Omnibus (1967)

Everybody's Expo

The first edition of a regular weekly programme about the creative world of art and artists. Introduced by Henry Livings. Tonight: Everybody's Expo - An account of a world event.

Suliotis Sings

The British debut of a new world opera star—at the age of twenty-four.

Beethoven Symphony No. 3, in E flat (Eroica)

The first of three performances of Beethoven symphonies conducted by Colin Davis. BBC Symphony Orchestra Leader, Trevor Williams Part of a public concert in the Royal Festival Hall, London.

Tyger, Tyger

An enquiry into the power of a familiar poem. Introduced by Henry Livings. "Tyger tyger burning bright In the forests of the night What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry" Why does this poem by William Blake 1757-1827 stick in the mind, and seize the imagination of so many different people?

Benjamin Britten and His Festival

East of Bedlam

Jacqueline

The World of Coppard

Dante's Inferno

Diaghilev: The Years Abroad (1)

Diaghilev: The Years in Exile (2)

Edith Evans: A Birthday Tribute

Top Brass

Abelard and Heloise

The Exile

Tommy

God's Tunes

China and the Barbarians

Whistle and I'll Come to You

My Name Is Benvenuto Cellini

The Charm of Dynamite!

Corporal Jan

The Ken Russell Festival (1)

The Ken Russell Festival (2)

Song of Summer

J.B. Priestley

Olympia 1936

Blow The Wind Southerly

All My Loving

The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Pink Floyd, Cream, Donovan, Frank Zappa & Eric Burdon.

Rossini: The Long Farewell

The Hunted Man

Paul Gauguin: Quest For Silence

Rubinstein Speaks

Hadrian VII

Tallulah Bankhead

Make A Joyful Noise

Eric Porter

Cream Farewell Concert

The historic Farewell Concert at Albert Hall in London by one of rock's greatest groups has been dynamically recorded in this film by Robert Stigwood. The group, composed of Eric Clapton on lead guitar, Jack Bruce on bass and lead vocals, and Ginger Baker on drums, give an electrifying performance that is as exciting to watch as it is to hear. Each of the musicians has gone on to become a superstar in his own right, and we get to see fascinating backstage interviews with all of them. Highlights include the long version of "Sunshine of Your Love" and "White Room" along with other Cream hits.

The Man Who Dances

Woman From The Shadows

Makers of the Queen's Music

From Today, Painting Is Dead

Myrna Loy

Malcolm Arnold

Shostakovich

A Couple of Brians

1969 Oscar Awards

Down These Mean Streets A Man Must Go

The More We Are Together

Lawrence Durrell's Paris

Margot Fonteyn: Birthday of a Ballerina

Acting Styles in the 20th Century

The Vital Juices Are Russian

So What If It's Just Green Cheese?

An improvised celebration of Apollo 11's landing on the Moon.

Omnibus at the Proms

Omnibus at the Proms: Sir Adrian Boult

Sir Henry Wood

J.B. Priestley

George Robey

Beautiful Beautiful

Sir Malcolm Sargent

What the Hell Ever Happens in Marlborough?

F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Dream Divided

Christopher Isherwood: A Born Foreigner

Documentary about author Christopher Isherwood, in which he is interviewed about his life and work and which features extracts from films of his novels and stories.

Richter

The Confessions of Marian Evans/George Eliot

Noel Coward

Where Are You Going My Pretty Maid?

Tommy Steele and Things

Unashamed Accompanist: Gerald Moore

Ian Fleming Creator of the James Bond Myth

Virginia Woolf: A Day's Sail, a Night's Darkness

Anna Pavlova: 1881 - 1931

Rope Ladder to the Moon: Jack Bruce

John Clare - I am

Dance of the Seven Veils

An imaginary portrait of composer Richard Strauss.

Who Will Buy a Bubble?

A group of people with regular jobs (factory clerk, Lighterman,Inspector etc) take part in an experimental and improvised drama in which they are encouraged to writhe around the floor making strange noises and movements. The idea being that returning to a primitive state may help them better cope with the modern world. This experiment is then taken to their familiar local streets and landmarks and casual observers are invited to comment or join in.

