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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, Eleanor Bron, John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., André Previn, Michael Hordern, Ken Russell, Eric Morecambe, Ernie Wise, Roger Waters, Claire Bloom, John Bird, Ginger Baker, Tommy Steele, Sergei Diaghilev, J. B. Priestley, Jack Bruce, Adrian Boult, Noël Coward
Writers: M.R. James (Story), Ben McPherson (Writer), Jonathan Miller (Writer), Don Taylor (Writer), Peter Adam (Writer)
Cinematographer: Philip Bonham-Carter
Editor: Dave King
Producers: Peter Adam, Susan Raymond, Alan Raymond
Production: BBC
Network: BBC One
