Omnibus 1967
- Status
- Ended
- First Aired
- October 13, 1967
- Last Aired
- January 8, 2003
- Format
- 42 seasons · 784 eps
- Total Runtime
- ~784 hours (60 min/ep)
- Highest Rated Episode
- S1E19 "Whistle and I'll Come to You" (★ 6/10)
- Network
- BBC One
★ TMDB users: 7.2/10 from 9 votes Documentary 42 seasons · 784 eps Ended
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Omnibus was a BBC television documentary series that focused on the arts. The programme was broadcast mainly on BBC1 in the United Kingdom and was the successor to the long-running arts-based series Monitor.
- Type
- TV series
- Year
- 1967
- Status
- Ended
- Episodes
- 784
- Runtime
- 60 minutes
- First aired
- Oct 13, 1967
- Last aired
- Jan 8, 2003
- Original language
- EN
- Origin
- GB
- Networks
- BBC One
- Genres
- Documentary
- Updated
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- ★ TMDB users: 7.2/10 from 9 votes
- Format
- 42 seasons · 784 episodes
- Episode runtime
- ~60 minutes
- Status
- Ended
- Network
- BBC One
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Omnibus was a BBC television documentary series that focused on the arts. The programme was broadcast mainly on BBC1 in the United Kingdom and 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 history, the programme won 12 Bafta awards, which is a notable achievement. The series featured a range of documentaries, including profiles of notable figures such as David Bowie and Ridley Scott. Some of the series' best remembered documentaries include Cracked Actor, a profile of David Bowie, and a profile of the British film director Ridley Scott. The programme was an arts-based series that covered various topics and featured concerts and experimental dramatizations.
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“Omnibus is a long-running BBC documentary series dedicated to exploring the arts and cultural figures.”
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- diverse subject profiles
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- lengthy broadcast history
- varied subject matter
Watch it if you are interested in the history of BBC arts programming and profiles of cultural icons.
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Season 1 · 24 episodes
Open the complete Season 1 guide & lore primer →- E1 Everybody's Expo Mytharc Oct 13, 1967
- E2 Suliotis Sings Core Oct 20, 1967
- E3 Beethoven Symphony No. 3, in E flat (Eroica) Core Nov 3, 1967
- E4 Tyger, Tyger Core Nov 10, 1967
- E5 Benjamin Britten and His Festival Core Nov 22, 1967
- E6 East of Bedlam Core Dec 8, 1967
- E7 Jacqueline Core Dec 15, 1967
- E8 The World of Coppard Core Dec 15, 1967
- E9 Dante's Inferno Core Dec 22, 1967
- E10 Diaghilev: The Years Abroad (1) Core Dec 28, 1967
- E11 Diaghilev: The Years in Exile (2) Core Jan 9, 1968
- E12 Edith Evans: A Birthday Tribute Core Jan 16, 1968
- E13 Top Brass Core Jan 23, 1968
- E14 Abelard and Heloise Core Jan 30, 1968
- E15 The Exile Core Feb 6, 1968
- E16 Tommy Core Mar 26, 1968
- E17 God's Tunes Core Apr 2, 1968
- E18 China and the Barbarians Core Apr 23, 1968
- E19 Whistle and I'll Come to You Core May 7, 1968
- E20 My Name Is Benvenuto Cellini Core May 21, 1968
- E21 The Charm of Dynamite! Core May 28, 1968
- E22 Corporal Jan Core Jun 18, 1968
- E23 The Ken Russell Festival (1) Mytharc Jun 25, 1968
- E24 The Ken Russell Festival (2) Mytharc Jul 2, 1968
Season 2 · 30 episodes
Open the complete Season 2 guide & lore primer →- E1 Song of Summer Mytharc Sep 15, 1968
- E2 J.B. Priestley Core Sep 22, 1968
- E3 Olympia 1936 Core Sep 29, 1968
- E4 Blow The Wind Southerly Core Oct 6, 1968
- E5 All My Loving Core Nov 3, 1968
- E6 Rossini: The Long Farewell Core Nov 10, 1968
- E7 The Hunted Man Core Nov 17, 1968
- E8 Paul Gauguin: Quest For Silence Core Nov 24, 1968
- E9 Rubinstein Speaks Core Dec 1, 1968
- E10 Hadrian VII Core Dec 8, 1968
- E11 Tallulah Bankhead Core Dec 15, 1968
- E12 Make A Joyful Noise Core Dec 22, 1968
- E13 Eric Porter Core Dec 29, 1968
- E14 Cream Farewell Concert Core Jan 5, 1969
- E15 The Man Who Dances Core Jan 12, 1969
- E16 Woman From The Shadows Core Jan 19, 1969
- E17 Makers of the Queen's Music Core Jan 26, 1969
- E18 From Today, Painting Is Dead Core Feb 2, 1969
- E19 Myrna Loy Core Feb 16, 1969
