Omnibus (UK TV series)

Omnibus (UK TV series)
For the US TV series broadcast from 1952 to 1961, see Omnibus (U.S. TV series).
Omnibus
Genre Documentary
Country of origin United Kingdom
No. of seasons 37
Broadcast
Original channel BBC
Original run 13 October 1967 (1967-10-13) – 8 January 2003 (2003-01-08)

Omnibus was an arts-based BBC television documentary series, broadcast on BBC1 in the United Kingdom. It ran from 1967 until 2003, usually being transmitted on Sunday evenings.

Among the series' best remembered documentaries are Cracked Actor (1975), a profile of David Bowie, and Rene Magritte (1979), a graduate film by David Wheatley.[1] For a season in 1982, the series was in a magazine format presented by Barry Norman.[2]

The series was replaced by Imagine hosted by Alan Yentob.

References

  1. ^ Leslie Megahey Obituary: David Wheatley, The Guardian, 13 April 2009
  2. ^ "Barry Norman", Curtis Brown Literary and Talent Agency

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