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- The story of the influential 19th century British poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti and his troubled and somewhat morbid relationship with his wife and his art.
- Classic BBC adaptation of an equally classic ghost story about a skeptical professor on vacation in Norfolk who finds a cursed whistle. Unlike most other episodes of this documentary series about music, this one is live action folk horror.
- Traces last 5 years of the life of Frederick Delius through the eyes of the young composer Eric Fenby
- An imaginary portrait of composer Richard Strauss.
- Todays theme is Find Me.
- Dramatized documentary about the life of the painter George Grosz.
- 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.
- Ready When You Are, Mr Patel.
- 1967–2003Not Rated6.9 (77)TV EpisodeA documentary on the life and career of actress Elizabeth Taylor, with clips from her films and interviews with friends and co-workers.
- Wallace and Gromit Go Chicken.
- A documentary recording Jacqueline du Pré playing the Elgar Cello Concerto with the New Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by her husband Daniel Barenboim.
- 1967–200352mNot Rated5.1 (21)TV EpisodeRadical feminist Andrea Dworkin's expose on the pornography industry.
- Profile of the novelist Vikram Seth, including footage from a family reunion in Delhi.
- Recording Jamie Bell's progress from unknown schoolboy to award-winning star of "Billy Elliot".
- John Barry: Licence to Thrill.
- 1967–20031hNot Rated9.4 (12)TV EpisodeSpotlights and Saris: Making Bombay Dreams.
- 1967–20031h 18mNot Rated9.7 (67)TV EpisodeBring Me Sunshine: The Heart and Soul of Eric Morecambe.
- A documentary about the life of British comedian and journalist Peter Cook.
- For the first time J.K. Rowling tells in her own words the story of how the bestselling books of Harry Potter came to life.
- A look at "Gonzo journalist", Hunter S. Thompson with his collaborator, British illustrator, Ralph Steadman.
- A look at the work of television comedy writers David Croft and Jimmy Perry, featuring interviews with the men themselves, the many stars of the shows they created and other famous admirers.
- "The Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett Story" (video release title) tells the full bizarre, tragic, but also celebratory story of Syd Barrett, the co-founder of Pink Floyd. With contributions from friends, managers, lovers and of course the members of Pink Floyd themselves. The film includes rare early television appearances of Pink Floyd and home movies too.
- A tongue-in-cheek look at how heroes have been depicted through the ages.
- BBC documentary showing David Bowie looking back on his Ziggy Stardust character during his Diamond Dogs tour.
- Ever since the 1914 production of George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion (based on Greek myth), the story of Eliza Doolittle's transformation from Cockney flower girl to society lady has fascinated readers and audiences. And of all the versions, none has been more popular than the 1964 movie musical My Fair Lady, starring Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison. As the stage musical starring former EastEnder Martine McCutcheon prepares for opening night, this film celebrates the phenomenon that is My Fair Lady.
- 1967–2003Not Rated5.0 (27)TV EpisodeCrime novelist Patricia Cornwell attempts to prove that Walter Sickert was Jack the Ripper.
- Eye of the Storm: Ridley Scott.
- Documentary about Benny Hill's career.
- 1967–2003Not RatedTV Episode
- 1967–200344mNot Rated8.4 (9)TV EpisodeDouglas Adams: The Man Who Blew Up the World.
- Documentary about a pioneering American photojournalist Eve Arnold.
- 1967–200350mNot Rated7.8 (8)TV EpisodePaul Verhoeven: From Holland to Hollywood.
- Robert Altman in England.
- A documentary about stand up women comics
- A moving look at the legendary dancer Rudolf Nureyev through the final decade of his life, when he struggled to continue in his role as artistic director of the Paris Opera Ballet even as he tried to keep his battle against AIDS a secret.
- Vincent Van Gogh [played by Linus Roache] meets Roulin, [played by Jim Broadbent ; Bafta winner]and Gaughin [played by Jack Shepherd]
- Memories of Judy Garland, from people who knew and worked with her.
- Todays concert is All My Loving.
- Documentary about abstract expressionist artist Willem de Kooning. This explores his late work and the allegations that they have been kept off the market to inflate their value.
- 1967–20031h 10mNot Rated8.3 (28)TV EpisodeSongs from the Life of Leonard Cohen.
