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 (17)
1. Van Dyck Undressed
Aired 13 September 1999
2. Roddy Doyle: Ha Ha Ha
Aired 20 September 1999
3. Steve Martin: Seriously Funny
Aired 27 September 1999
4. Blondie: Beneath the Bleach
Aired 4 October 1999
5. Yes, Sir Nigel
Aired 15 October 1999
6. Who the Dickens Is Mrs Gaskell?
Aired 29 November 1999
7. Stephen King: Shining in the Dark
Aired 6 December 1999
8. Jennifer Saunders at the Barre
Aired 13 December 1999
9. John Ruskin
Aired 13 March 2000
10. Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
Aired 20 March 2000
11. The Naked Sculptor
Aired 27 March 2000
Omnibus about British artist Anthony Gormley best known for The Angel of the North, a huge sculpture outside Newcastle. This profile follows Gormley at work in his studio and installing a sculpture in Norway. Interviews include Jake Chapman, Anish Kapoor and Gormley's mother.
12. The Great Gatsby
Aired 3 April 2000
A profile from 2000 of writer F Scott Fitzgerald on the 75th anniversary of the publication of his most enduring achievement, The Great Gatsby.
13. Elizabeth Taylor: England's Other Elizabeth
Aired 4 April 2000
A documentary on the life and career of actress Elizabeth Taylor, with clips from her films and interviews with friends and co-workers.
14. The Shock of the Old
Aired 11 June 2000
16. Wallace & Gromit Go Chicken
Aired 28 June 2000
17. Vinnie Goes to Hollywood
Aired 12 July 2000
18. The Piero Trail
Aired 3 August 2000