About this season
Current affairs programme, featuring interviews and investigative reports on a wide variety of subjects.
Episodes (46)
1. Episode 1
Aired 5 September 1960
2. Episode 2
Aired 12 September 1960
3. Episode 3
Aired 19 September 1960
4. Episode 4
Aired 26 September 1960
5. Episode 5
Aired 3 October 1960
6. Episode 6
Aired 10 October 1960
7. The Year of the Polaris
Aired 17 October 1960 âą 55 min
A special two-part report on Polaris, America's latest and most awesome H-bomb missile. Part One: A CBS Report by Edward R. Murrow
8. Britain and the Polaris
Aired 17 October 1960 âą 20 min
A special two-part report on Polaris, America's latest and most awesome H-bomb missile. Part Two: An assessment of the Implications for Britain and the West of this revolutionary new weapon.
9. Episode 9
Aired 24 October 1960
10. Episode 10
Aired 31 October 1960
11. The American Election
Aired 7 November 1960
Richard Dimbleby, Robin Day, Robert Kee, Ludovic Kennedy report on the closing stages of the American Presidential Election. This special edition comes from a Panorama studio in Washington, D.C.
12. Episode 12
Aired 14 November 1960
13. Episode 13
Aired 21 November 1960
14. Episode 14
Aired 28 November 1960
15. Episode 15
Aired 5 December 1960
16. Episode 16
Aired 12 December 1960
17. Episode 17
Aired 19 December 1960
18. Episode 18
Aired 9 January 1961
19. Episode 19
Aired 16 January 1961
20. Cuba: Anti-Castro Rebels
Aired 23 January 1961 âą 45 min
Exiles share their reasons for leaving Castro's Cuba. Among those interviewed are leaders of opposition groups, including a former Cuban Ambassador. In Washington, Robin Day leads a discussion with two members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the extent of the US government's involvement in plans to overthrow Castro.
21. Episode 21
Aired 30 January 1961
22. Episode 22
Aired 6 February 1961
23. Episode 23
Aired 13 February 1961
24. Episode 24
Aired 20 February 1961
25. Episode 25
Aired 27 February 1961
26. Episode 26
Aired 6 March 1961
27. Episode 27
Aired 13 March 1961
28. Episode 28
Aired 20 March 1961
29. Episode 29
Aired 27 March 1961
30. Episode 30
Aired 10 April 1961
31. Episode 31
Aired 17 April 1961
32. Episode 32
Aired 24 April 1961
33. Panorama Goes to Moscow
Aired 1 May 1961
Panorama cameras report from the Soviet capital on May Day. Introduced by Richard Dimbleby with reports by Robin Day, Ludovic Kennedy. The programme includes the recorded highlights of the May Day Parade in Red Square.
34. Episode 34
Aired 8 May 1961
35. South Africa (1)
Aired 15 May 1961
South Africa on the eve of Republic Day The first of two special reports by James Mossman. Introduced by Richard Dimbleby. With reports from Panorama's regular team of commentators Robin Day, Robert Kee, Ludovic Kennedy, John Morgan.
36. South Africa (2)
Aired 22 May 1961
The Archbishop of Canterbury looks back on his sixteen years as Primate of all England and South Africa on the eve of Republic Day. The second of two special reports by James Mossman. Introduced by Richard Dimbleby with reports from Panorama's regular team of commentators: Robin Day, Robert Kee, Ludovic Kennedy, John Morgan.
37. 29/5/1961
Aired 29 May 1961
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh talks to Richard Dimbleby about Commonwealth Technical Training Week, and John Morgan reports from Madrid on what life is like in Spain today.
38. Episode 38
Aired 5 June 1961
39. Episode 39
Aired 12 June 1961
40. Episode 40
Aired 19 June 1961
41. Meeting Fidel Castro
Aired 26 June 1961
Fidel Castro takes a group of journalists around Cuba, touring the places changed by the revolution. Among the scenes are reminders of the recent attempt to topple him.
42. Episode 42
Aired 3 July 1961
43. Episode 43
Aired 10 July 1961
44. Episode 44
Aired 17 July 1961
45. Episode 45
Aired 24 July 1961
46. Panorama Goes to Berlin
Aired 31 July 1961
In the days leading up to the construction of the Berlin Wall, this special edition of Panorama has Richard Dimbleby reporting live from the city on the spot where a single nail in the cobblestones signifies the divide between Eastern communism and Western democracy. Meanwhile, Ludovic Kennedy visits a refugee camp in West Berlin and talks to those who have fled from the East, people in New York and Bristol give their opinions on the Cold War, and Foreign Secretary Lord Home talks about the stance of the British government as the crisis escalates.