Omnibus was an arts-based BBC television documentary series, broadcast mainly on BBC1 in the United Kingdom. The programme was the successor to the long-running arts-based series 'Monitor'. It ran from 1967 until 2003, usually being transmitted on Sunday evenings. During its 35-year history, the programme won 12 Bafta awards. Among the series' best remembered documentaries are Cracked Actor, a profile of David Bowie, and Rene Magritte, a graduate film by David Wheatley, 'Madonna: Behind the American dream', a film produced by Nadia Hagger, and a profile of the British film director Ridley Scott. For a season in 1982, the series was in a magazine format presented by Barry Norman. The series was replaced by 'Imagine' hosted by Alan Yentob.
Full Cast of Omnibus
Peter Sallis
Mirbeau , Guest , Self
Ian McKellen
Self - Reading Poetry
Jim Broadbent
Roulin
John Cleese
Self
Richard E. Grant
Narrator (voice)
Simon Callow
Self
Kenneth Colley
Hitler
Roy Dotrice
Astronaut
David Gilmour
Self
Donovan
Self
Paul McCartney
Self
Ringo Starr
Self
Pete Townshend
Self
Rutger Hauer
Narrator (voice)
Glenda Jackson
Self
Stan Laurel
Self
Ken Russell
Self
Scott Forbes
Scobie
Isabella Rossellini
Self
Diana Rigg
Self
Alan Bennett
Self
Mickey Rooney
Self
Anthony Daniels
Self
David Attenborough
Self
David de Keyser
Self - Narrator
Plácido Domingo
Self
Ian Dury
Self - Narrator
George Lucas
Self
Richard Branson
Self
Gore Vidal
Self
Kenneth Branagh
Self
Michael Gambon
Self
Sarah Marshall
Muriel
Anjelica Huston
Self
Julie Andrews
Self (archive footage)
Harvey Keitel
Self
Steve Buscemi
Self
Alec Guinness
Self
Matt Lucas
Self
Linus Roache
Vincent Van Gogh
Ann Firbank
Beatrice Hastings
Harrison Ford
Self
Quentin Tarantino
Self
Walter Murch
Self
Patrick Stewart
Cyrus Redding
Elliott Gould
Self
Sean Connery
Self
George Harrison
Self
Mick Jagger
Self