Omnibus

Season 1

1967 · 24 episodes

• 1 1. Everybody's Expo Oct 13, 1967 1h
• 2 2. Suliotis Sings Oct 20, 1967 50 min
• 3 3. Beethoven Symphony No. 3, in E flat (Eroica) Nov 3, 1967
• 4 4. Tyger, Tyger Nov 10, 1967 50 min
• 5 5. Benjamin Britten and His Festival Nov 22, 1967
• 6 6. East of Bedlam Dec 8, 1967
• 7 7. Jacqueline Dec 15, 1967
• 8 8. The World of Coppard Dec 15, 1967
• 9 9. Dante's Inferno Dec 22, 1967
• 10 10. Diaghilev: The Years Abroad (1) Dec 28, 1967
• 11 11. Diaghilev: The Years in Exile (2) Jan 9, 1968
• 12 12. Edith Evans: A Birthday Tribute Jan 16, 1968
• 13 13. Top Brass Jan 23, 1968
• 14 14. Abelard and Heloise Jan 30, 1968
• 15 15. The Exile Feb 6, 1968
• 16 16. Tommy Mar 26, 1968
• 17 17. God's Tunes Apr 2, 1968
• 18 18. China and the Barbarians Apr 23, 1968
• 19 19. Whistle and I'll Come to You May 7, 1968
• 20 20. My Name Is Benvenuto Cellini May 21, 1968
• 21 21. The Charm of Dynamite! May 28, 1968
• 22 22. Corporal Jan Jun 18, 1968
• 23 23. The Ken Russell Festival (1) Jun 25, 1968
• 24 24. The Ken Russell Festival (2) Jul 2, 1968

Season 2

1968 · 30 episodes

• 1 1. Song of Summer Sep 15, 1968
• 2 2. J.B. Priestley Sep 22, 1968
• 3 3. Olympia 1936 Sep 29, 1968
• 4 4. Blow The Wind Southerly Oct 6, 1968
• 5 5. All My Loving Nov 3, 1968 52 min
• 6 6. Rossini: The Long Farewell Nov 10, 1968
• 7 7. The Hunted Man Nov 17, 1968
• 8 8. Paul Gauguin: Quest For Silence Nov 24, 1968
• 9 9. Rubinstein Speaks Dec 1, 1968
• 10 10. Hadrian VII Dec 8, 1968
• 11 11. Tallulah Bankhead Dec 15, 1968
• 12 12. Make A Joyful Noise Dec 22, 1968
• 13 13. Eric Porter Dec 29, 1968
• 14 14. Cream Farewell Concert Jan 5, 1969
• 15 15. The Man Who Dances Jan 12, 1969
• 16 16. Woman From The Shadows Jan 19, 1969
• 17 17. Makers of the Queen's Music Jan 26, 1969
• 18 18. From Today, Painting Is Dead Feb 2, 1969
• 19 19. Myrna Loy Feb 16, 1969
• 20 20. Malcolm Arnold Mar 2, 1969
• 21 21. Shostakovich Mar 9, 1969
• 22 22. A Couple of Brians Mar 23, 1969
• 23 23. 1969 Oscar Awards Apr 20, 1969
• 24 24. Down These Mean Streets A Man Must Go Mar 30, 1969
• 25 25. The More We Are Together May 4, 1969
• 26 26. Lawrence Durrell's Paris May 11, 1969
• 27 27. Margot Fonteyn: Birthday of a Ballerina May 18, 1969
• 28 28. Acting Styles in the 20th Century May 25, 1969
• 29 29. The Vital Juices Are Russian Jun 1, 1969
• 30 30. So What If It's Just Green Cheese? Jul 20, 1969

Season 3

1969 · 35 episodes

• 1 1. Omnibus at the Proms Aug 3, 1969
• 2 2. Omnibus at the Proms: Sir Adrian Boult Aug 17, 1969
• 3 3. Sir Henry Wood Sep 7, 1969
• 4 4. J.B. Priestley Sep 14, 1969
• 5 5. George Robey Sep 28, 1969
• 6 6. Beautiful Beautiful Oct 5, 1969
• 7 7. Sir Malcolm Sargent Oct 12, 1969
• 8 8. What the Hell Ever Happens in Marlborough? Oct 19, 1969
• 9 9. F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Dream Divided Oct 26, 1969
• 10 10. Christopher Isherwood: A Born Foreigner Nov 2, 1969
• 11 11. Richter Nov 9, 1969
• 12 12. The Confessions of Marian Evans/George Eliot Nov 23, 1969
• 13 13. Noel Coward Dec 7, 1969
• 14 14. Where Are You Going My Pretty Maid? Dec 14, 1969
• 15 15. Tommy Steele and Things Dec 21, 1969
• 16 16. Unashamed Accompanist: Gerald Moore Dec 28, 1969
• 17 17. Ian Fleming Creator of the James Bond Myth Jan 4, 1970
• 18 18. Virginia Woolf: A Day's Sail, a Night's Darkness Jan 18, 1970
• 19 19. Anna Pavlova: 1881 - 1931 Jan 25, 1970
• 20 20. Rope Ladder to the Moon: Jack Bruce Feb 1, 1970
• 21 21. John Clare - I am Feb 8, 1970
• 22 22. Dance of the Seven Veils Feb 15, 1970
• 23 23. Who Will Buy a Bubble? Feb 22, 1970
• 24 24. Ralph Vaughan Williams Mar 1, 1970
• 25 25. On the Waltz Mar 15, 1970
• 26 26. The Wandsworth Sound Apr 5, 1970
• 27 27. 1970 Oscar Awards Apr 12, 1970
• 28 28. Kenneth More Apr 18, 1970
• 29 29. To Leningrad with Love Apr 26, 1970
• 30 30. The Hollywood Image-The Silent Era May 3, 1970
• 31 31. The Hollywood Image-The Talkies May 10, 1970
• 32 32. The Hollywood Image-The Post War Years May 17, 1970
• 33 33. A Vow Fulfilled: Oberammergau May 31, 1970
• 34 34. The Other Edward Heath Jun 28, 1970
• 35 35. Satchmo at 70 Jul 5, 1970