- E20 Malcolm Arnold Core Mar 2, 1969
- E21 Shostakovich Core Mar 9, 1969
- E22 A Couple of Brians Core Mar 23, 1969
- E23 1969 Oscar Awards Core Apr 20, 1969
- E24 Down These Mean Streets A Man Must Go Core Mar 30, 1969
- E25 The More We Are Together Core May 4, 1969
- E26 Lawrence Durrell's Paris Core May 11, 1969
- E27 Margot Fonteyn: Birthday of a Ballerina Core May 18, 1969
- E28 Acting Styles in the 20th Century Core May 25, 1969
- E29 The Vital Juices Are Russian Mytharc Jun 1, 1969
- E30 So What If It's Just Green Cheese? Mytharc Jul 20, 1969
Season 3 · 35 episodes
Open the complete Season 3 guide & lore primer →- E1 Omnibus at the Proms Mytharc Aug 3, 1969
- E2 Omnibus at the Proms: Sir Adrian Boult Core Aug 17, 1969
- E3 Sir Henry Wood Core Sep 7, 1969
- E4 J.B. Priestley Core Sep 14, 1969
- E5 George Robey Core Sep 28, 1969
- E6 Beautiful Beautiful Core Oct 5, 1969
- E7 Sir Malcolm Sargent Core Oct 12, 1969
- E8 What the Hell Ever Happens in Marlborough? Core Oct 19, 1969
- E9 F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Dream Divided Core Oct 26, 1969
- E10 Christopher Isherwood: A Born Foreigner Core Nov 2, 1969
- E11 Richter Core Nov 9, 1969
- E12 The Confessions of Marian Evans/George Eliot Core Nov 23, 1969
- E13 Noel Coward Core Dec 7, 1969
- E14 Where Are You Going My Pretty Maid? Core Dec 14, 1969
- E15 Tommy Steele and Things Core Dec 21, 1969
- E16 Unashamed Accompanist: Gerald Moore Core Dec 28, 1969
- E17 Ian Fleming Creator of the James Bond Myth Core Jan 4, 1970
- E18 Virginia Woolf: A Day's Sail, a Night's Darkness Core Jan 18, 1970
- E19 Anna Pavlova: 1881 - 1931 Core Jan 25, 1970
- E20 Rope Ladder to the Moon: Jack Bruce Core Feb 1, 1970
- E21 John Clare - I am Core Feb 8, 1970
- E22 Dance of the Seven Veils Core Feb 15, 1970
- E23 Who Will Buy a Bubble? Core Feb 22, 1970
- E24 Ralph Vaughan Williams Core Mar 1, 1970
- E25 On the Waltz Core Mar 15, 1970
- E26 The Wandsworth Sound Core Apr 5, 1970
- E27 1970 Oscar Awards Core Apr 12, 1970
- E28 Kenneth More Core Apr 18, 1970
- E29 To Leningrad with Love Core Apr 26, 1970
- E30 The Hollywood Image-The Silent Era Core May 3, 1970
- E31 The Hollywood Image-The Talkies Core May 10, 1970
- E32 The Hollywood Image-The Post War Years Core May 17, 1970
- E33 A Vow Fulfilled: Oberammergau Core May 31, 1970
- E34 The Other Edward Heath Mytharc Jun 28, 1970
- E35 Satchmo at 70 Mytharc Jul 5, 1970
Season 4 · 31 episodes
Open the complete Season 4 guide & lore primer →- E1 Omnibus at the Proms Mytharc Aug 23, 1970
- E2 Ustinov's Expo Core Sep 13, 1970
- E3 Heart of Britain Core Sep 20, 1970
- E4 Art Therapy-Shapes in the Wilderness Core Sep 27, 1970
- E5 Everything in the Garden 1 Core Oct 11, 1970
- E6 Everything in the Garden 2 Core Oct 18, 1970
- E7 It'll Be All Live on the Night Core Nov 1, 1970
- E8 Robert Shaw: The Actor as Novelist Core Nov 15, 1970
- E9 A Requiem for Modigliani Core Nov 22, 1970
- E10 Rambert Remembers Core Nov 29, 1970
- E11 Eisenstein 1 Core Dec 6, 1970
- E12 Eisenstein 2 Core Dec 13, 1970
- E13 I Regret Nothing Core Dec 27, 1970
- E14 The Mysterious Mr Eliot Core Jan 3, 1971
- E15 George Orwell: The Road to the Left Core Jan 10, 1971
- E16 Chicago Blues Core Jan 24, 1971
- E17 In Prison: A World of Its Own Core Mar 14, 1971
- E18 The Making of Husbands Core Mar 28, 1971
- E19 Brendan Behan Core Apr 4, 1971
- E20 Henri Cartier Bresson Core Apr 11, 1971
- E21 In Search of Lost Time Core May 2, 1971
- E22 This Was Richard Tauber Core May 9, 1971
- E23 The Passionate Hunter Core May 23, 1971
- E24 Ingrid Bergman Remembers Core May 30, 1971
- E25 Three Looms Waiting Core Jun 6, 1971
- E26 James Mossman: To Be a Witness Core Jun 20, 1971
- E27 TheTchaikovsky Competition Core Jun 27, 1971
- E28 Bream at Stratford Core Jul 4, 1971
- E29 Solzhenitsyn Core Jul 11, 1971
- E30 Hail and Farewell-George Moore Mytharc Jul 18, 1971
- E31 Russell's Progress Mytharc Jul 25, 1971
Season 5 · 27 episodes
Open the complete Season 5 guide & lore primer →- E1 The Proms 71 Mytharc Aug 29, 1971
- E2 Happy Birthday Dear Albert Core Sep 12, 1971
- E3 Glenda Jackson: A Private Face in a Public Place Core Oct 19, 1971
- E4 The Young Platform Core Sep 26, 1971
- E5 David Lean Core Oct 3, 1971
- E6 There Was an Old Person Called Lear... Core Oct 10, 1971
