Omnibus
Omnibus: Season 6

Air Date

September 17, 1972

Episodes

25 episodes

Omnibus

Season 6

Episodes

1. Leeds International Piano Competition

September 17, 1972

2. The Last Samurai

September 24, 1972

3. The Wit & World of George Bernard Shaw

October 1, 1972

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

October 15, 1972

5. Who Needs a Conductor?

October 22, 1972

6. The Performers-Goya

October 29, 1972

7. Artists in Wartime

November 12, 1972

8. Great Orchestras: The Chicago Symphony Orchestra

November 19, 1972

9. Ned Kelly Country: The Paintings of Sidney Nolan

November 26, 1972

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

December 10, 1972

11. Judy: Impressions of Garland

December 24, 1972

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

12. The Savage Image

January 14, 1973

13. Why Culture?

January 21, 1973

14. But the People Are Beautiful: Andy Warhol

February 4, 1973
Fools Rush In: Morecambe and Wise

15. Fools Rush In: Morecambe and Wise

February 18, 1973
49 min

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

February 25, 1973

17. Master of the Cello

March 11, 1973

18. It Must Be Something in the Water

March 18, 1973

19. Sir Noel Coward

March 25, 1973

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

April 15, 1973

21. That's My Little Masterpiece

May 6, 1973

22. The Passing of the Year

May 13, 1973

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

June 3, 1973

24. Leonardo-To Know How to See

July 8, 1973

25. Ginger Baker in Africa

July 15, 1973

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

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