Season 4

1970 · 31 episodes

• 1 1. Omnibus at the Proms Aug 23, 1970
• 2 2. Ustinov's Expo Sep 13, 1970
• 3 3. Heart of Britain Sep 20, 1970
• 4 4. Art Therapy-Shapes in the Wilderness Sep 27, 1970
• 5 5. Everything in the Garden 1 Oct 11, 1970
• 6 6. Everything in the Garden 2 Oct 18, 1970
• 7 7. It'll Be All Live on the Night Nov 1, 1970
• 8 8. Robert Shaw: The Actor as Novelist Nov 15, 1970
• 9 9. A Requiem for Modigliani Nov 22, 1970
• 10 10. Rambert Remembers Nov 29, 1970
• 11 11. Eisenstein 1 Dec 6, 1970
• 12 12. Eisenstein 2 Dec 13, 1970
• 13 13. I Regret Nothing Dec 27, 1970
• 14 14. The Mysterious Mr Eliot Jan 3, 1971
• 15 15. George Orwell: The Road to the Left Jan 10, 1971
• 16 16. Chicago Blues Jan 24, 1971
• 17 17. In Prison: A World of Its Own Mar 14, 1971
• 18 18. The Making of Husbands Mar 28, 1971
• 19 19. Brendan Behan Apr 4, 1971
• 20 20. Henri Cartier Bresson Apr 11, 1971
• 21 21. In Search of Lost Time May 2, 1971
• 22 22. This Was Richard Tauber May 9, 1971
• 23 23. The Passionate Hunter May 23, 1971
• 24 24. Ingrid Bergman Remembers May 30, 1971
• 25 25. Three Looms Waiting Jun 6, 1971
• 26 26. James Mossman: To Be a Witness Jun 20, 1971
• 27 27. TheTchaikovsky Competition Jun 27, 1971
• 28 28. Bream at Stratford Jul 4, 1971
• 29 29. Solzhenitsyn Jul 11, 1971
• 30 30. Hail and Farewell-George Moore Jul 18, 1971
• 31 31. Russell's Progress Jul 25, 1971

Season 5

1971 · 27 episodes

• 1 1. The Proms 71 Aug 29, 1971
• 2 2. Happy Birthday Dear Albert Sep 12, 1971
• 3 3. Glenda Jackson: A Private Face in a Public Place Oct 19, 1971
• 4 4. The Young Platform Sep 26, 1971
• 5 5. David Lean Oct 3, 1971
• 6 6. There Was an Old Person Called Lear... Oct 10, 1971
• 7 7. Paul Klee: Heart of Creation Oct 17, 1971
• 8 8. Rap Her Te Bank Oct 24, 1971
• 9 9. Mind You I Live Here: Stan Barstow Oct 31, 1971
• 10 10. Will the real Mr Hogarth.... Oct 31, 1971
• 11 11. Duke Ellington and his Orchestra Nov 14, 1971
• 12 12. Vive La Culture! Nov 28, 1971
• 13 13. Instant Nostalgia Dec 5, 1971
• 14 14. Humphrey Bogart Dec 27, 1971
• 15 15. Paradise Restored Jan 2, 1972
• 16 16. A Modern Turn of Mind Jan 30, 1972
• 17 17. Sir John Barbirolli: Glorious John Feb 6, 1972
• 18 18. Bruno Walter: The Face of Music Feb 13, 1972
• 19 19. Rise Above It: Tyrone Guthrie Feb 20, 1972
• 20 20. Man at the Met: Sir Rudolf Bing Feb 27, 1972
• 21 21. The Fall of Venice Mar 19, 1972
• 22 22. Actor, I Said Apr 9, 1972
• 23 23. The Great American Dream Machine Apr 16, 1972
• 24 24. Leningrad Reborn Apr 30, 1972
• 25 25. Born Black Born British Jun 11, 1972
• 26 26. A Dignified Comic Set-to: Groucho Marx Jul 2, 1972
• 27 27. The Man Behind the Mask: Marcel Marceau Jul 23, 1972

Season 6

1972 · 25 episodes

• 1 1. Leeds International Piano Competition Sep 17, 1972
• 2 2. The Last Samurai Sep 24, 1972
• 3 3. The Wit & World of George Bernard Shaw Oct 1, 1972
• 4 4. Vincent the Dutchman Oct 15, 1972
• 5 5. Who Needs a Conductor? Oct 22, 1972
• 6 6. The Performers-Goya Oct 29, 1972
• 7 7. Artists in Wartime Nov 12, 1972
• 8 8. Great Orchestras: The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Nov 19, 1972
• 9 9. Ned Kelly Country: The Paintings of Sidney Nolan Nov 26, 1972
• 10 10. Max Beerbohm Remembers Dec 10, 1972
• 11 11. Judy: Impressions of Garland Dec 24, 1972
• 12 12. The Savage Image Jan 14, 1973
• 13 13. Why Culture? Jan 21, 1973
• 14 14. But the People Are Beautiful: Andy Warhol Feb 4, 1973
• 15. Fools Rush In: Morecambe and Wise Feb 18, 1973 49 min
• 16 16. The Name Grierson: The Word Documentary Feb 25, 1973
• 17 17. Master of the Cello Mar 11, 1973
• 18 18. It Must Be Something in the Water Mar 18, 1973
• 19 19. Sir Noel Coward Mar 25, 1973
• 20 20. Colette 1873-1954: A Window in the War Apr 15, 1973
• 21 21. That's My Little Masterpiece May 6, 1973
• 22 22. The Passing of the Year May 13, 1973
• 23 23. British Jazz Jun 3, 1973
• 24 24. Leonardo-To Know How to See Jul 8, 1973
• 25 25. Ginger Baker in Africa Jul 15, 1973

Season 7

1973 · 36 episodes

• 1 1. The Proms 1 Jul 29, 1973
• 2 2. The Proms 2 Aug 5, 1973
• 3 3. The Proms 3 Aug 12, 1973
• 4 4. The Proms 3 Aug 26, 1973
• 5 5. The Proms Sep 2, 1973
• 6 6. A Question of Feeling Sep 9, 1973
• 7 7. André Previn-The Other LSO Sep 16, 1973
• 8 8. The Sydney Opera House Sep 23, 1973
• 9 9. Sir Robert Helpmann Sep 30, 1973
• 10 10. The British Hero Oct 7, 1973 1h
• 12 12. George Stubbs: Make the Knife Go with the Pencil Oct 21, 1973
• 13 13. Hollywood on Trial Nov 4, 1973
• 14 14. The Runaway Nov 18, 1973
• 15 15. François Truffaut Dec 2, 1973
• 16 16. Bejart+Boulez = Ballet Dec 9, 1973
• 17 17. It's Fantastic, It's Futuristic, It's Fatalistic, It's Science Fiction Dec 16, 1973
• 18 18. Marcel Marceau: A Christmas Carol Dec 23, 1973
• 19 19. Gershwin's Porgy Dec 24, 1973
• 20 20. Nureyev Jan 27, 1974
• 21 21. Great Orchestras: The London Symphony Feb 3, 1974
• 22 22. Acting a Part? Feb 10, 1974
• 23 23. The Art of the Potter Feb 17, 1974
• 24 24. Don't Take It for Granted Feb 24, 1974
• 25 25. Claire Bloom Mar 3, 1974
• 26 26. Kafka's Castle Mar 17, 1974
• 28 28. Beethoven's 9th Symphony Mar 31, 1974
• 29 29. The Invasion of Space: Novgorod Father of Russia Apr 14, 1974
• 30 30. Wish You Were Here Apr 15, 1974
• 31 31. Ella Fitzgerald at Ronnie Scott's Apr 28, 1974
• 32 32. Ella Fitzgerald's Other Show May 4, 1974
• 33 33. Crystal Palace-The Great Glass Hive May 5, 1974
• 34 34. Alan Price: Between Today & Yesterday May 26, 1974
• 35 35. W.B.Yeats and the Coming Times Jun 2, 1974
• 36 36. Dame Ninette De Valois Jun 9, 1974
• 37 37. Ernest Brown: Pioneer Photographer Jul 7, 1974
• 38 38. Words by Johnny Mercer Jul 14, 1974

