Season 6

1. Leeds International Piano Competition

1972-09-17

2. The Last Samurai

1972-09-24

3. The Wit & World of George Bernard Shaw

1972-10-01

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.

4. Vincent the Dutchman

1972-10-15

5. Who Needs a Conductor?

1972-10-22

6. The Performers-Goya

1972-10-29

7. Artists in Wartime

1972-11-12

8. Great Orchestras: The Chicago Symphony Orchestra

1972-11-19

9. Ned Kelly Country: The Paintings of Sidney Nolan

1972-11-26

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.

10. Max Beerbohm Remembers

1972-12-10

11. Judy: Impressions of Garland

1972-12-24

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

12. The Savage Image

1973-01-14

13. Why Culture?

1973-01-21

14. But the People Are Beautiful: Andy Warhol

1973-02-04

15. Fools Rush In: Morecambe and Wise

1973-02-18 · 49m

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.

16. The Name Grierson: The Word Documentary

1973-02-25

17. Master of the Cello

1973-03-11

18. It Must Be Something in the Water

1973-03-18

19. Sir Noel Coward

1973-03-25

20. Colette 1873-1954: A Window in the War

1973-04-15

21. That's My Little Masterpiece

1973-05-06

22. The Passing of the Year

1973-05-13

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.

23. British Jazz

1973-06-03

24. Leonardo-To Know How to See

1973-07-08

25. Ginger Baker in Africa

1973-07-15

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