- E7 Paul Klee: Heart of Creation Core Oct 17, 1971
- E8 Rap Her Te Bank Core Oct 24, 1971
- E9 Mind You I Live Here: Stan Barstow Core Oct 31, 1971
- E10 Will the real Mr Hogarth.... Core Oct 31, 1971
- E11 Duke Ellington and his Orchestra Core Nov 14, 1971
- E12 Vive La Culture! Core Nov 28, 1971
- E13 Instant Nostalgia Core Dec 5, 1971
- E14 Humphrey Bogart Core Dec 27, 1971
- E15 Paradise Restored Core Jan 2, 1972
- E16 A Modern Turn of Mind Core Jan 30, 1972
- E17 Sir John Barbirolli: Glorious John Core Feb 6, 1972
- E18 Bruno Walter: The Face of Music Core Feb 13, 1972
- E19 Rise Above It: Tyrone Guthrie Mytharc Feb 20, 1972
- E20 Man at the Met: Sir Rudolf Bing Core Feb 27, 1972
- E21 The Fall of Venice Mytharc Mar 19, 1972
- E22 Actor, I Said Core Apr 9, 1972
- E23 The Great American Dream Machine Core Apr 16, 1972
- E24 Leningrad Reborn Core Apr 30, 1972
- E25 Born Black Born British Core Jun 11, 1972
- E26 A Dignified Comic Set-to: Groucho Marx Mytharc Jul 2, 1972
- E27 The Man Behind the Mask: Marcel Marceau Mytharc Jul 23, 1972
Season 6 · 25 episodes
Open the complete Season 6 guide & lore primer →- E1 Leeds International Piano Competition Mytharc Sep 17, 1972
- E2 The Last Samurai Core Sep 24, 1972
- E3 The Wit & World of George Bernard Shaw Core Oct 1, 1972
- E4 Vincent the Dutchman Core Oct 15, 1972
- E5 Who Needs a Conductor? Core Oct 22, 1972
- E6 The Performers-Goya Core Oct 29, 1972
- E7 Artists in Wartime Core Nov 12, 1972
- E8 Great Orchestras: The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Core Nov 19, 1972
- E9 Ned Kelly Country: The Paintings of Sidney Nolan Core Nov 26, 1972
- E10 Max Beerbohm Remembers Core Dec 10, 1972
- E11 Judy: Impressions of Garland Core Dec 24, 1972
- E12 The Savage Image Core Jan 14, 1973
- E13 Why Culture? Core Jan 21, 1973
- E14 But the People Are Beautiful: Andy Warhol Core Feb 4, 1973
- E15 Fools Rush In: Morecambe and Wise Core Feb 18, 1973
- E16 The Name Grierson: The Word Documentary Core Feb 25, 1973
- E17 Master of the Cello Core Mar 11, 1973
- E18 It Must Be Something in the Water Core Mar 18, 1973
- E19 Sir Noel Coward Core Mar 25, 1973
- E20 Colette 1873-1954: A Window in the War Core Apr 15, 1973
- E21 That's My Little Masterpiece Core May 6, 1973
- E22 The Passing of the Year Core May 13, 1973
- E23 British Jazz Core Jun 3, 1973
- E24 Leonardo-To Know How to See Mytharc Jul 8, 1973
- E25 Ginger Baker in Africa Mytharc Jul 15, 1973
Season 7 · 36 episodes
Open the complete Season 7 guide & lore primer →- E1 The Proms 1 Mytharc Jul 29, 1973
- E2 The Proms 2 Core Aug 5, 1973
- E3 The Proms 3 Core Aug 12, 1973
- E4 The Proms 3 Core Aug 26, 1973
- E5 The Proms Core Sep 2, 1973
- E6 A Question of Feeling Core Sep 9, 1973
- E7 André Previn-The Other LSO Core Sep 16, 1973
- E8 The Sydney Opera House Core Sep 23, 1973
- E9 Sir Robert Helpmann Core Sep 30, 1973
- E10 The British Hero Core Oct 7, 1973
- E12 George Stubbs: Make the Knife Go with the Pencil Core Oct 21, 1973
- E13 Hollywood on Trial Core Nov 4, 1973
- E14 The Runaway Core Nov 18, 1973
- E15 François Truffaut Core Dec 2, 1973
- E16 Bejart+Boulez = Ballet Core Dec 9, 1973
- E17 It's Fantastic, It's Futuristic, It's Fatalistic, It's Science Fiction Core Dec 16, 1973
- E18 Marcel Marceau: A Christmas Carol Core Dec 23, 1973
- E19 Gershwin's Porgy Core Dec 24, 1973
- E20 Nureyev Core Jan 27, 1974
- E21 Great Orchestras: The London Symphony Core Feb 3, 1974
- E22 Acting a Part? Core Feb 10, 1974
- E23 The Art of the Potter Core Feb 17, 1974
- E24 Don't Take It for Granted Core Feb 24, 1974
- E25 Claire Bloom Core Mar 3, 1974
- E26 Kafka's Castle Core Mar 17, 1974
- E28 Beethoven's 9th Symphony Core Mar 31, 1974
- E29 The Invasion of Space: Novgorod Father of Russia Core Apr 14, 1974
- E30 Wish You Were Here Core Apr 15, 1974
- E31 Ella Fitzgerald at Ronnie Scott's Core Apr 28, 1974
- E32 Ella Fitzgerald's Other Show Core May 4, 1974
- E33 Crystal Palace-The Great Glass Hive Core May 5, 1974
- E34 Alan Price: Between Today & Yesterday Core May 26, 1974
- E35 W.B.Yeats and the Coming Times Core Jun 2, 1974
- E36 Dame Ninette De Valois Core Jun 9, 1974
- E37 Ernest Brown: Pioneer Photographer Mytharc Jul 7, 1974
- E38 Words by Johnny Mercer Mytharc Jul 14, 1974
Season 8 · 26 episodes