Season 8

1974 · 26 episodes

• 1 1. Tommy Steele: My Life, My Song Oct 8, 1974
• 2 2. The Goldwyn Touch Oct 20, 1974
• 3 3. Joseph Conrad Oct 27, 1974
• 4 4. Music from the Flames Nov 10, 1974
• 5 5. The O De Cologne Show Nov 17, 1974
• 6 6. The Jean Rhys Woman Nov 24, 1974
• 7 7. Oscar Peterson & André Previn Dec 1, 1974
• 8 8. Find Me Dec 8, 1974
• 9 9. The Need for Nightmare Dec 15, 1974
• 10 10. Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy Dec 22, 1974
• 11 11. A Circus for a School Dec 29, 1974
• 12 12. Cathedral Jan 5, 1975
• 13 13. Cracked Actor Jan 26, 1975
• 14 14. Auguste Rodin: Changes Feb 2, 1975
• 15 15. 21 Not Out Feb 16, 1975
• 16 16. Alphabets, Wild Things, Peter and a Golden Canary Feb 23, 1975
• 17 17. Charles Chaplin: Tramp & Philosopher Mar 2, 1975
• 18 18. The Friendly Invasion from Stephen Foster to Ragtime Mar 9, 1975
• 19 19. Fidelio Finke: Where Are You Now? Mar 16, 1975
• 20 20. African Sanctus Mar 30, 1975
• 21 21. Nijinsky: God of the Dance Apr 6, 1975
• 22 22. The Grierson Award Apr 13, 1975
• 23 23. Great Orchestras: The Vienna Philharmonic Apr 27, 1975
• 24 24. Claes Oldenburg: The Formative Years May 4, 1975
• 25 25. Irving Berlin May 11, 1975
• 28 28. A Step in the Jungle: Ronald Searle Jun 15, 1975

Season 9

1975 · 34 episodes

• 1 1. Exton, Stoppard and Co at the Eleventh Hour Sep 21, 1975
• 2 2. The Great Orchestras: The Boston Symphony Sep 28, 1975
• 3 3. Big Ware Oct 5, 1975
• 4 4. Anatomies: Images in the Work of John Donne Oct 12, 1975
• 5 5. Honore De Balzac: Torrents of the Mind Oct 19, 1975
• 6 6. Thomas Mann: The Fight Against Death Oct 26, 1975
• 7 7. Shafts of Sunlight Nov 2, 1975
• 8 8. The Friendly Invasion: 2 from Jazz to Swing Nov 23, 1975
• 9 9. The Friendly Invasion: 3 the Road to Rock & Roll Nov 30, 1975
• 10 10. Family Scenes: Ivy Compton - The Burne Household Dec 7, 1975
• 11 11. Jane Austen Dec 14, 1975
• 12 12. Come and Dance with Busby Berkeley Dec 21, 1975
• 13 13. Scenes from a Geordie Ceilidh/Overture/Closed on Mondays Dec 21, 1975
• 14 14. The Golden Age of Spanish Painting Jan 15, 1976
• 15 15. The Waltz Jan 22, 1976
• 16 16. Omnibus in Ireland Jan 29, 1976
• 17 17. All Clouds Are Clocks Feb 5, 1976
• 18 18. A Matter of Life & Death Feb 12, 1976
• 19 19. Constable Exhibition Feb 19, 1976
• 20 20. Charles Marowitz Feb 26, 1976
• 21 21. A Kind of Innocence Mar 4, 1976
• 22 22. Placido Domingo Mar 11, 1976
• 23 23. Portraits Mar 18, 1976
• 24 24. The Honourable Out -Of- Step Mar 25, 1976
• 25 25. Richard Avendon Apr 1, 1976
• 26 26. The Spirit of the Land Apr 8, 1976
• 27 27. Monsieur Hulot's Work May 13, 1976
• 29 29. Far Away May 27, 1976
• 30 30. John Constable Jun 3, 1976
• 31 31. The Sound of Islam Jun 10, 1976
• 32 32. The Green Table- Around the Green Table Jun 17, 1976
• 33 33. An Evening with Gene Kelly Jun 24, 1976
• 34 34. Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death Jul 1, 1976
• 35 35. Beyond a Boundary Jul 8, 1976

Season 10

1976 · 38 episodes

• 1 1. All the Superlatives - Anthony Dowell Oct 21, 1976
• 2 2. Omnibus USA: Dave Brubeck Oct 28, 1976
• 3 3. My Homeland Nov 3, 1976
• 4 4. Art - To a Degree Nov 11, 1976
• 5 5. Culture - Who Needs It? Nov 11, 1976
• 6 6. Omnibus USA: Have a Nice Day Nov 25, 1976
• 7 7. Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema Dec 2, 1976
• 8 8. Benjamin Britten Dec 5, 1976
• 9 9. The First 70 Years Are the Worst-Two Lives in Music Dec 9, 1976
• 10. New York, New York Dec 16, 1976 49 min
• 11 11. The Story of Pantomime Dec 23, 1976
• 12 12. Pleasure at Her Majesty's Dec 29, 1976
• 13 13. The Song of Mandelay Jan 3, 1977
• 14 14. A White Wall in Alentejo Jan 13, 1977
• 15 15. Omnibus USA: Doc, Charlie and the Painters Jan 20, 1977
• 16 16. Colour Positive - The Poster Man Jan 27, 1977
• 17 17. Paintings by El Greco Feb 3, 1977
• 18 18. Paintings by Titian Feb 10, 1977
• 19 19. Paintings by Velazquez Feb 17, 1977
• 20 20. Omnibus USA: LA - My Home Town Feb 24, 1977
• 21 21. Toccata at the Plaza Mar 3, 1977
• 22 22. Omnibus USA: New York Real, New York Abstract Mar 10, 1977
• 23 23. Orpheus and His Flute Mar 17, 1977
• 24 24. Walton No.1 Mar 24, 1977
• 25 25. Stan Tracey: The Original Mar 31, 1977
• 26 26. Omnibus USA: Documentary America Apr 7, 1977
• 27 27. Seeds of a New Life Apr 14, 1977
• 28 28. The Lindsays/Half a Mile from Stoke Apr 21, 1977
• 29 29. The Human Face Apr 28, 1977
• 30 30. Walk to the Moon May 5, 1977
• 31 31. The National Youth Jazz Orchestra -Stan's Band May 12, 1977
• 32 32. Italia: Florence After the Flood May 26, 1977
• 33 33. Italia: The Madonna & the Volcano Jun 2, 1977
• 34 34. Italia: A Line Through the Labrynth Jun 9, 1977
• 35 35. Victims and Survivors: Whose Colour Is White? Jun 23, 1977
• 36 36. Conductor's Eye View: Little Train Jun 30, 1977
• 37 37. Unita- Bach at Tilford Jul 7, 1977
• 38 38. The Santa Fe Opera Jul 14, 1977

