Omnibus
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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Season 22
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The Proms -1
Aug 8, 1986 -
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The Bolshoi Ballet
Aug 28, 1986 -
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Jessye Norman
Sep 12, 1986 -
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Meetings with Ambler
Sep 19, 1986 -
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Hitchcock: Its Only A Movie
Sep 26, 1986 -
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Hitchcock: Sex, Murder and Mayhem
Oct 3, 1986 -
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Courtney Pine and the New Jazz
Oct 10, 1986 -
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The Mission
A documentary that chronicles the making of the movie. It looks at the process of casting real Indians in the film and their importance in adding authenticity to the story, their performances and involvement in the intricacies of the filmmaking process, Native culture today in South America, the history of Jesuit missions, the film's set construction, action scene construction, the picture's story and themes, the presence of the modern-day Colombian Army on the set and the resultant parallels to the film, and much more.
Oct 17, 1986 -
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Ray Charles
Oct 31, 1986 -
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Cannon in Flowers
Nov 7, 1986 -
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Rodin 1840-1917
Nov 14, 1986