TV Show Details
Air Date:October 13th, 1967
Last Air Date:January 8th, 2003
Network:BBC One
Status:Ended
Genres:Documentary
Original Language:English
Production Companies:BBC
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Omnibus (1967-2003)
TV ShowBBC One
Scripted
Audience Score
WritersJonathan Miller
Plot
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.
