Omnibus Season 12 Episodes

Episode 1

The Art Show of Ed Kienholz

43 mins

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 of the filth-laden conditions he saw while working at a mental hospital during the 1940s. "I mostly think of my work as the spoor of an animal that goes through the forest and makes a thought trail, and the viewer is the hunter who comes and follows the trail," he once reflected. "At one point I as the trail-maker disappear. The viewer then is confronted with the dilemma of ideas and directions."

Episode 2

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

43 mins

Episode 3

Leos Janacek: 1854-1928

43 mins

Episode 4

The Pilgrimage of Ti-Jean

45 mins

Episode 5

The Record Machine

43 mins

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

Episode 6

Living Room

43 mins

Episode 7

Paul Gauguin: The Savage and the Construction of Paradise

43 mins

Episode 8

Fear and Loathing in Gonzovision

51 mins

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

Episode 9

628-E8

43 mins

Episode 10

Its Stolen Your Face

43 mins

Episode 11

After the Dream

43 mins

Episode 12

Getting Away with Murder: The Childhood of Claude Chabrol

43 mins

Episode 13

She Must Be Joking!

60 mins

A documentary about stand up women comics

Episode 14

Lillian Hellman

43 mins

Episode 15

Rene Magritte

43 mins

Episode 16

Words Fail Me

43 mins

Episode 17

Brian Clarke: The Story So Far

43 mins

"Omnibus follows a packed and unpredictable year in the life of a young artist. The last 12 months have been vital ones in the career of 25-year-old painter and stained-glass artist Brian Clarke. His talents are recognized and celebrated in America, but he hasn't met with the success he deserves at home in England. Omnibus cameras record a year in which Clarke has finished a huge commission for paintings and glass in Nottingham, visited the USA where he was feted by publishers and gallery owners, and laboured long to prepare work for his first one-man exhibition in London. This show, Clarke hoped, would bring him the popular recognition in England which has so far eluded him. However, there was to be a dramatic and totally unexpected end to the year."

Episode 18

Natalia Makarova

43 mins

Episode 19

Drawn & Quartered

43 mins

Episode 20

Kiss Me, Petruchio

43 mins

Episode 21

Lotte Lenya

43 mins

Documentary on the widow of Kurt Weill, the legendary actress and singer Lotte Lenya.

Episode 22

The Brothers Grimm

43 mins

Episode 23

Dread, Beat N'Blood

43 mins

Episode 24

The Long Walk of Fred Young

43 mins

Episode 25

Pig Earth

50 mins

Episode 26

Gold on Ice

50 mins