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Omnibus

1967 · 42 seasons · 784 episodes

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Synopsis

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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Main cast

  • Peter Sallis
    Mirbeau
    6 episodes

  • Eleanor Bron
    Self
    3 episodes

  • John Gielgud
    Self
    3 episodes

  • Ralph Richardson
    Self / Johnson
    3 episodes

  • Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
    Self - Narrator
    3 episodes

  • André Previn
    Self
    3 episodes

  • Michael Hordern
    Self
    3 episodes

  • Ken Russell
    Self
    3 episodes

  • Eric Morecambe
    Self
    3 episodes

  • Ernie Wise
    Narrator
    3 episodes

  • Roger Waters
    Self
    3 episodes

  • Claire Bloom
    Self
    3 episodes

  • Ginger Baker
    Self
    3 episodes

  • John Bird
    Self
    2 episodes

  • Tommy Steele
    Self
    2 episodes

  • Sergei Diaghilev
    Self
    2 episodes

  • J. B. Priestley
    Self
    2 episodes

  • Jack Bruce
    Self
    2 episodes

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