Omnibus - Season 5 Episode 20 : Man at the Met: Sir Rudolf Bing
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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Quality :
- Eps. 1 : The Proms 711971-08-29
- Eps. 2 : Happy Birthday Dear Albert1971-09-12
- Eps. 4 : The Young Platform1971-09-26
- Eps. 5 : David Lean1971-10-03
- Eps. 7 : Paul Klee: Heart of Creation1971-10-17
- Eps. 8 : Rap Her Te Bank1971-10-24
- Eps. 10 : Will the real Mr Hogarth....1971-10-31
- Eps. 12 : Vive La Culture!1971-11-28
- Eps. 13 : Instant Nostalgia1971-12-05
- Eps. 14 : Humphrey Bogart1971-12-27
- Eps. 15 : Paradise Restored1972-01-02
- Eps. 16 : A Modern Turn of Mind1972-01-30
- Eps. 19 : Rise Above It: Tyrone Guthrie1972-02-20
- Eps. 21 : The Fall of Venice1972-03-19
- Eps. 22 : Actor, I Said1972-04-09
- Eps. 24 : Leningrad Reborn1972-04-30
- Eps. 25 : Born Black Born British1972-06-11