Omnibus (1967)
Omnibus (1967)
Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.
Humphrey Burton
Self - Presenter
Kirsty Wark
Self - Presenter
David Collings
Father
Michael Hordern
Narrator
Stephen Fry
Self
Peter Sallis
Guest
Terry Gilliam
Self
David Puttnam
Self
André Previn
Self
Eric Burdon
Self
Anthony Burgess
Self
Donovan
Self
George Harrison
Self
Jimi Hendrix
Self
Mick Jagger
Self
John Lennon
Self
Paul McCartney
Self
Ringo Starr
Self
Pete Townshend
Self
Roger Waters
Self
Frank Zappa
Self
Erika Bergmann
Fallen Woman
John Bird
Self
Eleanor Bron
Self
Tim Brooke-Taylor
Self
John Cleese
Self
Ian Hislop
Self
John Gielgud
Self
Vanessa Redgrave
Self
Donald Sinden
Self
Dennis Waterman
Self
Alec Guinness
Self
Laurence Olivier
Self (archive footage)
Ralph Richardson
Self / Self / Johnson
Paul Rogers
Self
Orson Welles
Self - Presenter
Ray Bolger
Self (archive footage)
Donald O'Connor
Self
Lillian Bronson
Cissie Chandler
Sue Lloyd
Linda Loring
Sarah Marshall
Muriel
Graham Greene
Self (voice)
James Bolam
Pinkie
Cyril Cusack
The Whisky Priest
Scott Forbes
Scobie
Sean Connery
Self
George Lazenby
Self (archive footage)
Lois Maxwell
Self
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 13, 1967
StatusCanceled
Seasons36
Episodes287
Running Time1h
Genres
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Omnibus is a British documentary series broadcast mainly on BBC One. The programme was the successor to the 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 British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards.
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