The term has been most frequently used in the United Kingdom, though it has also been used in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.
Brookside was the first television soap to have what was called an omnibus edition, in 1991; it continued until the series ended in 2003.
In the United Kingdom, many soap operas have been regularly repeated in omnibus format; For example, both EastEnders[1][2] and Hollyoaks[3][4] air on weekends in an omnibus edition that compiles episodes previously aired during the week.
Serials such as The Sarah Jane Adventures[5] and Dead Set[6] have been presented as complete storylines in this format.
[7][8] Programmes that are or have been transmitted in omnibus format in the UK include: Television: Radio: Internet: SoapNet in the United States also utilized the omnibus format for weekend re-airings of their major soap operas until its December 2013 demise; however, the term used in that case is as a marathon (the more common term for omnibus used by North American broadcasters) as all five weekday programmes aired by a soap per week were aired consecutively without editing them together.