Open the complete Season 8 guide & lore primer →- E1 Tommy Steele: My Life, My Song Mytharc Oct 8, 1974
- E2 The Goldwyn Touch Core Oct 20, 1974
- E3 Joseph Conrad Core Oct 27, 1974
- E4 Music from the Flames Core Nov 10, 1974
- E5 The O De Cologne Show Core Nov 17, 1974
- E6 The Jean Rhys Woman Core Nov 24, 1974
- E7 Oscar Peterson & André Previn Core Dec 1, 1974
- E8 Find Me Core Dec 8, 1974
- E9 The Need for Nightmare Core Dec 15, 1974
- E10 Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy Core Dec 22, 1974
- E11 A Circus for a School Core Dec 29, 1974
- E12 Cathedral Core Jan 5, 1975
- E13 Cracked Actor Core Jan 26, 1975
- E14 Auguste Rodin: Changes Core Feb 2, 1975
- E15 21 Not Out Core Feb 16, 1975
- E16 Alphabets, Wild Things, Peter and a Golden Canary Core Feb 23, 1975
- E17 Charles Chaplin: Tramp & Philosopher Core Mar 2, 1975
- E18 The Friendly Invasion from Stephen Foster to Ragtime Core Mar 9, 1975
- E19 Fidelio Finke: Where Are You Now? Core Mar 16, 1975
- E20 African Sanctus Core Mar 30, 1975
- E21 Nijinsky: God of the Dance Core Apr 6, 1975
- E22 The Grierson Award Core Apr 13, 1975
- E23 Great Orchestras: The Vienna Philharmonic Core Apr 27, 1975
- E24 Claes Oldenburg: The Formative Years Core May 4, 1975
- E25 Irving Berlin Core May 11, 1975
- E28 A Step in the Jungle: Ronald Searle Mytharc Jun 15, 1975
Season 9 · 34 episodes
Open the complete Season 9 guide & lore primer →- E1 Exton, Stoppard and Co at the Eleventh Hour Mytharc Sep 21, 1975
- E2 The Great Orchestras: The Boston Symphony Core Sep 28, 1975
- E3 Big Ware Core Oct 5, 1975
- E4 Anatomies: Images in the Work of John Donne Core Oct 12, 1975
- E5 Honore De Balzac: Torrents of the Mind Core Oct 19, 1975
- E6 Thomas Mann: The Fight Against Death Core Oct 26, 1975
- E7 Shafts of Sunlight Core Nov 2, 1975
- E8 The Friendly Invasion: 2 from Jazz to Swing Core Nov 23, 1975
- E9 The Friendly Invasion: 3 the Road to Rock & Roll Core Nov 30, 1975
- E10 Family Scenes: Ivy Compton - The Burne Household Core Dec 7, 1975
- E11 Jane Austen Core Dec 14, 1975
- E12 Come and Dance with Busby Berkeley Core Dec 21, 1975
- E13 Scenes from a Geordie Ceilidh/Overture/Closed on Mondays Core Dec 21, 1975
- E14 The Golden Age of Spanish Painting Core Jan 15, 1976
- E15 The Waltz Core Jan 22, 1976
- E16 Omnibus in Ireland Core Jan 29, 1976
- E17 All Clouds Are Clocks Core Feb 5, 1976
- E18 A Matter of Life & Death Core Feb 12, 1976
- E19 Constable Exhibition Core Feb 19, 1976
- E20 Charles Marowitz Core Feb 26, 1976
- E21 A Kind of Innocence Core Mar 4, 1976
- E22 Placido Domingo Core Mar 11, 1976
- E23 Portraits Core Mar 18, 1976
- E24 The Honourable Out -Of- Step Core Mar 25, 1976
- E25 Richard Avendon Core Apr 1, 1976
- E26 The Spirit of the Land Core Apr 8, 1976
- E27 Monsieur Hulot's Work Core May 13, 1976
- E29 Far Away Core May 27, 1976
- E30 John Constable Core Jun 3, 1976
- E31 The Sound of Islam Core Jun 10, 1976
- E32 The Green Table- Around the Green Table Core Jun 17, 1976
- E33 An Evening with Gene Kelly Core Jun 24, 1976
- E34 Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death Mytharc Jul 1, 1976
- E35 Beyond a Boundary Mytharc Jul 8, 1976
Season 10 · 38 episodes
Open the complete Season 10 guide & lore primer →- E1 All the Superlatives - Anthony Dowell Mytharc Oct 21, 1976
- E2 Omnibus USA: Dave Brubeck Core Oct 28, 1976
- E3 My Homeland Core Nov 3, 1976
- E4 Art - To a Degree Core Nov 11, 1976
- E5 Culture - Who Needs It? Core Nov 11, 1976
- E6 Omnibus USA: Have a Nice Day Core Nov 25, 1976
- E7 Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema Core Dec 2, 1976
- E8 Benjamin Britten Core Dec 5, 1976
- E9 The First 70 Years Are the Worst-Two Lives in Music Core Dec 9, 1976
- E10 New York, New York Core Dec 16, 1976
- E11 The Story of Pantomime Core Dec 23, 1976
- E12 Pleasure at Her Majesty's Core Dec 29, 1976
- E13 The Song of Mandelay Core Jan 3, 1977
- E14 A White Wall in Alentejo Core Jan 13, 1977
- E15 Omnibus USA: Doc, Charlie and the Painters Core Jan 20, 1977
- E16 Colour Positive - The Poster Man Core Jan 27, 1977
- E17 Paintings by El Greco Core Feb 3, 1977
- E18 Paintings by Titian Core Feb 10, 1977
- E19 Paintings by Velazquez Core Feb 17, 1977
- E20 Omnibus USA: LA - My Home Town Core Feb 24, 1977
- E21 Toccata at the Plaza Core Mar 3, 1977
