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. The series was replaced by Imagine hosted by Alan Yentob.
In this film Andre Previn lays down his baton and becomes an explorer, travelling northwards to the land of the brass bands with Besses o' The Barn in Lancashire and Black Dyke Mills in Yorkshire. And an epilogue, Little Train