Iris Murdoch was one of Britain's best-loved writers whose marriage of more than 40 years survived promiscuity, homosexual affairs and much else. This Omnibus special celebrates the genius of the late author whose life is portrayed in the new film Iris, starring Judi Dench and Kate Winslet.

Famed for his pictures of Princess Diana published shortly before her death, Testino is recognised the world over for his skill at making people look their most beautiful. On the eve of Testino's new exhibition at the National Gallery, this Omnibus special reveals the story behind the Peruvian-bom photographer's fascinating career. With contributions from Kate Moss , Gwyneth Paltrow, Jerry Hall and Naomi Campbell.

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was one of the greatest painters in world history, one whose art contrasted light and dark in a brilliant and aesthetic manner whose artistry's influence goes beyond art and compels admiration to this day. A violent and complicated individual in the turbulent times of the Italian Renaissance Caravaggio's tri

Earlier this year Les Misérables became the first full-scale western musical to be performed inside Communist China. Given only days to rehearse, get used to the Shanghai Grand Theatre and let voices acclimatise, how would the US touring cast cope? Omnibus was there to find out.

Bestselling crime writer Patricia Cornwell has set herself her toughest assignment yet - discovering the true identity of Jack the Ripper, widely seen as the world's first serial killer. Cornwell applies 21st Century scientific methods to these century-old crimes and is now convinced she knows the Ripper's identity. But how will her evidence be received? (2002)

Dubbed "mad, bad and dangerous to know" by one of his many lovers, Lord Byron was a prototype celebrity whose legend has not diminished with the passage of time. Omnibus looks at the man behind the myth and his legacy.