This film for Omnibus follows the two weeks of rehearsal that led up to the recording of a Morecambe and Wise Show that aired on 16 February 1973.\n\n'Fools Rush In' was Eric and Ernie's billing in their early days. Thirty years later, they had become Britain's best-known comedians, with regular audiences of nearly 20 million people. \n\nProducer John Ammonds, writer Eddie Braben, as well as Eric and Ernie talk about the skill and sheer hard work of comedy.
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Elizabeth Taylor - England's Other Elizabeth
Profile of the British-born actress who went on to become one of Hollywood's most enduring stars and whose love affair with Richard Burton captured the public's imagination.
03-10-2024
BBC 4
Down These Mean Streets A Man Must Go: Raymond Chandler
A portrait of Raymond Chandler, creator of the Philip Marlowe mystery thrillers, by John Foster and Fred Burnley.\n\nThe film portrays Chandler's life and creative attitudes in ...
26-09-2024
BBC 4
Morecambe & Wise: Fools Rush In
This film for Omnibus follows the two weeks of rehearsal that led up to the recording of a Morecambe and Wise Show that aired on 16 February 1973.\n\n'Fools Rush In' was Eric an ...
21-03-2024
BBC 4
André Previn: Who Needs A Conductor?
In this Omnibus film, Andre Previn asks the question, 'Who needs a conductor?'\n\n'Conducting,' said Leonard Bernstein, 'is the only profession in the world where you get paid f ...
17-03-2024
BBC 4
Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story
Prizewinning account of how a classic recording was made. In September 1984, in a New York recording studio, West Side Story composer Leonard Bernstein conducted a complete perf ...
10-12-2023
BBC 4
A Portrait Of Leonard Bernstein
An Omnibus special examining the career of composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein. Featuring interviews and footage of Bernstein's most memorable performances.
10-12-2023
BBC 4
William Blake: Singing For England
An Omnibus documentary about visionary British artist and poet William Blake, who wrote Jerusalem and The Tyger, originally broadcast in 2000 to coincide with a major exhibition ...
14-02-2022
BBC 4
Sunday In The Park With Stephen
Documentary that follows Stephen Sondheim, during his spell as visiting professor of drama at Oxford University, as he takes students through the creative process of writing a m ...
27-12-2021
BBC 4
Whistle And I'll Come To You
An ancient whistle dating back to the times of the Knights Templar spells danger for the man who finds it. Classic MR James chiller adapted by Jonathan Miller.
24-12-2021
BBC 4
Lucian Freud
For much of his career, Lucian Freud allowed his paintings to speak for themselves, but in 1988 he talked for the first time - to Omnibus - about his work and ambitions.\n\n'The ...
02-08-2021
BBC 4
William Blake: Singing For England
An Omnibus documentary about visionary British artist and poet William Blake, who wrote Jerusalem and The Tyger, originally broadcast in 2000 to coincide with a major exhibition ...
14-02-2022
BBC 4
Elizabeth Taylor - England's Other Elizabeth
Profile of the British-born actress who went on to become one of Hollywood's most enduring stars and whose love affair with Richard Burton captured the public's imagination.
03-10-2024
BBC 4
Croft And Perry: The Sitcoms
David Croft and Jimmy Perry, one of TV's most successful comedy writing duos, talk about their lives, their work and what makes them laugh.
01-03-2021
BBC 4
Down These Mean Streets A Man Must Go: Raymond Chandler
A portrait of Raymond Chandler, creator of the Philip Marlowe mystery thrillers, by John Foster and Fred Burnley.\n\nThe film portrays Chandler's life and creative attitudes in ...
26-09-2024
BBC 4
Morecambe & Wise: Fools Rush In
This film for Omnibus follows the two weeks of rehearsal that led up to the recording of a Morecambe and Wise Show that aired on 16 February 1973.\n\n'Fools Rush In' was Eric an ...
21-03-2024
BBC 4
Sunday In The Park With Stephen
Documentary that follows Stephen Sondheim, during his spell as visiting professor of drama at Oxford University, as he takes students through the creative process of writing a m ...
27-12-2021
BBC 4
A Portrait Of Leonard Bernstein
An Omnibus special examining the career of composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein. Featuring interviews and footage of Bernstein's most memorable performances.
10-12-2023
BBC 4
Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story
Prizewinning account of how a classic recording was made. In September 1984, in a New York recording studio, West Side Story composer Leonard Bernstein conducted a complete perf ...
10-12-2023
BBC 4
André Previn: Who Needs A Conductor?
In this Omnibus film, Andre Previn asks the question, 'Who needs a conductor?'\n\n'Conducting,' said Leonard Bernstein, 'is the only profession in the world where you get paid f ...
17-03-2024
BBC 4
Lucian Freud
For much of his career, Lucian Freud allowed his paintings to speak for themselves, but in 1988 he talked for the first time - to Omnibus - about his work and ambitions.\n\n'The ...
02-08-2021
BBC 4