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 (17)
1. La Ronde / Frankie Howerd / Great Japan Exhibition
Aired 10 January 1982
2. Cats / Holy Blood and The Holy Grail
Aired 17 January 1982
3. Alan Ayckbourn / Humphrey Jennings / Labeque Sisters
Aired 24 January 1982
4. Sir Anton Dolin / Susan Hill
Aired 31 January 1982
5. Bad Apple / James Joyce's Ulysses
Aired 7 February 1982
6. Lucie Rie
Aired 14 February 1982
7. Paganini / Jonathan Miller / Brian Aldiss
Aired 21 February 1982
8. The Cortege / Barbican / Nureyev and Brind
Aired 28 February 1982
9. Berlin Requiem / Art and Architecture
Aired 7 March 1982
10. Claire Bloom / Masquerade
Aired 14 March 1982
11. The Oldest Dance in the World
Aired 21 March 1982
12. Academy Awards / Julian Bream
Aired 28 March 1982
13. Macbeth RSC / Welsh National Opera
Aired 4 April 1982
14. Bernstein - Enigma Variations / Mary Renault
Aired 18 April 1982
15. Susan Hill/Beagley Dances/Anton Dolin
Aired 2 May 1982
16. Bob Hoskins - South Bank / Stephen Games / Dame Janet Baker
Aired 9 May 1982
17. Maurice Sendak / Dennis Potter - Pennies From Heaven
Aired 16 May 1982