- Todays theme is François Truffaut.
- A documentary that chronicles the making of the movie. It looks at the process of casting real Indians in the film and their importance in adding authenticity to the story, their performances and involvement in the intricacies of the filmmaking process, Native culture today in South America, the history of Jesuit missions, the film's set construction, action scene construction, the picture's story and themes, the presence of the modern-day Colombian Army on the set and the resultant parallels to the film, and much more.
- Focuses on the Hampstead Garden Suburb set up by Dame Henrietta Barnett to rescue people from East End.
- Todays theme is Getting to Dylan.
- 1967–20031hNot Rated7.1 (9)TV EpisodeHow Vladimir Nabokov wrote his most famous novel, and why it is one of the greatest novels ever written.
- Todays theme is the Comic Relief.
- Tribute to the writer, director and producer of Broadway musicals George Abbott, known universally as Mister Abbott.
- John Ford: Part One.
- Israeli Go-Go Boys Golan and Globus at the height of their careers - everybody is working for Cannon!
- Omnibus about British artist Anthony Gormley best known for The Angel of the North, a huge sculpture outside Newcastle. This profile follows Gormley at work in his studio and installing a sculpture in Norway. Interviews include Jake Chapman, Anish Kapoor and Gormley's mother.
- Graham Greene: The Hunted Man.
- A tour of the arts,dance and theatre of Amiens, a town that makes car tyres.
- A personal appraisal of the caricaturist William Hogarth.
- Mad About Monet.
- 1967–2003Not RatedTV Episode
- Hollywood star Ginger Rogers, who died at her California home on 25 April, began her career as a teenage vaudeville dancer and became the world's highest paid film actress. Above all, she is remembered for her dancing partnership with Fred Astaire. This film, screened as an Omnibus special on 30 April, shortly after her death, looks at how the legendary musicals were made, with anecdotes by Ginger herself, and clips from Astaire's last television interview.
- Documentary on the widow of Kurt Weill, the legendary actress and singer Lotte Lenya.
- Soul legend Curtis Mayfield talks to writer Caryl Phillips about his life, career and contribution to the Civil Rights Movement in America. Program includes archive footage and contributions from family, friends and colleagues.
- 1967–2003Not Rated6.4 (9)TV EpisodeThe Ken Russell Festival: Part 1 - A House in Bayswater/Prokofiev.
- Young West Indians give an impression of their life in this country through their paintings, music, and writing.
- 1967–2003Not RatedTV Episode
- 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
- 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.
- 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".
- Arts documentary series. A portrait of Yorkshire writer and author Stan Barstow; includes contributions from his friends.
- Todays theme is Monsieur Hulot's Work.
- From oriental belly dancer and femme fatale in the early Silents to the sophisticated star of The Thin Man series of comedy thrillers, Myrna Loy looks back over more than a hundred Hollywood films. An intelligent and articulate woman, her liberal conscience has taken her beyond the traditional role of the film star.
- Patrick Garland interviews Noel Coward about his lengthy career.
- Ray Bradbury talks about his work, and acts out some scenes from his life and imagination.
- A look at Jazz great Louis Armstrong.
- A profile of one of the cinema's greatest revolutionaries and orators, the Frenchman Abel Gance, who made his first film in 1909 and whose techniques in the 1920s helped to create a cinema that was unique, grandiose and unashamedly romantic.
- 1967–2003Not RatedTV Episode
- 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.
- David Attenborough introduces an edition of 'Omnibus' devoted to music and poetry from Turkey, Persia and the Islamic World.
- A UK broadcast of Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation (2000).
- The former Cream drummer travels to Nigeria to build a recording studio.
- A Dickens favourite as interpreted by Marcel Marceau the mime artist.
- 1967–2003Not RatedTV Episode
- Ex-colleagues reflect on the comic genius and sometimes difficult character of Tony Hancock.
- A look at the Gilbert and Sullivan Festival in Berkeley California, which was conceived by Halifax entrepreneur Ian Smith, who took considerable financial risks on the venture.
- An eccentric Englishman of dubious reputation unexpectedly becomes Pope.