- E22 Omnibus USA: New York Real, New York Abstract Core Mar 10, 1977
- E23 Orpheus and His Flute Core Mar 17, 1977
- E24 Walton No.1 Core Mar 24, 1977
- E25 Stan Tracey: The Original Core Mar 31, 1977
- E26 Omnibus USA: Documentary America Core Apr 7, 1977
- E27 Seeds of a New Life Core Apr 14, 1977
- E28 The Lindsays/Half a Mile from Stoke Core Apr 21, 1977
- E29 The Human Face Core Apr 28, 1977
- E30 Walk to the Moon Core May 5, 1977
- E31 The National Youth Jazz Orchestra -Stan's Band Core May 12, 1977
- E32 Italia: Florence After the Flood Core May 26, 1977
- E33 Italia: The Madonna & the Volcano Core Jun 2, 1977
- E34 Italia: A Line Through the Labrynth Core Jun 9, 1977
- E35 Victims and Survivors: Whose Colour Is White? Core Jun 23, 1977
- E36 Conductor's Eye View: Little Train Core Jun 30, 1977
- E37 Unita- Bach at Tilford Mytharc Jul 7, 1977
- E38 The Santa Fe Opera Mytharc Jul 14, 1977
Season 11 · 16 episodes
Open the complete Season 11 guide & lore primer →- E1 Music of a Thousand Autumns Mytharc Oct 13, 1977
- E2 The Nat Gonella Story Core Oct 20, 1977
- E3 Big Band Jazz Core Oct 27, 1977
- E4 Pure Radio Core Nov 3, 1977
- E5 A Day in the Garden/A Piano's Story Core Nov 10, 1977
- E6 The Garden Beyond Core Nov 17, 1977
- E7 Poetry Core Nov 24, 1977
- E8 For Love or Money 1 Core Dec 1, 1977
- E9 For Love or Money 2 Core Dec 8, 1977
- E10 Jeanne Moreau Core Jan 12, 1978
- E11 Gustev Courbit/Engine of Revolution Core Jan 19, 1978
- E12 Voices of Children/Profile of a Dancer Core Feb 2, 1978
- E13 Everyone Is a Special Kind of Artist Core Feb 2, 1978
- E14 Marevna & Marika Core Feb 9, 1978
- E15 The Song of the White Horse Mytharc Feb 16, 1978
- E16 Warsaw Autumn Mytharc Feb 23, 1978
Season 12 · 26 episodes
Open the complete Season 12 guide & lore primer →- E1 The Art Show of Ed Kienholz Mytharc Aug 2, 1978
- E2 The People's Park: Disco Delight or What a Way to End It All Core Aug 9, 1978
- E3 Leos Janacek: 1854-1928 Core Aug 16, 1978
- E4 The Pilgrimage of Ti-Jean Core Aug 30, 1978
- E5 The Record Machine Core Oct 12, 1978
- E6 Living Room Core Oct 19, 1978
- E7 Paul Gauguin: The Savage and the Construction of Paradise Core Oct 26, 1978
- E8 Fear and Loathing in Gonzovision Core Nov 2, 1978
- E9 628-E8 Core Dec 27, 1978
- E10 Its Stolen Your Face Core Nov 23, 1978
- E11 After the Dream Core Nov 30, 1978
- E12 Getting Away with Murder: The Childhood of Claude Chabrol Core Dec 7, 1978
- E13 She Must Be Joking! Core Dec 21, 1978
- E14 Lillian Hellman Core Feb 8, 1979
- E15 Rene Magritte Core Feb 5, 1979
- E16 Words Fail Me Core Feb 22, 1979
- E17 Brian Clarke: The Story So Far Core Mar 15, 1979
- E18 Natalia Makarova Core Mar 29, 1979
- E19 Drawn & Quartered Core May 10, 1979
- E20 Kiss Me, Petruchio Core May 17, 1979
- E21 Lotte Lenya Core May 24, 1979
- E22 The Brothers Grimm Core May 30, 1979
- E23 Dread, Beat N'Blood Core Jun 7, 1979
- E24 The Long Walk of Fred Young Core Jun 14, 1979
- E25 Pig Earth Mytharc Jun 21, 1979
- E26 Gold on Ice Mytharc Jun 27, 1979
Season 13 · 14 episodes
Open the complete Season 13 guide & lore primer →- E1 Schalcken the Painter Mytharc Dec 23, 1979
- E2 Ray Bradbury: The Illustrated Man Core Jan 15, 1980
- E3 Johnny Be Good Core Jan 29, 1980
- E4 Blue Moon Core Feb 5, 1980
- E5 Tuning In Core Feb 26, 1980
- E6 Parting Shots From Animals Core Mar 4, 1980
- E7 Graham Sutherland: The Artist On Film Core Mar 11, 1980
- E8 Hollywood's Wild Angel Core Mar 18, 1980
- E9 Home Movies Core Mar 25, 1980
- E10 Windhover Core Apr 1, 1980
- E11 Bugs and Daffy and Chuck and Porky Core Apr 8, 1980
- E12 Coming Alive Core Apr 22, 1980
- E13 Quinn Running Mytharc May 8, 1980
- E14 We Think The World of You Mytharc May 15, 1980
Season 14 · 14 episodes
Open the complete Season 14 guide & lore primer →- E1 Judy Chicago's Dinner Party Mytharc Jan 13, 1981
- E2 But The Client Loved It... Core Jan 20, 1981
- E3 When The Dancing Had to Stop Core Jan 27, 1981
- E4 The First Freedom Core Feb 3, 1981
- E5 The Story of G... Core Feb 10, 1981
- E6 Dallas The Big Store Core Feb 24, 1981
- E7 Punch & Judy Core Mar 3, 1981
- E8 Stevie Wonder: Innervisions Core Mar 17, 1981
- E9 Norman Foster: Watch This Space Core Mar 24, 1981
- E10 An Actor's Life For Me Core Mar 31, 1981
- E11 Parrots, Bees, Ducks and Finches Core Apr 7, 1981
