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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 - Royal Court Diaries
Release Date: 1996-11-05 -
Episode 2 - Dancing Through Darkness
Release Date: 1997-01-14 -
Episode 3 - The Wanderer
Release Date: 1997-01-22 -
Episode 4 - The Wizard of the North
Release Date: 1997-02-10 -
Episode 5 - Balthus the Painter
Release Date: 1997-03-02 -
Episode 6 - Stars and Mas
Release Date: 1997-03-09 -
Episode 7 - Milos Forman
Release Date: 1997-03-16 -
Episode 8 - George Lucas: Flying Solo
Release Date: 1997-03-23 -
Episode 9 - Jack, the Lad
Release Date: 1997-06-23 -
Episode 10 - Anthony Green RA, 57 Up
Release Date: 1997-06-30 -
Episode 11 - Dame Henrietta's Dream: A Year in the Life of Hampstead Garden Suburb
Release Date: 1997-07-07 -
Episode 12 - Michael Redgrave: My Father
Release Date: 1997-07-13 -
Episode 13 - Whatever Happened to Clement and La Frenais?
Release Date: 1997-07-20 -
Episode 14 - East of Eastenders
Release Date: 1997-07-27 -
Episode 15 - Mayibuye I Afrika: Let Africa Come Home
Release Date: 1997-08-03 -
Episode 16 - If: A Film About Rudyard Kipling
Release Date: 1997-08-10