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Documentary
1967
• 1 h.
Finished
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.
Release:
October 13, 1967
Original language:
English
Production country:
United Kingdom
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Type:
Scripted
Status:
Canceled
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Seasons
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Season 1
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Cast
John Gielgud
Self (3 ep.)
Self (3 ep.)
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Ralph Richardson
Self / Johnson (1 ep.)
Self / Johnson (1 ep.)
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Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Self - Narrator (3 ep.)
Self - Narrator (3 ep.)
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John Bird
Self (2 ep.)
Self (2 ep.)
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Eleanor Bron
Self (2 ep.)
Self (2 ep.)
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John Peel
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(1 ep.)
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Eric Burdon
Self (1 ep.)
Self (1 ep.)
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Anthony Burgess
Self (1 ep.)
Self (1 ep.)
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Donovan
Self (1 ep.)
Self (1 ep.)
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George Harrison
Self (1 ep.)
Self (1 ep.)
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Jimi Hendrix
Self (1 ep.)
Self (1 ep.)
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Mick Jagger
Self (1 ep.)
Self (1 ep.)
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John Lennon
Self (1 ep.)
Self (1 ep.)
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Paul McCartney
Self (1 ep.)
Self (1 ep.)
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Ringo Starr
Self (1 ep.)
Self (1 ep.)
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Pete Townshend
Self (1 ep.)
Self (1 ep.)
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Roger Waters
Self (1 ep.)
Self (1 ep.)
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Frank Zappa
Self (1 ep.)
Self (1 ep.)
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Erika Bergmann
Fallen Woman (1 ep.)
Fallen Woman (1 ep.)
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Tim Brooke-Taylor
Self (1 ep.)
Self (1 ep.)
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John Cleese
Self (1 ep.)
Self (1 ep.)
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Ian Hislop
Self (1 ep.)
Self (1 ep.)
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Vanessa Redgrave
Self (1 ep.)
Self (1 ep.)
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Donald Sinden
Self (1 ep.)
Self (1 ep.)
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Dennis Waterman
Self (1 ep.)
Self (1 ep.)
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Alec Guinness
Self (1 ep.)
Self (1 ep.)
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Laurence Olivier
Self (archive footage) (1 ep.)
Self (archive footage) (1 ep.)
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Paul Rogers
Self (1 ep.)
Self (1 ep.)
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Orson Welles
Self - Presenter (1 ep.)
Self - Presenter (1 ep.)
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Ray Bolger
Self (archive footage) (1 ep.)
Self (archive footage) (1 ep.)
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Donald O'Connor
Self (1 ep.)
Self (1 ep.)
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Lillian Bronson
Cissie Chandler (1 ep.)
Cissie Chandler (1 ep.)
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Sue Lloyd
Linda Loring (1 ep.)
Linda Loring (1 ep.)
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Sarah Marshall
Muriel (1 ep.)
Muriel (1 ep.)
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Graham Greene
Self (voice) (1 ep.)
Self (voice) (1 ep.)
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James Bolam
Pinkie (1 ep.)
Pinkie (1 ep.)
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Cyril Cusack
The Whisky Priest (1 ep.)
The Whisky Priest (1 ep.)
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Scott Forbes
Scobie (1 ep.)
Scobie (1 ep.)
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Sean Connery
Self (1 ep.)
Self (1 ep.)
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George Lazenby
Self (archive footage) (1 ep.)
Self (archive footage) (1 ep.)
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Lois Maxwell
Self (1 ep.)
Self (1 ep.)
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Diana Rigg
Self (1 ep.)
Self (1 ep.)
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Patrick Stewart
Cyrus Redding (1 ep.)
Cyrus Redding (1 ep.)
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Kenneth Colley
Hitler (1 ep.)
Hitler (1 ep.)
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Vladek Sheybal
Joseph Goebbels (1 ep.)
Joseph Goebbels (1 ep.)
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Kenneth More
Self (1 ep.)
Self (1 ep.)
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