
Omnibus (1967)
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.
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Episode 1 - George Grosz: Enemy of the State
Release Date: 1987-05-05Dramatized documentary about the life of the painter George Grosz.
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Episode 2 - Real Dreams
Release Date: 1987-05-12 -
Episode 3 - James Stirling
Release Date: 1987-05-22 -
Episode 4 - Michelangelo
Release Date: 1987-05-29 -
Episode 5 - A US Journey with Isaac Bashevis
Release Date: 1987-06-05 -
Episode 6 - Aretha Franklin
Release Date: 1987-06-12 -
Episode 7 - The Big Bang in the Book World
Release Date: 1987-06-19 -
Episode 8 - George Gershwin Remembered
Release Date: 1987-07-10 -
Episode 9 - The Hackney Way
Release Date: 1987-07-17 -
Episode 10 - Eudora Welty
Release Date: 1987-07-24