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Omnibus

1967 – 2003Show42 seasons784 episodes

Documentary
72
GoodGoodWatch score
IMDb7.2
72
GoodGoodWatch score
IMDb7.2

Summary

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.

Good for

  • Family movie night
  • Friends night
  • Teens

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Omnibus episodes

42 seasons · 784 episodes

  1. S1 E6 Jacqueline, 8.0
  2. S1 E8 Dante's Inferno, 7.2
  3. S1 E17 Whistle and I'll Come to You, 7.2
  4. S1 E19 The Charm of Dynamite: Abel Gance, 7.5
  5. S1 E21 The Ken Russell Festival: Part 1 - A House in Bayswater/Prokofiev, 6.3
  1. S2 E1 Song of Summer, 8.0
  2. S2 E5 All My Loving, 6.2
  3. S2 E7 Graham Greene: The Hunted Man, 6.1
  4. S2 E14 Cream Farewell Concert, 7.0
  5. S2 E24 Raymond Chandler: Down These Mean Streets a Man Must Go, 7.5
  6. S2 E28 The Actors Changing Face: Acting Styles in the 20th Century, 9.9
  1. S3 E20 Rope Ladder to the Moon: Jack Bruce, 6.7
  2. S3 E22 Dance of the Seven Veils, 7.8
  1. S6 E3 The Wit & World of George Bernard Shaw, 8.0
  2. S6 E11 Judy: Impressions of Garland, 8.1
  3. S6 E15 Fools Rush in: Morecambe and Wise, 5.8
  4. S6 E25 Ginger Baker in Africa, 7.3
  1. S7 E15 François Truffaut, 6.6
  2. S7 E31 Ella Fitzgerald at Ronnie Scott's, 7.8
  1. S8 E7 Oscar Peterson & André Previn, 8.0
  2. S8 E8 Find Me, 7.6
  3. S8 E10 Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy, 8.2
  4. S8 E13 Cracked Actor, 7.7
  1. S9 E27 Monsieur Hulot's Work, 6.9
  1. S10 E7 Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema, 7.4
  2. S10 E10 Omnibus USA: New York, New York - Saturday in SoHo/Watching My Name Go By, 6.7
  1. S12 E8 Fear and Loathing in Gonzovision, 7.4
  2. S12 E9 628-E8, 10.0
  1. S13 E2 Ray Bradbury: The Illustrated Man, 8.3
  1. S19 E10 The Killing Fields, 7.4
  1. S21 E3 Comic Relief, 1.0
  2. S21 E4 Made in Ealing, 7.0
  3. S21 E7 The Last Moguls, 7.3
  1. S22 E6 Hitchcock: Its Only A Movie, 9.0
  2. S22 E9 The Mission, 7.5
  1. S23 E1 George Grosz: Enemy of the State, 7.4
  1. S24 E1 Getting to Dylan, 7.1
  1. S25 E9 Songs from the Life of Leonard Cohen, 8.3
  1. S26 E8 Paul Simon Solo, 6.8
  1. S27 E14 My Most Difficult Book - The Story of 'Lolita', 7.1
  2. S27 E18 Van Gogh, 8.2
  1. S29 E5 Don Delillo/The Word, the Image, the Gun, 7.6
  2. S29 E9 Against Pornography: The Feminism of Andrea Dworkin, 5.1
  3. S29 E11 Eric Hebborn: Portrait of a Master Forger, 7.4
  4. S29 E15 The Prince of Paisley Park, 7.4
  5. S29 E16 Benny Hill: Clown Imperial, 7.4
  1. S30 E6 Eye of the Storm: Ridley Scott, 7.4
  2. S30 E12 John Ford: Part One, 8.2
  1. S31 E3 Nina Simone -The Legend, 7.8
  2. S31 E12 Who Killed Tchaikovsky, 4.8
  1. S32 E3 Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder, 7.6
  2. S32 E6 Pink Floyd: The Story, 8.3
  3. S32 E17 Perry & Croft: The Sitcoms, 7.5
  1. S33 E13 Paul Verhoeven: From Holland to Hollywood, 7.7
  2. S33 E18 Spike, 7.8
  3. S33 E21 Eve Arnold in Retrospect, 8.2
  1. S34 E2 Dancing Through Darkness, 8.8
  1. S35 E10 Reeves & Mortimer: The Film, 8.6
  2. S35 E14 Salvador Dali: The Fame and the Shame1, 7.0
  1. S36 E10 Bring Me Sunshine: The Heart and Soul of Eric Morecambe, 9.7
  2. S36 E11 Mad About Monet, 7.6
  1. S37 E9 A Long Time Ago... The Story of Star Wars, 7.7
  1. S38 E13 Elizabeth Taylor: England's Other Elizabeth, 6.8
  2. S38 E16 Wallace & Gromit Go Chicken, 8.9
  1. S39 E2 John Barry: Licence to Thrill, 8.9
  1. S40 E1 Douglas Adams: The Man Who Blew Up the World, 8.5
  2. S40 E5 The 'Billy Elliot' Boy, 7.7
  3. S40 E10 Syd Barrett: Crazy Diamond, 7.7
  4. S40 E12 J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter and Me, 7.2
  5. S40 E15 Sir Nigel Hawthorne: Remembered, 8.0
  1. S41 E6 Spotlights & Saris: Making Bombay Dreams, 9.4
  1. S42 E2 Patricia Cornwell: Stalking the Ripper, 4.8

Cast

24 of 356 · most episodes first

Crew

Directors
Don Taylor, Mischa Scorer, David M. Thompson
Written by
Jonathan Miller, M.R. James, Ben McPherson
Produced by
Peter Adam, Susan Raymond, Alan Raymond

Everyone

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Facts

October 13, 1967 · January 8, 2003 · Ended

First aired
October 13, 1967
Last aired
January 8, 2003
Status
Ended
Length
42 seasons · 784 episodes
Genres
Documentary
Original language
English
Made in
United Kingdom

Q&A

5 questions, like "Is Omnibus worth watching?"

Questions about Omnibus

Quick answers from GoodWatch data.

Is Omnibus worth watching?

72
GoodGoodWatch score

Mostly, it's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 72 (IMDb 7.2). Season 42 is the weak spot, with an IMDb average of 4.8 against 9.4 for the best season.

Which season of Omnibus is best?

Season 41, with an IMDb average of 9.4. Season 42 is the weakest at 4.8. The highest-rated episode is 628-E8 (season 12, episode 9) at 10.0, and the lowest is Comic Relief (season 21, episode 3) at 1.0.

Is Omnibus okay for kids?

Yes: the viewing guide lists it for family nights.

How long does it take to watch Omnibus?

784 h

About 784 hours: 784 episodes in 42 seasons of about 60 minutes each, aired from 1967 to 2003.

Is Omnibus plot-driven or character-driven?

CharactersPlot

Mostly character-driven: it leans on dialogue centrality (8 of 10) and character depth (7 of 10) more than on its plot.