SeriesEnded
Omnibus (1967–2003)
42 seasons784 episodes43 min per episode
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.
- First aired
- October 13, 1967
- Last episode
- January 8, 2003
- Network
- BBC One
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
Seasons
- 1Season 124 episodes · 1967
- 2Season 230 episodes · 1968
- 3Season 335 episodes · 1969
- 4Season 431 episodes · 1970
- 5Season 530 episodes · 1971
- 6Season 625 episodes · 1972
- 7Season 736 episodes · 1973
- 8Season 826 episodes · 1974
- 9Season 935 episodes · 1975
- 10Season 1038 episodes · 1976
- 11Season 1116 episodes · 1977
- 12Season 1226 episodes · 1978
- 13Season 1314 episodes · 1979
- 14Season 1414 episodes · 1981
- 15Season 1517 episodes · 1982
- 16Season 1623 episodes · 1982
- 17Season 1710 episodes · 1983
- 18Season 1811 episodes · 1984
- 19Season 1910 episodes · 1984
- 20Season 2021 episodes · 1985
- 21Season 217 episodes · 1986
- 22Season 2211 episodes · 1986
- 23Season 2310 episodes · 1987
- 24Season 247 episodes · 1987
- 25Season 2510 episodes · 1988
- 26Season 2616 episodes · 1988
- 27Season 2718 episodes · 1989
- 28Season 2820 episodes · 1990
- 29Season 2924 episodes · 1991
- 30Season 3016 episodes · 1992
- 31Season 3127 episodes · 1993
- 32Season 3220 episodes · 1994
- 33Season 3314 episodes · 1995
- 34Season 3413 episodes · 1996
- 35Season 3525 episodes · 1997
- 36Season 3615 episodes · 1998
- 37Season 379 episodes · 1999
- 38Season 3817 episodes · 1999
- 39Season 3914 episodes · 2000
- 40Season 4015 episodes · 2001
- 41Season 417 episodes · 2002
- 42Season 424 episodes · 2002
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Cast
- Humphrey Burton as Self - Presenter
- Humphrey Burton as Self - Host
- Humphrey Burton as Self - Introduction
- Peter Sallis as Guest
- Peter Sallis as Mirbeau
- Peter Sallis as Self
- Kirsty Wark as Self - Presenter
- Kirsty Wark as Self - Narrator
- David Collings as Father
- David Collings as Gilbert (Adam and Eve and Pinch Me)
- David Collings as Jakob Grimm
- Michael Hordern as Narrator
- Michael Hordern as Professor Parkins
- Michael Hordern as Self
- Stephen Fry as Self
- Stephen Fry as Self - Narrator
- Terry Gilliam as Self
- David Puttnam as Self
- Ken Russell as Self
- Ken Russell as Orchestra Conductor
- Ken Russell as Priest
- John Gielgud as Self
- John Gielgud as Self - subject