About this season
Current affairs programme, featuring interviews and investigative reports on a wide variety of subjects.
Episodes (42)
1. Episode 1
Aired 17 September 1956
Tonight's edition is the first in a new series and includes a special holiday report from Richard Dimbleby on the Jerez Wine Festival in Spain, which this year was dedicated to Great Britain
2. Episode 2
Aired 24 September 1956
3. Episode 3
Aired 1 October 1956
4. Episode 4
Aired 8 October 1956
5. Episode 5
Aired 15 October 1956
6. Episode 6
Aired 22 October 1956
7. Episode 7
Aired 29 October 1956
8. Episode 8
Aired 5 November 1956
9. Episode 9
Aired 12 November 1956
10. Episode 10
Aired 19 November 1956
11. Episode 11
Aired 26 November 1956
12. Episode 12
Aired 3 December 1956
13. Episode 13
Aired 10 December 1956
14. Episode 14
Aired 17 December 1956
15. Episode 15
Aired 24 December 1956
16. Episode 16
Aired 7 January 1957
17. Episode 17
Aired 14 January 1957
18. Episode 18
Aired 21 January 1957
19. Episode 19
Aired 28 January 1957
20. Episode 20
Aired 4 February 1957
21. Episode 21
Aired 11 February 1957
22. Episode 22
Aired 18 February 1957
23. Episode 23
Aired 25 February 1957
24. Episode 24
Aired 4 March 1957
25. Episode 25
Aired 11 March 1957
26. Episode 26
Aired 18 March 1957
27. Episode 27
Aired 25 March 1957
28. Episode 28
Aired 1 April 1957 âą 45 min
Current affairs programme, with a notorious film about the abundant spaghetti harvest in the Swiss valley of Ticino, near Locarno, caused by a mild winter and the near elimination of the spaghetti weevil. Also featuring a report from Poland by Chris Chataway and wine tasting with Josceline Dimbleby and a panel of experts.
29. Episode 29
Aired 8 April 1957
30. Episode 30
Aired 15 April 1957
31. Episode 31
Aired 29 April 1957
32. Episode 32
Aired 6 May 1957
33. Episode 33
Aired 13 May 1957
34. Episode 34
Aired 20 May 1957
35. Episode 35
Aired 27 May 1957
36. Episode 36
Aired 3 June 1957
37. Episode 37
Aired 17 June 1957
38. Union of South Africa
Aired 24 June 1957 âą 43 min
Woodrow Wyatt investigates the impact of new apartheid laws, such as the Group Areas Act. Wyatt interviews politicians from all parties, including Prime Minister JG Strijdom and the president-general of the ANC, Chief Albert Mvumbi Luthuli. On the version available on BBC iPlayer; there is some dropout of film on this programme, and it ends abruptly.
39. Episode 39
Aired 1 July 1957
40. Episode 40
Aired 8 July 1957
41. Episode 41
Aired 15 July 1957
42. Episode 42
Aired 22 July 1957