Omnibus Season 6 Episodes

Episode 1

Leeds International Piano Competition

43 mins

Episode 2

The Last Samurai

43 mins

Episode 3

The Wit & World of George Bernard Shaw

43 mins

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.

Episode 4

Vincent the Dutchman

58 mins

Episode 5

Who Needs a Conductor?

43 mins

Episode 6

The Performers-Goya

43 mins

Episode 7

Artists in Wartime

50 mins

Episode 8

Great Orchestras: The Chicago Symphony Orchestra

43 mins

Episode 9

Ned Kelly Country: The Paintings of Sidney Nolan

45 mins

Episode 10

Max Beerbohm Remembers

43 mins

Episode 11

Judy: Impressions of Garland

43 mins

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

Episode 12

The Savage Image

43 mins

Episode 13

Why Culture?

43 mins

Episode 14

But the People Are Beautiful: Andy Warhol

43 mins

Episode 15

Fools Rush in: Morecambe and Wise

43 mins

Episode 16

The Name Grierson: The Word Documentary

43 mins

Episode 17

Master of the Cello

43 mins

Episode 18

It Must Be Something in the Water

43 mins

Episode 19

Sir Noel Coward

43 mins

Episode 20

Colette 1873-1954: A Window in the War

43 mins

Episode 21

That's My Little Masterpiece

50 mins

Episode 22

The Passing of the Year

60 mins

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.

Episode 23

British Jazz

43 mins

Episode 24

Leonardo-To Know How to See

43 mins

Episode 25

Ginger Baker in Africa

53 mins

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