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 (23)
1. Milan
Aired 10 October 1982
2. Poppy - Monty Norman / John Sell Cotman
Aired 17 October 1982
3. Apocalypse: Enrico Baj / Pas De Deux / Forss
Aired 24 October 1982
4. Freya Stark in Italy
Aired 31 October 1982
5. Brits on Broadway: The American Dance Machine
Aired 7 November 1982
6. Photography / John Morley
Aired 14 November 1982
7. The Folies Bergeres / Van Dyck in England
Aired 21 November 1982
8. Raymond Mason in Paris / Pekinel Sisters
Aired 28 November 1982
9. Wayne Sleep - Dash / Richard Payne Knight / Count Panza
Aired 5 December 1982
10. Gardens / Ligeti
Aired 12 December 1982
11. David Puttnam
Aired 19 December 1982
12. Peter Pan RSC
Aired 16 January 1983
13. Cecile Ousset
Aired 23 January 1983
14. Jonathan Miller - Magic Flute / Steven Berkoff
Aired 30 January 1983
15. Raymond Briggs and The Bomb / Sutton Place
Aired 6 February 1983
16. The Elgin Marbles/Tim White
Aired 13 February 1983
17. Alasdair Gray/Cimabue
Aired 20 February 1983
18. Richard Long/Landscapes
Aired 27 February 1983
19. Writers on the Right
Aired 6 March 1983
20. Patrick Heron
Aired 13 March 1983
21. Dirk Bogarde
Aired 27 March 1983
22. Celibidache and Faure's Requiem
Aired 3 April 1983
23. Peter Ustinov
Aired 10 April 1983