Season 11

1977 · 16 episodes

• 1 1. Music of a Thousand Autumns Oct 13, 1977
• 2 2. The Nat Gonella Story Oct 20, 1977
• 3 3. Big Band Jazz Oct 27, 1977
• 4 4. Pure Radio Nov 3, 1977
• 5 5. A Day in the Garden/A Piano's Story Nov 10, 1977
• 6 6. The Garden Beyond Nov 17, 1977
• 7 7. Poetry Nov 24, 1977
• 8 8. For Love or Money 1 Dec 1, 1977
• 9 9. For Love or Money 2 Dec 8, 1977
• 10 10. Jeanne Moreau Jan 12, 1978
• 11 11. Gustev Courbit/Engine of Revolution Jan 19, 1978
• 12 12. Voices of Children/Profile of a Dancer Feb 2, 1978
• 13 13. Everyone Is a Special Kind of Artist Feb 2, 1978
• 14 14. Marevna & Marika Feb 9, 1978
• 15 15. The Song of the White Horse Feb 16, 1978
• 16 16. Warsaw Autumn Feb 23, 1978

Season 12

1978 · 26 episodes

• 1 1. The Art Show of Ed Kienholz Aug 2, 1978
• 2 2. The People's Park: Disco Delight or What a Way to End It All Aug 9, 1978
• 3 3. Leos Janacek: 1854-1928 Aug 16, 1978
• 4 4. The Pilgrimage of Ti-Jean Aug 30, 1978
• 5 5. The Record Machine Oct 12, 1978
• 6 6. Living Room Oct 19, 1978
• 7 7. Paul Gauguin: The Savage and the Construction of Paradise Oct 26, 1978
• 8 8. Fear and Loathing in Gonzovision Nov 2, 1978 50 min
• 9 9. 628-E8 Dec 27, 1978
• 10 10. Its Stolen Your Face Nov 23, 1978
• 11 11. After the Dream Nov 30, 1978
• 12 12. Getting Away with Murder: The Childhood of Claude Chabrol Dec 7, 1978
• 13 13. She Must Be Joking! Dec 21, 1978 1h
• 14 14. Lillian Hellman Feb 8, 1979
• 15 15. Rene Magritte Feb 5, 1979
• 16 16. Words Fail Me Feb 22, 1979
• 17 17. Brian Clarke: The Story So Far Mar 15, 1979
• 18 18. Natalia Makarova Mar 29, 1979
• 19 19. Drawn & Quartered May 10, 1979
• 20 20. Kiss Me, Petruchio May 17, 1979
• 21 21. Lotte Lenya May 24, 1979
• 22 22. The Brothers Grimm May 30, 1979
• 23 23. Dread, Beat N'Blood Jun 7, 1979
• 24 24. The Long Walk of Fred Young Jun 14, 1979
• 25 25. Pig Earth Jun 21, 1979
• 26 26. Gold on Ice Jun 27, 1979

Season 13

1979 · 14 episodes

• 1 1. Schalcken the Painter Dec 23, 1979
• 2 2. Ray Bradbury: The Illustrated Man Jan 15, 1980
• 3 3. Johnny Be Good Jan 29, 1980
• 4 4. Blue Moon Feb 5, 1980
• 5 5. Tuning In Feb 26, 1980
• 6 6. Parting Shots From Animals Mar 4, 1980
• 7 7. Graham Sutherland: The Artist On Film Mar 11, 1980
• 8 8. Hollywood's Wild Angel Mar 18, 1980
• 9 9. Home Movies Mar 25, 1980
• 10 10. Windhover Apr 1, 1980
• 11 11. Bugs and Daffy and Chuck and Porky Apr 8, 1980
• 12 12. Coming Alive Apr 22, 1980
• 13 13. Quinn Running May 8, 1980
• 14 14. We Think The World of You May 15, 1980

Season 14

1981 · 14 episodes

• 1 1. Judy Chicago's Dinner Party Jan 13, 1981
• 2 2. But The Client Loved It... Jan 20, 1981
• 3 3. When The Dancing Had to Stop Jan 27, 1981
• 4 4. The First Freedom Feb 3, 1981
• 5 5. The Story of G... Feb 10, 1981
• 6 6. Dallas The Big Store Feb 24, 1981
• 7 7. Punch & Judy Mar 3, 1981
• 8 8. Stevie Wonder: Innervisions Mar 17, 1981
• 9 9. Norman Foster: Watch This Space Mar 24, 1981
• 10 10. An Actor's Life For Me Mar 31, 1981
• 11 11. Parrots, Bees, Ducks and Finches Apr 7, 1981
• 12 12. Mark Gertler Apr 14, 1981
• 13 13. We Ask the Questions Apr 21, 1981
• 14 14. Landseer: A Victorian Comedy Jun 2, 1981

Season 15

1982 · 17 episodes

• 1 1. La Ronde / Frankie Howerd / Great Japan Exhibition Jan 10, 1982
• 2 2. Cats / Holy Blood and The Holy Grail Jan 17, 1982
• 3 3. Alan Ayckbourn / Humphrey Jennings / Labeque Sisters Jan 24, 1982
• 4 4. Sir Anton Dolin / Susan Hill Jan 31, 1982
• 5 5. Bad Apple / James Joyce's Ulysses Feb 7, 1982
• 6 6. Lucie Rie Feb 14, 1982
• 7 7. Paganini / Jonathan Miller / Brian Aldiss Feb 21, 1982
• 8 8. The Cortege / Barbican / Nureyev and Brind Feb 28, 1982
• 9 9. Berlin Requiem / Art and Architecture Mar 7, 1982
• 10 10. Claire Bloom / Masquerade Mar 14, 1982
• 11 11. The Oldest Dance in the World Mar 21, 1982
• 12 12. Academy Awards / Julian Bream Mar 28, 1982
• 13 13. Macbeth RSC / Welsh National Opera Apr 4, 1982
• 14 14. Bernstein - Enigma Variations / Mary Renault Apr 18, 1982
• 15 15. Susan Hill/Beagley Dances/Anton Dolin May 2, 1982
• 16 16. Bob Hoskins - South Bank / Stephen Games / Dame Janet Baker May 9, 1982
• 17 17. Maurice Sendak / Dennis Potter - Pennies From Heaven May 16, 1982

