Margaret Drabble
Known For & Full Filmography4 Titles
Drama Series - 1967, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
Omnibus was an arts-based BBC television documentary series, broadcast mainly on BBC1 in the United Kingdom. The programme was the successor to the long-running arts-based series 'Monitor'. It ran from 1967 until 2003, usually being transmitted on Sunday evenings. During its 35-year history, the programme won 12 Bafta awards. Among the series' best remembered documentaries are Cracked Actor, a profile of David Bowie, and Rene Magritte, a graduate film by David Wheatley, 'Madonna: Behind the American dream', a film produced by Nadia Hagger, and a profile of the British film director Ridley Scott. For a season in 1982, the series was in a magazine format presented by Barry Norman. The series was replaced by 'Imagine' hosted by Alan Yentob.
Drama Series - 1967, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
A monthly series of highly personal documentary films in which individuals are given a platform to discuss issues close to their heart.
Movie - 1969, 2h 15m • as Self - Narrator (voice)
An authored film by Margaret Drabble about the rise of the suburbs and the failure of city planning.
Movie - 1973, 2h 15m • as Self
Margaret Drabble visits Haworth Parsonage and the Yorkshire Moors, home of the famous literary family the Brontës and the setting for Emily's Wuthering Heights.