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Omnibus

Season 32

1994 · 20 episodes

  1. 1. The Gentle Art of Making Enemies

    1994-10-11

  2. 2. Doris Lessing: A Part of Me

    1994-10-18

  3. 3. Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder

    1994-10-25

  4. 4. About Face

    1994-11-01

  5. 5. The Trials of Dominick Dunne

    1994-11-08

  6. 6. Pink Floyd: The Story

    1994-11-15

    A look back at the band's 30 year career.

  7. 7. Henri Cartier-Bresson: Question for a Question

    1994-11-22

  8. 8. Stevenson's Travels 1

    1994-11-29

    First part of a two part doc on Robert Louis Stevenson, tracing his life from his childhood in Edinburgh through teenage travels with his father to his time as a wild student in Edinburgh.

  9. 9. Stevenson's Travels 2

    1994-12-06

    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.

  10. 10. The Greatest Living Painter: De Kooning

    1995-02-21

    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.

  11. 11. Carnival: The Biggest Party in the World

    1995-02-28

  12. 12. Joshua Bell

    1995-03-07

  13. 13. Ready When You Are, Mr Patel

    1995-03-14

  14. 14. Darker Than Blue: Curtis Mayfield

    1995-03-21

    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.

  15. 15. Jean Renoir: From La Belle Epoque to WW1

    1995-04-04

  16. 16. Jean Renoir: Hollywood & Beyond

    1995-04-11

  17. 17. Perry & Croft: The Sitcoms

    1995-04-18

    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.

  18. 18. Divas

    1995-04-25

  19. 19. Ginger Rogers: A Tribute

    1995-04-30

    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.

  20. 20. Dave Stewart: Greetings from the Gutter

    1995-05-02

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