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Series | Omnibus

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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.

Directed by

Don Taylor Mischa Scorer David M. Thompson James Erskine Ian Leese Nasreen Munni Kabir David Hugh Jones Richard Spence Jonathan Miller Bill Eagles Peter Adam Jeff Perks Kate Scholefield Nicky Pattison Jacques Peretti Jack Gold Ben McPherson Sam Hobkinson Norman Stone Roger Michell Teresa Griffiths Steve Cole Louis Heaton Kevin Hull Andrew Piddington Chris Bould John Edginton Francis Whately Michael Darlow

Written by

Peter Adam Ben McPherson Don Taylor Jonathan Miller

Story

M.R. James

Cast

Peter Sallis

Guest stars

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 Henri Cartier-Bresson Jack Shepherd Marcel Marceau Ella Fitzgerald Barry Norman Barry Humphries Laurence Olivier Louis Armstrong Gore Vidal David Bowie Michael Gambon Richard E. Grant Plácido Domingo Germaine Greer András Schiff George Lucas Rick McCallum Douglas Adams Dudley Moore Syd Barrett Val Penny David Gilmour Joe Boyd Nick Mason Ray Bolger Don Black Eric Burdon Anthony Burgess Donovan George Harrison Jimi Hendrix Mick Jagger John Lennon Paul McCartney Ringo Starr Pete Townshend Frank Zappa Erika Bergmann Tim Brooke-Taylor John Cleese Ian Hislop Vanessa Redgrave Donald Sinden Dennis Waterman Alec Guinness Paul Rogers Orson Welles Lillian Bronson Sue Lloyd Sarah Marshall Graham Greene James Bolam Cyril Cusack Scott Forbes Sean Connery George Lazenby Lois Maxwell Diana Rigg Patrick Stewart Kenneth Colley Vladek Sheybal Kenneth More Marius Goring Frank Dungan Frank Duncan Robert Shaw Ann Firbank Catherine Schell John Shrapnel David de Keyser Hylda Baker Marti Caine Olga James Scarlet O'Hara Christine Pilgrim Beryl Reid Terri Rogers Mary Sheen Denholm Elliott Sheila Hancock Anna Massey Victor Spinetti Judi Dench Roy Dotrice Ian McKellen Joseph Conrad Dmitri Chostakovitch Oscar Peterson Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy Auguste Rodin Charlie Chaplin Kyra Nijinsky Claes Oldenburg Irving Berlin Benny Green Roy Castle Henry Livings Benjamin Britten John M. East Jacqueline du Pré Edith Evans Ambrose Coghill George Woodbridge Nora Gordon Freda Dowie Benvenuto Cellini Abel Gance Frederick Delius Eric Fenby Eric Clapton Lawrence Durrell Margot Fonteyn George Robey Malcolm Sargent Christopher Isherwood Ian Fleming Virginia Woolf Anna Pavlova Richard Strauss Ralph Vaughan Williams Edward Heath Peter Ustinov Humphrey Jennings Robert Shaw George Orwell Brendan Behan Marcel Proust Richard Tauber Giacomo Puccini Ingrid Bergman James Mossman Glenda Jackson David Lean Stan Barstow John Barbirolli Bruno Walter Tyrone Guthrie Rudolf Bing Groucho Marx Christopher Plummer George Bernard Shaw Vincent van Gogh Max Beerbohm Andy Warhol Robert Helpmann François Truffaut Joe Pass Bobby Durham Keter Betts Alan Price William Butler Yeats Ninette de Valois Johnny Mercer Clive Exton Tom Stoppard George Curtis Marilyn Galsworthy Humphrey Burton Peter Barkworth Peter Woodthorpe Beatrix Lehmann Celia Johnson Roland Culver Deborah Norton Joseph Blatchley Edward Fox Busby Berkeley György Ligeti Charles Marowitz Richard Avedon Michael Smee Mark Dignam Jacques Tati Gavin Millar David Attenborough Gene Kelly Kenneth Griffith C.L.R. James Clive Lloyd Rick Wakeman Bob Hoskins Brian Eno Menahem Golan Yoram Globus Linus Roache Jim Broadbent Doris Lessing Quentin Tarantino Lawrence Bender Steve Buscemi Harvey Keitel Sally Menke Stacey Sher Dominick Dunne Brett Anderson Storm Thorgerson Willem de Kooning Harish Patel Curtis Mayfield Jerry Butler Fred Cash Sam Gooden Martin Luther King Jr. Jimmy Perry David Croft Ginger Rogers Leslie Megahey Dave Stewart Brian Wilson Isabel Allende Robert Harris Alan Bennett David Frost Peter Cook Paul Verhoeven Rutger Hauer Alec McCowen Gabriel Cinque Michael Frayn Eve Arnold Anjelica Huston Iman Isabella Rossellini Howard Hodgkin Rudolf Nureyev Hannah Gordon Shintarō Katsu Lennox Lewis Emma Bunton Miloš Forman Simon Callow Elizabeth McGovern Miroslav Ondříček Vincent Schiavelli Louise Fletcher Jo Whiley Irvin Kershner Walter Murch Mark Hamill Harrison Ford Anthony Daniels Jack Rosenthal Corin Redgrave Dick Clement Ian La Frenais Sarah Patterson Mace Richards Vic Reeves Bob Mortimer Matt Lucas Ulrika Jonsson Mark Lamarr Charlie Higson Michael Bracewell Jim Sheridan Roberta Guaspari Mike Leigh Nick Hornby Jeffrey Archer Richard Branson Julia Sawalha Bob Geldof Nadia Sawalha Nadim Sawalha Alan McGee Malcolm McLaren Steve Sutherland Liam Gallagher Noel Gallagher Zizi Jeanmaire Darcey Bussell Ian Dury Billy Fury Julie Andrews Dilly Barlow Jayne Casey Jimi Cauty Bill Drummond Simon Needs

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