Panorama
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Documentary
News
Seasons | 73
Episodes | 1357
avg.Runtime | 30 min
First EP | 1953-11-11
Last EP | 2025-06-24
Overview
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Current affairs programme, featuring interviews and investigative reports on a wide variety of subjects.
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BBC Productions
Season List
season 1 || 1953/1954
Relesed on | 1953-11-11
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)
1
Episode 1
1953-11-11
Inaugural edition. Leads with a report on the "brainwashing" of British spy Edgar Sanders after he was captured by the Soviets. Other items include a National Coal Board representative answering complaints about the quality of coal, a discussion about the state of the fishing industry and an art review section.
2
Episode 2
1953-12-09
3
Episode 3
1953-12-23
4
Episode 4
1954-01-06
5
Episode 5
1954-01-20
6
Episode 6
1954-02-03
7
Episode 7
1954-02-17
8
Episode 8
1954-03-03
9
Episode 9
1954-03-17
10
Episode 10
1954-03-31
11
Episode 11
1954-04-13
12
Episode 12
1954-04-28
13
Episode 13
1954-05-12
14
Episode 14
1954-05-26
15
Episode 15
1954-06-08
16
Episode 16
1954-06-23
17
Episode 17
1954-07-07
18
Episode 18
1954-07-21
19
Episode 19
1954-08-04
CAST
charactor: Self - Presenter
Original: Richard Dimbleby
Total EP: 85
charactor: Self - Presenter
Original: Max Robertson
Total EP: 41
charactor: reporter
Original: Richard Bilton
Total EP: 7
charactor: reporter
Original: Jane Corbin
Total EP: 4
charactor: reporter
Original: Darragh MacIntyre
Total EP: 3
charactor: Self - Interviewer
Original: Malcolm Muggeridge
Total EP: 3
charactor: reporter
Original: Marianna Spring
Total EP: 3
charactor: reporter
Original: Clive Myrie
Total EP: 2
charactor: reporter
Original: Mark Daly
Total EP: 2
charactor: Self - Reporter
Original: Joe Crowley
Total EP: 2
charactor: Self - Reporter
Original: Woodrow Wyatt
Total EP: 2
charactor: Herself
Original: Veronika Hyks
Total EP: 1
charactor: Himself - Presenter: New York
Original: Nicky Campbell
Total EP: 1
charactor: Himself - Presenter
Original: David Dimbleby
Total EP: 1
charactor: Herself - Presenter: Islamabad
Original: Nisha Pillai
Total EP: 1
charactor: Himself - Presenter
Original: John Sweeney
Total EP: 1
charactor: Himself - Founder, Church of Scientology (archive footage)
Original: L. Ron Hubbard
Total EP: 1
charactor: Himself (archive footage)
Original: John Travolta
Total EP: 1
charactor: Herself (archive footage)
Original: Kirstie Alley
Total EP: 1
charactor: Himself - Leader, Church of Scientology (archive footage)
Original: David Miscavige
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Kevin Miles
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: François-Xavier de Donnea
Total EP: 1
charactor:
Original: Baron Bassam of Brighton
Total EP: 1
charactor: Self
Original: Ghislaine Maxwell
Total EP: 1
charactor: Self
Original: Chauntae Davies
Total EP: 1
charactor: Self (archive footage)
Original: Prince Andrew, Duke of York
Total EP: 1
charactor: Self (archive footage)
Original: Jeffrey Epstein
Total EP: 1
charactor: Self (archive footage)
Original: Kim Jong-un
Total EP: 1
charactor: Self (archive footage)
Original: Donald Trump
Total EP: 1
charactor: Self (archive footage)
Original: Melania Trump
Total EP: 1
charactor: Self (archive footage)
Original: Harvey Weinstein
Total EP: 1
charactor: Self (archive footage)
Original: Theresa May
Total EP: 1
charactor: Self - Reporter
Original: Hilary Andersson
Total EP: 1
charactor: Self
Original: Diana, Princess of Wales
Total EP: 1
charactor: Self
Original: Martin Bashir
Total EP: 1
charactor: reporter
Original: Ellie Flynn
Total EP: 1
charactor: reporter
Original: Alison Holt
Total EP: 1
charactor: reporter
Original: Bronagh Munro
Total EP: 1
charactor: reporter
Original: Justin Rowlatt
Total EP: 1
charactor: reporter
Original: Najibullah Quraishi
Total EP: 1
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Peter Hamilton
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Tim Meyers
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Dmytro Yelisichenko
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Pavlo Dorohoi
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Jason Sanders
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Karen Wightman
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Simon Thorne
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Steve Hewlett
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Pawel Slawek
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Dominic McMahon
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Toby Sealey
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Andrew Miller Jones
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Andrew Head
Executive Producer
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Leo Telling
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Lucie Kon
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Diana Martin
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Joseph McAuley
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Shelley Jofre
Executive Producer
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