Season 16

1982 · 23 episodes

• 1 1. Milan Oct 10, 1982
• 2 2. Poppy - Monty Norman / John Sell Cotman Oct 17, 1982
• 3 3. Apocalypse: Enrico Baj / Pas De Deux / Forss Oct 24, 1982
• 4 4. Freya Stark in Italy Oct 31, 1982
• 5 5. Brits on Broadway: The American Dance Machine Nov 7, 1982
• 6 6. Photography / John Morley Nov 14, 1982
• 7 7. The Folies Bergeres / Van Dyck in England Nov 21, 1982
• 8 8. Raymond Mason in Paris / Pekinel Sisters Nov 28, 1982
• 9 9. Wayne Sleep - Dash / Richard Payne Knight / Count Panza Dec 5, 1982
• 10 10. Gardens / Ligeti Dec 12, 1982
• 11 11. David Puttnam Dec 19, 1982
• 12 12. Peter Pan RSC Jan 16, 1983
• 13 13. Cecile Ousset Jan 23, 1983
• 14 14. Jonathan Miller - Magic Flute / Steven Berkoff Jan 30, 1983
• 15 15. Raymond Briggs and The Bomb / Sutton Place Feb 6, 1983
• 16 16. The Elgin Marbles/Tim White Feb 13, 1983
• 17 17. Alasdair Gray/Cimabue Feb 20, 1983
• 18 18. Richard Long/Landscapes Feb 27, 1983
• 19 19. Writers on the Right Mar 6, 1983
• 20 20. Patrick Heron Mar 13, 1983
• 21 21. Dirk Bogarde Mar 27, 1983
• 22 22. Celibidache and Faure's Requiem Apr 3, 1983
• 23 23. Peter Ustinov Apr 10, 1983

Season 17

1983 · 10 episodes

• 1 1. Franco Zeffirelli Oct 16, 1983
• 2 2. Roger Daltrey/The Taste Exhibition Oct 23, 1983
• 3 3. The Old Vic Oct 30, 1983
• 4 4. War Artists Nov 6, 1983
• 5 5. Jean Seberg Nov 13, 1983
• 6 6. Dimitris Sgouros/Eileen Agar Nov 20, 1983
• 7 7. The Genius of Venice Nov 27, 1983
• 8 8. Martin Bloch/Philip Core Dec 11, 1983
• 9 9. St George's Chapel/Live Music Now Dec 18, 1983
• 10 10. Dolin, Friends and Memories Dec 27, 1983

Season 18

1984 · 11 episodes

• 1 1. Haydn's Lost Mass/Mr Broadway Jun 24, 1984
• 2 2. Goodnight Vienna Jul 1, 1984
• 3 3. A Londoner in New York Jul 8, 1984
• 4 4. The Sound of Musak/Michael Clark Jul 15, 1984
• 5 5. Wharfedale Revisited/Squeezing the Frog Jul 22, 1984
• 6 6. The Westmores of Hollywood Jul 29, 1984
• 7 7. Episode 7
• 8 8. Episode 8
• 9 9. Episode 9
• 10 10. Episode 10
• 11 11. Episode 11

Season 19

1984 · 10 episodes

• 1 1. The Quest for Reginald Goodall Sep 16, 1984 1h 14m
• 2 2. Wells and His Women Sep 23, 1984
• 3 3. The Bristol Showboat Saga Sep 30, 1984
• 4 4. The Face of Christ Oct 7, 1984
• 5 5. Tuscany Revisited Oct 14, 1984
• 6 6. Pennington on Chekov Oct 21, 1984
• 7 7. Lord Gowrie/The Dance Umbrella Oct 28, 1984
• 8 8. New Art Nov 4, 1984
• 9 9. The Classiest Juke-Box in the World Nov 11, 1984
• 10 10. The Killing Fields Nov 18, 1984

Season 20

1985 · 21 episodes

• 1 1. From East Cheam to Earls Court Apr 26, 1985
• 2 2. Malcolm Morley: The Outsider May 3, 1985
• 3 3. Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story May 10, 1985
• 4 4. The Battle for Mansion House Square May 17, 1985
• 5 5. The Ritz and the Cotton Club May 24, 1985 1h
• 6 6. Klemperer May 31, 1985
• 7 7. Studs Terkel's Chicago Jun 7, 1985
• 8 8. Saga on the South Bank Jun 14, 1985
• 9 9. The Treble Jun 21, 1985
• 10 10. The Salesman Goes to China Jul 12, 1985
• 11 11. Quickly Up the Thames Jul 19, 1985
• 12 12. Luck & Flaw's Illustrated Guide to Caricature Jul 26, 1985
• 13 13. At the Proms 1 Aug 2, 1985
• 14 14. At the Proms 2 Aug 9, 1985
• 15 15. At the Proms 3 Aug 16, 1985
• 16 16. At the Proms 4 Jul 23, 1985
• 17 17. At the Proms 5 Aug 30, 1985
• 18 18. At the Proms 6 Sep 6, 1985
• 19 19. At the Proms 7 Sep 13, 1985
• 20 20. Episode 20
• 21 21. Episode 21

Season 21

1986 · 7 episodes

• 1 1. Huw Wheldon by His Friends Apr 11, 1986
• 2 2. Lawrence and Arabia Apr 18, 1986
• 3 3. Comic Relief Apr 25, 1986
• 4 4. Made in Ealing May 2, 1986
• 5 5. Video Jukebox May 9, 1986 6h 35m
• 6 6. Alice Walker & the Color Purple May 16, 1986
• 7 7. The Last Moguls May 23, 1986

Season 22

1986 · 11 episodes

• 1 1. The Proms -1 Aug 8, 1986
• 3 3. The Bolshoi Ballet Aug 28, 1986 39 min
• 4 4. Jessye Norman Sep 12, 1986
• 5 5. Meetings with Ambler Sep 19, 1986
• 6 6. Hitchcock: Its Only A Movie Sep 26, 1986
• 7 7. Hitchcock: Sex, Murder and Mayhem Oct 3, 1986
• 8 8. Courtney Pine and the New Jazz Oct 10, 1986
• 9 9. The Mission Oct 17, 1986 1h 10m
• 11 11. Ray Charles Oct 31, 1986
• 12 12. Cannon in Flowers Nov 7, 1986
• 13 13. Rodin 1840-1917 Nov 14, 1986

Season 23

1987 · 10 episodes

• 1 1. George Grosz: Enemy of the State May 5, 1987
• 2 2. Real Dreams May 12, 1987
• 3 3. James Stirling May 22, 1987
• 4 4. Michelangelo May 29, 1987
• 5 5. A US Journey with Isaac Bashevis Jun 5, 1987
• 6 6. Aretha Franklin Jun 12, 1987
• 7 7. The Big Bang in the Book World Jun 19, 1987
• 8 8. George Gershwin Remembered Jul 10, 1987
• 9 9. The Hackney Way Jul 17, 1987
• 10 10. Eudora Welty Jul 24, 1987