Ralph Vaughan Williams

On the Waltz

The Wandsworth Sound

1970 Oscar Awards

Kenneth More

To Leningrad with Love

The Hollywood Image-The Silent Era

The Hollywood Image-The Talkies

The Hollywood Image-The Post War Years

A Vow Fulfilled: Oberammergau

The Other Edward Heath

Satchmo at 70

Omnibus at the Proms

Ustinov's Expo

Heart of Britain

An examination of the life and work of Humphrey Jennings, scholar, writer painter but, above all, filmmaker.

Art Therapy-Shapes in the Wilderness

Everything in the Garden 1

The first part of this special documentary film traces the tempestuous history of the Royal Opera House from the time the first building opened its doors in 1732 up to the present day, 26 years after Sir David Webster 's appointment.

Everything in the Garden 2

A programme in two parts on the past, present and future of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

It'll Be All Live on the Night

An investigation of regional theatre in Britain. Amongst the Theatres - and their Artistic Directors - discussed are the Northcott Theeatre, Exeter; Theatre Royal Windsor, Peter Cheeseman's Victoria Theatre Stoke on Trent and theatres in Nottingham and Hull.

Robert Shaw: The Actor as Novelist

A Requiem for Modigliani

Rambert Remembers

Eisenstein 1

Eisenstein 2

I Regret Nothing

The Mysterious Mr Eliot

George Orwell: The Road to the Left

The film traces Orwell's life during 1936 when he spent time in the depressed north of England, married, set off for the Spanish Civil War and completed his book 'The Road to Wigan Pier', which marked his beginnings as a political author.

Chicago Blues

In Prison: A World of Its Own

The Making of Husbands

Brendan Behan

Henri Cartier Bresson

In Search of Lost Time

An Omnibus Arts documentary made to celebrate the centenary of the birth of author Marcel Proust. The film examines the creation of his autobiographical novel "A La Recherche du temps perdu".

This Was Richard Tauber

The Passionate Hunter

Ingrid Bergman Remembers

Three Looms Waiting

James Mossman: To Be a Witness

TheTchaikovsky Competition

Bream at Stratford

Solzhenitsyn

Hail and Farewell-George Moore

Russell's Progress

Portrait of the filmmaker Ken Russell.

The Proms 71

Happy Birthday Dear Albert

Glenda Jackson: A Private Face in a Public Place

The Young Platform

David Lean

There Was an Old Person Called Lear...

Paul Klee: Heart of Creation

Rap Her Te Bank

An exploration of industrial Folksong in Britain from the birth of the Industrial Revolution through to contemporary events affecting us all.It was filmed in Folk Clubs across Britain.

Mind You I Live Here: Stan Barstow

A portrait of Yorkshire writer and author Stan Barstow; includes contributions from his friends.

Will the real Mr Hogarth....

A personal appraisal of the caricaturist William Hogarth.

Duke Ellington and his Orchestra

Vive La Culture!

A tour of the arts,dance and theatre of Amiens, a town that makes car tyres.

Instant Nostalgia

Humphrey Bogart

Paradise Restored

A Modern Turn of Mind

Sir John Barbirolli: Glorious John

Bruno Walter: The Face of Music

Rise Above It: Tyrone Guthrie

Man at the Met: Sir Rudolf Bing

The Fall of Venice

Actor, I Said

The Great American Dream Machine

Leningrad Reborn

Born Black Born British

Young West Indians give an impression of their life in this country through their paintings, music, and writing.

A Dignified Comic Set-to: Groucho Marx

The Man Behind the Mask: Marcel Marceau

Leeds International Piano Competition

The Last Samurai

The Wit & World of George Bernard Shaw

Christopher Plummer invites the audience into the world of great playwright, George Bernard Shaw, at his home with fellow actors and an actress playing St. Joan.

Vincent the Dutchman

Who Needs a Conductor?

The Performers-Goya

Artists in Wartime

Great Orchestras: The Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Ned Kelly Country: The Paintings of Sidney Nolan

A journey across Australia through the paintings of Sidney Nolan. Earlier this year Sidney Nolan revisited the country where he was born. He likes long journeys and cannot help painting pictures, and every picture tells a story. In this adventure through myth and imagery Nolan looks again at the Australia of Ned Kelly, Mrs Fraser and the convicts, Burke and Wills.

Max Beerbohm Remembers

Judy: Impressions of Garland

Memories of Judy Garland, from people who knew and worked with her.

The Savage Image

Why Culture?

