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Omnibus — Storyline

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.

Cast & Crew

Omnibus — Series Details

Omnibus — Episode Guide

Season 1

• E1: Everybody's Expo (1967-10-13) — The first edition of a regular weekly programme about the creative world of art and artists.

  Introduced by Henry Livings.

  Tonight: Everybody's Expo – An account of a world event.

• E2: Suliotis Sings (1967-10-20) — The British debut of a new world opera star—at the age of twenty-four.
• E3: Beethoven Symphony No. 3, in E flat (Eroica) (1967-11-03) — The first of three performances of Beethoven symphonies conducted by Colin Davis. BBC Symphony Orchestra Leader, Trevor Williams Part of a public concert in the Royal Festival Hall
• E4: Tyger, Tyger (1967-11-10) — An enquiry into the power of a familiar poem. Introduced by Henry Livings. "Tyger tyger burning bright In the forests of the night What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful
• E5: Benjamin Britten and His Festival (1967-11-22)
• E6: East of Bedlam (1967-12-08)
• E7: Jacqueline (1967-12-15)
• E8: The World of Coppard (1967-12-15)
• E9: Dante's Inferno (1967-12-22)
• E10: Diaghilev: The Years Abroad (1) (1967-12-28)
• E11: Diaghilev: The Years in Exile (2) (1968-01-09)
• E12: Edith Evans: A Birthday Tribute (1968-01-16)
• E13: Top Brass (1968-01-23)
• E14: Abelard and Heloise (1968-01-30)
• E15: The Exile (1968-02-06)
• E16: Tommy (1968-03-26)
• E17: God's Tunes (1968-04-02)
• E18: China and the Barbarians (1968-04-23)
• E19: Whistle and I'll Come to You (1968-05-07)
• E20: My Name Is Benvenuto Cellini (1968-05-21)
• E21: The Charm of Dynamite! (1968-05-28)
• E22: Corporal Jan (1968-06-18)
• E23: The Ken Russell Festival (1) (1968-06-25)
• E24: The Ken Russell Festival (2) (1968-07-02)

Season 2

• E1: Song of Summer (1968-09-15)
• E2: J.B. Priestley (1968-09-22) — Tribute to J.B. Priestley on his 75th birthday, including extracts from his work.
• E3: Olympia 1936 (1968-09-29)
• E4: Blow The Wind Southerly (1968-10-06)
• E5: All My Loving (1968-11-03) — The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Pink Floyd, Cream, Donovan, Frank Zappa & Eric Burdon.
• E6: Rossini: The Long Farewell (1968-11-10)
• E7: The Hunted Man (1968-11-17)
• E8: Paul Gauguin: Quest For Silence (1968-11-24)
• E9: Rubinstein Speaks (1968-12-01)
• E10: Hadrian VII (1968-12-08)
• E11: Tallulah Bankhead (1968-12-15)
• E12: Make A Joyful Noise (1968-12-22)
• E13: Eric Porter (1968-12-29)
• E14: Cream Farewell Concert (1969-01-05) — The historic Farewell Concert at Albert Hall in London by one of rock's greatest groups has been dynamically recorded in this film by Robert Stigwood. The group, composed of Eric C
• E15: The Man Who Dances (1969-01-12)
• E16: Woman From The Shadows (1969-01-19)
• E17: Makers of the Queen's Music (1969-01-26)
• E18: From Today, Painting Is Dead (1969-02-02)
• E19: Myrna Loy (1969-02-16)
• E20: Malcolm Arnold (1969-03-02)
• E21: Shostakovich (1969-03-09)
• E22: A Couple of Brians (1969-03-23)
• E23: 1969 Oscar Awards (1969-04-20)
• E24: Down These Mean Streets A Man Must Go (1969-03-30)
• E25: The More We Are Together (1969-05-04)
• E26: Lawrence Durrell's Paris (1969-05-11)
• E27: Margot Fonteyn: Birthday of a Ballerina (1969-05-18)
• E28: Acting Styles in the 20th Century (1969-05-25)
• E29: The Vital Juices Are Russian (1969-06-01)
• E30: So What If It's Just Green Cheese? (1969-07-20) — An improvised celebration of Apollo 11's landing on the Moon.

