Michael Billington, drama critic of The Guardian newspaper, explores the life and work of Alan Ayckbourn, including his latest play due to open in London - Man of the Moment - and also conducts an interview with the playwright and director.

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16. Sunday in the Park with Stephen

Mar 20, 1990

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17. The Novelist Who Would Be President

Mar 27, 1990

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18. Van Gogh

Jun 20, 1990

Vincent Van Gogh [played by Linus Roache] meets Roulin, [played by Jim Broadbent]and Gaughin [played by Jack Shepherd]

About this season

Omnibus was an arts-based BBC television documentary series, broadcast mainly on BBC1 in the United Kingdom. The programme was the successor to the long-running arts-based series 'Monitor'. It ran from 1967 until 2003, usually being transmitted on Sunday evenings. During its 35-year history, the programme won 12 Bafta awards. Among the series' best remembered documentaries are Cracked Actor, a profile of David Bowie, and Rene Magritte, a graduate film by David Wheatley, 'Madonna: Behind the American dream', a film produced by Nadia Hagger, and a profile of the British film director Ridley Scott. For a season in 1982, the series was in a magazine format presented by Barry Norman. The series was replaced by 'Imagine' hosted by Alan Yentob.

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