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Summary
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
Eleanor Bron
John Gielgud
Ralph Richardson
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
John Bird
Michael Gambon
Michael Hordern
Eric Burdon
Anthony Burgess
Donovan
George Harrison
Jimi Hendrix
Mick Jagger
John Lennon
Paul McCartney
Ringo Starr
Pete Townshend
Roger Waters
Frank Zappa
Erika Bergmann
Tim Brooke-Taylor
John Cleese
Ian Hislop
Vanessa Redgrave
Donald Sinden
Dennis Waterman
Alec Guinness
Laurence Olivier
Paul Rogers
Orson Welles
Ray Bolger
Donald O'Connor
Lillian Bronson
Sue Lloyd
Sarah Marshall
Graham Greene
James Bolam
Cyril Cusack
Scott Forbes
Sean Connery
George Lazenby
Lois Maxwell
Diana Rigg
Patrick Stewart
Kenneth Colley
Vladek Sheybal
Kenneth More
Marius Goring
Frank Dungan
Frank Duncan
Robert Shaw
Ann Firbank
Catherine Schell
John Shrapnel
David de Keyser
Hylda Baker
Marti Caine
Olga James
Scarlet O'Hara
Christine Pilgrim
Beryl Reid
Terri Rogers
Mary Sheen
Denholm Elliott
Sheila Hancock
Anna Massey
Jack Shepherd
Victor Spinetti
Kenneth Branagh
Elliott Gould
Judi Dench
Roy Dotrice
Ian McKellen
Crew
Status:
Canceled
Original Language:
English
Type:
Scripted
Networks:
