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Omnibus

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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.

Seasons
42
Episodes
784
Episode length
~1h
First aired
Oct 13, 1967
Networks
BBC One
Original language
English
Origin
United Kingdom

Cast of Omnibus

Cast information is not available.

Seasons

  • Season 1

    Oct 13, 1967

    24 episodes

  • Season 2

    Sep 15, 1968

    30 episodes

  • Season 3

    Aug 3, 1969

    35 episodes

  • Season 4

    Aug 23, 1970

    31 episodes

  • Season 5

    Aug 29, 1971

    27 episodes

  • Season 6

    Sep 17, 1972

    25 episodes

  • Season 7

    Jul 29, 1973

    35 episodes

  • Season 8

    Oct 8, 1974

    26 episodes

  • Season 9

    Sep 21, 1975

    34 episodes

  • Season 10

    Oct 21, 1976

    38 episodes

  • Season 11

    Oct 13, 1977

    16 episodes

  • Season 12

    Aug 2, 1978

    26 episodes

  • Season 13

    Dec 23, 1979

    14 episodes

  • Season 14

    Jan 13, 1981

    14 episodes

  • Season 15

    Jan 10, 1982

    17 episodes

  • Season 16

    Oct 10, 1982

    23 episodes

  • Season 17

    Oct 16, 1983

    10 episodes

  • Season 18

    Jun 24, 1984

    11 episodes

  • Season 19

    Sep 16, 1984

    10 episodes

  • Season 20

    Apr 26, 1985

    21 episodes

  • Season 21

    Apr 11, 1986

    7 episodes

  • Season 22

    Aug 8, 1986

    11 episodes

  • Season 23

    May 5, 1987

    10 episodes

  • Season 24

    Sep 19, 1987

    7 episodes

  • Season 25

    May 6, 1988

    10 episodes

  • Season 26

    Sep 23, 1988

    16 episodes

  • Season 27

    Jul 14, 1989

    18 episodes

  • Season 28

    Sep 7, 1990

    20 episodes

  • Season 29

    Jul 11, 1991

    24 episodes

  • Season 30

    Jul 16, 1992

    16 episodes

  • Season 31

    Sep 28, 1993

    26 episodes

  • Season 32

    Oct 11, 1994

    20 episodes

  • Season 33

    Sep 3, 1995

    12 episodes

  • Season 34

    Nov 5, 1996

    13 episodes

  • Season 35

    Jun 23, 1997

    25 episodes

  • Season 36

    Aug 30, 1998

    15 episodes

  • Season 37

    Mar 24, 1999

    9 episodes

  • Season 38

    Sep 13, 1999

    17 episodes

  • Season 39

    Nov 6, 2000

    14 episodes

  • Season 40

    Aug 4, 2001

    15 episodes

  • Season 41

    May 4, 2002

    7 episodes

  • Season 42

    Oct 23, 2002

    4 episodes

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