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Omnibus

Magazine programme looking at arts, history and social issues from around the world

World Service,591 episodes

Episodes

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Zubaida Jalal - a Remarkable Woman
A profile of Zubaida Jalal who has devoted her time to educating girls
03 Feb 1999,28 mins
Music in Mostar
Using music in Mostar to help rehabilitate children suffering from the effects of war
08 Feb 1999,28 mins
Fasten Your Seatbelts
The role of air cabin crew and the history behind the steward and stewardess profession
17 Feb 1999,28 mins
Morocco's Disappeared
The story of the disappearance of a Moroccan journalist
11 Mar 1999,28 mins
The Treasure Hunters
What should happen to the artefacts found in shipwrecks ?
16 Mar 1999,29 mins
The Assegai and the Redcoats
'The worst defeat suffered by the British Army during Queen Victoria's era'
01 Apr 1999,28 mins
Albinos
A look at albinism and how it is viewed and treated around the world
06 Apr 1999,28 mins
The History Of The Hamburger
A look at the world-wide phenomena that is "the hamburger"
13 Apr 1999,28 mins
Chicago's Union Stockyards
Once called the '8th wonder of the world', memories of the union stockyards in Chicago
15 Apr 1999,28 mins
Shyness
Why are we shy? a look at the causes, symptoms of and treatments for, shyness
21 Apr 1999,28 mins
Sylvia Pankhurst
The life of militant suffragette Sylvia Pankhurst and her association with Ethiopia
04 May 1999,28 mins
Rivonia Trial
Recalling the Rivonia trial and its role in the ending of apartheid in South Africa
15 May 1999,28 mins
Scenes from a Transplant
One woman's story of cancer treatment
20 May 1999,28 mins
Children of Conflict
The consequences of war for children
25 May 1999,28 mins
Disease Detectives
Diseases and the mission to 'beat the bugs'
23 Jun 1999,28 mins
Bangladesh's Poisoned Water
'The largest case of mass-poisoning in the history of mankind'
24 Jun 1999,28 mins
Hebron
A look at life in Hebron, Jerusalem
29 Jun 1999,28 mins
The Great Antarctic Link
A look at The British Graham Land Expedition (or BGLE)
06 Jul 1999,28 mins
The Trickster
A look at trickster characters in tales around the world
20 Jul 1999,28 mins
RNLI
A look at the work of lifeboat volunteers who work with the RNLI in Great Britain
27 Jul 1999,28 mins
Tippu Tip's Travels
Reliving the travels of Tippu Tip, notorious Afro-Arab slave and ivory trader
29 Jul 1999,28 mins
Gisborne Welcomes the Millennium
A visit to Gisborne as it prepares to be the Ist place to welcome the new Millennium
03 Aug 1999,28 mins
The Maasai
A look at the life of the Maasai tribes of Western Africa
18 Aug 1999,28 mins
Mobile Phones
A look at mobile phones, the people who hate them and those who can't live without them
31 Aug 1999,28 mins
Unknown Warrior
The Great War and its cultural and psychological effects on the British people
06 Sep 1999,28 mins
The Swap - Norbert Reinhardt
Ed Leonard and Norbert Reinhardt talk about their kidnapping swap in Colombia
07 Sep 1999,28 mins
China's New Media
The Chinese revolution in communications and how it will profoundly change the country
15 Sep 1999,28 mins
Tobago
The history of the people of Tobago and their lives in slavery
28 Sep 1999,28 mins
New Struggle for the West
Ranchers in the USA and the environmental concerns about their business
05 Oct 1999,28 mins
Yuko Tojo
General Hideki Tōjō's granddaughter talks about her difficult childhood
15 Oct 1999,28 mins