyger, Tyger1967-11-1050m

    An enquiry into the power of a familiar poem. Introduced by Henry Livings. "Tyger tyger burning bright In the forests of the night What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry" Why does this poem by William Blake 1757-1827 stick in the mind, and seize the imagination of so many different people?

  • S01E05Benjamin Britten and His Festival1967-11-22
  • S01E06East of Bedlam1967-12-08
  • S01E07Jacqueline1967-12-15
  • S01E08The World of Coppard1967-12-15
  • S01E09Dante's Inferno1967-12-22
  • S01E10Diaghilev: The Years Abroad (1)1967-12-28
  • S01E11Diaghilev: The Years in Exile (2)1968-01-09
  • S01E12Edith Evans: A Birthday Tribute1968-01-16
  • S01E13Top Brass1968-01-23
  • S01E14Abelard and Heloise1968-01-30
  • S01E15The Exile1968-02-06
  • S01E16Tommy1968-03-26
  • S01E17God's Tunes1968-04-02
  • S01E18China and the Barbarians1968-04-23
  • S01E19Whistle and I'll Come to You1968-05-07
  • S01E20My Name Is Benvenuto Cellini1968-05-21
  • S01E21The Charm of Dynamite!1968-05-28
  • S01E22Corporal Jan1968-06-18
  • S01E23The Ken Russell Festival (1)1968-06-25
  • S01E24The Ken Russell Festival (2)1968-07-02

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