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Omnibus
19671hDocumentary72% score
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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
- E1 · Everybody's Expo1hOct 13, 1967
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.
- E2 · Suliotis Sings50mOct 20, 1967
The British debut of a new world opera star—at the age of twenty-four.
- E3 · Beethoven Symphony No. 3, in E flat (Eroica)Nov 3, 1967
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.
- E4 · Tyger, Tyger50mNov 10, 1967
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?
- E5 · Benjamin Britten and His FestivalNov 22, 1967
- E6 · East of BedlamDec 8, 1967
- E7 · JacquelineDec 15, 1967
- E8 · The World of CoppardDec 15, 1967
- E9 · Dante's InfernoDec 22, 1967
- E10 · Diaghilev: The Years Abroad (1)Dec 28, 1967
- E11 · Diaghilev: The Years in Exile (2)Jan 9, 1968
- E12 · Edith Evans: A Birthday TributeJan 16, 1968
- E13 · Top BrassJan 23, 1968
- E14 · Abelard and HeloiseJan 30, 1968
- E15 · The ExileFeb 6, 1968
- E16 · TommyMar 26, 1968
- E17 · God's TunesApr 2, 1968
- E18 · China and the BarbariansApr 23, 1968
- E19 · Whistle and I'll Come to YouMay 7, 1968
- E20 · My Name Is Benvenuto CelliniMay 21, 1968
- E21 · The Charm of Dynamite!May 28, 1968
- E22 · Corporal JanJun 18, 1968
- E23 · The Ken Russell Festival (1)Jun 25, 1968
- E24 · The Ken Russell Festival (2)Jul 2, 1968
