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Omnibus

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.

Genre: Documentary,

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Country: United Kingdom,

Type: tv

Season: 36

Episode: N/A

Duration: 60 minutes

Release: 1967-10-13

Rating: 7.5

1"Everybody's Expo"

1967-10-13

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.

2"Suliotis Sings"

1967-10-20

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

3"Beethoven 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.

4"Tyger, Tyger"

1967-11-10

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?

5"Benjamin Britten and His Festival"

1967-11-22

6"East of Bedlam"

1967-12-08

7"Jacqueline"

1967-12-15

8"The World of Coppard"

1967-12-15

9"Dante's Inferno"

1967-12-22

10"Diaghilev: The Years Abroad (1)"

1967-12-28

11"Diaghilev: The Years in Exile (2)"

1968-01-09

12"Edith Evans: A Birthday Tribute"

1968-01-16

13"Top Brass"

1968-01-23

14"Abelard and Heloise"

1968-01-30

15"The Exile"

1968-02-06

16"Tommy"

1968-03-26

17"God's Tunes"

1968-04-02

18"China and the Barbarians"

1968-04-23

19"Whistle and I'll Come to You"

1968-05-07

20"My Name Is Benvenuto Cellini"

1968-05-21

21"The Charm of Dynamite!"

1968-05-28

22"Corporal Jan"

1968-06-18

23"The Ken Russell Festival (1)"

1968-06-25

24"The Ken Russell Festival (2)"

1968-07-02

1"Song of Summer"

1968-09-15

2"J.B. Priestley"

1968-09-22

3"Olympia 1936"

1968-09-29

4"Blow The Wind Southerly"

1968-10-06

5"All My Loving"

1968-11-03

The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Pink Floyd, Cream, Donovan, Frank Zappa & Eric Burdon.

6"Rossini: The Long Farewell"

1968-11-10

7"The Hunted Man"

1968-11-17

8"Paul Gauguin: Quest For Silence"

1968-11-24

9"Rubinstein Speaks"

1968-12-01

10"Hadrian VII"

1968-12-08

11"Tallulah Bankhead"

1968-12-15

12"Make A Joyful Noise"

1968-12-22

13"Eric Porter"

1968-12-29

14"Cream"

1969-01-05

15"The Man Who Dances"

1969-01-12

16"Woman From The Shadows"

1969-01-19

17"Makers of the Queen's Music"

1969-01-26

18"From Today, Painting Is Dead"

1969-02-02

19"Myrna Loy"

1969-02-16

20"Malcolm Arnold"

1969-03-02

21"Shostakovich"

1969-03-09

22"A Couple of Brians"

1969-03-23

23"1969 Oscar Awards"

1969-04-20

24"Down These Mean Streets A Man Must Go"

1969-03-30

25"The More We Are Together"

1969-05-04

26"Lawrence Durrell's Paris"

1969-05-11

27"Margot Fonteyn: Birthday of a Ballerina"

1969-05-18

28"Acting Styles in the 20th Century"

1969-05-25

29"The Vital Juices Are Russian"

1969-06-01

30"So What If It's Just Green Cheese?"

1969-07-20

An improvised celebration of Apollo 11's landing on the Moon.

1"Omnibus at the Proms"

1969-08-03

2"Omnibus at the Proms: Sir Adrian Boult"

1969-08-17

3"Sir Henry Wood"

1969-09-07

4"J.B. Priestley"

1969-09-14

5"George Robey"

1969-09-28

6"Beautiful Beautiful"

1969-10-05

7"Sir Malcolm Sargent"

1969-10-12

8"What the Hell Ever Happens in Marlborough?"

1969-10-19

9"F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Dream Divided"

1969-10-26

10"Christopher Isherwood: A Born Foreigner"

1969-11-02

Documentary about author Christopher Isherwood, in which he is interviewed about his life and work and which features extracts from films of his novels and stories.

11"Richter"

1969-11-09

12"The Confessions of Marian Evans/George Eliot"

1969-11-23

13"Noel Coward"

1969-12-07

14"Where Are You Going My Pretty Maid?"

1969-12-14

15"Tommy Steele and Things"

1969-12-21

16"Unashamed Accompanist: Gerald Moore"

1969-12-28

17"Ian Fleming Creator of the James Bond Myth"

1970-01-04

18"Virginia Woolf: A Day's Sail, a Night's Darkness"

1970-01-18

19"Anna Pavlova: 1881 - 1931"

1970-01-25

20"Rope Ladder to the Moon: Jack Bruce"

1970-02-01

21"John Clare - I am"

1970-02-08

22"Dance of the Seven Veils"

1970-02-15

An imaginary portrait of composer Richard Strauss.

23"Who Will Buy a Bubble?"

1970-02-22

A group of people with regular jobs (factory clerk, Lighterman,Inspector etc) take part in an experimental and improvised drama in which they are encouraged to writhe around the floor making strange noises and movements. The idea being that returning to a primitive state may help them better cope with the modern world. This experiment is then taken to their familiar local streets and landmarks and casual observers are invited to comment or join in.

