Omnibus - Season 32
1 - The Gentle Art of Making Enemies
Air Date: October 11, 1994
2 - Doris Lessing: A Part of Me
Air Date: October 18, 1994
3 - Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder
Air Date: October 25, 1994
4 - About Face
Air Date: November 1, 1994
5 - The Trials of Dominick Dunne
Air Date: November 8, 1994
6 - Pink Floyd: The Story
Air Date: November 15, 1994
A look back at the band's 30 year career.
7 - Henri Cartier-Bresson: Question for a Question
Air Date: November 22, 1994
8 - Stevenson's Travels 1
Air Date: November 29, 1994
First part of a two part doc on Robert Louis Stevenson, tracing his life from his childhood in Edinburgh through teenage travels with his father to his time as a wild student in Edinburgh.
9 - Stevenson's Travels 2
Air Date: December 6, 1994
Part 2 covers last 14 years of his life and work, including his return to America, touring the South Pacific, and settling in Samoa. Also a newly discovered 1940's interview with step-daughter Belle Strong.
10 - The Greatest Living Painter: De Kooning
Air Date: February 21, 1995
Documentary about abstract expressionist artist Willem de Kooning. This explores his late work and the allegations that they have been kept off the market to inflate their value.
11 - Carnival: The Biggest Party in the World
Air Date: February 28, 1995
12 - Joshua Bell
Air Date: March 7, 1995
13 - Ready When You Are, Mr Patel
Air Date: March 14, 1995
14 - Darker Than Blue: Curtis Mayfield
Air Date: March 21, 1995
Soul legend Curtis Mayfield talks to writer Caryl Phillips about his life, career and contribution to the Civil Rights Movement in America. Program includes archive footage and contributions from family, friends and colleagues.
15 - Jean Renoir: From La Belle Epoque to WW1
Air Date: April 4, 1995
16 - Jean Renoir: Hollywood & Beyond
Air Date: April 11, 1995
17 - Perry & Croft: The Sitcoms
Air Date: April 18, 1995
A look at the work of television comedy writers David Croft and Jimmy Perry, featuring interviews with the men themselves, the many stars of the shows they created and other famous admirers.
18 - Divas
Air Date: April 25, 1995
19 - Ginger Rogers: A Tribute
Air Date: April 30, 1995
Hollywood star Ginger Rogers, who died at her California home on 25 April, began her career as a teenage vaudeville dancer and became the world's highest paid film actress. Above all, she is remembered for her dancing partnership with Fred Astaire. This film, screened as an Omnibus special on 30 April, shortly after her death, looks at how the legendary musicals were made, with anecdotes by Ginger herself, and clips from Astaire's last television interview.
20 - Dave Stewart: Greetings from the Gutter
Air Date: May 2, 1995