Omnibus Season 6, Episode 20: Colette 1873-1954: A Window in the War

Leeds International Piano Competition

The Last Samurai

The Wit & World of George Bernard Shaw

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.

Vincent the Dutchman

Who Needs a Conductor?

The Performers-Goya

Artists in Wartime

Great Orchestras: The Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Ned Kelly Country: The Paintings of Sidney Nolan

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.

Max Beerbohm Remembers

Judy: Impressions of Garland

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

The Savage Image

Why Culture?

But the People Are Beautiful: Andy Warhol

Fools Rush In: Morecambe and Wise

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.

49 min

The Name Grierson: The Word Documentary

Master of the Cello

It Must Be Something in the Water

Sir Noel Coward

That's My Little Masterpiece

The Passing of the Year

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.

British Jazz

Leonardo-To Know How to See

Ginger Baker in Africa

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