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Omnibus — Season 22, Episode 9
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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. The Proms -1
1986-08-08
3. The Bolshoi Ballet
1986-08-28 · 39m
4. Jessye Norman
1986-09-12
5. Meetings with Ambler
1986-09-19
6. Hitchcock: Its Only A Movie
1986-09-26
7. Hitchcock: Sex, Murder and Mayhem
1986-10-03
8. Courtney Pine and the New Jazz
1986-10-10
9. The Mission
1986-10-17 · 1h 10m
A documentary that chronicles the making of the movie. It looks at the process of casting real Indians in the film and their importance in adding authenticity to the story, their performances and involvement in the intricacies of the filmmaking process, Native culture today in South America, the history of Jesuit missions, the film's set construction, action scene construction, the picture's story and themes, the presence of the modern-day Colombian Army on the set and the resultant parallels to the film, and much more.
11. Ray Charles
1986-10-31
12. Cannon in Flowers
1986-11-07
13. Rodin 1840-1917
1986-11-14
