Omnibus - Season 31 Episode 6 : Houdini
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.
First Air Date : Oct 13, 1967
Last Air Date : Jan 28, 1999
Runtime : 60 min.
Genre : Documentary
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- Eps. 1 : Wild Swans1993-09-28
- Eps. 3 : Nina Simone -The Legend1993-10-12
- Eps. 5 : Sweet Home Chicago1993-10-19
- Eps. 6 : Houdini1993-10-26
- Eps. 7 : The Magic Lantern1993-11-02
- Eps. 8 : The Russian Striptease1993-11-09
- Eps. 10 : The Boy Next Door1993-11-30
- Eps. 11 : Who Killed Tchaikovsky1993-12-07
- Eps. 13 : Sunset Boulevard1993-12-21
- Eps. 14 : Freeze, But Is It Art?1994-02-22
- Eps. 15 : The Piero Trail 11994-02-23
- Eps. 17 : Mister Abbott's Broadway1994-03-01
- Eps. 18 : The Piero Trail 21994-03-02
- Eps. 19 : Vikram Seth: A Suitable Boy1994-03-08
- Eps. 20 : Hildegard1994-03-29
- Eps. 21 : Bill T Jones1994-04-05
- Eps. 23 : Joan Littlewood's Lovely War1994-04-19
- Eps. 24 : Sir John Betjeman1994-04-26
- Eps. 26 : Duke Ellington 21994-05-10
