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Omnibus (1967)

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.

  • 42 seasons
  • 783 episodes
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Directing
Don Taylor, Mischa Scorer, David M. Thompson and 27 more
Writing
M.R. James (Story), Don Taylor (Writing), Jonathan Miller (Writing) and 2 more
Cinematography
Philip Bonham-Carter, John Wyatt
Editing
Dave King

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Status
Ended
First air date
Oct. 13, 1967
Episode runtime
60 minutes
Original language
English
Production countries
United Kingdom
Networks
BBC One