Omnibus
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.
Seasons
42
Episodes
784
Country
United Kingdom
Status
Ended
Cast
Peter Sallis
Guest · 6 eps
Steven Spielberg
· 1 eps
Liam Neeson
· 1 eps
Anthony Hopkins
· 1 eps
Helen Mirren
· 1 eps
Natalie Portman
· 1 eps
Michael Caine
· 1 eps
George Lucas
· 2 eps
John Gielgud
Self · 3 eps
Michael Hordern
Self · 3 eps
Ewan McGregor
· 1 eps
Ralph Richardson
Self · 3 eps
Claire Bloom
Self · 3 eps
Russell Crowe
· 1 eps
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Self - Narrator · 3 eps
Eleanor Bron
Self · 3 eps
Ken Russell
Self · 3 eps
Michael Gambon
· 2 eps
Richard E. Grant
· 2 eps
Laurence Olivier
· 2 eps
Roger Waters
Self · 3 eps
Kenneth Branagh
· 1 eps
Eric Morecambe
Self · 3 eps
André Previn
Self · 3 eps
Ernie Wise
Self · 3 eps
Angela Lansbury
· 1 eps
David Bowie
· 2 eps
Patrick Stewart
Cyrus Redding · 1 eps
Barry Humphries
Sir Les Patterson · 2 eps
Dudley Moore
· 2 eps
Linus Roache
Vincent Van Gogh · 1 eps
Jamie Bell
· 1 eps
Stephen King
· 1 eps
Shirley MacLaine
· 1 eps
Julie Walters
· 1 eps
Vinnie Jones
· 1 eps
Elizabeth Taylor
· 1 eps
Jack Shepherd
Gaughin · 2 eps
Jim Broadbent
Roulin · 1 eps
Douglas Adams
· 2 eps
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Episode Guide
1
Everybody's Expo
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.
2
Suliotis Sings
The British debut of a new world opera star—at the age of twenty-four.
3
Beethoven Symphony No. 3, in E flat (Eroica)
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, London.
4
Tyger, Tyger
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 symmetry" Why does this poem by William Blake 1757-1827 stick in the mind, and seize the imagination of so many different people?
5
Benjamin Britten and His Festival
6
East of Bedlam
7
Jacqueline
8
The World of Coppard
9
Dante's Inferno
10
Diaghilev: The Years Abroad (1)
11
Diaghilev: The Years in Exile (2)
12
Edith Evans: A Birthday Tribute
13
Top Brass
14
Abelard and Heloise
15
The Exile
16
Tommy
17
God's Tunes
18
China and the Barbarians
19
Whistle and I'll Come to You
20
My Name Is Benvenuto Cellini
21
The Charm of Dynamite!
22
Corporal Jan
23
The Ken Russell Festival (1)
24
The Ken Russell Festival (2)
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