Omnibus
Season 6 Episode 5 - Who Needs a Conductor?
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 6
Leeds International Piano Competition
The Last Samurai
The Wit & World of George Bernard Shaw
Vincent the Dutchman
Who Needs a Conductor?
The Performers-Goya
Artists in Wartime
Great Orchestras: The Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Ned Kelly Country: The Paintings of Sidney Nolan
Max Beerbohm Remembers
Judy: Impressions of Garland
The Savage Image
Why Culture?
But the People Are Beautiful: Andy Warhol
Fools Rush In: Morecambe and Wise
49 min
