Omnibus 1967
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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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Season 1 · 24 episodes
- E1 Everybody's Expo Oct 13, 1967
- E2 Suliotis Sings Oct 20, 1967
- E3 Beethoven Symphony No. 3, in E flat (Eroica) Nov 3, 1967
- E4 Tyger, Tyger Nov 10, 1967
- E5 Benjamin Britten and His Festival Nov 22, 1967
- E6 East of Bedlam Dec 8, 1967
- E7 Jacqueline Dec 15, 1967
- E8 The World of Coppard Dec 15, 1967
- E9 Dante's Inferno Dec 22, 1967
- E10 Diaghilev: The Years Abroad (1) Dec 28, 1967
- E11 Diaghilev: The Years in Exile (2) Jan 9, 1968
- E12 Edith Evans: A Birthday Tribute Jan 16, 1968
- E13 Top Brass Jan 23, 1968
- E14 Abelard and Heloise Jan 30, 1968
- E15 The Exile Feb 6, 1968
- E16 Tommy Mar 26, 1968
- E17 God's Tunes Apr 2, 1968
- E18 China and the Barbarians Apr 23, 1968
- E19 Whistle and I'll Come to You May 7, 1968
- E20 My Name Is Benvenuto Cellini May 21, 1968
- E21 The Charm of Dynamite! May 28, 1968
- E22 Corporal Jan Jun 18, 1968
- E23 The Ken Russell Festival (1) Jun 25, 1968
- E24 The Ken Russell Festival (2) Jul 2, 1968
Season 2 · 30 episodes
- E1 Song of Summer Sep 15, 1968
- E2 J.B. Priestley Sep 22, 1968
- E3 Olympia 1936 Sep 29, 1968
- E4 Blow The Wind Southerly Oct 6, 1968
- E5 All My Loving Nov 3, 1968
- E6 Rossini: The Long Farewell Nov 10, 1968
- E7 The Hunted Man Nov 17, 1968
- E8 Paul Gauguin: Quest For Silence Nov 24, 1968
- E9 Rubinstein Speaks Dec 1, 1968
- E10 Hadrian VII Dec 8, 1968
- E11 Tallulah Bankhead Dec 15, 1968
- E12 Make A Joyful Noise Dec 22, 1968
- E13 Eric Porter Dec 29, 1968
- E14 Cream Farewell Concert Jan 5, 1969
- E15 The Man Who Dances Jan 12, 1969
- E16 Woman From The Shadows Jan 19, 1969
- E17 Makers of the Queen's Music Jan 26, 1969
- E18 From Today, Painting Is Dead Feb 2, 1969
- E19 Myrna Loy Feb 16, 1969
- E20 Malcolm Arnold Mar 2, 1969
- E21 Shostakovich Mar 9, 1969
- E22 A Couple of Brians Mar 23, 1969
- E23 1969 Oscar Awards Apr 20, 1969
- E24 Down These Mean Streets A Man Must Go Mar 30, 1969
- E25 The More We Are Together May 4, 1969
- E26 Lawrence Durrell's Paris May 11, 1969
- E27 Margot Fonteyn: Birthday of a Ballerina May 18, 1969
- E28 Acting Styles in the 20th Century May 25, 1969
- E29 The Vital Juices Are Russian Jun 1, 1969
- E30 So What If It's Just Green Cheese? Jul 20, 1969
Season 3 · 35 episodes
- E1 Omnibus at the Proms Aug 3, 1969
- E2 Omnibus at the Proms: Sir Adrian Boult Aug 17, 1969
- E3 Sir Henry Wood Sep 7, 1969
- E4 J.B. Priestley Sep 14, 1969
- E5 George Robey Sep 28, 1969
- E6 Beautiful Beautiful Oct 5, 1969
- E7 Sir Malcolm Sargent Oct 12, 1969
- E8 What the Hell Ever Happens in Marlborough? Oct 19, 1969
- E9 F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Dream Divided Oct 26, 1969
- E10 Christopher Isherwood: A Born Foreigner Nov 2, 1969
- E11 Richter Nov 9, 1969
- E12 The Confessions of Marian Evans/George Eliot Nov 23, 1969
- E13 Noel Coward Dec 7, 1969
- E14 Where Are You Going My Pretty Maid? Dec 14, 1969
- E15 Tommy Steele and Things Dec 21, 1969
- E16 Unashamed Accompanist: Gerald Moore Dec 28, 1969
- E17 Ian Fleming Creator of the James Bond Myth Jan 4, 1970
- E18 Virginia Woolf: A Day's Sail, a Night's Darkness Jan 18, 1970
