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 (10)
1. Franco Zeffirelli
Aired 16 October 1983
2. Roger Daltrey/The Taste Exhibition
Aired 23 October 1983
3. The Old Vic
Aired 30 October 1983
4. War Artists
Aired 6 November 1983
5. Jean Seberg
Aired 13 November 1983
6. Dimitris Sgouros/Eileen Agar
Aired 20 November 1983
Tonight Omnibus features two artists separated by more than 60 years. The first is the 14-year-old Greek pianist, Dimitris Sgouros. Already a renowned performer on the international stage, this child prodigy has been compared to Mozart. What is it like to have so much talent so young and what pressures must this boy prodigy endure? The second artist is the painter Eileen Agar. Once described as the 'darling of the Surrealists' she talks tonight about her life and work, recalling the holiday with Picasso, and friendships with Ezra Pound and Evelyn Waugh.
7. The Genius of Venice
Aired 27 November 1983
8. Martin Bloch/Philip Core
Aired 11 December 1983
9. St George's Chapel/Live Music Now
Aired 18 December 1983
10. Dolin, Friends and Memories
Aired 27 December 1983