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 (14)
1. Schalcken the Painter
Aired 23 December 1979
2. Ray Bradbury: The Illustrated Man
Aired 15 January 1980
3. Johnny Be Good
Aired 29 January 1980
4. Blue Moon
Aired 5 February 1980
5. Tuning In
Aired 26 February 1980
6. Parting Shots From Animals
Aired 4 March 1980
7. Graham Sutherland: The Artist On Film
Aired 11 March 1980
8. Hollywood's Wild Angel
Aired 18 March 1980
9. Home Movies
Aired 25 March 1980
10. Windhover
Aired 1 April 1980
11. Bugs and Daffy and Chuck and Porky
Aired 8 April 1980
12. Coming Alive
Aired 22 April 1980
13. Quinn Running
Aired 8 May 1980
14. We Think The World of You
Aired 15 May 1980