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Omnibus

Season 4

1970 · 31 episodes

  1. 1. Omnibus at the Proms

    1970-08-23

  2. 2. Ustinov's Expo

    1970-09-13

  3. 3. Heart of Britain

    1970-09-20

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

  4. 4. Art Therapy-Shapes in the Wilderness

    1970-09-27

  5. 5. Everything in the Garden 1

    1970-10-11

    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.

  6. 6. Everything in the Garden 2

    1970-10-18

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

  7. 7. It'll Be All Live on the Night

    1970-11-01

    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.

  8. 8. Robert Shaw: The Actor as Novelist

    1970-11-15

  9. 9. A Requiem for Modigliani

    1970-11-22

  10. 10. Rambert Remembers

    1970-11-29

  11. 11. Eisenstein 1

    1970-12-06

  12. 12. Eisenstein 2

    1970-12-13

  13. 13. I Regret Nothing

    1970-12-27

  14. 14. The Mysterious Mr Eliot

    1971-01-03

  15. 15. George Orwell: The Road to the Left

    1971-01-10

    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.

  16. 16. Chicago Blues

    1971-01-24

  17. 17. In Prison: A World of Its Own

    1971-03-14

  18. 18. The Making of Husbands

    1971-03-28

  19. 19. Brendan Behan

    1971-04-04

  20. 20. Henri Cartier Bresson

    1971-04-11

  21. 21. In Search of Lost Time

    1971-05-02

    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".

  22. 22. This Was Richard Tauber

    1971-05-09

  23. 23. The Passionate Hunter

    1971-05-23

  24. 24. Ingrid Bergman Remembers

    1971-05-30

  25. 25. Three Looms Waiting

    1971-06-06

  26. 26. James Mossman: To Be a Witness

    1971-06-20

  27. 27. TheTchaikovsky Competition

    1971-06-27

  28. 28. Bream at Stratford

    1971-07-04

  29. 29. Solzhenitsyn

    1971-07-11

  30. 30. Hail and Farewell-George Moore

    1971-07-18

  31. 31. Russell's Progress

    1971-07-25

    Portrait of the filmmaker Ken Russell.

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