Omnibus (1967)

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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.

IMDb rating: 7.2 (333 votes)
Seasons: 10
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Jul 3, 2026 · 10 seasons indexed

Seasons

Season 1 (1967)

7.24 avg 5 episodes 8.0 → 6.3 54 min avg

Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
6	Jacqueline	8.0	10
8	Dante's Inferno	7.2	394
17	Whistle and I'll Come to You	7.2	1,724
19	The Charm of Dynamite: Abel Gance	7.5	12
21	The Ken Russell Festival: Part 1 - A House in Bayswater/Prokofiev	6.3	12

Season 2 (1968)

7.45 avg 6 episodes 8.0 → 9.9 53 min avg

Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Song of Summer	8.0	434
5	All My Loving	6.2	153
7	Graham Greene: The Hunted Man	6.1	18
14	Cream Farewell Concert	7.0	196
24	Raymond Chandler: Down These Mean Streets a Man Must Go	7.5	18
28	The Actors Changing Face: Acting Styles in the 20th Century	9.9	50

Season 6 (1972)

7.45 avg 4 episodes 8.0 → 7.4 46 min avg

Front-loaded

Season 6 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
3	The Wit & World of George Bernard Shaw	8.0	10
11	Judy: Impressions of Garland	8.3	33
15	Fools Rush in: Morecambe and Wise	6.1	11
25	Ginger Baker in Africa	7.4	52

Season 8 (1974)

7.87 avg 4 episodes 8.0 → 7.7 58 min avg

Season 8 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
7	Oscar Peterson & André Previn	8.0	8
8	Find Me	7.6	13
10	Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy	8.2	27
13	Cracked Actor	7.7	351

Season 21 (1986)

5.10 avg 3 episodes 1.0 → 7.3 59 min avg

Rising

Season 21 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
3	Comic Relief	1.0	19
4	Made in Ealing	7.0	11
7	The Last Moguls	7.3	40

Season 29 (1991)

6.98 avg 5 episodes 7.6 → 7.4 50 min avg

Slow burn

Season 29 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
5	Don Delillo/The Word, the Image, the Gun	7.6	18
9	Against Pornography: The Feminism of Andrea Dworkin	5.1	23
11	Eric Hebborn: Portrait of a Master Forger	7.4	8
15	The Prince of Paisley Park	7.4	10
16	Benny Hill: Clown Imperial	7.4	66

Season 31 (1993)

8.60 avg 3 episodes 9.0 → 9.0 43 min avg

u-shaped

Season 31 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
2	Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One	9.0	11
3	Nina Simone -The Legend	7.8	8
4	Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part Two	9.0	11

Season 32 (1994)

7.80 avg 3 episodes 7.6 → 7.5 49 min avg

Season 32 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
3	Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder	7.6	100
6	Pink Floyd: The Story	8.3	14
17	Perry & Croft: The Sitcoms	7.5	10

Season 33 (1996)

7.90 avg 3 episodes 7.7 → 8.2 53 min avg

Rising

Season 33 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
13	Paul Verhoeven: From Holland to Hollywood	7.7	10
18	Spike	7.8	13
21	Eve Arnold in Retrospect	8.2	10

Season 40 (2001)

7.84 avg 5 episodes 8.5 → 8.0 49 min avg

u-shaped

Season 40 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Douglas Adams: The Man Who Blew Up the World	8.5	10
5	The 'Billy Elliot' Boy	7.8	91
10	Syd Barrett: Crazy Diamond	7.7	570
12	J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter and Me	7.2	127
15	Sir Nigel Hawthorne: Remembered	8.0	9

Omnibus (1967)

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