Season 3

• E1: Omnibus at the Proms (1969-08-03)
• E2: Omnibus at the Proms: Sir Adrian Boult (1969-08-17)
• E3: Sir Henry Wood (1969-09-07)
• E4: J.B. Priestley (1969-09-14)
• E5: George Robey (1969-09-28)
• E6: Beautiful Beautiful (1969-10-05)
• E7: Sir Malcolm Sargent (1969-10-12)
• E8: What the Hell Ever Happens in Marlborough? (1969-10-19)
• E9: F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Dream Divided (1969-10-26)
• E10: Christopher Isherwood: A Born Foreigner (1969-11-02) — Documentary about author Christopher Isherwood, in which he is interviewed about his life and work and which features extracts from films of his novels and stories.
• E11: Richter (1969-11-09)
• E12: The Confessions of Marian Evans/George Eliot (1969-11-23)
• E13: Noel Coward (1969-12-07)
• E14: Where Are You Going My Pretty Maid? (1969-12-14)
• E15: Tommy Steele and Things (1969-12-21)
• E16: Unashamed Accompanist: Gerald Moore (1969-12-28)
• E17: Ian Fleming Creator of the James Bond Myth (1970-01-04)
• E18: Virginia Woolf: A Day's Sail, a Night's Darkness (1970-01-18)
• E19: Anna Pavlova: 1881 – 1931 (1970-01-25)
• E20: Rope Ladder to the Moon: Jack Bruce (1970-02-01)
• E21: John Clare – I am (1970-02-08)
• E22: Dance of the Seven Veils (1970-02-15) — An imaginary portrait of composer Richard Strauss.
• E23: Who Will Buy a Bubble? (1970-02-22) — A group of people with regular jobs (factory clerk, Lighterman,Inspector etc) take part in an experimental and improvised drama in which they are encouraged to writhe around the fl
• E24: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1970-03-01)
• E25: On the Waltz (1970-03-15)
• E26: The Wandsworth Sound (1970-04-05)
• E27: 1970 Oscar Awards (1970-04-12)
• E28: Kenneth More (1970-04-18)
• E29: To Leningrad with Love (1970-04-26)
• E30: The Hollywood Image-The Silent Era (1970-05-03)
• E31: The Hollywood Image-The Talkies (1970-05-10)
• E32: The Hollywood Image-The Post War Years (1970-05-17)
• E33: A Vow Fulfilled: Oberammergau (1970-05-31)
• E34: The Other Edward Heath (1970-06-28)
• E35: Satchmo at 70 (1970-07-05)

Season 4

• E1: Omnibus at the Proms (1970-08-23)
• E2: Ustinov's Expo (1970-09-13)
• E3: Heart of Britain (1970-09-20) — An examination of the life and work of Humphrey Jennings, scholar, writer painter but, above all, filmmaker.
• E4: Art Therapy-Shapes in the Wilderness (1970-09-27)
• E5: Everything in the Garden 1 (1970-10-11) — The first part of this special documentary film traces the tempestuous history of the Royal Opera House from the time the first building opened its doors in 1732 up to the present
• E6: Everything in the Garden 2 (1970-10-18) — A programme in two parts on the past, present and future of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
• E7: It'll Be All Live on the Night (1970-11-01) — An investigation of regional theatre in Britain. Amongst the Theatres – and their Artistic Directors – discussed are the Northcott Theeatre, Exeter; Theatre Royal Windsor, Peter Ch
• E8: Robert Shaw: The Actor as Novelist (1970-11-15)
• E9: A Requiem for Modigliani (1970-11-22)
• E10: Rambert Remembers (1970-11-29)
• E11: Eisenstein 1 (1970-12-06)
• E12: Eisenstein 2 (1970-12-13)
• E13: I Regret Nothing (1970-12-27)
• E14: The Mysterious Mr Eliot (1971-01-03)
• E15: George Orwell: The Road to the Left (1971-01-10) — The film traces Orwell's life during 1936 when he spent time in the depressed north of England, married, set off for the Spanish Civil War and completed his book 'The Road to Wigan
• E16: Chicago Blues (1971-01-24)
• E17: In Prison: A World of Its Own (1971-03-14)
• E18: The Making of Husbands (1971-03-28)
• E19: Brendan Behan (1971-04-04)
• E20: Henri Cartier Bresson (1971-04-11)
• E21: In Search of Lost Time (1971-05-02) — An Omnibus Arts documentary made to celebrate the centenary of the birth of author Marcel Proust. The film examines the creation of his autobiographical novel "A La Recherche du te
• E22: This Was Richard Tauber (1971-05-09)
• E23: The Passionate Hunter (1971-05-23)
• E24: Ingrid Bergman Remembers (1971-05-30)
• E25: Three Looms Waiting (1971-06-06)
• E26: James Mossman: To Be a Witness (1971-06-20)
• E27: TheTchaikovsky Competition (1971-06-27)
• E28: Bream at Stratford (1971-07-04)
• E29: Solzhenitsyn (1971-07-11)
• E30: Hail and Farewell-George Moore (1971-07-18)
• E31: Russell's Progress (1971-07-25) — Portrait of the filmmaker Ken Russell.