- E12 Mark Gertler Core Apr 14, 1981
- E13 We Ask the Questions Mytharc Apr 21, 1981
- E14 Landseer: A Victorian Comedy Mytharc Jun 2, 1981
Season 15 · 17 episodes
Open the complete Season 15 guide & lore primer →- E1 La Ronde / Frankie Howerd / Great Japan Exhibition Mytharc Jan 10, 1982
- E2 Cats / Holy Blood and The Holy Grail Core Jan 17, 1982
- E3 Alan Ayckbourn / Humphrey Jennings / Labeque Sisters Core Jan 24, 1982
- E4 Sir Anton Dolin / Susan Hill Core Jan 31, 1982
- E5 Bad Apple / James Joyce's Ulysses Core Feb 7, 1982
- E6 Lucie Rie Core Feb 14, 1982
- E7 Paganini / Jonathan Miller / Brian Aldiss Core Feb 21, 1982
- E8 The Cortege / Barbican / Nureyev and Brind Core Feb 28, 1982
- E9 Berlin Requiem / Art and Architecture Core Mar 7, 1982
- E10 Claire Bloom / Masquerade Core Mar 14, 1982
- E11 The Oldest Dance in the World Core Mar 21, 1982
- E12 Academy Awards / Julian Bream Core Mar 28, 1982
- E13 Macbeth RSC / Welsh National Opera Core Apr 4, 1982
- E14 Bernstein - Enigma Variations / Mary Renault Core Apr 18, 1982
- E15 Susan Hill/Beagley Dances/Anton Dolin Core May 2, 1982
- E16 Bob Hoskins - South Bank / Stephen Games / Dame Janet Baker Mytharc May 9, 1982
- E17 Maurice Sendak / Dennis Potter - Pennies From Heaven Mytharc May 16, 1982
Season 16 · 23 episodes
Open the complete Season 16 guide & lore primer →- E1 Milan Mytharc Oct 10, 1982
- E2 Poppy - Monty Norman / John Sell Cotman Core Oct 17, 1982
- E3 Apocalypse: Enrico Baj / Pas De Deux / Forss Core Oct 24, 1982
- E4 Freya Stark in Italy Core Oct 31, 1982
- E5 Brits on Broadway: The American Dance Machine Core Nov 7, 1982
- E6 Photography / John Morley Core Nov 14, 1982
- E7 The Folies Bergeres / Van Dyck in England Core Nov 21, 1982
- E8 Raymond Mason in Paris / Pekinel Sisters Core Nov 28, 1982
- E9 Wayne Sleep - Dash / Richard Payne Knight / Count Panza Core Dec 5, 1982
- E10 Gardens / Ligeti Core Dec 12, 1982
- E11 David Puttnam Core Dec 19, 1982
- E12 Peter Pan RSC Core Jan 16, 1983
- E13 Cecile Ousset Core Jan 23, 1983
- E14 Jonathan Miller - Magic Flute / Steven Berkoff Core Jan 30, 1983
- E15 Raymond Briggs and The Bomb / Sutton Place Core Feb 6, 1983
- E16 The Elgin Marbles/Tim White Core Feb 13, 1983
- E17 Alasdair Gray/Cimabue Core Feb 20, 1983
- E18 Richard Long/Landscapes Core Feb 27, 1983
- E19 Writers on the Right Core Mar 6, 1983
- E20 Patrick Heron Core Mar 13, 1983
- E21 Dirk Bogarde Core Mar 27, 1983
- E22 Celibidache and Faure's Requiem Mytharc Apr 3, 1983
- E23 Peter Ustinov Mytharc Apr 10, 1983
Season 17 · 10 episodes
Open the complete Season 17 guide & lore primer →- E1 Franco Zeffirelli Mytharc Oct 16, 1983
- E2 Roger Daltrey/The Taste Exhibition Core Oct 23, 1983
- E3 The Old Vic Core Oct 30, 1983
- E4 War Artists Core Nov 6, 1983
- E5 Jean Seberg Core Nov 13, 1983
- E6 Dimitris Sgouros/Eileen Agar Core Nov 20, 1983
- E7 The Genius of Venice Core Nov 27, 1983
- E8 Martin Bloch/Philip Core Core Dec 11, 1983
- E9 St George's Chapel/Live Music Now Mytharc Dec 18, 1983
- E10 Dolin, Friends and Memories Mytharc Dec 27, 1983
Season 18 · 11 episodes
Open the complete Season 18 guide & lore primer →- E1 Haydn's Lost Mass/Mr Broadway Mytharc Jun 24, 1984
- E2 Goodnight Vienna Core Jul 1, 1984
- E3 A Londoner in New York Core Jul 8, 1984
- E4 The Sound of Musak/Michael Clark Core Jul 15, 1984
- E5 Wharfedale Revisited/Squeezing the Frog Core Jul 22, 1984
- E6 The Westmores of Hollywood Core Jul 29, 1984
- E7 Episode 7 Core
- E8 Episode 8 Core
- E9 Episode 9 Core
- E10 Episode 10 Mytharc
- E11 Episode 11 Mytharc
Season 19 · 10 episodes
Open the complete Season 19 guide & lore primer →- E1 The Quest for Reginald Goodall Mytharc Sep 16, 1984
- E2 Wells and His Women Core Sep 23, 1984
- E3 The Bristol Showboat Saga Core Sep 30, 1984
- E4 The Face of Christ Core Oct 7, 1984
- E5 Tuscany Revisited Core Oct 14, 1984
- E6 Pennington on Chekov Core Oct 21, 1984
- E7 Lord Gowrie/The Dance Umbrella Core Oct 28, 1984
- E8 New Art Core Nov 4, 1984
- E9 The Classiest Juke-Box in the World Mytharc Nov 11, 1984
- E10 The Killing Fields Mytharc Nov 18, 1984
Season 20 · 21 episodes
Open the complete Season 20 guide & lore primer →- E1 From East Cheam to Earls Court Mytharc Apr 26, 1985
- E2 Malcolm Morley: The Outsider Core May 3, 1985
