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Omnibus

1967 – 2003 · BBC One
42 seasons · 784 episodes
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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.

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Peter Sallis
Mirbeau
Eleanor Bron
Self
John Gielgud
Self
Ralph Richardson
Self / Johnson
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Self - Narrator
André Previn
Self
Michael Hordern
Self
Ken Russell
Self

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Status
Ended
Type
Scripted
First aired
Oct 13, 1967
Original language
EN
Production
BBC
Country
GB

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