← Omnibus

Season 32

20 episodes · 1994

  1. 1

    The Gentle Art of Making Enemies

    Oct 11, 199443 min

  2. 2

    Doris Lessing: A Part of Me

    Oct 18, 199443 min

  3. 3

    Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder

    Oct 25, 199453 min★ 7.6

  4. 4

    About Face

    Nov 1, 199443 min

  5. 5

    The Trials of Dominick Dunne

    Nov 8, 199443 min

  6. 6

    Pink Floyd: The Story

    Nov 15, 199443 min★ 8.3

    A look back at the band's 30 year career.

  7. 7

    Henri Cartier-Bresson: Question for a Question

    Nov 22, 199443 min

  8. 8

    Stevenson's Travels 1

    Nov 29, 199443 min

    First part of a two part doc on Robert Louis Stevenson, tracing his life from his childhood in Edinburgh through teenage travels with his father to his time as a wild student in Edinburgh.

  9. 9

    Stevenson's Travels 2

    Dec 6, 199443 min

    Part 2 covers last 14 years of his life and work, including his return to America, touring the South Pacific, and settling in Samoa. Also a newly discovered 1940's interview with step-daughter Belle Strong.

  10. 10

    The Greatest Living Painter: De Kooning

    Feb 21, 199543 min

    Documentary about abstract expressionist artist Willem de Kooning. This explores his late work and the allegations that they have been kept off the market to inflate their value.

  11. 11

    Carnival: The Biggest Party in the World

    Feb 28, 199543 min

  12. 12

    Joshua Bell

    Mar 7, 199543 min

  13. 13

    Ready When You Are, Mr Patel

    Mar 14, 199550 min

  14. 14

    Darker Than Blue: Curtis Mayfield

    Mar 21, 199548 min

    Soul legend Curtis Mayfield talks to writer Caryl Phillips about his life, career and contribution to the Civil Rights Movement in America. Program includes archive footage and contributions from family, friends and colleagues.

  15. 15

    Jean Renoir: From La Belle Epoque to WW1

    Apr 4, 199543 min

  16. 16

    Jean Renoir: Hollywood & Beyond

    Apr 11, 199543 min

  17. 17

    Perry & Croft: The Sitcoms

    Apr 18, 199550 min★ 7.5

    A look at the work of television comedy writers David Croft and Jimmy Perry, featuring interviews with the men themselves, the many stars of the shows they created and other famous admirers.

  18. 18

    Divas

    Apr 25, 199543 min

  19. 19

    Ginger Rogers: A Tribute

    Apr 30, 199550 min

    Hollywood star Ginger Rogers, who died at her California home on 25 April, began her career as a teenage vaudeville dancer and became the world's highest paid film actress. Above all, she is remembered for her dancing partnership with Fred Astaire. This film, screened as an Omnibus special on 30 April, shortly after her death, looks at how the legendary musicals were made, with anecdotes by Ginger herself, and clips from Astaire's last television interview.

  20. 20

    Dave Stewart: Greetings from the Gutter

    May 2, 199543 min