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 (27)
1. The Proms 71
Aired 29 August 1971
2. Happy Birthday Dear Albert
Aired 12 September 1971
3. Glenda Jackson: A Private Face in a Public Place
Aired 19 October 1971
4. The Young Platform
Aired 26 September 1971
5. David Lean
Aired 3 October 1971
6. There Was an Old Person Called Lear...
Aired 10 October 1971
7. Paul Klee: Heart of Creation
Aired 17 October 1971
8. Rap Her Te Bank
Aired 24 October 1971
An exploration of industrial Folksong in Britain from the birth of the Industrial Revolution through to contemporary events affecting us all.It was filmed in Folk Clubs across Britain.
9. Mind You I Live Here: Stan Barstow
Aired 31 October 1971
A portrait of Yorkshire writer and author Stan Barstow; includes contributions from his friends.
10. Will the real Mr Hogarth....
Aired 31 October 1971
A personal appraisal of the caricaturist William Hogarth.
11. Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
Aired 14 November 1971
12. Vive La Culture!
Aired 28 November 1971
A tour of the arts,dance and theatre of Amiens, a town that makes car tyres.
13. Instant Nostalgia
Aired 5 December 1971
14. Humphrey Bogart
Aired 27 December 1971
15. Paradise Restored
Aired 2 January 1972
16. A Modern Turn of Mind
Aired 30 January 1972
17. Sir John Barbirolli: Glorious John
Aired 6 February 1972
18. Bruno Walter: The Face of Music
Aired 13 February 1972
19. Rise Above It: Tyrone Guthrie
Aired 20 February 1972
20. Man at the Met: Sir Rudolf Bing
Aired 27 February 1972
21. The Fall of Venice
Aired 19 March 1972
22. Actor, I Said
Aired 9 April 1972
23. The Great American Dream Machine
Aired 16 April 1972
24. Leningrad Reborn
Aired 30 April 1972
25. Born Black Born British
Aired 11 June 1972
Young West Indians give an impression of their life in this country through their paintings, music, and writing.
26. A Dignified Comic Set-to: Groucho Marx
Aired 2 July 1972
27. The Man Behind the Mask: Marcel Marceau
Aired 23 July 1972