- Presented by Benny Green and Roy Castle this is a delightful song-filled affectionate tribute to the career of Irving Berlin
- Tribute to J.B. Priestley on his 75th birthday, including extracts from his work.
- Rope Ladder to the Moon: Jack Bruce.
- 1967–200332mNot Rated7.3 (33)TV EpisodeSigns of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema.
- 1967–2003Not RatedTV Episode
- A dramatized documentary of the best-kept secret in the life of the poet Wordsworth-his early love affair with a young French girl, Annette Vallon.
- 1967–2003Not Rated9.9 (50)TV EpisodeTodays theme is The Actors Changing Face: Acting Styles in the 20th Century.
- 1967–2003Not RatedTV Episode
- Torrents of the Mind: Honoré de Balzac.
- 1967–20031h 7mNot Rated8.2 (14)TV Episodea look at the early film comedy team of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.
- Dubbed "mad, bad and dangerous to know" by one of his many lovers, Lord Byron was a prototype celebrity whose legend has not diminished with the passage of time. Omnibus looks at the man behind the myth and his legacy.
- A study of the life and work of the Russian film director and theorist Sergei Eisenstein.
- A look at the films produced at Ealing Film Studios in London.
- Celebrating the centenary of Lewis Carroll.
- Anecdotes from behind the scenes.
- Part 2 covers last 14 years of his life and work, including his return to America, touring the South Pacific, and settling in Samoa. Also a newly discovered 1940's interview with step-daughter Belle Strong.
- 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.
- Robert Harris's Fatherland was a publishing phenomenon, the most successful first novel by a British author in 20 years. Now he's writing his 2nd novel, Enigma, which looks like being the publishing event of the year. Can he do it? Is he a one-hit wonder or a hardback hero?
- A hundred years ago Tchaikovsky died suddenly In St Petersburg, within days of conducting the work many consider to be his greatest, the Pathétique Symphony. How did the great composer meet his death? Officially, he died of cholera, but a Russian emigre living in America has produced evidence to show that he was forced to commit suicide. Anthony Holden conducts an investigation into the mystery, and the film follows clues in New York, St Petersburg and Moscow, clues within the music and the known facts of Tchaikovsky's life, in search of the facts behind the composer's untimely death.
- 1967–200353mNot Rated7.6 (87)TV EpisodeQuentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder.
- Documentary about the famed Polish-French painter Balthasar Klossowski de Rola, known as Balthus.
- A look back at Victorian and Edwardian melodramas from the past, by writer and actor John M. East.
- The Prince of Paisley Park.
- Portrait of the filmmaker Ken Russell.
- Hitchcock: Its Only A Movie.
- Gore Vidal's Gore Vidal Part 1.
- Gore Vidal's Gore Vidal Part 2.
- An examination of the life and work of Humphrey Jennings, scholar, writer painter but, above all, filmmaker.
- Documentary about the legendary London jazz club and its co-founder Ronnie Scott.
- A celebration of a century of recording history as seen through the eyes of Nipper the 'His Master's Voice' dog for ever seen listening to a gramophone horn in the world famous trademark. In the programme there are extracts from nearly 100 recordings.
- 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.
- '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.
- Documentary which looks at the history of the English Stage Company and its base, the Royal Court Theatre in London. Past triumphs and failures are reviewed with the aid of Sir John Gielgud, John Osborne, Max Stafford-Clark, Arnold Wesker, Dennis Waterman, Oscar Lewenstein, Nigel Williams and E.A. Whitehead.
- A telling of the events that lead up to the American War of Independence from Britain, filmed in the locations that they took place.
- 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
- 1967–2003Not RatedTV EpisodeVarious artists and musicians at work, and performing, throughout a day in the SoHo district of New York City.
- An Arts Documentary about the Composer Gyorgy Ligeti whose music became popular after having been used in Kubrick's 2001
- Romanian conductor Sergiu Celibidache rehearses Faure's Requiem with the London Symphony Orchestra and Choir prior to performances at London's Royal Festival Hall.
- Actually released in 1991. A BBC Omnibus Documentary on Prince. Including interviews from key music industry (business) players from the time, and fellow music artists and performers as well. Also includes concert, tour and music video footage, and glimpses inside of Paisley Park Studios.
- Shadow of the Ripper.