Omnibus Season 20

April. 11,1986

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| Documentary

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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Episode 21 - Rodin 1840-1917

First Aired: November. 14,1986

Episode 20 - Cannon in Flowers

First Aired: November. 07,1986

Episode 19 - Ray Charles

First Aired: October. 31,1986

Episode 18 - The Most Beautiful Lies

First Aired: October. 24,1986

Episode 17 - The Mission

First Aired: October. 17,1986

Episode 16 - Courtney Pine and The New Jazz

First Aired: October. 10,1986

Episode 15 - Hitchcock: Sex, Murder and Mayhem (2)

First Aired: October. 03,1986

Episode 14 - Hitchcock: It's Only A Movie (1)

First Aired: September. 26,1986

Episode 13 - Meetings With Ambler

First Aired: September. 19,1986

Episode 12 - Last Night of The Proms: BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra

First Aired: September. 13,1986

Episode 11 - Jessye Norman

First Aired: September. 12,1986

Episode 10 - The Bolshoi Ballet

First Aired: August. 28,1986

Episode 9 - Omnibus at the Proms (2)

First Aired: August. 15,1986

Episode 8 - Omnibus at the Proms (1)

First Aired: August. 08,1986

Episode 7 - The Last Moguls

First Aired: May. 23,1986

Episode 6 - Alice Walker and the Color Purple

First Aired: May. 16,1986

Episode 5 - Video Jukebox

First Aired: May. 09,1986

The roots of rock video are traced through the musicals and promotional shorts of the 30s, the jazz soundies of the 40s, the rock 'n' roll films and scorpitones of the 50s and the television pop programmes of the 60s to the first true videos in the 70s and the cable TV channels of rock videos in the 80s.

Episode 4 - Made In Ealing: The Story of Ealing Studios

First Aired: May. 02,1986

Episode 3 - Comic Relief

First Aired: April. 25,1986

Episode 2 - Lawrence and Arabia

First Aired: April. 18,1986

Episode 1 - Huw Wheldon: By His Friends

First Aired: April. 11,1986

Omnibus Season 20

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