During its 35-year history, the programme won 12 British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards.
For one season in 1982, the series was in a magazine format presented by Barry Norman.
[2] BBC controller of arts commissioning Roly Keating defended the move, saying "the documentary strand will be able to tackle a wider range of subjects.
In late 2002, the BBC announced that Omnibus would be cancelled the following year, to be replaced by the arts series Imagine, hosted by Alan Yentob.
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