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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 - Milan
Release Date: 1982-10-10 -
Episode 2 - Poppy - Monty Norman / John Sell Cotman
Release Date: 1982-10-17 -
Episode 3 - Apocalypse: Enrico Baj / Pas De Deux / Forss
Release Date: 1982-10-24 -
Episode 4 - Freya Stark in Italy
Release Date: 1982-10-31 -
Episode 5 - Photography / John Morley
Release Date: 1982-11-14 -
Episode 6 - The Folies Bergeres / Van Dyck in England
Release Date: 1982-11-21 -
Episode 7 - Raymond Mason in Paris / Pekinel Sisters
Release Date: 1982-11-28 -
Episode 8 - Wayne Sleep - Dash / Richard Payne Knight / Count Panza
Release Date: 1982-12-05 -
Episode 9 - Gardens / Ligeti
Release Date: 1982-12-12 -
Episode 10 - Peter Pan RSC
Release Date: 1983-01-16 -
Episode 11 - Cecile Ousset
Release Date: 1983-01-23 -
Episode 12 - Jonathan Miller - Magic Flute / Steven Berkoff
Release Date: 1983-01-30 -
Episode 13 - Raymond Briggs and The Bomb / Sutton Place
Release Date: 1983-02-06 -
Episode 14 - Richard Long
Release Date: 1983-02-27 -
Episode 15 - Patrick Heron
Release Date: 1983-03-13 -
Episode 16 - Celibidache and Faure's Requiem
Release Date: 1983-04-03