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 (7)
1. Getting to Dylan
Aired 19 September 1987
Todays theme is Getting to Dylan.
2. Towards Antara
Aired 25 September 1987
3. Omnibus: 20th Anniversary Show
Aired 2 October 1987
4. The Arts & Glasnost: Cinema
Aired 9 October 1987
5. The Arts & Glasnost: Artists
Aired 16 October 1987
6. The Arts & Glasnost: Writers
Aired 23 October 1987
7. Arthur Miller
Aired 30 October 1987