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Omnibus — Season 28, Episode 6
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Omnibus(1967)
- Genre:
- Documentary
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- Creator:
- N/A
- Released:
- 1967-10-13
Synopsis
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.
Seasons & Episodes
1. Malkovich
1990-09-07
2. Plunder - The Stolen Kanakaria Mosaics
1990-09-14
3. King of the Blues
1990-09-21
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.
4. Jorge Amado and his Tent of Miracles
1990-09-28
5. Life of Python
1990-10-05
6. Building for a New Age - A Romanian Story
1990-10-12
7. L.B - A Portrait of Leonard Bernstein
1990-10-19
8. Antoni Tapies
1990-10-26
9. Garrison Keillor - The Wide Open Page
1990-11-02
10. The Return of the Green Man
1990-11-11
11. Tales of Ordinary Murder - Rian Mala in South Africa
1990-11-30
12. Behind the American Dream
1990-12-07
13. A Profile of Michael Andrews
1991-01-29
14. Inside the Russia House
1991-02-19
15. Sidney Lumet
1991-01-26
16. Tom Jones - The Voice Made Flesh
1991-03-29
17. Episode 17
18. Episode 18
19. Episode 19
20. Episode 20
