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 (36)
1. The Proms 1
Aired 29 July 1973
2. The Proms 2
Aired 5 August 1973
3. The Proms 3
Aired 12 August 1973
4. The Proms 3
Aired 26 August 1973
5. The Proms
Aired 2 September 1973
6. A Question of Feeling
Aired 9 September 1973
7. André Previn-The Other LSO
Aired 16 September 1973
8. The Sydney Opera House
Aired 23 September 1973
9. Sir Robert Helpmann
Aired 30 September 1973
10. The British Hero
Aired 7 October 1973 âą 60 min
A tongue-in-cheek look at how heroes have been depicted through the ages.
12. George Stubbs: Make the Knife Go with the Pencil
Aired 21 October 1973
13. Hollywood on Trial
Aired 4 November 1973
14. The Runaway
Aired 18 November 1973
15. François Truffaut
Aired 2 December 1973
16. Bejart+Boulez = Ballet
Aired 9 December 1973
17. It's Fantastic, It's Futuristic, It's Fatalistic, It's Science Fiction
Aired 16 December 1973
18. Marcel Marceau: A Christmas Carol
Aired 23 December 1973
A Dickens favourite as interpreted by Marcel Marceau the mime artist.
19. Gershwin's Porgy
Aired 24 December 1973
20. Nureyev
Aired 27 January 1974
21. Great Orchestras: The London Symphony
Aired 3 February 1974
22. Acting a Part?
Aired 10 February 1974
23. The Art of the Potter
Aired 17 February 1974
24. Don't Take It for Granted
Aired 24 February 1974
25. Claire Bloom
Aired 3 March 1974
26. Kafka's Castle
Aired 17 March 1974
28. Beethoven's 9th Symphony
Aired 31 March 1974
29. The Invasion of Space: Novgorod Father of Russia
Aired 14 April 1974
30. Wish You Were Here
Aired 15 April 1974
Stars of British Music Hall and Variety take a look back at traditional seaside entertainment.
31. Ella Fitzgerald at Ronnie Scott's
Aired 28 April 1974
Omnibus presents a unique opportunity to see this highly acclaimed performance by Ella Fitzgerald with Tommy Flannagan (piano) Joe Pass (guitar) Bobby Durham (drums) Keeter Betts (double bass) Introduced by Benny Green
32. Ella Fitzgerald's Other Show
Aired 4 May 1974
Omnibus presents Ella Fitzgerald in performance at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club. This second show confirms yet again all the superlatives which critics have lavished on her in recent weeks.
33. Crystal Palace-The Great Glass Hive
Aired 5 May 1974
34. Alan Price: Between Today & Yesterday
Aired 26 May 1974
35. W.B.Yeats and the Coming Times
Aired 2 June 1974
36. Dame Ninette De Valois
Aired 9 June 1974
37. Ernest Brown: Pioneer Photographer
Aired 7 July 1974
38. Words by Johnny Mercer
Aired 14 July 1974