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 (14)
1. William Blake
Aired 6 November 2000
2. John Barry: Licence to Thrill
Aired 13 November 2000
3. Dame Alicia Markova: The People's Ballerina
Aired 20 November 2000
4. Kingsley Amis
Aired 27 November 2000
5. Dudley Moore: After the Laughter
Aired 4 December 2000
6. Nancy Mitford
Aired 7 February 2001
7. Placido Domingo: The King Of Opera
Aired 17 February 2001
8. Fascinatin' Rhythm: The History of Tap
Aired 24 February 2001
9. Stanley Spencer
Aired 3 March 2001
10. Stanley Spencer and Neil Macgregor: Private View
Aired 9 March 2001
11. My Fair Lady: Loverly
Aired 10 March 2001
Ever since the 1914 production of George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion (based on Greek myth), the story of Eliza Doolittle's transformation from Cockney flower girl to society lady has fascinated readers and audiences. And of all the versions, none has been more popular than the 1964 movie musical My Fair Lady, starring Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison. As the stage musical starring former EastEnder Martine McCutcheon prepares for opening night, this film celebrates the phenomenon that is My Fair Lady.
12. Botticelli: Visions of Violence and Beauty
Aired 17 March 2001
13. Sebastian Faulks
Aired 24 March 2001
14. Dino De Laurentiis
Aired 24 March 2001