Omnibus was an arts-based BBC television documentary series, broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom. It was first shown in 1967, and ended in 2002.

Omnibus was an American commercially-sponsored, educational TV series, broadcast live primarily on Sunday afternoons at 4:00 pm Eastern time, from November 9, 1952 until 1961. Omnibus originally aired on CBS, and later on Sunday evenings on ABC. The program finally moved to NBC in 1957, where it was irregularly scheduled until 1961. ABC aired a brief revival of the series in 1981.

With Ford Foundation funding, Omnibus, hosted by Alistair Cooke in his American television debut featured diverse programming about science, the arts and the humanities. The program featured original works by such playwrights as William Saroyan, interviews with celebrities, and featured performances by many of the most famous entertainers of the day as diverse as Jack Benny and Orson Welles, the first television appearances of Leonard Bernstein, who gave his first televised music lectures and masters classes on the series.

Starting out as a live show from New York City, "Omnibus" was hosted by Alastair Cooke and featured everything from discussions about science and the arts to original works by such playwrights as William Saroyan, interviews with celebrated people both inside and outside the arts, and featured performances by many of the most famous actors, singers and dancers of the day. Written by frankfob2@yahoo.com