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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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Episode 1 - La Ronde / Frankie Howerd / Great Japan Exhibition
Release Date: 1982-01-10 -
Episode 2 - Cats / Holy Blood and The Holy Grail
Release Date: 1982-01-17 -
Episode 3 - Alan Ayckbourn / Humphrey Jennings / Labeque Sisters
Release Date: 1982-01-24 -
Episode 4 - Bad Apple / James Joyce's Ulysses
Release Date: 1982-02-07 -
Episode 5 - Lucie Rie
Release Date: 1982-02-14 -
Episode 6 - Paganini / Jonathan Miller / Brian Aldiss
Release Date: 1982-02-21 -
Episode 7 - The Cortege / Barbican / Nureyev and Brind
Release Date: 1982-02-28 -
Episode 8 - Berlin Requiem / Art and Architecture
Release Date: 1982-03-07 -
Episode 9 - Claire Bloom / Masquerade
Release Date: 1982-03-14 -
Episode 10 - The Oldest Dance in the World
Release Date: 1982-03-21 -
Episode 11 - Academy Awards / Julian Bream
Release Date: 1982-03-28 -
Episode 12 - Macbeth RSC / Welsh National Opera
Release Date: 1982-04-04 -
Episode 13 - Bernstein - Enigma Variations / Mary Renault
Release Date: 1982-04-18 -
Episode 14 - Sir Anton Dolin / Susan Hill
Release Date: 1982-05-02 -
Episode 15 - Bob Hoskins - South Bank / Stephen Games / Dame Janet Baker
Release Date: 1982-05-09 -
Episode 16 - Maurice Sendak / Dennis Potter - Pennies From Heaven
Release Date: 1982-05-16