24"Ralph Vaughan Williams"

1970-03-01

25"On the Waltz"

1970-03-15

26"The Wandsworth Sound"

1970-04-05

27"1970 Oscar Awards"

1970-04-12

28"Kenneth More"

1970-04-18

29"To Leningrad with Love"

1970-04-26

30"The Hollywood Image-The Silent Era"

1970-05-03

31"The Hollywood Image-The Talkies"

1970-05-10

32"The Hollywood Image-The Post War Years"

1970-05-17

33"A Vow Fulfilled: Oberammergau"

1970-05-31

34"The Other Edward Heath"

1970-06-28

35"Satchmo at 70"

1970-07-05

1"Omnibus at the Proms"

1970-08-23

2"Ustinov's Expo"

1970-09-13

3"Heart of Britain"

1970-09-20

An examination of the life and work of Humphrey Jennings, scholar, writer painter but, above all, filmmaker.

4"Art Therapy-Shapes in the Wilderness"

1970-09-27

5"Everything in the Garden 1"

1970-10-11

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.

6"Everything in the Garden 2"

1970-10-18

A programme in two parts on the past, present and future of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

7"It'll Be All Live on the Night"

1970-11-01

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.

8"Robert Shaw: The Actor as Novelist"

1970-11-15

9"A Requiem for Modigliani"

1970-11-22

10"Rambert Remembers"

1970-11-29

1970-12-06

1970-12-13

1970-12-27

1971-08-29

2"Happy Birthday Dear Albert"

1971-09-12

3"Glenda Jackson: A Private Face in a Public Place"

1971-10-19

9"Ned Kelly Country: The Paintings of Sidney Nolan"

1972-11-26

A journey across Australia through the paintings of Sidney Nolan. Earlier this year Sidney Nolan revisited the country where he was born. He likes long journeys and cannot help painting pictures, and every picture tells a story. In this adventure through myth and imagery Nolan looks again at the Australia of Ned Kelly, Mrs Fraser and the convicts, Burke and Wills.

15"Fools Rush In: Morecambe and Wise"

1973-02-18

This film for Omnibus follows the two weeks of rehearsal that led up to the recording of a Morecambe and Wise Show that aired on 16 February 1973. 'Fools Rush In' was Eric and Ernie's billing in their early days. Thirty years later, they had become Britain's best-known comedians, with regular audiences of nearly 20 million people. Producer John Ammonds, writer Eddie Braben, as well as Eric and Ernie talk about the skill and sheer hard work of comedy.

10"The British Hero"

1973-10-07

A tongue-in-cheek look at how heroes have been depicted through the ages.

12"Pleasure at Her Majesty's"

1976-12-29

1"Fear and Loathing in Gonzovision"

1978-11-02

A look at "Gonzo journalist", Hunter S. Thompson with his collaborator, British illustrator, Ralph Steadman.

1"Schalcken the Painter"

1979-12-23

2"Ray Bradbury: The Illustrated Man"

1980-01-15

3"Johnny Be Good"

1980-01-29

4"Blue Moon"

1980-02-05

5"Tuning In"

1980-02-26

6"Parting Shots From Animals"

1980-03-04

7"Graham Sutherland: The Artist On Film"

1980-03-11

8"Hollywood's Wild Angel"

1980-03-18

9"Home Movies"

1980-03-25

10"Windhover"

1980-04-01

11"Bugs and Daffy and Chuck and Porky"

1980-04-08

12"Coming Alive"

1980-04-22

13"Quinn Running"

1980-05-08

14"We Think The World of You"

1980-05-15

1"Judy Chicago's Dinner Party"

1981-01-13

2"But The Client Loved It..."

1981-01-20

3"When The Dancing Had to Stop"

1981-01-27

4"The Story of G..."

1981-02-10

5"Dallas The Big Store"

1981-02-24

6"Stevie Wonder: Innervisions"

1981-03-17

7"Norman Foster: Watch This Space"

1981-03-24

8"An Actor's Life For Me"

1981-03-31

9"Parrots, Bees, Ducks and Finches"

1981-04-07

10"We Ask the Questions"

1981-04-21

11"Landseer: A Victorian Comedy"

1981-06-02

1"La Ronde / Frankie Howerd / Great Japan Exhibition"

1982-01-10

2"Cats / Holy Blood and The Holy Grail"

1982-01-17

3"Alan Ayckbourn / Humphrey Jennings / Labeque Sisters"

1982-01-24

4"Bad Apple / James Joyce's Ulysses"

1982-02-07

5"Lucie Rie"

1982-02-14

6"Paganini / Jonathan Miller / Brian Aldiss"

1982-02-21

7"The Cortege / Barbican / Nureyev and Brind"

1982-02-28

8"Berlin Requiem / Art and Architecture"

1982-03-07

9"Claire Bloom / Masquerade"

1982-03-14

10"The Oldest Dance in the World"

1982-03-21

11"Academy Awards / Julian Bream"

1982-03-28

12"Macbeth RSC / Welsh National Opera"

