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.

Cast

Peter Sallis

Guest

Eleanor Bron

Self

John Gielgud

Self

Ralph Richardson

Self / Johnson

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Self - Narrator

A

André Previn

Self

Michael Hordern

Self

Ken Russell

Self

Eric Morecambe

Narrator

Ernie Wise

Narrator

Roger Waters

Claire Bloom

Self

Ginger Baker

John Bird

Self

Tommy Steele

Self

S

Sergei Diaghilev

Self

J

J. B. Priestley

Self

J

Jack Bruce

Self

A

Adrian Boult

Self

Noël Coward

Self

Seasons

784 episodes

Season 11967 · 24 episodes

Season 21968 · 30 episodes

Season 31969 · 35 episodes

Season 41970 · 31 episodes

Season 51971 · 27 episodes

Season 61972 · 25 episodes

Season 71973 · 35 episodes

Season 81974 · 26 episodes

Season 91975 · 34 episodes

Season 101976 · 38 episodes