Omnibus - Season 32

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The Gentle Art of Making Enemies

1 - The Gentle Art of Making Enemies

Air Date: October 11, 1994

Doris Lessing: A Part of Me

2 - Doris Lessing: A Part of Me

Air Date: October 18, 1994

Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder

3 - Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder

Air Date: October 25, 1994

About Face

4 - About Face

Air Date: November 1, 1994

The Trials of Dominick Dunne

5 - The Trials of Dominick Dunne

Air Date: November 8, 1994

Pink Floyd: The Story

6 - Pink Floyd: The Story

Air Date: November 15, 1994

A look back at the band's 30 year career.

Henri Cartier-Bresson: Question for a Question

7 - Henri Cartier-Bresson: Question for a Question

Air Date: November 22, 1994

Stevenson's Travels 1

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.

Stevenson's Travels 2

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.

The Greatest Living Painter: De Kooning

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.

Carnival: The Biggest Party in the World

11 - Carnival: The Biggest Party in the World

Air Date: February 28, 1995

Joshua Bell

12 - Joshua Bell

Air Date: March 7, 1995

Ready When You Are, Mr Patel

13 - Ready When You Are, Mr Patel

Air Date: March 14, 1995

Darker Than Blue: Curtis Mayfield

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.

Jean Renoir: From La Belle Epoque to WW1

15 - Jean Renoir: From La Belle Epoque to WW1

Air Date: April 4, 1995

Jean Renoir: Hollywood & Beyond

16 - Jean Renoir: Hollywood & Beyond

Air Date: April 11, 1995

Perry & Croft: The Sitcoms

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.

Divas

18 - Divas

Air Date: April 25, 1995

Ginger Rogers: A Tribute

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.

Dave Stewart: Greetings from the Gutter

20 - Dave Stewart: Greetings from the Gutter

Air Date: May 2, 1995