- E3 Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story Core May 10, 1985
- E4 The Battle for Mansion House Square Core May 17, 1985
- E5 The Ritz and the Cotton Club Core May 24, 1985
- E6 Klemperer Core May 31, 1985
- E7 Studs Terkel's Chicago Core Jun 7, 1985
- E8 Saga on the South Bank Core Jun 14, 1985
- E9 The Treble Core Jun 21, 1985
- E10 The Salesman Goes to China Core Jul 12, 1985
- E11 Quickly Up the Thames Core Jul 19, 1985
- E12 Luck & Flaw's Illustrated Guide to Caricature Core Jul 26, 1985
- E13 At the Proms 1 Core Aug 2, 1985
- E14 At the Proms 2 Core Aug 9, 1985
- E15 At the Proms 3 Core Aug 16, 1985
- E16 At the Proms 4 Core Jul 23, 1985
- E17 At the Proms 5 Core Aug 30, 1985
- E18 At the Proms 6 Core Sep 6, 1985
- E19 At the Proms 7 Core Sep 13, 1985
- E20 Episode 20 Mytharc
- E21 Episode 21 Mytharc
Season 21 · 7 episodes
Open the complete Season 21 guide & lore primer →- E1 Huw Wheldon by His Friends Mytharc Apr 11, 1986
- E2 Lawrence and Arabia Core Apr 18, 1986
- E3 Comic Relief Core Apr 25, 1986
- E4 Made in Ealing Core May 2, 1986
- E5 Video Jukebox Core May 9, 1986
- E6 Alice Walker & the Color Purple Mytharc May 16, 1986
- E7 The Last Moguls Mytharc May 23, 1986
Season 22 · 11 episodes
Open the complete Season 22 guide & lore primer →- E1 The Proms -1 Mytharc Aug 8, 1986
- E3 The Bolshoi Ballet Core Aug 28, 1986
- E4 Jessye Norman Core Sep 12, 1986
- E5 Meetings with Ambler Core Sep 19, 1986
- E6 Hitchcock: Its Only A Movie Core Sep 26, 1986
- E7 Hitchcock: Sex, Murder and Mayhem Core Oct 3, 1986
- E8 Courtney Pine and the New Jazz Core Oct 10, 1986
- E9 The Mission Core Oct 17, 1986
- E11 Ray Charles Core Oct 31, 1986
- E12 Cannon in Flowers Mytharc Nov 7, 1986
- E13 Rodin 1840-1917 Mytharc Nov 14, 1986
Season 23 · 10 episodes
Open the complete Season 23 guide & lore primer →- E1 George Grosz: Enemy of the State Mytharc May 5, 1987
- E2 Real Dreams Core May 12, 1987
- E3 James Stirling Core May 22, 1987
- E4 Michelangelo Core May 29, 1987
- E5 A US Journey with Isaac Bashevis Core Jun 5, 1987
- E6 Aretha Franklin Core Jun 12, 1987
- E7 The Big Bang in the Book World Core Jun 19, 1987
- E8 George Gershwin Remembered Core Jul 10, 1987
- E9 The Hackney Way Mytharc Jul 17, 1987
- E10 Eudora Welty Mytharc Jul 24, 1987
Season 24 · 7 episodes
Open the complete Season 24 guide & lore primer →- E1 Getting to Dylan Mytharc Sep 19, 1987
- E2 Towards Antara Core Sep 25, 1987
- E3 Omnibus: 20th Anniversary Show Core Oct 2, 1987
- E4 The Arts & Glasnost: Cinema Core Oct 9, 1987
- E5 The Arts & Glasnost: Artists Core Oct 16, 1987
- E6 The Arts & Glasnost: Writers Mytharc Oct 23, 1987
- E7 Arthur Miller Mytharc Oct 30, 1987
Season 25 · 10 episodes
Open the complete Season 25 guide & lore primer →- E1 Irving Berlin - The Voice of the City Mytharc May 6, 1988
- E2 A Poisoned Chalice? Core May 13, 1988
- E3 Lucien Freud Core May 20, 1988
- E4 Memories of a Musical Dog Core May 27, 1988
- E5 The Cinema of Satyajit Ray Core Jun 3, 1988
- E6 My Homeland Core Jun 10, 1988
- E7 Pablo Picasso: The Last Years Core Jun 17, 1988
- E8 From Bitter Earth - Artists of the Holocaust Core Jul 8, 1988
- E9 Songs from the Life of Leonard Cohen Mytharc Jul 15, 1988
- E10 Whale Nation Mytharc Jul 22, 1988
Season 26 · 16 episodes
Open the complete Season 26 guide & lore primer →- E1 Korea - A House Divided Mytharc Sep 23, 1988
- E2 Sir Fred- a Celilbration Core Sep 30, 1988
- E3 Gwen: A Juliet Remembered Core Oct 7, 1988
- E4 Eisenstein: Little Boy from Riga Core Oct 14, 1988
- E5 Harold Pinter Core Oct 21, 1988
- E6 Charles: A Vision of Britain Core Oct 28, 1988
- E7 Caryl Churchill Core Nov 4, 1988
- E8 Paul Simon Core Nov 11, 1988
- E9 Episode 9 Core
- E10 Episode 10 Core
- E11 Episode 11 Core
- E12 Episode 12 Core
- E13 Episode 13 Core
- E14 Episode 14 Core
- E15 Episode 15 Mytharc
- E16 Episode 16 Mytharc
Season 27 · 18 episodes
Open the complete Season 27 guide & lore primer →- E1 Tribute to Laurence Olivier Mytharc Jul 14, 1989
- E2 Jessye Norman Sings Carmen Core Jul 21, 1989
- E3 A Second Chance Core Sep 8, 1989
- E4 Rape - That's Entertainment? Core Sep 15, 1989
- E5 Raymond Carver Core Sep 22, 1989
- E6 Butterfly Core Sep 29, 1989
- E7 Art in the Ring Core Oct 6, 1989
- E8 Art in the Third Reich- Power Core Oct 13, 1989