- E19 Anna Pavlova: 1881 - 1931 Jan 25, 1970
- E20 Rope Ladder to the Moon: Jack Bruce Feb 1, 1970
- E21 John Clare - I am Feb 8, 1970
- E22 Dance of the Seven Veils Feb 15, 1970
- E23 Who Will Buy a Bubble? Feb 22, 1970
- E24 Ralph Vaughan Williams Mar 1, 1970
- E25 On the Waltz Mar 15, 1970
- E26 The Wandsworth Sound Apr 5, 1970
- E27 1970 Oscar Awards Apr 12, 1970
- E28 Kenneth More Apr 18, 1970
- E29 To Leningrad with Love Apr 26, 1970
- E30 The Hollywood Image-The Silent Era May 3, 1970
- E31 The Hollywood Image-The Talkies May 10, 1970
- E32 The Hollywood Image-The Post War Years May 17, 1970
- E33 A Vow Fulfilled: Oberammergau May 31, 1970
- E34 The Other Edward Heath Jun 28, 1970
- E35 Satchmo at 70 Jul 5, 1970
Season 4 · 31 episodes
- E1 Omnibus at the Proms Aug 23, 1970
- E2 Ustinov's Expo Sep 13, 1970
- E3 Heart of Britain Sep 20, 1970
- E4 Art Therapy-Shapes in the Wilderness Sep 27, 1970
- E5 Everything in the Garden 1 Oct 11, 1970
- E6 Everything in the Garden 2 Oct 18, 1970
- E7 It'll Be All Live on the Night Nov 1, 1970
- E8 Robert Shaw: The Actor as Novelist Nov 15, 1970
- E9 A Requiem for Modigliani Nov 22, 1970
- E10 Rambert Remembers Nov 29, 1970
- E11 Eisenstein 1 Dec 6, 1970
- E12 Eisenstein 2 Dec 13, 1970
- E13 I Regret Nothing Dec 27, 1970
- E14 The Mysterious Mr Eliot Jan 3, 1971
- E15 George Orwell: The Road to the Left Jan 10, 1971
- E16 Chicago Blues Jan 24, 1971
- E17 In Prison: A World of Its Own Mar 14, 1971
- E18 The Making of Husbands Mar 28, 1971
- E19 Brendan Behan Apr 4, 1971
- E20 Henri Cartier Bresson Apr 11, 1971
- E21 In Search of Lost Time May 2, 1971
- E22 This Was Richard Tauber May 9, 1971
- E23 The Passionate Hunter May 23, 1971
- E24 Ingrid Bergman Remembers May 30, 1971
- E25 Three Looms Waiting Jun 6, 1971
- E26 James Mossman: To Be a Witness Jun 20, 1971
- E27 TheTchaikovsky Competition Jun 27, 1971
- E28 Bream at Stratford Jul 4, 1971
- E29 Solzhenitsyn Jul 11, 1971
- E30 Hail and Farewell-George Moore Jul 18, 1971
- E31 Russell's Progress Jul 25, 1971
Season 5 · 27 episodes
- E1 The Proms 71 Aug 29, 1971
- E2 Happy Birthday Dear Albert Sep 12, 1971
- E3 Glenda Jackson: A Private Face in a Public Place Oct 19, 1971
- E4 The Young Platform Sep 26, 1971
- E5 David Lean Oct 3, 1971
- E6 There Was an Old Person Called Lear... Oct 10, 1971
- E7 Paul Klee: Heart of Creation Oct 17, 1971
- E8 Rap Her Te Bank Oct 24, 1971
- E9 Mind You I Live Here: Stan Barstow Oct 31, 1971
- E10 Will the real Mr Hogarth.... Oct 31, 1971
- E11 Duke Ellington and his Orchestra Nov 14, 1971
- E12 Vive La Culture! Nov 28, 1971
- E13 Instant Nostalgia Dec 5, 1971
- E14 Humphrey Bogart Dec 27, 1971
- E15 Paradise Restored Jan 2, 1972
- E16 A Modern Turn of Mind Jan 30, 1972
- E17 Sir John Barbirolli: Glorious John Feb 6, 1972
- E18 Bruno Walter: The Face of Music Feb 13, 1972
- E19 Rise Above It: Tyrone Guthrie Feb 20, 1972
- E20 Man at the Met: Sir Rudolf Bing Feb 27, 1972
- E21 The Fall of Venice Mar 19, 1972
- E22 Actor, I Said Apr 9, 1972
- E23 The Great American Dream Machine Apr 16, 1972
- E24 Leningrad Reborn Apr 30, 1972
- E25 Born Black Born British Jun 11, 1972
- E26 A Dignified Comic Set-to: Groucho Marx Jul 2, 1972
- E27 The Man Behind the Mask: Marcel Marceau Jul 23, 1972