Omnibus Season 1, Episode 1: Everybody's Expo

Suliotis Sings

The British debut of a new world opera star—at the age of twenty-four.

50 min

Beethoven Symphony No. 3, in E flat (Eroica)

The first of three performances of Beethoven symphonies conducted by Colin Davis. BBC Symphony Orchestra Leader, Trevor Williams Part of a public concert in the Royal Festival Hall, London.

Tyger, Tyger

An enquiry into the power of a familiar poem. Introduced by Henry Livings. "Tyger tyger burning bright In the forests of the night What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry" Why does this poem by William Blake 1757-1827 stick in the mind, and seize the imagination of so many different people?

50 min

Benjamin Britten and His Festival

East of Bedlam

Jacqueline

The World of Coppard

Dante's Inferno

Diaghilev: The Years Abroad (1)

Diaghilev: The Years in Exile (2)

Edith Evans: A Birthday Tribute

Top Brass

Abelard and Heloise

The Exile

Tommy

God's Tunes

China and the Barbarians

Whistle and I'll Come to You

My Name Is Benvenuto Cellini

The Charm of Dynamite!

Corporal Jan

The Ken Russell Festival (1)

The Ken Russell Festival (2)