Omnibus - Season 8

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Omnibus - Season 8
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Title:Omnibus - Season 8
Genre: Documentary
Air Date: 1974-10-08
Season Number: 8
Total Episodes: 26
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Overview
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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Episodes List

Joseph Conrad

Episode 3 : Joseph Conrad

October 27, 1974
Music from the Flames

Episode 4 : Music from the Flames

This film is a documentary about Russian composer...
November 10, 1974
Find Me

Episode 8 : Find Me

December 08, 1974
The Need for Nightmare

Episode 9 : The Need for Nightmare

How nightmares inspired the greatest horror...
December 15, 1974
Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy

Episode 10 : Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy

Documentary about the classic comedy duo Laurel...
December 22, 1974
Cathedral

Episode 12 : Cathedral

January 05, 1975
Cracked Actor

Episode 13 : Cracked Actor

BBC documentary showing David Bowie looking back...
January 26, 1975
Auguste Rodin: Changes

Episode 14 : Auguste Rodin: Changes

A partially dramatized arts programme about the...
February 02, 1975
21 Not Out

Episode 15 : 21 Not Out

February 16, 1975
Irving Berlin

Episode 25 : Irving Berlin

Presented by Benny Green and Roy Castle this is a...
May 11, 1975