Omnibus
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.
Details
- First aired
- 13 Oct 1967
- Seasons
- 42
- Episodes
- 784
- TMDB 7.2
- Last aired
- 8 Jan 2003
- Genres
Documentary
- Status
- Ended
- Network
- BBC One
- Episode runtime
- 1 h
- Countries
GB
- Original language
- en
- Original title
- Omnibus
- Cast
- Writers
Ben McPherson Peter Adam Don Taylor Jonathan Miller M.R. James