Season 24

1987 · 7 episodes

• 1 1. Getting to Dylan Sep 19, 1987
• 2 2. Towards Antara Sep 25, 1987
• 3 3. Omnibus: 20th Anniversary Show Oct 2, 1987
• 4 4. The Arts & Glasnost: Cinema Oct 9, 1987
• 5 5. The Arts & Glasnost: Artists Oct 16, 1987
• 6 6. The Arts & Glasnost: Writers Oct 23, 1987
• 7 7. Arthur Miller Oct 30, 1987

Season 25

1988 · 10 episodes

• 1 1. Irving Berlin - The Voice of the City May 6, 1988
• 2 2. A Poisoned Chalice? May 13, 1988
• 3 3. Lucien Freud May 20, 1988
• 4 4. Memories of a Musical Dog May 27, 1988
• 5 5. The Cinema of Satyajit Ray Jun 3, 1988
• 6 6. My Homeland Jun 10, 1988
• 7 7. Pablo Picasso: The Last Years Jun 17, 1988
• 8 8. From Bitter Earth - Artists of the Holocaust Jul 8, 1988
• 9 9. Songs from the Life of Leonard Cohen Jul 15, 1988
• 10 10. Whale Nation Jul 22, 1988

Season 26

1988 · 16 episodes

• 1 1. Korea - A House Divided Sep 23, 1988
• 2 2. Sir Fred- a Celilbration Sep 30, 1988
• 3 3. Gwen: A Juliet Remembered Oct 7, 1988
• 4 4. Eisenstein: Little Boy from Riga Oct 14, 1988
• 5 5. Harold Pinter Oct 21, 1988
• 6 6. Charles: A Vision of Britain Oct 28, 1988
• 7 7. Caryl Churchill Nov 4, 1988
• 8 8. Paul Simon Nov 11, 1988
• 9 9. Episode 9
• 10 10. Episode 10
• 11 11. Episode 11
• 12 12. Episode 12
• 13 13. Episode 13
• 14 14. Episode 14
• 15 15. Episode 15
• 16 16. Episode 16

Season 27

1989 · 18 episodes

• 1 1. Tribute to Laurence Olivier Jul 14, 1989
• 2 2. Jessye Norman Sings Carmen Jul 21, 1989
• 3 3. A Second Chance Sep 8, 1989
• 4 4. Rape - That's Entertainment? Sep 15, 1989
• 5 5. Raymond Carver Sep 22, 1989
• 6 6. Butterfly Sep 29, 1989
• 7 7. Art in the Ring Oct 6, 1989
• 8 8. Art in the Third Reich- Power Oct 13, 1989
• 9 9. Art in the Third Reich- Propaganda Oct 20, 1989
• 10 10. Ronnie Scott and All That Jazz Oct 27, 1989
• 11 11. Tim Rollins & Kos: The Art of Survival Nov 3, 1989
• 12 12. The Kirov Ballet: Leningrad Legend Nov 10, 1989
• 13 13. Pipe Dreams Nov 24, 1989
• 14 14. My Most Difficult Book - The Story of 'Lolita' Dec 1, 1989
• 15 15. Alan Ayckbourn: Sex and Politics Feb 13, 1990
• 16 16. Sunday in the Park with Stephen Mar 20, 1990
• 17 17. The Novelist Who Would Be President Mar 27, 1990
• 18 18. Van Gogh Jun 20, 1990

Season 28

1990 · 20 episodes

• 1 1. Malkovich Sep 7, 1990
• 2 2. Plunder - The Stolen Kanakaria Mosaics Sep 14, 1990
• 3 3. King of the Blues Sep 21, 1990
• 4 4. Jorge Amado and his Tent of Miracles Sep 28, 1990
• 5 5. Life of Python Oct 5, 1990
• 6 6. Building for a New Age - A Romanian Story Oct 12, 1990
• 7 7. L.B - A Portrait of Leonard Bernstein Oct 19, 1990
• 8 8. Antoni Tapies Oct 26, 1990
• 9 9. Garrison Keillor - The Wide Open Page Nov 2, 1990
• 10 10. The Return of the Green Man Nov 11, 1990
• 11 11. Tales of Ordinary Murder - Rian Mala in South Africa Nov 30, 1990
• 12 12. Behind the American Dream Dec 7, 1990
• 13 13. A Profile of Michael Andrews Jan 29, 1991
• 14 14. Inside the Russia House Feb 19, 1991
• 15 15. Sidney Lumet Jan 26, 1991
• 16 16. Tom Jones - The Voice Made Flesh Mar 29, 1991
• 17 17. Episode 17
• 18 18. Episode 18
• 19 19. Episode 19
• 20 20. Episode 20

Season 29

1991 · 24 episodes

• 1 1. La Stupenda - A Retrospective of Dam Jul 11, 1991
• 2 2. The Proms/Pictures at an Exhibition Aug 30, 1991
• 3 3. Peter Greenaway Sep 13, 1991
• 4 4. Pablo Casals: Song of the Birds Sep 20, 1991
• 5 5. Don Delillo/The Word, the Image, the Gun Sep 27, 1991
• 6 6. Torvill & Dean: Bladerunners Oct 4, 1991
• 7 7. Malcolm Arnold at 70 Oct 11, 1991
• 8 8. Martha Gellhorn Oct 18, 1991
• 9 9. Against Pornography: The Feminism of Andrea Dworkin Oct 25, 1991
• 10 10. Irek Mukhamedov Oct 11, 1991
• 11 11. Eric Hebborn: Portrait of a Master Forger Nov 8, 1991
• 12 12. Ulster Says Ho Ho Ho Nov 15, 1991
• 13 13. Joseph Cornel: Worlds in a Box Nov 29, 1991
• 14 14. Shakespeare: A Year with the RSC Dec 6, 1991
• 15 15. The Prince of Paisley Park Dec 12, 1991
• 16 16. Benny Hill: Clown Imperial Dec 20, 1991
• 17 17. Signs of the City Jan 21, 1992
• 18 18. Episode 18
• 19 19. Episode 19
• 20 20. Episode 20
• 21 21. Episode 21
• 22 22. Episode 22
• 23 23. Episode 23
• 24 24. Episode 24

