Omnibus

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Omnibus is an American, commercially sponsored, educational television series.

Nov 9, 19528 seasons159 episodesEndedEN

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Alistair Cooke

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Seasons

Season 1

28 episodes

Premiered Nov 9, 1952

Season 2

24 episodes

Premiered Oct 4, 1953

Season 3

26 episodes

Premiered Oct 17, 1954

Season 4

24 episodes

Premiered Oct 9, 1955

Season 5

22 episodes

Premiered Oct 7, 1956

Season 6

13 episodes

Premiered Nov 10, 1957

Season 7

15 episodes

Premiered Oct 26, 1958

Season 8

7 episodes

Premiered Nov 13, 1960

Episodes

1–6 of 28

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Ep 1

The program has five segments: (1) "The Trial of Ben Jonson" (play), (2) "Jean Sibelius" (celebration of the composer's 87th birthday), (3) "The Dagger" (showing of a 1952 film ballet short), (4) "Rowland Emett" (the cartoonist displays some of his ingenious whimsical inventions), and (5) "Slow motion and High-Speed Photography" (feature).

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Ep 6