But the People Are Beautiful: Andy Warhol

Fools Rush In: Morecambe and Wise

This film for Omnibus follows the two weeks of rehearsal that led up to the recording of a Morecambe and Wise Show that aired on 16 February 1973. 'Fools Rush In' was Eric and Ernie's billing in their early days. Thirty years later, they had become Britain's best-known comedians, with regular audiences of nearly 20 million people. Producer John Ammonds, writer Eddie Braben, as well as Eric and Ernie talk about the skill and sheer hard work of comedy.

The Name Grierson: The Word Documentary

Master of the Cello

It Must Be Something in the Water

Sir Noel Coward

Colette 1873-1954: A Window in the War

That's My Little Masterpiece

The Passing of the Year

An Omnibus calendar of tribal England. This film traces how the passing of the seasons is still celebrated with folk song, dance and-ritual. For 12 months cameras have been recording the genuinely surviving ceremonies associated with May Day marches. Summer Dances, Harvest Festivals, Christmas, New Year and Easter.

British Jazz

Leonardo-To Know How to See

Ginger Baker in Africa

The former Cream drummer travels to Nigeria to build a recording studio.

The Proms 1

The Proms 2

The Proms 3

The Proms 3

The Proms

A Question of Feeling

André Previn-The Other LSO

The Sydney Opera House

Sir Robert Helpmann

The British Hero

A tongue-in-cheek look at how heroes have been depicted through the ages.

George Stubbs: Make the Knife Go with the Pencil

Hollywood on Trial

The Runaway

François Truffaut

Bejart+Boulez = Ballet

It's Fantastic, It's Futuristic, It's Fatalistic, It's Science Fiction

Marcel Marceau: A Christmas Carol

A Dickens favourite as interpreted by Marcel Marceau the mime artist.

Gershwin's Porgy

Nureyev

Great Orchestras: The London Symphony

Acting a Part?

The Art of the Potter

Don't Take It for Granted

Claire Bloom

Kafka's Castle

Beethoven's 9th Symphony

The Invasion of Space: Novgorod Father of Russia

Wish You Were Here

Stars of British Music Hall and Variety take a look back at traditional seaside entertainment.

Ella Fitzgerald at Ronnie Scott's

Omnibus presents a unique opportunity to see this highly acclaimed performance by Ella Fitzgerald with Tommy Flannagan (piano) Joe Pass (guitar) Bobby Durham (drums) Keeter Betts (double bass) Introduced by Benny Green

Ella Fitzgerald's Other Show

Omnibus presents Ella Fitzgerald in performance at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club. This second show confirms yet again all the superlatives which critics have lavished on her in recent weeks.

Crystal Palace-The Great Glass Hive

Alan Price: Between Today & Yesterday

W.B.Yeats and the Coming Times

Dame Ninette De Valois

Ernest Brown: Pioneer Photographer

Words by Johnny Mercer

Tommy Steele: My Life, My Song

The Goldwyn Touch

Joseph Conrad

Music from the Flames

This film is a documentary about Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich.

The O De Cologne Show

The Jean Rhys Woman

Oscar Peterson & André Previn

Find Me

The Need for Nightmare

How nightmares inspired the greatest horror writers of the 19th Century

Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy

Documentary about the classic comedy duo Laurel and Hardy, featuring many film clips and reminiscences from entertainers and associates. Narrated by Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise.

A Circus for a School

Cathedral

Cracked Actor

BBC documentary showing David Bowie looking back on his Ziggy Stardust character during his Diamond Dogs tour.

Auguste Rodin: Changes

A partially dramatized arts programme about the life and work of Auguste Rodin

21 Not Out

Alphabets, Wild Things, Peter and a Golden Canary

Charles Chaplin: Tramp & Philosopher

The Friendly Invasion from Stephen Foster to Ragtime

Fidelio Finke: Where Are You Now?

African Sanctus

Nijinsky: God of the Dance

The Grierson Award

Great Orchestras: The Vienna Philharmonic

Claes Oldenburg: The Formative Years

Irving Berlin

Presented by Benny Green and Roy Castle this is a delightful song-filled affectionate tribute to the career of Irving Berlin

A Step in the Jungle: Ronald Searle

Exton, Stoppard and Co at the Eleventh Hour

The Great Orchestras: The Boston Symphony

Big Ware

Anatomies: Images in the Work of John Donne

Honore De Balzac: Torrents of the Mind

Thomas Mann: The Fight Against Death

Shafts of Sunlight

The Friendly Invasion: 2 from Jazz to Swing

The Friendly Invasion: 3 the Road to Rock & Roll

Family Scenes: Ivy Compton - The Burne Household

Jane Austen

A celebration of the novelist, who was born 200 years ago.

