About this season
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 (16)
1. Music of a Thousand Autumns
Aired 13 October 1977
'Gagaku' is the ancient Court music of Japan. In this film dancers and musicians discuss and demonstrate the traditional movements, styles and the sounds of an art culture little known in the West. Master players of the Sho and Kyoto demonstrate the special meaning of performance techniques.
2. The Nat Gonella Story
Aired 20 October 1977
3. Big Band Jazz
Aired 27 October 1977
4. Pure Radio
Aired 3 November 1977
5. A Day in the Garden/A Piano's Story
Aired 10 November 1977
6. The Garden Beyond
Aired 17 November 1977
7. Poetry
Aired 24 November 1977
8. For Love or Money 1
Aired 1 December 1977
9. For Love or Money 2
Aired 8 December 1977
10. Jeanne Moreau
Aired 12 January 1978
11. Gustev Courbit/Engine of Revolution
Aired 19 January 1978
12. Voices of Children/Profile of a Dancer
Aired 2 February 1978
13. Everyone Is a Special Kind of Artist
Aired 2 February 1978
14. Marevna & Marika
Aired 9 February 1978
15. The Song of the White Horse
Aired 16 February 1978
16. Warsaw Autumn
Aired 23 February 1978