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 (26)
1. The Art Show of Ed Kienholz
Aired 2 August 1978
Edward Kienholz was an American artist known for his found-object assemblages and installations he referred to as tableauxs. In one of his most controversial works, The State Hospital (1966), Kienholz provided a grisly account.
2. The People's Park: Disco Delight or What a Way to End It All
Aired 9 August 1978
3. Leos Janacek: 1854-1928
Aired 16 August 1978
4. The Pilgrimage of Ti-Jean
Aired 30 August 1978
5. The Record Machine
Aired 12 October 1978
John Peel Interviews The Mekons, Sham 69, Alternative TV, The Slits, and UK Subs.
6. Living Room
Aired 19 October 1978
7. Paul Gauguin: The Savage and the Construction of Paradise
Aired 26 October 1978
8. Fear and Loathing in Gonzovision
Aired 2 November 1978 • 50 min
A look at "Gonzo journalist", Hunter S. Thompson with his collaborator, British illustrator, Ralph Steadman.
9. 628-E8
Aired 27 December 1978
10. Its Stolen Your Face
Aired 23 November 1978
11. After the Dream
Aired 30 November 1978
12. Getting Away with Murder: The Childhood of Claude Chabrol
Aired 7 December 1978
13. She Must Be Joking!
Aired 21 December 1978 • 60 min
A look at stand-up comediennes.
14. Lillian Hellman
Aired 8 February 1979
15. Rene Magritte
Aired 5 February 1979
16. Words Fail Me
Aired 22 February 1979
17. Brian Clarke: The Story So Far
Aired 15 March 1979
TV documentary about a packed and unpredictable year in the life of 25 year-old artist in stained-glass, Brian Clarke.
18. Natalia Makarova
Aired 29 March 1979
19. Drawn & Quartered
Aired 10 May 1979
20. Kiss Me, Petruchio
Aired 17 May 1979
21. Lotte Lenya
Aired 24 May 1979
Documentary on the widow of Kurt Weill, the legendary actress and singer Lotte Lenya.
22. The Brothers Grimm
Aired 30 May 1979
23. Dread, Beat N'Blood
Aired 7 June 1979
24. The Long Walk of Fred Young
Aired 14 June 1979
25. Pig Earth
Aired 21 June 1979
26. Gold on Ice
Aired 27 June 1979