Omnibus
Season 31 Episode 9 - Everything You Wanted to Know About Conductors But Were Afraid to Ask
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.
Episodes in Season 31
Wild Swans
Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
Nina Simone -The Legend
Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part Two
Sweet Home Chicago
Houdini
The Magic Lantern
The Russian Striptease
Everything You Wanted to Know About Conductors But Were Afraid to Ask
The Boy Next Door
Who Killed Tchaikovsky
Sebastião Salgado: Looking Back at You
51 min