Season 5

• E1: The Proms 71 (1971-08-29)
• E2: Happy Birthday Dear Albert (1971-09-12)
• E3: Glenda Jackson: A Private Face in a Public Place (1971-10-19)
• E4: The Young Platform (1971-09-26)
• E5: David Lean (1971-10-03)
• E6: There Was an Old Person Called Lear… (1971-10-10)
• E7: Paul Klee: Heart of Creation (1971-10-17)
• E8: Rap Her Te Bank (1971-10-24) — 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 Brit
• E9: Mind You I Live Here: Stan Barstow (1971-10-31) — A portrait of Yorkshire writer and author Stan Barstow; includes contributions from his friends.
• E10: Will the real Mr Hogarth…. (1971-10-31) — A personal appraisal of the caricaturist William Hogarth.
• E11: Duke Ellington and his Orchestra (1971-11-14)
• E12: Vive La Culture! (1971-11-28) — A tour of the arts,dance and theatre of Amiens, a town that makes car tyres.
• E13: Instant Nostalgia (1971-12-05)
• E14: Humphrey Bogart (1971-12-27)
• E15: Paradise Restored (1972-01-02)
• E16: A Modern Turn of Mind (1972-01-30)
• E17: Sir John Barbirolli: Glorious John (1972-02-06)
• E18: Bruno Walter: The Face of Music (1972-02-13)
• E19: Rise Above It: Tyrone Guthrie (1972-02-20)
• E20: Man at the Met: Sir Rudolf Bing (1972-02-27)
• E21: The Fall of Venice (1972-03-19)
• E22: Actor, I Said (1972-04-09)
• E23: The Great American Dream Machine (1972-04-16)
• E24: Leningrad Reborn (1972-04-30)
• E25: Born Black Born British (1972-06-11) — Young West Indians give an impression of their life in this country through their paintings, music, and writing.
• E26: A Dignified Comic Set-to: Groucho Marx (1972-07-02)
• E27: The Man Behind the Mask: Marcel Marceau (1972-07-23)

Season 6

• E1: Leeds International Piano Competition (1972-09-17)
• E2: The Last Samurai (1972-09-24)
• E3: The Wit & World of George Bernard Shaw (1972-10-01) — Christopher Plummer invites the audience into the world of great playwright, George Bernard Shaw, at his home with fellow actors and an actress playing St. Joan.
• E4: Vincent the Dutchman (1972-10-15)
• E5: Who Needs a Conductor? (1972-10-22)
• E6: The Performers-Goya (1972-10-29)
• E7: Artists in Wartime (1972-11-12)
• E8: Great Orchestras: The Chicago Symphony Orchestra (1972-11-19)
• E9: Ned Kelly Country: The Paintings of Sidney Nolan (1972-11-26) — A journey across Australia through the paintings of Sidney Nolan.

  Earlier this year Sidney Nolan revisited the country where he was born. He likes long journeys and cannot help pa

• E10: Max Beerbohm Remembers (1972-12-10)
• E11: Judy: Impressions of Garland (1972-12-24) — Memories of Judy Garland, from people who knew and worked with her.
• E12: The Savage Image (1973-01-14)
• E13: Why Culture? (1973-01-21)
• E14: But the People Are Beautiful: Andy Warhol (1973-02-04)
• E15: Fools Rush In: Morecambe and Wise (1973-02-18) — This film for Omnibus follows the two weeks of rehearsal that led up to the recording of a Morecambe and Wise Show that aired on 16 February 1973. 'Fools Rush In' was Eric and Ern
• E16: The Name Grierson: The Word Documentary (1973-02-25)
• E17: Master of the Cello (1973-03-11)
• E18: It Must Be Something in the Water (1973-03-18)
• E19: Sir Noel Coward (1973-03-25)
• E20: Colette 1873-1954: A Window in the War (1973-04-15)
• E21: That's My Little Masterpiece (1973-05-06)
• E22: The Passing of the Year (1973-05-13) — An Omnibus calendar of tribal England. This film traces how the passing of the seasons is still celebrated with folk song, dance and-ritual. For 12 months cameras have been recordi
• E23: British Jazz (1973-06-03)
• E24: Leonardo-To Know How to See (1973-07-08)
• E25: Ginger Baker in Africa (1973-07-15) — The former Cream drummer travels to Nigeria to build a recording studio.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many seasons does Omnibus have? 42 season(s) with 784 episodes.

Where can I watch Omnibus? See the Where to Watch section above for current streaming options.