Omnibus
Omnibus: Season 4

Air Date

August 23, 1970

Episodes

31 episodes

Omnibus

Season 4

Episodes

1. Omnibus at the Proms

August 23, 1970

2. Ustinov's Expo

September 13, 1970

3. Heart of Britain

September 20, 1970

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

4. Art Therapy-Shapes in the Wilderness

September 27, 1970

5. Everything in the Garden 1

October 11, 1970

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. Everything in the Garden 2

October 18, 1970

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

7. It'll Be All Live on the Night

November 1, 1970

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. Robert Shaw: The Actor as Novelist

November 15, 1970

9. A Requiem for Modigliani

November 22, 1970

10. Rambert Remembers

November 29, 1970

11. Eisenstein 1

December 6, 1970

12. Eisenstein 2

December 13, 1970

13. I Regret Nothing

December 27, 1970

14. The Mysterious Mr Eliot

January 3, 1971

15. George Orwell: The Road to the Left

January 10, 1971

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. Chicago Blues

January 24, 1971

17. In Prison: A World of Its Own

March 14, 1971

18. The Making of Husbands

March 28, 1971

19. Brendan Behan

April 4, 1971

20. Henri Cartier Bresson

April 11, 1971

21. In Search of Lost Time

May 2, 1971

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. This Was Richard Tauber

May 9, 1971

23. The Passionate Hunter

May 23, 1971

24. Ingrid Bergman Remembers

May 30, 1971

25. Three Looms Waiting

June 6, 1971

26. James Mossman: To Be a Witness

June 20, 1971

27. TheTchaikovsky Competition

June 27, 1971

28. Bream at Stratford

July 4, 1971

29. Solzhenitsyn

July 11, 1971

30. Hail and Farewell-George Moore

July 18, 1971

31. Russell's Progress

July 25, 1971

Portrait of the filmmaker Ken Russell.

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