1982-04-04

13"Bernstein - Enigma Variations / Mary Renault"

1982-04-18

14"Sir Anton Dolin / Susan Hill"

1982-05-02

15"Bob Hoskins - South Bank / Stephen Games / Dame Janet Baker"

1982-05-09

16"Maurice Sendak / Dennis Potter - Pennies From Heaven"

1982-05-16

1"Milan"

1982-10-10

2"Poppy - Monty Norman / John Sell Cotman"

1982-10-17

3"Apocalypse: Enrico Baj / Pas De Deux / Forss"

1982-10-24

4"Freya Stark in Italy"

1982-10-31

5"Photography / John Morley"

1982-11-14

6"The Folies Bergeres / Van Dyck in England"

1982-11-21

7"Raymond Mason in Paris / Pekinel Sisters"

1982-11-28

8"Wayne Sleep - Dash / Richard Payne Knight / Count Panza"

1982-12-05

9"Gardens / Ligeti"

1982-12-12

10"Peter Pan RSC"

1983-01-16

11"Cecile Ousset"

1983-01-23

12"Jonathan Miller - Magic Flute / Steven Berkoff"

1983-01-30

13"Raymond Briggs and The Bomb / Sutton Place"

1983-02-06

14"Richard Long"

1983-02-27

15"Patrick Heron"

1983-03-13

16"Celibidache and Faure's Requiem"

1983-04-03

1"Franco Zeffirelli"

1983-10-16

2"Roger Daltrey/The Taste Exhibition"

1983-10-23

3"The Old Vic"

1983-10-30

4"War Artists"

1983-11-06

5"Jean Seberg"

1983-11-13

6"Dimitris Sgouros/Eileen Agar"

1983-11-20

7"The Genius of Venice"

1983-11-27

8"Martin Bloch/Philip Core"

1983-12-11

9"St George's Chapel/Live Music Now"

1983-12-18

10"Dolin, Friends and Memories"

1983-12-27

1"The Quest For Reginald Goodall"

1984-09-16

2"Wells and His Women"

1984-09-23

3"The Bristol Showboat Saga"

1984-09-30

4"The Face of Christ"

1984-10-07

5"Tuscany Revisited"

1984-10-14

6"Images Sacred and Profane"

1984-10-17

7"Pennington's Chekhov"

1984-10-21

8"Lord Gowrie / Dance Umbrella"

1984-10-28

9"New Art"

1984-11-04

10"The Classiest Juke-Box in the World"

1984-11-11

11"The Killing Fields"

1984-11-18

1"From East Cheam to Earls Court"

1985-04-26

1"Huw Wheldon: By His Friends"

1986-04-11

2"Lawrence and Arabia"

1986-04-18

3"Comic Relief"

1986-04-25

4"Made In Ealing: The Story of Ealing Studios"

1986-05-02

5"Video Jukebox"

1986-05-09

The roots of rock video are traced through the musicals and promotional shorts of the 30s, the jazz soundies of the 40s, the rock 'n' roll films and scorpitones of the 50s and the television pop programmes of the 60s to the first true videos in the 70s and the cable TV channels of rock videos in the 80s.

6"Alice Walker and the Color Purple"

1986-05-16

7"The Last Moguls"

1986-05-23

8"Omnibus at the Proms (1)"

1986-08-08

9"Omnibus at the Proms (2)"

1986-08-15

10"The Bolshoi Ballet"

1986-08-28

11"Jessye Norman"

1986-09-12

12"Last Night of The Proms: BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra"

1986-09-13

13"Meetings With Ambler"

1986-09-19

14"Hitchcock: It's Only A Movie (1)"

1986-09-26

15"Hitchcock: Sex, Murder and Mayhem (2)"

1986-10-03

16"Courtney Pine and The New Jazz"

1986-10-10

17"The Mission"

1986-10-17

18"The Most Beautiful Lies"

1986-10-24

19"Ray Charles"

1986-10-31

20"Cannon in Flowers"

1986-11-07

21"Rodin 1840-1917"

1986-11-14

3"Lucian Freud"

1988-05-20

For much of his career, Lucian Freud allowed his paintings to speak for themselves, but in 1988 he talked for the first time - to Omnibus - about his work and ambitions. 'The greatest living realist painter' is critic Robert Hughes' description of Lucian Freud, whose major retrospective at London's Hayward Gallery in 1988, brought together the paintings of a lifetime. The exhibition was seen as a revelation, just as it had been in Washington and Paris.

9"Leonard Cohen - Songs from a Life"

1988-07-15

Portrait of Canadian singer, songwriter, poet and novelist Leonard Cohen, recorded in 1988. Featuring interviews, archive film and live performances from London, Paris, Athens and New York.

1"Barcelona With Robert Hughes"

1992-07-16

2"Angela Carter's Curious Room"

1992-09-15

3"Disney: The Fairy Tale Years"

1992-09-22

4"The Piero Trail"

1992-09-29

5"The Lost Paradise"

1992-10-06

6"Eye of the Storm: Ridley Scott"

1992-10-13