Season 30

1992 · 16 episodes

• 1 1. Barcelona with Robert Hughes Jul 16, 1992
• 2 2. Angela Carter's Curious Room Sep 15, 1992
• 3 3. Disney: The Fairy-Tale Years Sep 22, 1992
• 4 4. The Piero Trail Sep 29, 1992
• 5 5. Lost Paradise -The Gardens of Burlemarx Oct 6, 1992
• 6 6. Eye of the Storm: Ridley Scott Oct 13, 1992
• 7 7. Who's This Nobody from Quebec? Oct 20, 1992
• 8 8. Avigdor Arikha Oct 27, 1992
• 9 9. Gunter Grass: Fiction at the Frontier Nov 3, 1992
• 10 10. Leonora Carrington: The House of Fear Nov 10, 1992
• 11 11. Horst: Sixty Years and Still in Vogue Nov 17, 1992
• 12 12. John Ford: Part One Dec 1, 1992
• 13 13. John Ford 2 Dec 8, 1992
• 14 14. The King's College Choir Dec 15, 1992
• 15 15. Rudolf Nureyev Jan 12, 1993
• 16 16. Vittorio Storaro: Writing with Light Mar 2, 1993

Season 31

1993 · 26 episodes

• 1 1. Wild Swans Sep 28, 1993
• 2 2. Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One Oct 5, 1993
• 3 3. Nina Simone -The Legend Oct 12, 1993
• 4 4. Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part Two Oct 12, 1993
• 5 5. Sweet Home Chicago Oct 19, 1993 46 min
• 6 6. Houdini Oct 26, 1993
• 7 7. The Magic Lantern Nov 2, 1993
• 8 8. The Russian Striptease Nov 9, 1993
• 9 9. Everything You Wanted to Know About Conductors But Were Afraid to Ask Nov 23, 1993
• 10 10. The Boy Next Door Nov 30, 1993
• 11 11. Who Killed Tchaikovsky Dec 7, 1993
• 12 12. Sebastião Salgado: Looking Back at You Dec 14, 1993 51 min
• 13 13. Sunset Boulevard Dec 21, 1993
• 14 14. Freeze, But Is It Art? Feb 22, 1994
• 15 15. The Piero Trail 1 Feb 23, 1994
• 17 17. Mister Abbott's Broadway Mar 1, 1994
• 18 18. The Piero Trail 2 Mar 2, 1994
• 19 19. Vikram Seth: A Suitable Boy Mar 8, 1994
• 20 20. Hildegard Mar 29, 1994
• 21 21. Bill T Jones Apr 5, 1994
• 22 22. Gielgud: Scenes from 9 Decades Apr 12, 1994
• 23 23. Joan Littlewood's Lovely War Apr 19, 1994
• 24 24. Sir John Betjeman Apr 26, 1994
• 25 25. Duke Ellington 1: Reminiscing in Tempo May 3, 1994
• 26 26. Duke Ellington 2 May 10, 1994
• 27 27. Robert Stephens: Every Inch a King May 24, 1994

Season 32

1994 · 20 episodes

• 1 1. The Gentle Art of Making Enemies Oct 11, 1994
• 2 2. Doris Lessing: A Part of Me Oct 18, 1994
• 3 3. Quentin Tarantino: Hollywood's Boy Wonder Oct 25, 1994
• 4 4. About Face Nov 1, 1994
• 5 5. The Trials of Dominick Dunne Nov 8, 1994
• 6 6. Pink Floyd: The Story Nov 15, 1994
• 7 7. Henri Cartier-Bresson: Question for a Question Nov 22, 1994
• 8 8. Stevenson's Travels 1 Nov 29, 1994
• 9 9. Stevenson's Travels 2 Dec 6, 1994
• 10 10. The Greatest Living Painter: De Kooning Feb 21, 1995
• 11 11. Carnival: The Biggest Party in the World Feb 28, 1995
• 12 12. Joshua Bell Mar 7, 1995
• 13 13. Ready When You Are, Mr Patel Mar 14, 1995
• 14 14. Darker Than Blue: Curtis Mayfield Mar 21, 1995
• 15 15. Jean Renoir: From La Belle Epoque to WW1 Apr 4, 1995
• 16 16. Jean Renoir: Hollywood & Beyond Apr 11, 1995
• 17 17. Perry & Croft: The Sitcoms Apr 18, 1995
• 18 18. Divas Apr 25, 1995
• 19 19. Ginger Rogers: A Tribute Apr 30, 1995
• 20 20. Dave Stewart: Greetings from the Gutter May 2, 1995

Season 33

1995 · 12 episodes

• 1 1. Brian Wilson: I Just Wasn't Made for These Times Sep 3, 1995
• 3 3. Listen, Paula... Sep 18, 1995
• 4 4. Enigma: The Making of a Hardback Hero Sep 25, 1995
• 6 6. Gore Vidal's Gore Vidal Part 1 Oct 9, 1995
• 7 7. Gore Vidal's Gore Vidal Part 2 Oct 16, 1995
• 10 10. A Foundation Course in Art Nov 11, 1995
• 12 12. Some Interesting Facts About Peter Cook Dec 19, 1995
• 13 13. Paul Verhoeven: From Holland to Hollywood Jan 8, 1996
• 17 17. A Day on the Mountain Feb 5, 1996
• 19 19. Written on Water: A Film About Budapest Apr 22, 1996
• 21 21. Eve Arnold in Retrospect May 13, 1996
• 22 22. Degas: The Old Man Mad About Art May 20, 1996

Season 34

1996 · 13 episodes

• 1 1. The Royal Court Diaries Nov 5, 1996
• 2 2. Dancing Through Darkness Jan 14, 1997
• 3 3. The Wanderer Jan 22, 1997
• 4 4. Sir Walter Scott: Wizard of the North Feb 10, 1997
• 5 5. Balthus the Painter Mar 2, 1997
• 6 6. Stars and their Mas Mar 9, 1997
• 7 7. Milos Forman Mar 16, 1997
• 8 8. George Lucas - Flying Solo Mar 23, 1997
• 9 9. Episode 9
• 10 10. Episode 10
• 11 11. Episode 11
• 12 12. Episode 12
• 13 13. Episode 13

Season 35

1997 · 25 episodes

• 1 1. Jack Rosenthal: Jack the Lad Jun 23, 1997
• 2 2. Anthony Green Ra - 57 Up Jun 30, 1997
• 3 3. Dame Henrietta's Dream Jul 7, 1997
• 4 4. Michael Redgrave - My Father Jul 13, 1997
• 5 5. Whatever Happened to Clement & LaFrenais? Jul 20, 1997
• 6 6. East of Eastenders Jul 27, 1997
• 7 7. Mayibuye I Afrika: Let Africa Come Home Aug 3, 1997
• 8 8. If: A Film About Rudyard Kipling Aug 10, 1997
• 9 9. Brit Art at the Royal Academy Sep 14, 1997
• 10 10. Reeves & Mortimer: The Film Sep 21, 1997
• 11 11. Sir George Solti: The Making of a Maestro Sep 29, 1997
• 12 12. Antony Sher Oct 5, 1997
• 13 13. Oscar Oct 12, 1997
• 14 14. Salvador Dali: The Fame and the Shame1 Oct 20, 1997
• 15 15. Salvador Dali: The Fame and the Shame1 Oct 21, 1997
• 16 16. Citizen Kay Oct 26, 1997
• 17 17. Lewis Carroll: Curiouser and Curiouser Jan 4, 1998
• 18 18. Pierre Bonnard: A Love Exposed Feb 10, 1998
• 19 19. Jim Sheridan Feb 22, 1998
• 20 20. André Previn Mar 1, 1998
• 21 21. The Pied Piper of Harlem Mar 8, 1998
• 22 22. Gilbert and Sullivan: Instant Merriment Mar 15, 1998
• 23 23. Nick Hornby: Man of the Match Apr 21, 1998
• 24 24. Jeffrey Archer: The Self Made Man May 13, 1998
• 25 25. Stars and Their Pas Jun 21, 1998

