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 (21)
1. From East Cheam to Earls Court
Aired 26 April 1985
2. Malcolm Morley: The Outsider
Aired 3 May 1985
3. Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story
Aired 10 May 1985
4. The Battle for Mansion House Square
Aired 17 May 1985
5. The Ritz and the Cotton Club
Aired 24 May 1985 • 60 min
6. Klemperer
Aired 31 May 1985
7. Studs Terkel's Chicago
Aired 7 June 1985
8. Saga on the South Bank
Aired 14 June 1985
9. The Treble
Aired 21 June 1985
10. The Salesman Goes to China
Aired 12 July 1985
11. Quickly Up the Thames
Aired 19 July 1985
12. Luck & Flaw's Illustrated Guide to Caricature
Aired 26 July 1985
13. At the Proms 1
Aired 2 August 1985
14. At the Proms 2
Aired 9 August 1985
15. At the Proms 3
Aired 16 August 1985
16. At the Proms 4
Aired 23 July 1985
17. At the Proms 5
Aired 30 August 1985
18. At the Proms 6
Aired 6 September 1985
19. At the Proms 7
Aired 13 September 1985