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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Episode guide
Season 1 · 24 episodes
Open the complete Season 1 guide →- 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
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.