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 25
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Irving Berlin - The Voice of the City
May 6, 1988 -
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A Poisoned Chalice?
May 13, 1988 -
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Lucien Freud
May 20, 1988 -
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Memories of a Musical Dog
A celebration of a century of recording history as seen through the eyes of Nipper the 'His Master's Voice' dog for ever seen listening to a gramophone horn in the world famous trademark. In the programme there are extracts from nearly 100 recordings.
May 27, 1988 -
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The Cinema of Satyajit Ray
Jun 3, 1988 -
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E6
My Homeland
Jun 10, 1988 -
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E7
Pablo Picasso: The Last Years
Jun 17, 1988 -
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E8
From Bitter Earth - Artists of the Holocaust
Jul 8, 1988 -
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E9
Songs from the Life of Leonard Cohen
Jul 15, 1988 -
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E10
Whale Nation
Jul 22, 1988