Panorama

19 episodes · 1953

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)

22 episodes · 1954

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/)

43 episodes · 1955

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/)

42 episodes · 1956

41 episodes · 1957

1 episode · 1958

45 episodes · 1959

46 episodes · 1960

1 episode · 1961

5 episodes · 1962

2 episodes · 1963

1 episode · 1964

38 episodes · 1965

1 episode · 1966

14 episodes · 1967

44 episodes · 1968

48 episodes · 1969

10 episodes · 1970

49 episodes · 1971

9 episodes · 1972

23 episodes · 1973

43 episodes · 1974

39 episodes · 1975

2 episodes · 1976

3 episodes · 1977

3 episodes · 1978

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46 episodes · 1981

1 episode

3 episodes · 1983

39 episodes · 1984

40 episodes · 1985

1 episode · 1986

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40 episodes · 1988

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37 episodes · 1990

43 episodes · 1991

44 episodes · 1992

44 episodes · 1993

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38 episodes · 1996

39 episodes · 1997

36 episodes · 1998

34 episodes · 1999

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34 episodes · 2001

27 episodes · 2002

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36 episodes · 2006

52 episodes · 2007

57 episodes · 2008

53 episodes · 2009

50 episodes · 2010

54 episodes · 2011

49 episodes · 2012

45 episodes · 2013

47 episodes · 2014

48 episodes · 2015

41 episodes · 2016

48 episodes · 2017

43 episodes · 2018

45 episodes · 2019

49 episodes · 2020

44 episodes · 2021

45 episodes · 2022

41 episodes · 2023

40 episodes · 2024

39 episodes · 2025

15 episodes · 2026