- E9 Art in the Third Reich- Propaganda Core Oct 20, 1989
- E10 Ronnie Scott and All That Jazz Core Oct 27, 1989
- E11 Tim Rollins & Kos: The Art of Survival Core Nov 3, 1989
- E12 The Kirov Ballet: Leningrad Legend Core Nov 10, 1989
- E13 Pipe Dreams Core Nov 24, 1989
- E14 My Most Difficult Book - The Story of 'Lolita' Core Dec 1, 1989
- E15 Alan Ayckbourn: Sex and Politics Core Feb 13, 1990
- E16 Sunday in the Park with Stephen Core Mar 20, 1990
- E17 The Novelist Who Would Be President Mytharc Mar 27, 1990
- E18 Van Gogh Mytharc Jun 20, 1990
Season 28 · 20 episodes
Open the complete Season 28 guide & lore primer →- E1 Malkovich Mytharc Sep 7, 1990
- E2 Plunder - The Stolen Kanakaria Mosaics Core Sep 14, 1990
- E3 King of the Blues Core Sep 21, 1990
- E4 Jorge Amado and his Tent of Miracles Core Sep 28, 1990
- E5 Life of Python Core Oct 5, 1990
- E6 Building for a New Age - A Romanian Story Core Oct 12, 1990
- E7 L.B - A Portrait of Leonard Bernstein Core Oct 19, 1990
- E8 Antoni Tapies Core Oct 26, 1990
- E9 Garrison Keillor - The Wide Open Page Core Nov 2, 1990
- E10 The Return of the Green Man Core Nov 11, 1990
- E11 Tales of Ordinary Murder - Rian Mala in South Africa Core Nov 30, 1990
- E12 Behind the American Dream Core Dec 7, 1990
- E13 A Profile of Michael Andrews Core Jan 29, 1991
- E14 Inside the Russia House Core Feb 19, 1991
- E15 Sidney Lumet Core Jan 26, 1991
- E16 Tom Jones - The Voice Made Flesh Core Mar 29, 1991
- E17 Episode 17 Core
- E18 Episode 18 Core
- E19 Episode 19 Mytharc
- E20 Episode 20 Mytharc
Season 29 · 24 episodes
Open the complete Season 29 guide & lore primer →- E1 La Stupenda - A Retrospective of Dam Mytharc Jul 11, 1991
- E2 The Proms/Pictures at an Exhibition Core Aug 30, 1991
- E3 Peter Greenaway Core Sep 13, 1991
- E4 Pablo Casals: Song of the Birds Core Sep 20, 1991
- E5 Don Delillo/The Word, the Image, the Gun Core Sep 27, 1991
- E6 Torvill & Dean: Bladerunners Core Oct 4, 1991
- E7 Malcolm Arnold at 70 Core Oct 11, 1991
- E8 Martha Gellhorn Core Oct 18, 1991
- E9 Against Pornography: The Feminism of Andrea Dworkin Core Oct 25, 1991
- E10 Irek Mukhamedov Core Oct 11, 1991
- E11 Eric Hebborn: Portrait of a Master Forger Core Nov 8, 1991
- E12 Ulster Says Ho Ho Ho Core Nov 15, 1991
- E13 Joseph Cornel: Worlds in a Box Core Nov 29, 1991
- E14 Shakespeare: A Year with the RSC Core Dec 6, 1991
- E15 The Prince of Paisley Park Core Dec 12, 1991
- E16 Benny Hill: Clown Imperial Core Dec 20, 1991
- E17 Signs of the City Core Jan 21, 1992
- E18 Episode 18 Core
- E19 Episode 19 Core
- E20 Episode 20 Core
- E21 Episode 21 Core
- E22 Episode 22 Core
- E23 Episode 23 Mytharc
- E24 Episode 24 Mytharc
Season 30 · 16 episodes
Open the complete Season 30 guide & lore primer →- E1 Barcelona with Robert Hughes Mytharc Jul 16, 1992
- E2 Angela Carter's Curious Room Core Sep 15, 1992
- E3 Disney: The Fairy-Tale Years Core Sep 22, 1992
- E4 The Piero Trail Core Sep 29, 1992
- E5 Lost Paradise -The Gardens of Burlemarx Core Oct 6, 1992
- E6 Eye of the Storm: Ridley Scott Core Oct 13, 1992
- E7 Who's This Nobody from Quebec? Core Oct 20, 1992
- E8 Avigdor Arikha Core Oct 27, 1992
- E9 Gunter Grass: Fiction at the Frontier Core Nov 3, 1992
- E10 Leonora Carrington: The House of Fear Core Nov 10, 1992
- E11 Horst: Sixty Years and Still in Vogue Core Nov 17, 1992
- E12 John Ford: Part One Mytharc Dec 1, 1992
- E13 John Ford 2 Core Dec 8, 1992
- E14 The King's College Choir Core Dec 15, 1992
- E15 Rudolf Nureyev Mytharc Jan 12, 1993
- E16 Vittorio Storaro: Writing with Light Mytharc Mar 2, 1993
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Frequently asked questions
What was the predecessor to Omnibus?
The series was the successor to the long-running arts-based programme Monitor.
When did the series air?
Omnibus ran from 1967 until 2003, typically airing on Sunday evenings.
Which network broadcast the show?
The programme was broadcast primarily on BBC1 in the United Kingdom.
Has the series received any awards?
Over its 35-year history, the programme won 12 Bafta awards.
Are there notable profiles featured in the series?
The series featured profiles such as Cracked Actor, focusing on David Bowie, and a documentary on Rene Magritte.
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