Come and Dance with Busby Berkeley

Scenes from a Geordie Ceilidh/Overture/Closed on Mondays

The Golden Age of Spanish Painting

The Waltz

Omnibus in Ireland

All Clouds Are Clocks

An Arts Documentary about the Composer Gyorgy Ligeti whose music became popular after having been used in Kubrick's 2001

A Matter of Life & Death

Constable Exhibition

Charles Marowitz

A Kind of Innocence

Placido Domingo

Portraits

The Honourable Out -Of- Step

Richard Avendon

The Spirit of the Land

Monsieur Hulot's Work

Far Away

John Constable

The Sound of Islam

The Green Table- Around the Green Table

An Evening with Gene Kelly

Dancer, choreographer, director and father of the 'new' American musical of the 1940s. He talks to Gavin Millar about his early life, the struggles to become a dancer and the great days at MGM when a new form of 'cinema-dance' was invented

Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death

An account of the events that led up to the American War of Independence from Britain, filmed in the locations where they took place.

Beyond a Boundary

All the Superlatives - Anthony Dowell

Omnibus USA: Dave Brubeck

My Homeland

Art - To a Degree

Culture - Who Needs It?

Omnibus USA: Have a Nice Day

Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema

Benjamin Britten

The First 70 Years Are the Worst-Two Lives in Music

New York, New York

Various artists and musicians at work, and performing, throughout a day in the SoHo district of New York City.

The Story of Pantomime

Pleasure at Her Majesty's

The Song of Mandelay

A White Wall in Alentejo

Omnibus USA: Doc, Charlie and the Painters

Colour Positive - The Poster Man

Paintings by El Greco

Paintings by Titian

Paintings by Velazquez

Omnibus USA: LA - My Home Town

Toccata at the Plaza

A fun documentary in which Organist Robin Richmond demonstrates the power, and tells the history, of Cinema Organs. The film was shown as part of an Omnibus programme on Nostalgia

Omnibus USA: New York Real, New York Abstract

Orpheus and His Flute

Walton No.1

Stan Tracey: The Original

Omnibus USA: Documentary America

Seeds of a New Life

The Lindsays/Half a Mile from Stoke

The Human Face

Walk to the Moon

The National Youth Jazz Orchestra -Stan's Band

Introduced by Humphrey Burton the Stan Kenton Band perform Jazz classics. Stan Kenton, Shelly Manne and Bud Shank are interviewed.

Italia: Florence After the Flood

Italia: The Madonna & the Volcano

Italia: A Line Through the Labrynth

Victims and Survivors: Whose Colour Is White?

Conductor's Eye View: Little Train

Unita- Bach at Tilford

The Santa Fe Opera

Music of a Thousand Autumns

'Gagaku' is the ancient Court music of Japan. In this film dancers and musicians discuss and demonstrate the traditional movements, styles and the sounds of an art culture little known in the West. Master players of the Sho and Kyoto demonstrate the special meaning of performance techniques.

The Nat Gonella Story

Big Band Jazz

Pure Radio

A Day in the Garden/A Piano's Story

The Garden Beyond

Poetry

For Love or Money 1

For Love or Money 2

Jeanne Moreau

Gustev Courbit/Engine of Revolution

Voices of Children/Profile of a Dancer

Everyone Is a Special Kind of Artist

Marevna & Marika

The Song of the White Horse

Warsaw Autumn

The Art Show of Ed Kienholz

Edward Kienholz was an American artist known for his found-object assemblages and installations he referred to as tableauxs. In one of his most controversial works, The State Hospital (1966), Kienholz provided a grisly account.

The People's Park: Disco Delight or What a Way to End It All

Leos Janacek: 1854-1928

The Pilgrimage of Ti-Jean

The Record Machine

John Peel Interviews The Mekons, Sham 69, Alternative TV, The Slits, and UK Subs.

Living Room

Paul Gauguin: The Savage and the Construction of Paradise

Fear and Loathing in Gonzovision

A look at "Gonzo journalist", Hunter S. Thompson with his collaborator, British illustrator, Ralph Steadman.

628-E8

Its Stolen Your Face

After the Dream

Getting Away with Murder: The Childhood of Claude Chabrol

She Must Be Joking!

A look at stand-up comediennes.

Lillian Hellman