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. The Quest for Reginald Goodall
Aired 16 September 1984 • 74 min
2. Wells and His Women
Aired 23 September 1984
3. The Bristol Showboat Saga
Aired 30 September 1984
4. The Face of Christ
Aired 7 October 1984
5. Tuscany Revisited
Aired 14 October 1984
6. Pennington on Chekov
Aired 21 October 1984
7. Lord Gowrie/The Dance Umbrella
Aired 28 October 1984
8. New Art
Aired 4 November 1984
9. The Classiest Juke-Box in the World
Aired 11 November 1984
10. The Killing Fields
Aired 18 November 1984