About this season
Current affairs programme, featuring interviews and investigative reports on a wide variety of subjects.
Episodes (9)
1. Episode 1
Aired 24 January 1972 • 30 min
Two days ago, Britain was set on a new course when we signed the Treaty of Accession to the EEC. In Brussels, Panorama talks exclusively to the prime minister at this moment of personal triumph and asks him how he wants to shape and influence the Europe Britain is in the process of joining.
2. Ulster Initiative
Aired 13 March 1972
Item on the Governments new initiative for a peaceful settlement in Northern Ireland; Alan Hart interviews SDLP leader Gerry Fitt in his Belfast constituency and Michael Charlton chairs discussion between Angus Maude & Norman St John-Stevas.
3. Ulster: A Chance for Peace
Aired 27 March 1972
Michael Charlton and Richard Kershaw present programme, with report from Alan Hart on the Heath initiative on N Ireland, bringing direct rule over Ulster, and reactions to it.
4. End To IRA Ceasefire
Aired 10 July 1972
Michael Charlton interviews William Whitelaw (Sec of State for Northern Ireland) on the calling off of IRA ceasefire and the government response to NI problem, the refusal to give in to terrorism and violence, and the role of British army and security forces in NI.
5. Panorama Special: The Docks Dispute - Part 1
Aired 24 July 1972
6. The Price of Your Car
Aired 31 July 1972
7. Northern Ireland
Aired 25 September 1972
Michael Charlton presents Panorama from Belfast during the Darlington talks. Alan Watson introduces report on Ulster and looks at the best way of tackling the problem.
8. Episode 8
Aired 20 November 1972
9. Episode 9
Aired 18 December 1972