Overview - Panorama

Overview

Current affairs programme, featuring interviews and investigative reports on a wide variety of subjects.

Seasons

• Name: 1953/1954

  Episode: 19

  Panorama began broadcasting on 11th November 1953 as a fortnightly show. Described by the Radio Times of the day as a “reflection of the contemporary scene” it included reviews of the contemporary arts as well as featuring documentary pieces. The first season of Panorama concluded its run on 4th August 1954 (Information taken from the Radio Times via BBC Genome project programme index at https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk)

  Date first aired: 1953-11-11

• Name: 1954/1955

  Episode: 22

  The second season of Panorama began on the 20th of October. Similar to the first year, it was described as “a fortnightly topical magazine” by the Radio Times of the day. Again introduced by Max Robertson the series ran from the end of 1954 until the middle of 1955, ending on the 10th of August. (Information again collated from BBC Genome project at https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/)

  Date first aired: 1954-10-20

• Name: 1955/1956

  Episode: 43

  Starting on 19th September 1955, Richard Dimbleby took over as the presenter of Panorama bringing you “ Television’s Window on the World” according to the Radio Times. Continuing the weekly listings paper went on “Every Monday in this programme film and television cameras focus on events and personalities of the moment.” The show originated from the BBC Television Studios in London, with contributions from Outside Broadcast units, Regional Studios, and the BBC Film Unit. (Information from BBC Genome Project https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/)

  Date first aired: 1955-09-19

• Name: 1956/1957

  Episode: 42

  Date first aired: 1956-09-17

• Name: 1957/1958

  Episode: 41

  Date first aired: 1957-09-23

• Name: 1958/1959

  Episode: 1

  Date first aired: 1958-09-22

• Name: 1959/1960

  Episode: 45

  Date first aired: 1959-08-31

• Name: 1960/1961

  Episode: 46

  Date first aired: 1960-09-05

• Name: 1961/1962

  Episode: 1

  Date first aired: 1961-09-25