Omnibus 1967
What is Omnibus?
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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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.”
- historical arts coverage
- acclaimed production quality
- diverse subject profiles
- lengthy broadcast history
- varied subject matter
Watch it if you are interested in the history of BBC arts programming and profiles of cultural icons.
The series consists of documentary content focused on arts and biographical subjects.
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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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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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