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Omnibus

Season 22 1986

  • 1986-09-11T23:00:00Z on BBC One
  • 50m
  • 3h 20m (4 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Documentary
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.

4 episodes

1986-09-11T23:00:00Z

22x04 Jessye Norman - Singer

22x04 Jessye Norman - Singer

  • 1986-09-11T23:00:00Z50m

Presents a portrait of the renowned classical singer through interviews, footage of performances, and a discussion of how the historical context of racial strife in the South affected her development.

1986-09-18T23:00:00Z

22x05 Meetings with Ambler

22x05 Meetings with Ambler

  • 1986-09-18T23:00:00Z50m

Eric Ambler talks to poet and journalist James Fenton about his life and about the nature of thriller writing, the form to which he stayed true.

The programme looks at the first 25 years of Hitchcock's extraordinary and prolific career, with extracts from his early British films, behind- the-scenes shots of Hitchcock at work, and rare home movie material.

We look behind the image of the droll clown, which he presented in his television series, and at the achievements, and the problems, of the later years.

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