Season 36

1998 · 15 episodes

• 1 1. The Art of Diana Aug 30, 1998
• 2 2. Alan McGee: The Man Who Discovered Oasis Sep 14, 1998
• 3 3. Zizi je t'aime Sep 21, 1998
• 4 4. Cat People Sep 28, 1998
• 5 5. Darcey Bussell Oct 5, 1998
• 6 6. Billy Fury: Halfway to Paradise Oct 12, 1998
• 7 7. The Whirl of Vanity Fair Nov 25, 1998
• 8 8. Julie Andrews Dec 15, 1998
• 9 9. Starring - Animals Dec 20, 1998
• 10 10. Bring Me Sunshine: The Heart and Soul of Eric Morecambe Dec 23, 1998
• 11 11. Mad About Monet Jan 28, 1999
• 12 12. Episode 12
• 13 13. Episode 13
• 14 14. Episode 14
• 15 15. Episode 15

Season 37

1999 · 9 episodes

• 1 1. Laughter in the House-The Sitcom 1 Mar 24, 1999
• 2 2. Laughter in the House-The Sitcom 2 Mar 31, 1999
• 3 3. Laughter in the House-The Sitcom 3 Apr 7, 1999
• 4 4. Louis Armstrong's Wonderful World May 10, 1999
• 5 5. Chopin with Andras Schiff May 17, 1999
• 6 6. Dino May 24, 1999
• 7 7. Our Julie Jun 6, 1999
• 8 8. Rebuilding the Reichstag Jun 7, 1999
• 9 9. A Long Time Ago... The Story of Star Wars Jun 9, 1999

Season 38

1999 · 17 episodes

• 1 1. Van Dyck Undressed Sep 13, 1999
• 2 2. Roddy Doyle: Ha Ha Ha Sep 20, 1999
• 3 3. Steve Martin: Seriously Funny Sep 27, 1999
• 4 4. Blondie: Beneath the Bleach Oct 4, 1999
• 5 5. Yes, Sir Nigel Oct 15, 1999
• 6 6. Who the Dickens Is Mrs Gaskell? Nov 29, 1999
• 7 7. Stephen King: Shining in the Dark Dec 6, 1999
• 8 8. Jennifer Saunders at the Barre Dec 13, 1999
• 9 9. John Ruskin Mar 13, 2000
• 10 10. Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light Mar 20, 2000
• 11 11. The Naked Sculptor Mar 27, 2000
• 12 12. The Great Gatsby Apr 3, 2000
• 13 13. Elizabeth Taylor: England's Other Elizabeth Apr 4, 2000
• 14 14. The Shock of the Old Jun 11, 2000
• 16 16. Wallace & Gromit Go Chicken Jun 28, 2000
• 17 17. Vinnie Goes to Hollywood Jul 12, 2000
• 18 18. The Piero Trail Aug 3, 2000

Season 39

2000 · 14 episodes

• 1 1. William Blake Nov 6, 2000
• 2 2. John Barry: Licence to Thrill Nov 13, 2000
• 3 3. Dame Alicia Markova: The People's Ballerina Nov 20, 2000
• 4 4. Kingsley Amis Nov 27, 2000
• 5 5. Dudley Moore: After the Laughter Dec 4, 2000
• 6 6. Nancy Mitford Feb 7, 2001
• 7 7. Placido Domingo: The King Of Opera Feb 17, 2001
• 8 8. Fascinatin' Rhythm: The History of Tap Feb 24, 2001
• 9 9. Stanley Spencer Mar 3, 2001
• 10 10. Stanley Spencer and Neil Macgregor: Private View Mar 9, 2001
• 11 11. My Fair Lady: Loverly Mar 10, 2001
• 12 12. Botticelli: Visions of Violence and Beauty Mar 17, 2001
• 13 13. Sebastian Faulks Mar 24, 2001
• 14 14. Dino De Laurentiis Mar 24, 2001

Season 40

2001 · 15 episodes

• 1 1. Douglas Adams: The Man Who Blew Up the World Aug 4, 2001
• 2 2. David Hockney: A Secret Knowledge Oct 13, 2001
• 3 3. Empire of the Nude Oct 27, 2001
• 4 4. Joan Plowright: When Larry Met Joan Nov 3, 2001
• 5 5. The 'Billy Elliot' Boy Nov 6, 2001
• 6 6. Frank Auerbach Nov 10, 2001
• 7 7. Anthony Trollope Nov 13, 2001
• 8 8. Chuck Jones: Mr Bugs Bunny Nov 17, 2001
• 9 9. Lucille Ball Queen of Comedy Nov 20, 2001
• 10 10. Syd Barrett: Crazy Diamond Nov 24, 2001
• 11 11. Tolkien: The Master of Middle Earth Dec 22, 2001
• 12 12. J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter and Me Dec 28, 2001
• 13 13. Mario Testino: Diana's Favourite Photographer Jan 30, 2002
• 14 14. Robert Altman in England Feb 2, 2002
• 15 15. Sir Nigel Hawthorne: Remembered Feb 3, 2002

Season 41

2002 · 7 episodes

• 1 1. Dan Cruickshank and the Lost Treasure of Kabul May 4, 2002
• 2 2. Matisse: Paradise Found May 11, 2002
• 3 3. Matisse: Paradise Indulged May 18, 2002
• 4 4. Edna O'Brien: Murder in the Forest Jun 1, 2002
• 5 5. Who Killed Caravaggio? Jun 8, 2002
• 6 6. Spotlights & Saris: Making Bombay Dreams Jun 18, 2002
• 7 7. Anthony Hopkins: A Taste for Hannibal Jul 3, 2002

Season 42

2002 · 4 episodes

• 1 1. Les Miserables Goes to China Oct 23, 2002
• 2 2. Patricia Cornwell: Stalking the Ripper Oct 30, 2002
• 3 3. Lord Byron: Exile on Fame Street Nov 6, 2002
• 4 4. Annie Proulx: Way Out West Jan 8, 2003