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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 - Yes, Sir Nigel
Release Date: 1995-09-03 -
Episode 2 - One Prom Short of A Season
Release Date: 1995-09-11 -
Episode 3 - Listen, Paula...
Release Date: 1995-09-18 -
Episode 4 - Enigma: The Making of A Hardback Hero
Release Date: 1995-09-25 -
Episode 5 - Artist Unknown
Release Date: 1995-10-02 -
Episode 6 - Gore Vidal's Gore Vidal (1)
Release Date: 1995-10-09 -
Episode 7 - Gore Vidal's Gore Vidal (2)
Release Date: 1995-10-16 -
Episode 8 - Presumption: The Life of Jane Austen
Release Date: 1995-10-23 -
Episode 9 - The Last Journey of John Keats
Release Date: 1995-10-30 -
Episode 10 - A Foundation Course In Art
Release Date: 1995-11-06 -
Episode 11 - Norman Foster
Release Date: 1995-11-13 -
Episode 12 - Ennio Morricone: A Man and His Music
Release Date: 1995-11-30 -
Episode 13 - Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook
Release Date: 1995-12-19 -
Episode 14 - Roald Dahl's Little Red Riding Hood
Release Date: 1996-01-01 -
Episode 15 - Paul Verhoeven: From Holland to Hollywood
Release Date: 1996-01-08 -
Episode 16 - Through Many Dangers: The Story of Gospel Music
Release Date: 1996-01-15 -
Episode 17 - Ploughboy of the Western World
Release Date: 1996-01-22 -
Episode 18 - Theft of the Century
Release Date: 1996-01-23 -
Episode 19 - A Day on the Mountain
Release Date: 1996-02-05 -
Episode 20 - Spike
Release Date: 1996-04-15 -
Episode 21 - Written on Water: A Film About Budapest
Release Date: 1996-04-22 -
Episode 22 - What A Relief!: Ten Years of Comic Relief
Release Date: 1996-04-29 -
Episode 23 - Eve Arnold in Retrospect
Release Date: 1996-05-13 -
Episode 24 - Degas: The Old Man Mad About Art
Release Date: 1996-05-20